MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[RogueHominid]

I had a really weird play today in the demo. I was playing at the Rays and pitching to Howard. The defense shifted automatically, and Howard hit a grounder to the SS, who was just off 2nd base. I picked up the ball and threw to first, but the first baseman caught the ball like 2 feet off the bag. I watched the replay, and he never actually went to cover the bag on the throw. WTF?

Has anyone else seen this?

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Autumn Wind

I had a really weird play today in the demo. I was playing at the Rays and pitching to Howard. The defense shifted automatically, and Howard hit a grounder to the SS, who was just off 2nd base. I picked up the ball and threw to first, but the first baseman caught the ball like 2 feet off the bag. I watched the replay, and he never actually went to cover the bag on the throw. WTF? Has anyone else seen this?

That was something that was not fine tuned yet. They had mentioned they had recently got players covering the bag/ tagging properly etc. working properly a little before we got there. There was no evidence of this in the version we played.

[RogueHominid]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

That was something that was not fine tuned yet. They had mentioned they had recently got players covering the bag/ tagging properly etc. working properly a little before we got there. There was no evidence of this in the version we played.

Okay, gotcha. Thanks! I figured it was a bug in the way the Howard shift was programmed, which is no big deal as long as it's tuned. I was losing the game, though, and mad as hell that I got Howard out technically but that he still got on base .

Loving this game! Can't wait till the 3rd.

[dave_sz]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

That was something that was not fine tuned yet. They had mentioned they had recently got players covering the bag/ tagging properly etc. working properly a little before we got there. There was no evidence of this in the version we played.

but there is no evidence of it in the demo i've been playing either. Just cause you didn't see it doesn't mean it was fixed. I'll bet there will be a few lil quirks like that that will slip through simply cause they don't show up during the testing stage...

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by dave_sz

but there is no evidence of it in the demo i've been playing either. Just cause you didn't see it doesn't mean it was fixed. I'll bet there will be a few lil quirks like that that will slip through simply cause they don't show up during the testing stage...

Autumn Wind just said it happened to him in the demo. And since we had a discussion with the developers and talked about some of these specific items while playing, yeah I am going to say it is fixed.

[mike75]

Can someone tell me why the play by play guy said and I quote " We are amazingly tied" after 1 and half innings played with the score 0-0?

What is so amazing about being tied 0-0 in the bottom of the second inning?

Now I know this is a demo but 08 final version also had some dumb comments like this

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by mike75

Can someone tell me why the play by play guy said and I quote " We are amazingly tied" after 1 and half innings played with the score 0-0 What is so amazing about being tied 0-0 in the bottom of the second inning?

You have to remember you have late game mentality in the demo because after 4, it treats the game like the 9th. I would not worry too much.

[jim416]

Time to put the demo away, lol.

DEMO MID DECEMBER BUILD