Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Tigers @ Indians

[Alonzo]

@stealyerface

you would have probably posted the same about mlb 2k8 when someone mentioned flaws about the game by gameplay-videos. Sorry, but all we hear is insults and excuses.

The fact is that most of the guys on the board really commend the majority of the things we've heard and seen so far from 2k9, but do you really think 2k9 won't have any flaws? Even the show 09 will have some...

The thing is, the hardcore-gamers just wanna know if the flaws are there, if thex are fixable and if they are possible game-breakers.

It has nothing to do with fanboyism, the show is a must buy for me, but I would be stupid if I wouldn't want mlb 2k9 to be a great game, 2 great games are better than 1, aren't they?

[Metsui]

Why are the players' arms and legs so short in the Show? That looks terrible.

[stealyerface]

That's the trouble. You get a great forum thread going, where guys who have posted here for many years are going back and forth and having a peaceful, meaningful dialogue, and then the creeps show up with the "2k ain't ever gonna make a good game as the Show cause there gameplay sux". posts.

And just like the d-bag in school that everyone said to ignore, well, sometimes you just can't.

Anyway, I think we all have to agree that from the very small snapshots we have seen, the game is on its way. Remember, for the most part, we have seen 1/2 innings or short one inning videos. Uh, I have seen, watched and played in games that the pitcher recorded his first nine outs on flyballs. This is sometimes known as a guy who is a "Flyball" pitcher. He is not going to pound the ball past you, he is going to make you hit the ball off balance, and in the air. Derek Lowe is a sinkerball pitcher who will make you beat the ball into the ground. Jamie Moyer is not. So, I think watching a 1/2 inning of baseball where there are no ground balls, is entirely feasible.

Have we come to ask so much of a video game that what we expect belies reality?

syf

[stealyerface]

Quote: Originally Posted by Alonzo

@stealyerface you would have probably posted the same about mlb 2k8 when someone mentioned flaws about the game by gameplay-videos. Sorry, but all we hear is insults and excuses. The fact is that most of the guys on the board really commend the majority of the things we've heard and seen so far from 2k9, but do you really think 2k9 won't have any flaws? Even the show 09 will have some... The thing is, the hardcore-gamers just wanna know if the flaws are there, if thex are fixable and if they are possible game-breakers. It has nothing to do with fanboyism, the show is a must buy for me, but I would be stupid if I wouldn't want mlb 2k9 to be a great game, 2 great games are better than 1, aren't they?

No. Listen, I have posted my gripes and issues with the game(s) since the beginning of time. Why do the players walk across a freshly watered infield in the first inning, and have poofs of clay shooting out from their spikes? Have any of these designers actually stepped out on a field? Dirt does not shoot up in the air like freaking PigPen from the Peanuts cartoon. It is silly and ridiculous, and 2k continues to think that they need to have it in there. On a slide, that's great, show off your particle animations. When Youk walks to the bag in the first...yeah, not so much.

Collision detection. Hey maybe some year, we'll have guys who adhere to some principles of physics out on the field. last I checked, there was this little thing called mass vs space. Basically this means that a batboy cannot morph through the next batters' body in some Martix-esque shift of time and spatial relationships. And yet... watch the video.

So, no, I am not above the critique and conversations of flaws and issues of the games. But for crying out loud, if you watch a 1/2 inning of a game and based solely on the fact that YOU didn;t see enough grounders, and YOU felt the cpu swung at too many pitches, and YOU are one of the thousands of us who...get ready here, HAVEN'T PLAYED THE FU**ING GAME YET, making broad statements on how the game is going to be no good, is just plain asinine.

That's what I get irked about. Don't complain that Juan Pierre's socks are 1/4" higher than they are in real life. Complain that the 12-6 curveball doesn't actually get to the plate with that goofy animation they insist on portraying the curveball as looking like.

Lets go for the meat and potatos man, not the gravy.

done.

syf

[krazzed]

Quote: Originally Posted by Metsui

Why are the players' arms and legs so short in the Show? That looks terrible.

This is a thread about 2K9, if you wanna talk about The Show, don't do it here, thats why it gets its own forum.

[Knight165]

stealyerface

Drop the conspiracy theory(SONY ogres I believe you mentioned)...it's ridiculous.
But it must be nice to have a mod jump right on your side to give your argument legs though.
It goes both ways with the drive by attacks, so don't get your panties in a bunch about it....it's the new way of O.S. it seems.
Isn't progress wonderful?

M.K.
Knight165

[Alonzo]

My last comment on this:

Is there a reason why you always talk about 1/2 of an Inning? Last time I checked Steve added more than 1/2 Inning. Let's say 10 gameplay-vids, that makes 5 Innings. It's not a huge sample size, but it's possible to take some notes. Even Steve admitted that the CPU pretty much hacks at everything, but I don't need someone to tell me that when I see it in 8-10 different gameplay-vids.

I've never said 2k9's gameplay can't be good, in fact, it looks pretty decent, I was just pointing out 1-2 things that could be possible game-breakers for me.

Just my 2 cents

[stealyerface]

There is no conspiracy theory bro. I am done with the whole thing. The point was that you can be sitting around the watercooler talking with your boys, and then the guy that no one likes, shows up and offers up some mundane BS comments that have no bearing on the converstion, nor offers anything productive.

Panties are situated just fine. I get a little sand in the V from time to time, but I get it straightened out.

Have any comments and thoughts on the game you might like to share?

syf