MLB 2K9: What's Hot and What's Not

[Ltrain44]

Yeah. The person that wrote this even said they "Have not had time to play the game".. Ok. next

[SoxFan01605]

Guys, it's just an early opinion piece. He even used two disclaimers (that he hasn't played, and some of the cons were likely to be ironed out at release).
It's not praising or bashing the game...lol

I wonder if some here have stock in 2K or a rival company based on the emotional responses every word about this game generates. Also, for those inferring OS is "above" this, you're wrong. They write opinion pieces all the time...lol. This is not a review or preview...just an article. Come back in from the ledge...it's nice and warm

[RaychelSnr]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoxFan01605

Guys, it's just an early opinion piece. He even used two disclaimers (that he hasn't played, and some of the cons were likely to be ironed out at release). It's not praising or bashing the game...lol I wonder if some here have stock in 2K or a rival company based on the emotional responses every word about this game generates. Also, for those inferring OS is "above" this, you're wrong. They write opinion pieces all the time...lol. This is not a review or preview...just an article. Come back in from the ledge...it's nice and warm

Was going to post something similar to this. We usually plan articles a week or two in advance, so Jack has been planning on writing an article like this for awhile, it's not like we're breaking new ground with this piece as we've done many similar pieces a couple weeks before release for many titles.

Also, I'm almost certain Jack or someone else is doing a piece similar to this for The Show next week....so it's not like we're only covering one game

Thanks for the comments though guys!

[budsticky]

I can't believe that my personal biggest "What's Not" item was not discussed here: The fact that the CPU swings at every single pitch that is in the strike zone.

[mattstl77]

I understand what you all are saying. All I was saying is that the author has never played the game and has only viewed vids. We are all entitled to our impressions and views, but people need to be reminded of the situation in which he has evaluated the game. When we do that, we don't rush to conclusions and condemn the game.

When the demo and the game comes out, everyone will be able to see for themselves if the vids were correct.

[Eddie1967]

Nice read, didn't sway me at all, as none of the negatives were the game killing type. Hopefully those few "Nots" are fixed in the retail version, but all in all still sounds like a terrific game of baseball to look forward to.

[watts2you]

Eh. Visual Concepts always seems to put out a good product. I had both MLB The Show last year and MLB 2K8 and to this day I still play MLB 2k8. I know 2k8 has alot of bugs, but The Show's announcers irritate the hell outa me. If I hear "what r u waiting for Amigo?" one more time I'm go nuts. After playing the new demo and feeling like the gameplay and announcers are all unchanged, I have no reason to buy The Show this year. You can see how much more fun of a game 2k9 is going to be this year just by looking at the videos. And I'm a little confussed as to why the bat contact sounds so off. Acording to what I've read from the developers on the 2k forums, they actually recorded a number of live batting sounds for this years game and the response has been good. 2k9 ownes The Show this year.

[wrigleyville33]

Quote: Originally Posted by watts2you

Eh. Visual Concepts always seems to put out a good product. I had both MLB The Show last year and MLB 2K8 and to this day I still play MLB 2k8. I know 2k8 has alot of bugs, but The Show's announcers irritate the hell outa me. If I hear "what r u waiting for Amigo?" one more time I'm go nuts. After playing the new demo and feeling like the gameplay and announcers are all unchanged, I have no reason to buy The Show this year. You can see how much more fun of a game 2k9 is going to be this year just by looking at the videos. And I'm a little confussed as to why the bat contact sounds so off. Acording to what I've read from the developers on the 2k forums, they actually recorded a number of live batting sounds for this years game and the response has been good. 2k9 ownes The Show this year.

How old are you? 12? You probably just want an action packed, arcade game. You can't even say 2k9 is better than the show because there is no way that could ever happen. You don't even know what baseball is.