MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[scott4171]

I only play 3 innings last night. How many inning's does the demo allow? The CPU hit a homer off of me and the view went behind the batter and didn't follow the ball. Is this the standard view when homers are hit? Do I have to turn off HR celebrations to view the ball leaving the yard?

Also whats the the option swing influance on or off? It says when on use the right analog stick to influence balls up, down and bunts when swiinging. How the hell do I hit the X button and use the right analog to swing at the same time impossible. Do they have this backwards? Shouldn't it be use the left analog to influance balls when you swing?

[callmetaternuts]

If you are letting the Catcher call the game, i get how to read the pitch type, but what about location?

[dodgerblue]

Demo impressions:

Game looks beautiful, it was beautiful last year too but the lighting adds a lot of atmosphere and presentation. Gets dark early by the fourth. (or as Yogi once said, "it gets late early here")

Gameplay much the same, but tweaked in all areas the devs said it would be and all for the good. Balls hit to outfielders take longer to get to, resulting in more xbase hits. Not sure about cutoff men and positioning. I'm no expert but I thought there should have been a cutoff in the outfield on one particular play.

Stealing is no longer easy. I was caught even after leading off!

Double plays are much easier to turn, but just when I thought they might be automatic, I saw a 5-4-3 that wasn't turned in time and I got a runner on first.

Pitching is more challenging, release point will be a big key on breaking stuff because the ball really moves.

As someone mentioned, bat speed seems to be faster. You can wait a little longer and still make contact and pull pitches.

Played on all star, lost 3-0 no HR's and I struck out 4 times. Of the six hits I gave up, 4 singles and 2 doubles. Ya, I'm not very good ...... yet.

No frame rate issues. Player detail seems a little better especially foot contact with the ground and wear of the field.

[bigfnjoe96]

Quote: Originally Posted by jim416

Joe, it's nothing to get concerned about. We played a later version. There are NO frame rate issues that we saw. Enjoy the game, even with a little stutter, frame rate issue. Some are saying they're seeing none, so it might be the way it was downloaded, who knows.

Jim I'm not sure if this was for me or not last night. Personally I had NO frame rate problems @ all. The game played very smooth.

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by silver540i

I'll hold judgement on this one until the 100 demo game results. To be honest, most HRs in real life are pulled...if I had to guess, it would be 5-7 to 1 ratio if not more.

I agree completely. I just mentioned it (which CB responded to) because the AI hit quite a few opposite field hits in 08 out of the box...more than what the "real life" ratio would be.

It jumped out to me that they were ripping balls down the line (and over the wall...lol) in the game I played. It was a noticeably more dangerous AI opponent...and one that seemed to pull the ball more.

I don't know of that carries over to the other levels though.

[ckarlic]

All I have to say is wow. It took a while for me to download the demo but it was well worth the wait. I donwloaded it last nite as soon as it dropped and it took me about an hour and a half to download and about 5 mins to install.

The game looks fantastic. The animations are great. The one animation that sticks out in my mind is when I was hitting with Utley, he got too much in front of the ball and fouled it off. He lost his balance in the box and fell to one knee. Really cool in my mind.

The day/night transitions are great. In the start of the game, hitting is a little difficult due to the sun but as the game progresses, im able to see the ball more.

Also, I know alot of people were complaining about check swings and at first I was having issues but the more I played the better I became at doing them.

All in all, the demo is awesome and can't wait to get the full game.

GO SCEA!!!!!!

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by silver540i

I'll hold judgement on this one until the 100 demo game results. To be honest, most HRs in real life are pulled...if I had to guess, it would be 5-7 to 1 ratio if not more.

I agree. I was just responding to Sox, because last year, there were far too many oppo-homers. The ratio almost seemed flip-flopped in a sense as it was natural to see an opposite field homerun and shocking to see one pulled.

Glad thats been tweaked.

[Tatz666]

Quote: Originally Posted by riDIRKulous41

So how do you take screenshots?

press the PS button and from the XMB, scroll left to the photos section and you should see an option there to save screenshot