MLB 2K11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (PS3/360)

[Artman22]

Quote: Originally Posted by samuri26

Does nobody see the huge jagged edges on EVERY player and shadow model??????? It's ridiculous, they are obvious to anyone using a large plasma or any HDTV This along with the framerate inconsistency and the jarring animations make this a no buy for me....This is ESPECIALLY frustrating considering I haven't bought a baseball game since 2k7 ARGHHHHHH

I'm on a "50 panasonic, and there's no jaggies. I'm on the 360 version. If you're sitting 3 feet away from the tv, that might be a problem.

[Bat]

Pitching is great, gameplay seems solid, but the graphics and camera angles are awful.

The batting cam is way too far away. I am looking forward to seeing what other options are available in the retail version.

[pietasterp]

Uh-oh....not liking what I'm hearing lately. I'm downloading the demo as I type this, but my high hopes are sinking fast...Bugs? Glitches? Overall lack of polish/attention to detail? Deja-vu all over again...

If that's how the demo is playing, then that's how the retail game is playing...it's not like they release beta builds as demos, and this game is a week from the street (i.e. it's been packed and delivered already). I wouldn't hold out any hope that things will be better in the retail version if you guys are seeing a lot of nonsense in the demo...

[inkcil]

Quote: Originally Posted by elfdutch

Had the exact same thing. Score was 0-0. 2 outs, nobody on base. I hit one out of the park, but the leftfielder climbs the wall and then somehow morphs into the wall, or through it. He catches the ball somewhere behind that wall. On my screen the words "out" and "homerun" are written. So, a homerun and an out. Its scored as a run. Really do not like that. High foul balls behind the catcher makes players go soooo sloooooow. Don't like the new camera at all. Hit a homerun on the very 1st pitch i got, but could not see the ball for the life of me. Replays still suck, only showing the runners. I loved mlb2k10 but am really not digging this at all. Very very underwhelming......

you will see in my impression post on this very page that i chronicled basically the same experience...the "homerun-out" bug.

Also, I've noticed even stranger animations...no one on and no outs, i single up the middle to center field, the CF gloves the ball and instead of just throwing it casually to the cutoff, he spins and throws in one motion...LOL.

Speaking of balls up the middle, I've noticed that deep fly balls and pop-outs up the middle lead to the frame-rate hiccup, as well as tall pop-ups behind the plate, which I've had a high number of.

Lastly (on a good note), I really love 2k's lead off system. Using the rear triggers to lead off is so natural, and the controller sensitivity is instantaneous with playr movement on the screen. It's so good, in fact, that I began to play a little "Rickey Henderson" with Barry Zito...lead off a little, then come back a little, lead off a little more, then come back. It was REALLY messing with the Pitcher AI's head b/c he took forever to throw the pitch while I was doing this. At one point, the camera even cut to the "beside the pitcher cam" but he didn't throw over. Totally Cool. Very immersive. I even forced an errant throw by the catcher later in the at-bat.

To me, 2k's lead-off controls are so responsive to the the controller, that I consider it the most technically sound and immersive aspect of controls in the game.

[BA2929]

Quote: Originally Posted by pietasterp

Uh-oh....not liking what I'm hearing lately. I'm downloading the demo as I type this, but my high hopes are sinking fast...Bugs? Glitches? Overall lack of polish/attention to detail? Deja-vu all over again... If that's how the demo is playing, then that's how the retail game is playing...it's not like they release beta builds as demos, and this game is a week from the street (i.e. it's been packed and delivered already). I wouldn't hold out any hope that things will be better in the retail version if you guys are seeing a lot of nonsense in the demo...

The bugs/glitches you're referring to aren't happening very often and aren't that big of a deal really. I'm going to assume the retail game has commentary and the ability to take out players and adjust lineups, something the demo doesn't have. It's a small demo, I'm sure a few of these tiny problems have been addressed.

If not, then 2k will have egg on their faces.

[ChubbyBanana]

Quote: Originally Posted by Redemption

its amazing to me that some people get warnings for legitimately making comparisons between the Show and 2k (you know, constructive posts), and then someone like emath shows up and trolls the hell out of this thread and nothing....

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[WazzuRC]

I had very low expectations of 2k11 in winter, but started to get high hopes lately. However, after spending a good a hour with the demo I came away unimpressed.

While I do think it probably will be a "fun" pick-up-and-play type baseball game, I just want more. I thought that the graphics looked pretty much like a carbon copy of 2k10. I do like some of the new animations, but fielding just seems rushed to me. It feels like especially on plays in the infield, everything is a line drive to my fielder. I laid down a bunt to move a runner over and the CPU catcher caught it and threw to first with a really jerky animation that looked horribly unnatural.

I love pitching in 2K (always have) and this year is no different. I can tell they've put some work into tweaking it. Batting seems just like last year, with no real idea where the ball will go once I make contact. I did experience a fair share of jaggies and a few frame-rate drops, which was disappointing.

I do think they've made some solid improvements, but to me, this is what 2k10 should have been. I was hoping to purchase two baseball games this summer, but I'll probably only end up with one and this won't be it.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by WazzuRC

I do think they've made some solid improvements, but to me, this is what 2k10 should have been. I was hoping to purchase two baseball games this summer, but I'll probably only end up with one and this won't be it.

Not to single you out (yet I'm going to, sorry), but this type of comment on a sports game I will never understand. How can one penalize a current year iteration of a game by this logic? If anything, this is an indictment of the previous year's game, and the improvements that the new iteration have made upon the last year's game's issues. It should be praised for that, not knocked.

The developers can't go back in time and make this the 2K10 version, and 2K11 is still going to be going up against this year's crop of baseball titles, and it should be judged as such. If you decide that another baseball title from this year's crop is better based on a comparison between the two, that's your prerogative and I won't fault you for it, but it should be because of a comparison between the current iterations alone, not because "well, MLB2K11 is what MLB2K10 ought to have been, so now the expectations for MLB2K11 are based on that assumption and plus unquantified amount X; by that logic it's not good enough". No annual sports game title would EVER be good enough, given that expectation.

This commentary isn't specific to MLB2K, as this likely will be my first year purchasing a game in this series and I'm not overly familiar with its faults over the years, though your post brought my issue into focus; it's not unique to the commentary on this game, certainly. Apologies for the rant, carry on.