Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Tigers @ Indians

[DaveDQ]

In this video, the pitches being hit are on their way down, like a curve. That might explain the lifting of the ball when hit.

You can definitely see the change in batter behavior. I saw two strikes called and the batter swung on a very low pitch on the last strike out.

[zLIGHTSOUT11z]

this game just looks flat out sig nasty definatly gonna buy

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

Very awesome idea. Not pick-up-and-play friendly though for, you know, casual gamers.

I agree. That was seriously a really good idea.

[NumberOneRB]

Quote: Originally Posted by Renegade44

dude, I have been screming this from the gate but nobody wants to listen, flyballs have been an issue for this game for a long time now and we get all these videos that are flyball fests and somehow "this isnt the case" with the game?

Watch the G4TV XPlay Hands-On video and your tune will change. There are groundballs galore in that video. I think the fact that in each short video we see dynamics of both is probably a good sign to the good hit variety Steve had been suggesting.

[kGinGreen]

Quote: Originally Posted by Alonzo

I am pretty sure 2k9 is gonna be a decent game, most of the things are looking very good. I like the commentary, the graphics, sound and presentation...gameplay is probably 10 times better than last year BUT I won't order the game until I have played the demo with full working sliders in it. 2-3 things are concerning me, CPU hacks at EVERYTHING, it's not toned down as mentioned in the topic, sorry Steve. MLB-players don't swing at everything, they take 1st pitch strikes even if it's hittable at times. Is it coincidence that I've not seen a ground-ball single so far, not to mention groundouts? hit variety could be a problem as well. Like I said, I want the demo before I even consider ordering this game.

I agree with this guy. Although i'll be buying it first day and think it looks like loads of fun. I've pretty much accepted that 2k until they overhaul their game engines are going to have some cheesy AI tendencies and unrealistic physics. NBA 2k9 was the same way. 2k's games need a serious overhaul in the physics and gameplay department and they aren't spending money to do that. There are the same flaws in all their games that have remained for years. That isn't going to change until they invest in a new gameplay engine. EA and Sony with the show have done this and are leaps ahead in certain areas. But the thing is 2k still does an excellent job at giving a complete package. This game looks up to par with thier other titles and will probably be better because of the extra dev time, plus baseball isnt that hard to replicate. mlb 2k8 was a joke because it was in the wrong hands and was behind the curve. This game at least looks like it's ahead of the curve when compared to other 2k games, which is a good thing. 2k is pretty much getting the most they can out of an old engine at this point. It's a good engine so I'm sure I'll find things to enjoy here and some surprises as well. They do need to overhaul certain AI, physics and gameplay aspects though and they haven't done that yet it looks like.

[myghty]

Quote: Originally Posted by Renegade44

dude, I have been screming this from the gate but nobody wants to listen...

[AftershockFx]

Is there anyway we could see some AAA play of any team ? I'm curious to see what the Stadiums look like. I also want to know if they have announcing for AAA like they do the MLB levels.

[krazzed]

Quote: Originally Posted by AftershockFx

Is there anyway we could see some AAA play of any team ? I'm curious to see what the Stadiums look like. I also want to know if they have announcing for AAA like they do the MLB levels.

And what minor league stadiums there are