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

[rick044]

You sure it wasn't a Herford Cow.. Hahah Know what you mean...

[mwjr]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

It seems like you're going to have to almost guess when to let go of the LT so you can actually make it without being hosed.

That was the case with 2K9 and it drove me crazy. It seems impossible to steal off the pitcher's first move.

[dgoak]

Weird Audio Glitch?

So last night in the bottom of the first the yankees hit a ground rule double on me......here's where it gets weird. As the ball hit the grass in left for the bounce all the sound cut out and everything went into slow-mo....almost like bullet time in the matrix.

At first I thought wow, pretty cool, but then I realized I had lost the main sound, for the duration of the game all I could hear was the umpire and the PA system.....and get this...airplanes!?! very surreal, seemed constantly there was different and multiple airplanes flying overhead. really odd how the sound is layer, realistic sort of, but really threw me off, kind of like being shell-shocked in call of duty....only it never goes away.

[DaveDQ]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwjr

That was the case with 2K9 and it drove me crazy. It seems impossible to steal off the pitcher's first move.

No lie, I took second, third and home on steals. I think it was against Joba. I take a lead, wait for his set motion and let go. It just has to be a fast runner.

I think I have stolen home twice so far in the demo. Something I'm not crazy about.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwjr

That was the case with 2K9 and it drove me crazy. It seems impossible to steal off the pitcher's first move.

I think it might have been Joba Chamberlain, but his motion is so slow that it was almost a guarentee stolen base if I got any sort of a decent jump.

I love the defensive swing. I was in a 1-2 count with Jimmy Rollins and I was able to work my way back and draw a walk.

I also surprisingly hit a home run with Ben Francisco and Derek Jeter which was nice, and hit a home run on a contact swing with Ryan Howard which was also good to see.

Something that I noticed though is that whenever I throw a fast ball, it ends up going to the left of where I aim it. So when the catcher calls for a pitch straight down the middle but low, and I aim it there, it ends up landing in the low and inside corner. Anybody else have this going on? I don't know if I'm not doing a good job on the gesture or something because it's never said "missed gesture" or anything like that so I have no clue what's going on.

[kashmir28]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

I've had a few times where it picked a "correct" guy and some where it picked someone who was 0-1. Looks like it's a problem with the retail game as well. Should be something that's easily patched. I wonder how it got past any testing though.....

Funny, said the same thing about the entire 2K9 game.

Had the top performance/star of game give odd results as well. Hope its because of a shorten demo and the AI/CPU having little to go on.

[Pro Bowler]

I don't know if i'm willing this stuff to happen or what, but i just got another couple of glitches. Easy hit ball hit up the middle with a man on 1st. 2nd baseman gets it about 3 ft from 2nd base, i go ahead and try to throw it to the SS who's already there for a double play and my 2nd baseman just freezes. By the time the he unfeezes the runner is safe at 2nd and i try to throw to 1st and the runner is safe.

I also noticed when i called for a pitchers conference the meter for stamina came up real quickly and filled up before i hit anything.(something else that was mentioned by Chase.) Then i selected the composure option because my pitcher was rattled. So, i got both a stamina boost and composure boost in one mound visit.

I swear to god it's like i have triggered something in the demo and i'm getting this kind of crap almost every game.

[The Living Legend]

So finally hooked up my 360 after about 3 months (damn it was dusty) and decided to give this demo a shot after getting rid of 2k9 after about 2 months. All i can say is WOW

Pros:
-Graphics
-Cut angles
-Stadium Graphics after a good play or home run
-Frame Rate
-Animations are much better
-Throwing meter
-Batting vs Pitching (So Awesome)

Cons
-game speed seems to be a tad fast
-some gameplay hiccups here and there
-OF throwing accuracy, speed isnt as bad as i thought though
-Batting View although i somewhat like it, the stadium looks weird fish eye wierd may like it in the future but i need more time with it its really different.

It is great to see they busted their hump fixing alot of the things that were plain ridiculous in last years incarnation.

Most likely i will wait a week after it comes out and see how everyone on this board plays it. I hope there is a way to adjust the OF arm strength and accuracy since that is a huge thing for me. Look forward to the sliders.