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MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

07:58 PM - February 5, 2009 by Millennium

The MLB 09 The Show demo is up on the Playstation Network Store. Please post your impressions once you download and play the game.

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# 1321 rckabillyRaider @ 02/18/09 06:09 PM

Thanks for replying to the "demo crowd" issues. Atmosphere is a huge selling point for me and I'm glad the final version will be beefed up in that category.

# 1322 countryboy @ 02/18/09 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by areobee401


	Thanks for the reply Knight thats a huge plus as the throwing meter was hurting the game for me. Again sorry for the stupid questions guys. I'm new to the series and im dealing with all new options from what im used to.

Don't apologize man. If you don't ask you won't know. Any questions you have, fire away. We'll do our best to answer them.

BTW....Welcome to the Show.

# 1323 Rod_Carew29 @ 02/18/09 06:55 PM

'08 most definitely does....no doubt about it!

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Originally Posted by dave_sz


	That's interesting cause every hit in the demo sounds exactly the same for me...

# 1324 Lewis160 @ 02/18/09 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rckabillyRaider


	Thanks for replying to the "demo crowd" issues. Atmosphere is a huge selling point for me and I'm glad the final version will be beefed up in that category.

i noticed that at my last at bat the crowd cheered for like 3 seconds then quiet down and then loud again on my next pitch ..it should be loud the whole at bat not for a short time...

Also in the demo it showed that there were 23,000 people in the stadium,,impossible after being the world champs

# 1325 vinny_b @ 02/18/09 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by delo2beatu


	Hey I just have to say this..... BASEBALL 2K9 LOOKS HORRIBLE!!! What is up with the 2000 pepsi ads everywhere in every stadium? That looks soooooo freakin' stupid! I've never been a fan of 2k9 series in baseball but this year I believe they have taken it to a new low! Once again I could care less because I don't play it but I mean who designed that? Who approved that? lol its very weird... Lets just get this over with right now, 09 the show takes the award for baseball game of they year! 2k is done, ea is crap. Hey sony... design a football game, betcha it badass!!!

actually, i don't mind the Pepsi adds, cuz their red/white/blue. What bothers me, is when billboards appear in stadiums which aren't color-coordinated. In the new Yankee Stadium it looks like SCEA placed a yellow/gold color billboard in left-field. It is an eye-sore. Even if it looked that way in real-life, no need to replicate it in the game.

ditto for any of the other off the wall color billboards, in stadiums.

# 1326 hojusimpson @ 02/18/09 11:59 PM

Playing a quick game tonight (two-player), I slammed one straight at the mound with Howard. It hit the base of the hill and shot up perfectly between Kazmir's legs as he was finishing his follow-through.

I'm an idiot and completely forgot to take a screen and, of course, I'll likely never see it again. I did zoom in on the replay just to ensure that no clipping problems were the cause but it was a clean pass.

So, anyhow, reacting quickly, my wife stopped and jumped, snagging the ball with Iwamura. With Howard being slow as he is, she was able to land and throw me out easily.

Man, I wish we could save replays in the demo as (cool as the feature is), a single screen would never have done the sequence justice.

P.S. I won 2-1 in the fifth on a walk-off solo shot by Victorino, my third or fourth game-winning blast with him!

# 1327 hojusimpson @ 02/19/09 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jim416


	A man beats his wife at the game and brags about it....tsk, tsk.

Seriously, she's pretty good -- I mean she always her own franchises in sports games and I have mine.

edit: And to clarify, she plays on Veteran. She can hit and pitch All-Star but not field. I think she's better at '09, not only against me but also the computer so we'll see!

Last year, she took on a rebuilding Royals squad and had them play .500 baseball. She doesn't know all the players but, yeah, I'd say I can only win around 70 per cent of the time.

She's also very capable at Winning Eleven but man, she's boring to play against in that one!

The funny thing, though, is she's awful at hockey and it's our favourite sport!

# 1328 CFTejada @ 02/19/09 12:46 AM

I woulden't understand anyone not having the HDMI cable setup with the PS3, however MLB the SHOW09 looks magnificent. DEF a MUST BUY.

# 1329 scooteristkai @ 02/19/09 04:16 AM

... it is an exhibition matchup....

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Originally Posted by Lewis160


	i noticed that at my last at bat the crowd cheered for like 3 seconds then quiet down and then loud again on my next pitch ..it should be loud the whole at bat not for a short time... Also in the demo it showed that there were 23,000 people in the stadium,,impossible after being the world champs

# 1330 Openroad_7 @ 02/19/09 08:52 AM

I've played many games of the demo so far and yesterday saw a few things that bothered me.

I was playing as the Phillies and hit a weak ground ball to first. That was a good thing. The Ray's 1st baseman missed the ball, animation wasn't pretty, but it was clearly an error. What happened next disturbed me, the 2nd baseman ran over to where the ball was, however did not pick the ball up. The 1st baseman ran back to the edge of the outfield to pick the ball up and throw to 2nd base, my runner was standing on 1st at the time.

The other issue was with a foul ball that was hit on the 1st base side near home plate and a pop-up on the 1st base side of the pitchers mound. My 3rd baseman ran over and caught both of these balls, my catcher and 1st baseman stood and watched.

