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Major League Baseball 2K10: A Live Journal (Gameinformer)

05:25 PM - February 4, 2010 by basehead617

Gameinformer has posted a very detailed live journal on Major League Baseball 2K10.

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	"In the skill point menu, new sections have been added for my pitch types. For instance, I can now spend points on my curveball's speed, control, and movement. One nice really touch is having individual skill points rewarded for pitching, fielding, baserunning, and batting. Unlike MLB: The Show, you won't have to needlessly spend pitching points on drag bunting. It looks like I'll earn bunting points for laying down bunts, and fielding points for actually playing my position. Nice."

Game: Major League Baseball 2K10Reader Score: 6/10 - Vote Now
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# 41 Blzer @ 02/05/10 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Jamin23


	That's what sliders are for.

While that's true, gone are the days of 2K3 and 2K4 where there was a "variable pitching" setting that would take away pinpoint accuracy from where you are targeting your pitch. Now see, we can control the speed of our meter or whatever it is we have to, but if we perfect it, we paint our spot always. Therein lies the problem.

Not only that, but not since 2K4 (or was it 2K5?) have we been able to hide our pitching cursor. For the life of me, I have no idea whey they haven't given us that option.

# 42 PVarck31 @ 02/05/10 12:32 AM

Holy crap, can we relax a bit here. Its one guy playing the game. He seamed to not know much about baseball, so I seriously doubt he was working the count realistically. He was probably trying to throw everything right down the middle. As for the screens, are you kidding me? You can't tell that they are shot off screen by a camera? Come on now.

# 43 jeffy777 @ 02/05/10 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by pjv31


	Holy crap, can we relax a bit here. Its one guy playing the game. He seamed to not know much about baseball, so I seriously doubt he was working the count realistically. He was probably trying to throw everything right down the middle. As for the screens, are you kidding me? You can't tell that they are shot off screen by a camera? Come on now.

The voice of reason, folks. Thank you pjv31.

# 44 Artman22 @ 02/05/10 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by DickDalewood


	Lol, one would think the extreme glare would have given it away, but I guess I should stop being surprised by folks around here. NOTHING should be assumed obvious anymore

You're right about that. Somethings need to be be pointed out to some members on here lol. I knew it was a terrible picture, but didn't say anything as it looked blurry. It was quite obvious lol.

# 45 PVarck31 @ 02/05/10 02:36 AM

Anyone notice that the blog said day 2? Where is day 1?

# 46 rock85 @ 02/05/10 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by pjv31


	Anyone notice that the blog said day 2? Where is day 1?

Yes i was wondering the same thing

# 47 RGmoney @ 02/05/10 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by pjv31


	Anyone notice that the blog said day 2? Where is day 1?

He started the blog on the 3rd (Day 1). It ended with:

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	And would you look at that. I can demand a trade to a team of my choice. Deep down inside, I know I'm supposed to be an Oriole, but I'm going to hang tight with the Cubs for now.

Day 2 was the 4th, and started: "My Smokies got off to a hot start..."

# 48 Bahnzo @ 02/05/10 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96


	Come on people. Obviously the writer of the blog really has no clue on what's he's doing, hence making it the developer's fault as usual. Boy the hate for this series is stronger than Darth Vader's hate towards the empire..

I disagree. From the writer's comments, he's a big fan of baseball and knows the game. And if you mean he has no clue towards playing the game, then that's even worse. Someone who has no clue, playing with a new created player and still throwing 85%+ strikes when he's not nailing his gestures...is a complete joke. Especially from a company touting that the game is all about the batter vs pitcher.

# 49 Skyboxer @ 02/05/10 06:47 AM

Looking forward to picking this up. If it's fun then I'm cool with it. I'll also have The Show so I'll be perfectly set with baseball.

# 50 Bahnzo @ 02/05/10 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by DickDalewood


	Do we even know what difficulty he was playing on? Just a thought...

He starts on pro and moves up to all star.......

# 51 bigfnjoe96 @ 02/05/10 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Bahnzo


	I disagree. From the writer's comments, he's a big fan of baseball and knows the game. And if you mean he has no clue towards playing the game, then that's even worse. Someone who has no clue, playing with a new created player and still throwing 85%+ strikes when he's not nailing his gestures...is a complete joke. Especially from a company touting that the game is all about the batter vs pitcher.

