This game CHEATS...

[cgalligan]

This is going to be a RANT... So, if you don't wanna read it just change the channel...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

These are things that I'm beginning to HATE about the game... I know its "realistic" and the game of Baseball is a frustrating one... But this **** is out of control...

- Default, All Star...

Point Blank... The game cheats...

- Errors at the PERFECT time for the CPU... Routine grounders routinely ****ed up and the absolute worst possible time... Happens at least twice a game...

- Missplayed balls... Bobbled Balls... Terrible LOOOOOOONG animations at the most inopportune time (dribbles up the 3rd base line fielded by pitchers anyone?)... Fielding a grounder and then running 10 feet into the wall before you can throw it in?...

- CPU Hitters have EAGLE EYES and literally not swinging at anything close... down 0-2, 1-2 in the count? Doesn't matter, the CPU doesn't swing at anything... I understand that MLB Players generally have good patience, but the pitches these guys take is simply ridiculous...

- 15 pitch at bats anyone? yeah those are fun... Happens about every other inning regardless of the batter or the pitcher... I feel this is the games way of getting your Pitcher tired quickly...

- Have you ever pitched your *** off, worked the strike zone high, low, in and out just to get rocked in an inning? Then when you say **** IT and stop caring and throw Fastballs right down the middle and start getting guys out? How much freaking sense does that make?

- When your batting, you MIGHT get 1 quality pitch in the strike zone...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

That's all for now... Feel free to flame me and tell me how great this game is... I will agree, its fun, but these above things PISS ME OFF!!! and they happen EVERY SINGLE GAME!!!

[I3RIS3H]

Yeah I know what you mean.. Was just leading 5-0 in the 7th and it seemed like the CPU just turned a switch and BAM, down 7-5.

I wouldve gotten out of the 7th if a routine grounder to 2nd didn't go 5 feet over Hosmers head.

Frustrating, but who knows..

[cusefan74]

Some things I agree with you like the long animations. I don't see a lot of errors though. I don't see pitchers fielding a lot of balls down the 3rd base line either. I get the cpu to swing at pitches out of the zone, doesn't happen all the time, but it happens. 15 pitch at bats, thats an easy one, just turn down the fouls balls slider. I see 2 maybe 3 at bats a game with 8-10 pitches. As far as having them hit everything in an inning sometimes, it happens, nothing you can do about it. I see what your saying though, had it happen to me a couple of times.

[HustlinOwl]

non-issues, improve your game or here are some tips

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...sses-tips.html

[Majingir]

Some of those things are real annoying.

Especially when your fielder gets the ball, then he ends up running right into the wall(and you get that 5 second push off the wall animation) despite having more than enough time before then to turn and throw the ball, and the runners basically get an extra base because of that useless/time wasting animation.


And at times, it sucks how the CPU seems to hit in streaks ALOT. Giving up 1-2 runs in a random inning are ok, but it seems like whenever the CPU scores against me, it's cause they get 5-6 straight hits and 3 or so runs off it.

Those 15 pitch at bats can be fixed if you lower foul frequency, but even doing that, it still doesn't really get rid of these long at bats. You can have a 10 pitch walk cause the CPU fouls off 4-5 pitches and you can't throw a ball cause it'll be ball 4.

[Richie12]

ok...we all know where this thread is going...

...damn !! another one !

Always easier to say the game is cheating instead of I s**k

[UK0wnag3]

I agree with the point about the AI batter just fouling off pitches at will, batting like it's entitled to a hit and so on, but I can think of more times where I've got a ground ball to turn a double play and escaped a jam than I can where there has been a "convenient" error, etc. I definitely feel that the FIFA series is much worse for this kind of thing.

[KingV2k3]

Could be an issue tied to level:

Rookie: CPU AI is pretty neutral

Veteran: CPU AI is balanced

All Star: CPU AI starts showing it's "smarts", esp. with regard to "third time through the lineup" / not swinging at junk / etc.

HOF: CPU AI has a pretty good idea of what your throwing and where, as well as how to best attack your individual batters

Legend: Pretty darn "psychic", IMHO...

The USER controlled / influenced gameplay for this title doesn't change a lot from level to level, but the "smarts" of the AI increase exponentially, from level to level...

I used to play on AS, but this year have settled on Veteran, because it's the only level where they swing at the (rare to occasional) junk and make "mistake" pitches, etc...

There's little to no "frustration" on the lowest two levels this year...

Well, that's my experience, anyway...