Major League Baseball 2K10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

[CarrotJuice]

played two games this am. Its amazing how much this game has improved this year! Very smoth controls and framerate. graphics boosted. Love the new crowd and reactions. Big thumb up here!

[kashmir28]

Please excuse my laziness for not reading 20-plus pages if I'm repeating anything already mentioned.

First, the defense seems to be on super assist. Not sure if this is an attempt to overcompensate for last year's numerous problems or not.

For instance, opposing runner on third with two outs. Grounder to first, but I trigger the throw home wanting to see the plate collisions animation. The throw was made to first anyway. I clearly triggered the throw home. Even in the outfield, the fielders seem sort of "out of my hands" with flyballs. There will likely be a slider or option for this, hopefully.

Also, the graphics are dreadful during live play. Fielders are indistinguishable from one another because of the camera distance, causing a last-generation look. Again, hopefully adjustable in the retail release.

I liked how the stadium had a different look at night. Pulled of much better than 2K9. Plus, the batter camera angle was a pleasant surprise. Though I've had a fair share of yearly swings, I'm sure adjsuting to that will be simple.

One final thought. I'm hoping there is better collision detection in regards to homeruns in the retail version. The collision detection seems to be in place on foul balls, but not homeruns (at least from my experience). Wasn't this an issue two releases ago? Seeing a ball fly through a wall really kills any hopes of achieving realism.

[kashmir28]

Oh, one other note. Know its nitpicking, but the jumbotron overall is just killing me. Two releases in a row with career stats and huge amounts of empty space surrounding the overall? Would seem easy enough to change, but with all the other issues 2K seems to have addressed, I guess I'll have to deal with it.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by kashmir28

Oh, one other note. Know its nitpicking, but the jumbotron overall is just killing me. Two releases in a row with career stats and huge amounts of empty space surrounding the overall? Would seem easy enough to change, but with all the other issues 2K seems to have addressed, I guess I'll have to deal with it.

I think this is all part of an earlier build, though. If you see the newest comparison video that VC released, there's a shot of Chase field that shows it has filled out.

[DirtyJerz32]

Quote: Originally Posted by KingFelix

I hated that last year as well... Luckily for us, they fixed the blank silhouette this year, but the hat problem still remains. I just think if you have the updated photos like MLB.com does, use the MLB License you have and get everything updated. Not doing so makes the game look outdated to me. Pretty nitpicky but damn, it's just a big pet peeve of mine.

I posted a question about this but, nobody said anything. Were did you hear it was fixed?

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...m-players.html

[thornie]

Quote: Originally Posted by DirtyJerz32

I posted a question about this but, nobody said anything. Were did you hear it was fixed? http://www.operationsports.com/forum...m-players.html

I believe I read somewhere they were using generic CPU modeled faces instead of blank silhouettes ala MVP Baseball.

EDIT: Here you go...

[SeerMagicX]

has anyone hit a ball to the fence yet? 13 games in, not one double in the gap. not a single ball that went all the way down the line.

[DirtyJerz32]

Quote: Originally Posted by thornie

I believe I read somewhere they were using generic CPU modeled faces instead of blank silhouettes ala MVP Baseball. EDIT: Here you go...

Nice!!!