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

[Checmate101]

How you pitch out?

[puremvp1]

I'm pretty impressed with the demo, I like it....feels better than last year, even looks better.


With that said, still not sold...I'll wait a few days after release, see what bugs pop up "any game killers" and read some reviews but mostly just read about the bugs and bugs in franchise/my player mode

Let's be honest 2k hasnt exactly earned trust with games ..regarding bugs, nba 2k10 is still a mess, mlb 2k9 was well yeah, game ending franchise crash

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Is anyone having good success with stealing in this game? I think I've only successfully stolen 2nd when the catcher hasn't bothered throwing down (when I had runners on 1st and 3rd) and on a wild pitch. Every other time, I've gotten thrown out (except once where I stole on Petitte since his pitching motion is so slow)

[TheRealGooch]

Quote: Originally Posted by kcxiv

not me, they threw Joba at me.

Yeah, they threw Joba at me too. He struck me out a couple of times, but Howard went opposite field for a homer with a contact swing. Game looked great.

[kashmir28]

Quote: Originally Posted by Checmate101

How you pitch out?

X after selecting your pitch. Unfortunately, the pitch out seems to be more a high pitch than true pitch out, leaving the catcher practically standing over home plate.

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trevytrev11

Every time there was a developer Q&A on the boards or someone was collecting questions to ask the developers, I would always ask what level of baseball experience the people making the game have...I never received an answer. I just think it makes a difference. I'm sure a lot of the people on the dev team are baseball fans, but if you've never played it at a higher level, there is just so much that goes on that they likely just don't know about. To understand why a check swing is important, you kind of need to know how hitters approach their at bats.

Trev....I tried what you asked(I don't know if anyone else mentioned it or you've tried the demo yourself yet)..and yes after the 4 step you will always get the throw over.
Mostly I can get back...but a couple of times.....I did get nailed.

For the guys saying the CPU is swinging too much still.....I find that if it is a weak pitch and anywhere in or around the zone...the CPU swings. Almost never fail.
Now...yeah the CPU should try and take advantage of a bad pitch, but my locations were actually making them "good" pitches ...just weak and unless I throw it nearly down the middle(where it gets crushed...as it should)...I can get plenty of outs off just one pitch.
There were a decent amount of hit's off of them also...so jumping up a level should make this not too big of a deal, but I think they could have had the CPU be a little more selective on weak pitches.

M.K.
Knight165

[kashmir28]

Glad I'm not the only one feeling a cpu assist overload while fielding.

While I would like to believe that 2K put a load of effort into this outing, it seems to be a lot of smoke and mirrors going on to cover up last years glaring mistakes and flaws. The odd camera angles to overcompensate for IMO weak graphics for a 360 game, the omission of standard elements of baseball, the true lack of feeling control on defense. Hate to overreact from a demo, but it seems like another progress outing by 2K to pull "can't wait til next year" reactions and not a full fledge finished product.

[duke776]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

For the guys saying the CPU is swinging too much still.....I find that if it is a weak pitch and anywhere in or around the zone...the CPU swings. Almost never fail. Now...yeah the CPU should try and take advantage of a bad pitch, but my locations were actually making them "good" pitches ...just weak and unless I throw it nearly down the middle(where it gets crushed...as it should)...I can get plenty of outs off just one pitch. There were a decent amount of hit's off of them also...so jumping up a level should make this not too big of a deal, but I think they could have had the CPU be a little more selective on weak pitches. M.K. Knight165

Yup, it seems like they are more aggressive vs weak pitches. Take Bastardo for instance, he has some terribly rated pitches and the cpu was pretty much swinging away at me when I pitched with him. Like you said I wish they would've worked on making the cpu more selective on weak pitches, because I had one game where the cpu did nothing but grounded out against him because they swung at bad pitches. He's the only pitcher I've experienced this with, the cpu against all the other pitchers was very selective and patient.

With all that being said, I'm still having fun with the demo, and plan to buy the game depending on if some of the franchise glitches were fixed. I'm just going to avoid carrying someone like Bastardo on my staff, because it can be too easy to pitch with him if the cpu swings at bad pitches.