Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Cardinals @ Cubs Intro

[CarryTheWeight]

Amazing video, Steve. Thank you.

I'm really impressed so far, hopefully the rest of the game holds up to this clip. Presentation is awesome, but Thorne's intro's a bit shaky...but since this is from a beta build, I'm not jumping to any conclusions. Great stuff.

[King Gro23]

One thing that just has me in definite aww is at the 1:25 mark it shows the starting line-up and the real-time world is amazing, You see the #2 batter step in the on deck circle and swing & players moving around and looks like #3 batter step up to the dugout edge. ALL IN THE MEANWHILE, Cardinals pitcher in the corner of the screen is warming up in the bullpen since the cubs are home.
It feels good to see 10+ player models well rendered and looking pretty good in the dugout active attentive to the game.
Looks Like 2K9 and VC nailed somethings on, now for the gameplay

[Badboy49er]

Great video Steve, quality is really good. Im liking the presentation so far, just dying to see some gameplay lol

[statum71]

D*mn baseball is in good hands as far as games go. If I wasn't getting The Show this would be a no-brainer.

I say again...I only wish football was in this kinda shape.

Thank God for Sony and 2K

[Tomba]

Just watched it a second time and I'm think this in real life might be pretty good looking...Not AS detailed as the Show but maybe just a bit better proportionally? who knows heres's hoping PLUS the camera angles are endless

[ARMORALLL]

What happned to the exterior ballpark intros? Did they get rid of those this year? I hope not!

[phillyfan23]

man that looked REALLY goooood! I think the last 3 seconds is the in game graphics no ? If it is....the graphics really are nice...

So we will get the gameplay video tonite too right ? I can't wait

[CarryTheWeight]

A small detail I picked up from the intro, Real Time Living World related:

In the long shot when Thorne mentions "41,000 fans", check the first basemen. He starts his warmup throw to third in the first shot, then when Thorne mentions Aramis Ramirez and the shot fades to Ramirez, he catches the ball the first baseman threw. Great stuff.

Quote: Originally Posted by ARMORALLL

What happned to the exterior ballpark intros? Did they get rid of those this year? I hope not!

Confirmed out. Brian Ekberg at Gamespot confirmed it in his Q&A.