MLB 2K12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here

[RGmoney]

As stated several times already by the staff, Keep The Show OUT of this thread. If you can't keep your Impressions limited to the MLB 2K12 Demo itself.... Don't post. This is not a comparison thread.

[goteamlloyd]

Quote: Originally Posted by cheechoo98

As others have mentioned, why 2K takes the commentary out of the Demo, is a head scratcher and really hurts it. The commentary is awesome and rivals The Show's commentary... - I really love the pitching mechanic that has been in 2K for the past few iterations - also, IMO, rivals The Show's. - love the fielding cameras. I like how you see the fielder + the hitter/base runner, + the sky, all in one camera. It,s actually similar to The Show's Road To The Show camera. And the 'good at bat' cam in The Show. I wish The Show had that camera as an option for regular gameplay. - the batting camera is awful IMO, at least in the demo, they should include different batting camera options. I never understood this camera that 2k implemented.. And all the GUI stuff added to the strike zone. I haven,t played the actual game, so I don,t know if all that strike zone GUI stuff is optional. They should include the option to turn it off in the demo. - in the Demo, some animation issues hurt it. On a 3rd out, AFTER Beltran caught the flyball... The scene Cut-to: Closeup of Beltran... Running forward, (with ball in glove) then, Beltran reverses direction and runs towards the wall, then Beltran reverses direction again towards the dugout... So things like the above have made my mind up to stick with The Show this year -- when I was 90% leaning to taking a year off since 1998 from the Show (and EA) - and going with 2K...

The retail game has a lot of options to change the batting camera and gui. I didn't like it either. I like my camera a bit more zoomed in. I actually converted from the Show for the first time last year because I loved the 2k pitching mechanics. While everyone thinks I'm insane to go with 2k when you own a PS3, I always come back with, the Show has become stale and if you could pick another game besides Madden, wouldn't you. So, I'm leaning towards 2K again but I might wait a month to get a price drop. Just not sure.

[brendanrfoley]

I'm frustrated by the little things; does anybody notice after a homerun is hit, the camera typically cuts to the pitcher right as the hitter is about to step on home?

Why would they program that? It makes no sense.

[anchorsteamer]

I didn't pick up the full 2k11 game last year, but only played the demo. Can someone give me an impression of how much was smoothed out between the demo and the full 2k11 game?

As I wrote before, I thought this looked like a good upgrade and I saw a lot of new animations, but I'm curious how ironed out it gets between now and release aside from the addition of commentary.

[acarrero]

Amazing to me how much they've taken from the MVP 06/07 games (NCAA baseball, when analog hitting and pitching were first introduced). The replays of your swing, the analog fielding/throwing, etc.

I really like the feel of hitting. For the first time I think they achieved something as good or better than the feel MVP06 had for analog hitting. In MVP06, however, you could move the hit stick left or right on the follow thu to push or pull the ball, something I wouldn't mind having here, to add at least an element of zone hitting.

The animations are still sub-par for what I expect out of a current gen baseball game. But overall, the hitting and pitching feel authentic. The fielding and base running are ok. The graphics look decent. This could be the best 2K baseball game since WS2K3 or 2k4.

[Errors Occurred]

I like the demo I believe it's going to be a good game this year...Ive played like 20 games so far and it seems to be getting better the more I play it...The hitting is really the same but I do love how if a pitch is working it gets better or if that pitch is getting rocked the ratings go down...Please stop talking about the other game there is a forum for it thanks

[Zezoina]

In the second inning I hit a batter, next inning the cpu hits on of my players, after that a screen comes up saying: "This is a warning to both teams, the next pitcher that hits a batter will be ejected"
Pretty cool to see warning to the benches.

[yaeger]

I like the demo. It feels like 2k11, but the hitting has more of a variety and the fielding feels smoother. I'm glad that I pre-ordered it. Can't wait for Tuesday to come.