Yet when Chase played the game, he had a totally different take on Balls & Strikes as someone pointed out earlier in this same thread.

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	Pinpointing will not be very easy to do either way since ratings also play a bigger role when pitching. Your outfielder will not be able to come into the game and paint the corners anymore. In addition to that, even when your normally wild pitchers are nailing their pitching motions, there is an inherent amount of wildness that will still show up. By default, Joel Pineiro is just going to be more accurate than Oliver Perez. This also ties into how the AI performs. During my time with the game, I walked two CPU batters, but I also drew two or three walks against my CPU counterpart. When an AI pitcher with weak control attributes is on the mound, he may miss the strike zone by a lot more on a more consistent basis than a control pitcher will.

# 52 Bahnzo @ 02/05/10 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96


	Yet when Chase played the game, he had a totally different take on Balls & Strikes as someone pointed out earlier in this same thread.

Just have to wait and see I guess. Hopefully the demo comes soon. I just don't have a lot of confidence after the last couple years is all, and seeing stuff like this article isn't helping things. My interest is certainly piqued from everything I've read so far, but it seems to me they are still working on features instead of strengthening the core gameplay.

# 53 DaveDQ @ 02/05/10 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96


	Come on people. Obviously the writer of the blog really has no clue on what's he's doing, hence making it the developer's fault as usual. Boy the hate for this series is stronger than Darth Vader's hate towards the empire..

The good part is he's pitching that many pitches. Last year you could pitch 9 innings and only have a 72 pitch count.

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Originally Posted by Bahnzo


	He starts on pro and moves up to all star.......

And then he went back to Pro because he was getting clobbered.

# 54 bigfnjoe96 @ 02/05/10 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DaveDQ


	The good part is he's pitching that many pitches. Last year you could pitch 9 innings and only have a 72 pitch count.

This. Not to mention we have no idea if he "WASTED" any pitches trying to get the CPU to chase stuff outside the ZONE. I know people are on the FENCE with this game due to being BURNED before & well you should be, but again we must remember that how 1 person plays a game, will probably differ from another

# 55 Blzer @ 02/05/10 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by DickDalewood


	Exactly. So people are worried about the pitch counts of a guy playing on Pro? Really??

I think I'm overall just more concerned about what kind of players they think we are on Pro. One thing I hate about these companies is they default the game to such a dumbed down level. I don't even necessarily mean "easy", but just dumbed down. Pitches are about halved in speed, every single visual aid is up and running, and camera angles are just ridiculous. It makes it hard to do things like play the demo (no option changes) or watch people play preview builds because they don't change up anything, and it completely misrepresents the game.

Yet, I'll blame 2K for that. Other games don't seem to have that issue where we have to say something like, "It's because they're playing on Pro that you're not seeing that kind of hit variety." It's just weird.

# 56 Blzer @ 02/05/10 02:43 PM

Are there CPU swinging aggressiveness sliders with pitches in and out of the strike zone like 2K4 - 2K7 had?

# 57 jeffy777 @ 02/05/10 02:46 PM

Hopefully the AI is just being aggressive because his pitch ratings are so lousy (Movement 50/Control 50). Sounds like he's a batting practice pitcher, heh.

# 58 jeffy777 @ 02/05/10 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kcxiv


	just shows that he doesnt know how to work the count on the harder levels. He doesnt know when to pitch out, or when to challenge a hitter. It seems like he and the pitcher got rattled..

We don't really know without watching him play. There could very well be flaws in the game, considering last year's AI. Although, Chase said it seemed improved to him and that he pitched an unintentional walk, so it does seem like this guy might not be a very wise pitcher, but I don't want to disrespect him.

# 59 PVarck31 @ 02/05/10 03:01 PM

Not sure what to think here. It seems like the same problem of the cpu swinging at everything is there. I really hope I am wrong, or there is a good reason for it.

# 60 jeffy777 @ 02/05/10 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kcxiv


	he also said he couldnt pitch on the all star level. He couldnt hit corners. I am sure the accurateness (if thats a word lol) of hitting your gestures is harder making it harder to pitch as well. We have all seen times where pitchers just lose all control.

I'm guessing the reason he was getting lit up on All Star is because his pitch ratings are so terrible, but it's hard to say without actually seeing him play.

All I can say is that if the AI hitting is as overly aggressive as last year, I'm definitely not buying this game. I really hope they fixed it this year, but I'm certainly skeptical at this point.

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