My last experience was strange, but not sure if it as meant to be a base running blunder. Playing on Legend the CPU had 1st and third one out, a fairly deep flyball was hit to centerfield, I thought it was deep enough to score the run and I would have attempted it, however the runner on 3rd went back to the base to tag up, but never came home. Here is where the strange thing occured. His 3rd base coach came over to the runner on 3rd and started to yell at the runner, extending the arms as he spoke, this is were I am not sure if it was a random base running error.

# 1331 ElroyJetson @ 02/19/09 09:43 AM

wow my last 4 at bats with ryan howard = 2run homer, solo shot , 3run homer , and a double

# 1332 ElroyJetson @ 02/19/09 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by twiztiddarkangelman


	What difficulty shorty???

2 of them were veteran just because of the fact my timing was so off and i couldnt hit until lately and the last 2 the homer and double are all star(the double was a check swing blooper into centerfield tho)

# 1333 mgoblue678 @ 02/19/09 03:04 PM

I have to say I am pretty disappointed in the fact they didn't make collision detection a bigger priority espcially at second base. This seems like way too big of a part of the game to ignore.

I just slid straight through a player on back to back at bats trying to break up the double play. Very annoying.

Like I said I don't see how this wasn't made a top priority. Lots of exciting things can happen on broken up double plays.

I know this may sound harsh but to me for a baseball game on these advanced consoles in 2009 to not have collision detection is not acceptable at all. Alot older baseball games on far less powerful systems had this. PLEASE FIX THIS FOR NEXT YEAR.

# 1334 DodgerFanatic2K3 @ 02/19/09 04:41 PM

Lets not forget were playing a build from early Dec

It's very possible that most if not all of these issues have been addressed and fixed

# 1335 DodgerFanatic2K3 @ 02/19/09 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Openroad_7


	I've played many games of the demo so far and yesterday saw a few things that bothered me. I was playing as the Phillies and hit a weak ground ball to first. That was a good thing. The Ray's 1st baseman missed the ball, animation wasn't pretty, but it was clearly an error. What happened next disturbed me, the 2nd baseman ran over to where the ball was, however did not pick the ball up. The 1st baseman ran back to the edge of the outfield to pick the ball up and throw to 2nd base, my runner was standing on 1st at the time

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OK I'm confused...... are you more disturbed that the 2nd basemen didn't pick up the ball or that your runner didn't advance to 2nd base with nobody apparently staying to cover 1st or 2nd ????

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	My last experience was strange, but not sure if it as meant to be a base running blunder. Playing on Legend the CPU had 1st and third one out, a fairly deep flyball was hit to centerfield, I thought it was deep enough to score the run and I would have attempted it, however the runner on 3rd went back to the base to tag up, but never came home. Here is where the strange thing occured. His 3rd base coach came over to the runner on 3rd and started to yell at the runner, extending the arms as he spoke, this is were I am not sure if it was a random base running error.

This I think was just an example of the runner on 3rd making a BIG mental error...Hence the cut scene afterwords

# 1336 dave_sz @ 02/19/09 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mgoblue678


	I have to say I am pretty disappointed in the fact they didn't make collision detection a bigger priority espcially at second base. This seems like way too big of a part of the game to ignore. I just slid straight through a player on back to back at bats trying to break up the double play. Very annoying. Like I said I don't see how this wasn't made a top priority. Lots of exciting things can happen on broken up double plays. I know this may sound harsh but to me for a baseball game on these advanced consoles in 2009 to not have collision detection is not acceptable at all. Alot older baseball games on far less powerful systems had this. PLEASE FIX THIS FOR NEXT YEAR.

I have to agree with this. It's actually pretty horrible. I had a left fielder dive into the left field foul wall just to hit it with his head and the animation continued with him sliding his out stretched arm against the wall.... Same with outfielders running through each other, or a player walking holding the bat at both ends with his hands and the hand being inside the bat on on end. It would be awesome to see ragdoll physics implemented. These are things that I don't think will be fixed in the final version...

# 1337 rckabillyRaider @ 02/20/09 12:26 AM

man, I am playing on veteran with pitch speed all the way down, HUMAN contact and TIMING all the way up, and I am still getting like 2-3 hits per game only. Do these sliders work? I really dont notice a difference. Or is it just me still sucking cuz Im new to ps3 and the show?? LOL

# 1338 Full_Collapse @ 02/20/09 12:30 AM

Finally had a break through game on Legend and put up 5 runs through 4 innings.

But gave up 6 and lost the game.

# 1339 Openroad_7 @ 02/20/09 09:09 AM

Sorry for the confusion, I was disturbed by the 2nd baseman not picking up the ball. The shortstop was covering 2nd. But the 2nd baseman clearly should have picked the ball up.

# 1340 CMH @ 02/20/09 02:08 PM

Not to complain (yea, to complain), but I thought the issue with balls going through fielders was resolved or am I wrong here?

Last night, I had a play with a runner on first. The ball was hit sharply to Utley's right. He goes into an animation to move to the ball, yet, because I'm also reacting to the ball, I basically move him out of that animation. As a result, he ends up running and the ball goes right through his torso allowing the runner on first to move safely to second.

What bothered me the most was that there were two outs and the very next hitter hit a 3-run homerun to take a 3-0 lead. Since it's a demo, I just let it slide. If that were during a season game, I would be visibly upset.

Any word on whether or not this has been fixed since this demo's build? It's a frustrating thing that I used to see a lot in the outfield that now seems corrected. Yet, I just saw it pop up last night for an infielder. First and only real issue I've seen since dling the demo. Well, that and making me stay up late playing 4 innings of baseball.

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