Major League Baseball 2K10 Hands On

[Checmate101]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

Hear the last hit by Longoria, ending the trailer. It sounds like they still have that sound a bit, maybe for the bigger blasts. Not too good.

Yeah, that bat sound was terrible at the end by Longo. Hope they take it out all together.

[rock85]

Quote: Originally Posted by Checmate101

Yeah, that bat sound was terrible at the end by Longo. Hope they take it out all together.

Yes i wrote about that in another post. I hope that's not in their when the game ships

[500Feet]

Quote: Originally Posted by rock85

Yes i wrote about that in another post. I hope that's not in their when the game ships

I bet it will be. Think about it. The trailer is made particularly to show off the game, so.. sounds are included in that idea.

[JayhawkerStL]

Quote: Originally Posted by 500Feet

I bet it will be. Think about it. The trailer is made particularly to show off the game, so.. sounds are included in that idea.

First, the subset of gamers that actually care about the differences in bat sounds is so small that it really doesn't even cross developers minds. Second, I fully expect that those kinds of sounds are embellished for ads.

Realistic sounding bats sound terrible in a game. Developers just want to produce a pop that sounds good to the ear, not mimic the real thing. It doesn't get "fixed" becasue what they hae has been fine for 99.9% of gamers for years.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by jayhawker

First, the subset of gamers that actually care about the differences in bat sounds is so small that it really doesn't even cross developers minds.

Meh, it's inexcusable to me. I remember making the very first comment about bat bat sounds since 2K5, and they haven't corrected them yet (not to say they haven't changed them, but they certainly haven't corrected them).

I'm not so sure I agree that realistic bat sounds would sound terribly in a baseball game, I think they would sound fantastic. The same goes for realistic crowd sounds. Let's face it, games to their best to replicate 40,000 people in a stadium, but they merely mimic it and it comes off as unnatural.

Video games still have a long way to go in the audio department, and I'd say that 2K is very far away in terms of stadium atmospherics.

[500Feet]

Quote: Originally Posted by jayhawker

First, the subset of gamers that actually care about the differences in bat sounds is so small that it really doesn't even cross developers minds. Second, I fully expect that those kinds of sounds are embellished for ads.

It's been discussed for years in the 2K forums. The developers probably heard something about it.

Embellished to sound less realistic / worse ?

[jeffy777]

After all these years, they really need to get the bat sounds right. Overall though, it seems like it should be a good game this year.

[TRD Supra]

I want to see some gameplay!