Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Rays @ Phillies 1st

[HK-47]

Didn't one of the devs say that the crowd will be even louder in the final build?I could have swore I read that in the 2k forums community chat with the devs thread.

Why don't Victorino,Werth,Coste and Pena have signature stances?They said they added 300+ more and yet they couldn't give these well known players their sig stance?


And enough with the east coast and central teams!Let's see some Angels,A's,Giants, and Dodgers...Ya know, baseball is played on the west coast too.

Angels vs A's in playoff mode ALCS

Giants vs Dodgers NLCS

Or Angels vs Giants in the World Series..Rematch of 02'!

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by HK-47

Didn't one of the devs say that the crowd will be even louder in the final build?I could have swore I read that in the 2k forums community chat with the devs thread.

Yes, I remember reading that too

Quote: Originally Posted by HK-47

Why don't Victorino,Werth,Coste and Pena have signature stances?They said they added 300+ more and yet they couldn't give these well known players their sig stance?

I agree. You figure they would've covered everyone who was in the World Series at least....

[NumberOneRB]

Quote: Originally Posted by HK-47

Why don't Victorino,Werth,Coste and Pena have signature stances?They said they added 300+ more and yet they couldn't give these well known players their sig stance?

It may be possible that in this beta copy the developers hadn't put all the signature stances in just yet? This would be similar to what the SCEA developers were saying about how not all of the signature styles had been added to the beta we had seen in the recent Show videos.

Those developers asked that we be patient and wait for the final build before we make wrongful assumptions. I just wish the 2K developers were more involved on these forums because they could quell a lot of concerns some of us are having about the beta footage we're seeing.

[brendanrfoley]

Quote: Originally Posted by NumberOneRB

It may be possible that in this beta copy the developers hadn't put all the signature stances in just yet? This would be similar to what the SCEA developers were saying about how not all of the signature styles had been added to the beta we had seen in the recent Show videos.

It's entirely possible. Adding an animation routine at the last moment isn't that hard and is done often.

[jim416]

Quote: Originally Posted by NumberOneRB

Those developers asked that we be patient and wait for the final build before we make wrongful assumptions.

Having been at the SCEA event, this is absolutely true. For example, they had not finished the grass textures and were actually "fixing" things that we brought up while there.

[Scottdau]

I really hope they fixed the herky jerky animation, but I doubt it. I love the pitching animation.

[Eddie1967]

Quote: Originally Posted by jim416

Having been at the SCEA event, this is absolutely true. For example, they had not finished the grass textures and were actually "fixing" things that we brought up while there.

So what we are seeing now is not the final product?

[brendanrfoley]

Quote: Originally Posted by Eddie1967

So what we are seeing now is not the final product?

No, it's not.

The BETA code likely had to be pressed and shipped about a week and a half ago. MLB 2K9 likely doesn't go gold (code finalized and mass produced, packaged and sent to retailers) until the end of this week.

So, what you see here is about two weeks older than the final product.