MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[Pared]

No no, your point was rather transparent. But what you did was take advantage of an AI flaw, which is cheap. In a demo no less!

Shame on you.

[dawgs18]

Minor detail but annoying. The Pitcher is on top of the rubber when he pivots and throws.

Otherwise looks good.

[Hoos]

Adjusting fielders...............can we do this in the demo?? If so, how is it done?? I've tried every possible button and button combination known to the modern world and nothing!!!

I could swear that Countryboy (while playing one of his 100 demo games......LOL) mentioned something about adjusting his fielders in the 09 demo during a certain game play situation. Or did I just misread that

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by hoosier4974

Adjusting fielders...............can we do this in the demo?? If so, how is it done?? I've tried every possible button and button combination known to the modern world and nothing!!! I could swear that Countryboy (while playing one of his 100 demo games......LOL) mentioned something about adjusting his fielders in the 09 demo during a certain game play situation. Or did I just misread that

You can't adjust fielders during the demo.

The cpu automatically adjust your fielders for you. Play against the Phils and have Howard come to bat with no one on, and then press the start button and look at the lower right hand corner of the screen and it will show you the defensive shift that the outfield is in. For Howard, they do an extreme shift for him to pull.

[Hoos]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

You can't adjust fielders during the demo. The cpu automatically adjust your fielders for you. Play against the Phils and have Howard come to bat with no one on, and then press the start button and look at the lower right hand corner of the screen and it will show you the defensive shift that the outfield is in. For Howard, they do an extreme shift for him to pull.

Okay, thanks Countryboy............I thought I was going nuts, hehe

I've seen the shift on screen for Howard but didn't realize you could see the type of shift being used in the pause menu.

[Rob_NYY]

Quote: Originally Posted by namloc1980

The catcher runs over to where the ball is picks it up and just stands there....meanwhile my two runners round all the bases and I score 2 runs. While this is happening the catcher just stands there with the ball looking like an idiot!! I saw this happen a few times in '08....I hope it isn't in the '09 final version!

You should be ashamed of yourself.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by hoosier4974

Okay, thanks Countryboy............I thought I was going nuts, hehe I've seen the shift on screen for Howard but didn't realize you could see the type of shift being used in the pause menu.

n/p

[areobee401]

Excuse my ignorance here guys because im new to the series and know little about the inner workings of the game.

The only problem im seeing here is the fielding. It seems like when im in the field the game is set to "semi assistance". What I mean by that is when the ball is hit in the air sometimes the game already has my player moving in that direction. Is there a way to turn this off?

Second is there a reason why every single throw is a bullet? Is this a common problem with this series? It's not a huge deal for me because I don't see it effecting the outcome of the games. But at the same time it just seems off.