Some MLB 2K13 Ratings Revealed, Along with a Few Shaky-Cam Videos and Impressions

[ExtremeGamer]

If anyone catches another video, any chance you could show Progressive Field. Thanks!,


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[CrazyKitchenGuy]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmount78

Played against the Blue Jays and both teams looked good in uniform

Did they fix the player pictures so they are actually wearing the new Jays hat? I found that to be a little bit annoying last year that they were still in the older hats, even though they had switched prior to release.

[econoodle]

I'll be going to my local BB today to check on the franchise glitches from last year:

- bald head aliens

- injury history only showing the last injury, not all

- a player losing his place in the stat categories once he goes/and returns from the DL

any other franchise stuff to look out for?

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by econoodle

I'll be going to my local BB today to check on the franchise glitches from last year: - bald head aliens - injury history only showing the last injury, not all - a player losing his place in the stat categories once he goes/and returns from the DL any other franchise stuff to look out for?

For whatever reason, over the years, this is the area that has really hindered franchise mode. Injuries and the handling of them. Or lack of them. If they can clear these types of things up the franchise mode would be very strong.

[Romain El 82]

Just like last year, I'll be getting the game early (will be picking it up after work tonight, getting home around midnight EDT). If anyone has any specific questions, I'll do my best to answer them.

[Zombeels]

Romain, can you post the team ratings please?

also, can you give some info about:

-the menus, do they look any different?
-does my player look the exact same?
-does franchise work the exact same?
-does mlb today season look like it will actually work this time?
-any new online stuff?

thanks

[MizzouRah]

Quote: Originally Posted by Romain El 82

Just like last year, I'll be getting the game early (will be picking it up after work tonight, getting home around midnight EDT). If anyone has any specific questions, I'll do my best to answer them.

Can't wait to hear your impressions. If they fixed the AI issue where the pitcher bats late in the game with men on base in a tight game, I'll be ecstatic. Just AI in general, would be nice to know if they enhanced the CPU AI.

[Blzer]

I went to Best Buy today for the first time to give it a whirl. Sadly to say (for people asking), I didn't go there to post ratings or anything. However, I did bring my video camera, and I'm going to upload three "1st inning" gameplay videos of different teams.

I did my own sliders and settings adjustments, because IMO this game is hideous, ugly, and unplayable with default values. I had to do tweaks mid-game sometimes because they seemed to change. No matter.

I will apologize that I don't put too many balls in play when batting, and I can attribute that to a few things:

1) I was trying out the check swing system, and most times I forgot that the check swing not only doesn't work well in this game, but that it doesn't happen the same way The Show does it, which is what I'm used to. So you'll see a lot of random swings and misses.

2) The TV has pretty bad input lag. You'll see that I sometimes botch my pitches as well for the same reason.

3) In the game when I'm the Angles, my camera battery was dying, so I just tried really hard to put a bunch of balls in play, and it didn't really work.

Anyway, I'll be posting them as soon as they're uploaded. I also tweaked the audio settings, so hopefully my camera captured some of it (the TV was pretty quiet and I couldn't change the volume). I hope you enjoy!

EDIT: As far as quick impressions, I really do like this game with proper adjustments. I think that from previously owning 2K10, I had issues that were tough to look past. Two of them still exist (the way that you check swing and the fact you can't turn off the pitching cursor), and there are still poor sound effects, framerate issues, and ugly crowds/faces, etc... but it's a good brand of baseball, has a few more good customizable tweaks since 2K10, and I don't mind pretending that this is just the "next year" since 2K10 on my end, since that's the last version I purchased. In other words, this is a worthy step up from that game.

In short, if I wasn't already buying the PS3 and Vita versions of The Show and buying Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2013 this year (which is pretty costly to get from Japan, mind you), the NBA/MLB 2K13 combo pack would be an easy purchase for me. I still might get it! I know I'm going to Redbox this game when available and see what I can squeeze out of it for the time being.

The first video has almost finished uploading. Hopefully my videos will reflect some good that you can get out of what you might expect in an inning of play, lol.

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

If anyone catches another video, any chance you could show Progressive Field. Thanks!,

You lucked out. This is one of the videos I recorded. You'll see it when uploaded.