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

[MUfan1313]

When Will the demo be out for people without Xbox Gold?

[Spanky]

Quote: Originally Posted by MUfan1313

When Will the demo be out for people without Xbox Gold?

You can get a free one-month gold membership by creating a new gamertag and signing up for a silver account. Decline the option for a paid gold account and it will give you the free one month of gold. Can do it three times on one machine.

My little way of sticking it to the man.

[tmac55]

Quote: Originally Posted by DirtyJerz32

Thanks pb.

I second you on that one. Great offering from 2K, and you would be naive to think it's a perfect demo, yet alone game. Considering what we had last year, I have been very impressed and have played at least 15-20 games of the demo so far, with maybe one head scratching play by the AI.

This very well could be an isolated moment, where the user got frustrated and just declared the game broken, which in my opinion, it clearly isn't. I don't think I am alone, considering most of the people who have seen minor flaws, still admit it's a step in the right direction for VC. I am also of the opinion that the fielding speed, throws etc can be toned down by sliders, so no need to press the panic button there.

[rckabillyRaider]

I am very impressed with the demo. The graphics look more "realistic" as compared to last year. So far, the gameplay has been very smooth.

The only negatives I have really noticed are that at times when fielding a ball with your infielder and throw to a bag, the throw looks like it just comes right out of nowhere. Kinda just rockets out, like its missing part of the animation or something. On a similar note, the infielders jumping when throwing the ball happens way too often.

Crowd in the upper decks near the outfield look horrible. And one thing that I am really keeping an eye on is that when I have thrown the ball in from the outfield, the fielder threw it to the wrong base. Like if I pressed the 2nd base button, the ball went to 3rd base. Happened twice so far. I hope it's not a gamekilling fielding glitch.

Overall, I like it and will be buying along with the other baseball game.

[WarDawg58]

I hope that fielding glitch is just in the demo. That could be a game killer.

[pdawg17]

I've played 3 games with the demo and one thing that didn't seem improved in any of the games was AI batting...they were still not taking any pitches...in 9 innings (3 demo games) I had 3 innings in which I threw 3 pitches to get 3 outs...so pitch counts were still terrible...maybe this year a slider can improve it but that turned me off because it was the same thing that drove me crazy last year...

[opd897]

After playing a few more games I am no longer concerned with the pitch count. Facing Pettite I was able to make him throw 31 pitches in the first inning alone. 19 strikes and 12 balls. I got two hits in the inning and walked twice. Ended up only scoring one run though. I'm liking the batters eye. I don't swing at everything now.

[BA2929]

Quote: Originally Posted by pdawg17

I've played 3 games with the demo and one thing that didn't seem improved in any of the games was AI batting...they were still not taking any pitches...in 9 innings (3 demo games) I had 3 innings in which I threw 3 pitches to get 3 outs...so pitch counts were still terrible...maybe this year a slider can improve it but that turned me off because it was the same thing that drove me crazy last year...

I've had this happen a few times, but it's been very rare. I've gotten down 2-0 and even 3-0 to a few hitters and the pitches were mostly very close. In real life, you'll get through an inning with 3 pitches, so having it happen once in awhile isn't that big of a deal. I honestly haven't noticed it much. If you're using a bad pitcher like Bastardo you'll see the hitters become more aggressive than you will if they're facing CC or Roy. At least this is what I've seen a few times myself and heard from others.