Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

[Steve_OS]

Here is another Major League Baseball 2K9 video. This one showing off the "Zone Hitting" and the top 3 plays.

[MattNYY]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

Is this the same game as the other d-back giant video? And if it is then i guess the progressive lighting works really well!

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

Love weak grounder after trying to pull that outside pitch. Also did I hear the 3rd baseman call of the SS to start that DP? Also finally saw a different DP Animation from the 2B.. Nice..

Also look like Webb was on his game.. Good Stuff

[Steve_OS]

Yup, same game.

[JoshCA916]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

wow zone hitting looks like it could end up being quite a challenge, here is hoping they let us choose just this style of hitting for online leagues

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

Yup, same game.

Nice pitchers duel Steve.

[texbuk84]

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this looks awesome. we get it in store on the 23rd of this month( i work at gamestop) i cant wait to play it.

[The Living Legend]

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Ok im confused on the hitting, is the zone hitting the grey ball in the begging at bat, and then switches to cursor hitting?

Cause i thought the icon is for cursor hitting..

Also loved the overlays and the music for top 3 plays, and loved how the crowd stood up seperatly as the ball went out of the park very cool. Nice DP animations there, hopefully there is not to many of those, seems it might be to easy for it, especially without take out slides.

[SoxFan01605]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

Looks alright. Not a fan of their bright giant indicators though (accross the board...what's the obsession with bright yellow?...lol).

Any option to turn that off Steve?

[RedLine]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

Thanks for the new videos Steve with the zone hitting. That does look challenging and it's nice to have this new hitting option. However, the big yellow bat does make it look a little busy.

Also, I like the new post game wrapup and the options to show the Top 3 plays, Great Grabs, and Signature Highlights. Big improvement over last year.

Overall I think VC has done a good job raising the bar on the presentation values in this game.

Just waiting for the demo now so we can try it out!

[duke776]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

Thanks for all the videos, screens, and info Steve!

Love weak grounder after trying to pull that outside pitch. Also did I hear the 3rd baseman call of the SS to start that DP? Also finally saw a different DP Animation from the 2B.. Nice..

Also look like Webb was on his game.. Good Stuff

I'm pretty sure that was Thorne that said "Got it!"

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

Thanks for all the videos, screens, and info Steve!



I'm pretty sure that was Thorne that said "Got it!"

Listen to it again duke, the voices are different.

[jeffy777]

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Ok im confused on the hitting, is the zone hitting the grey ball in the begging at bat, and then switches to cursor hitting?

Cause i thought the icon is for cursor hitting.

The dark grey circle at the beginning of that at bat is the Batter's Eye that is used to try to guess the pitch location similar to how it was in 2K8, 2K7, etc

Then the cursor that looks like a bat is what you use once the pitch is thrown to try and hit the ball as it crosses the plate by lining up the cursor with the location of the ball.

[Scottdau]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

Listen to it again duke, the voices are different.

It is Thorne he is just excited. Listen to it again.

[jeffy777]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

Looks alright. Not a fan of their bright giant indicators though (accross the board...what's the obsession with bright yellow?...lol).

Any option to turn that off Steve?

It's quite smilar to the cursor used in Pro Yakyuu Spirits, except for the yellow color, lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ICO...ure=related%22

I just wish it were more transparent........