Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[Tomba]

I'm sick of this...




so I wrote a blog entry

[Eddie1967]

I never thought I would be drawn into this, but I am downloading now. Love the impressions so far.

[Glenn33]

Quote: Originally Posted by kaydigi

The person who approved the design of the "runners on base icon" should be fired. Static army men cutouts represent baserunners now? I just do not like a lot of the graphic overlays.

I thought I was the only one annoyed by this. Thank you.

[kGinGreen]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChubbyBanana

Just got done playing another game. I can get the AI to take strikes, i think it just depends on the movement/placement. If you throw it almost anywhere near center of the zone they are going to hack. If you place a 12-6 with Hammels that starts up high but sinks into zone, they will take it. As for people having trouble getting the ball lifted, I don't know what to say. I'm pulling the right stick back when the pitch is released, and then pushing it forward when I want to make contact. I'm hitting them to Deep Center almost all the time, which, IMO, isn't a good thing. Pros: Presentation is a Step up, Including Commentary. Pitching is working like it should. Very fun to pitch. When not lifting the ball straight up, I do get a variety of ground balls hit against me. Cons: Those little poofs of dust are really distracting to me, esp. when they appear when you're running on the grass. Bad design decision, IMO. Running Animations and some general animations need some work. The outfield running away from the camera towards the wall comes to mind the most. I find fielding to be quirky at times. Sometimes it works great, other times I'll go to dive only to have it go right by me. Overall I am impressed. After last year's debacle it's hard to me to judge. I really want to play a final build before I go around saying it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. It's definitely on the way up, I just have a feeling IMO it's not there yet. -CB

That's a fair assessment. I have seen similar things.

[StevenSeagalsLipitor]

I only own an Xbox 360. I'm just happy baseball is here!! Baseball is here like a good neighbor... wait...like a good neighbor STATE FARM IS HERE.

Anywho, I liked it, looked very arcady (no not joan of arcadia) and I'm just happy a new baseball game is here. I give every game the benefit of the doubt from the beginning and so far so good with this one...or maybe I've just had too much Pepsi Max...Wake up people.

[Glenn33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Riotboy

I really like the 3 inning demo. The gameplay was decent and the graphics are way better than 2K8/The Show 09, but not so much 2K7. I'll probably get it around mid-season.

Oh Hell to the Naw! Let's not get crazy!

[Jamin23]

Quote: Originally Posted by rdonnel1

I think the some of the signature styles are terrible...they dont have victorino's stance, werth's stance, carlos pena's stance and utleys stance isnt even good. All these players are pretty big names. I was expecting much more people to have signature stances

another i notice while watching a video is in real life Ryan Howard holds his bat out higher and longer. They had it right last year why did they take it out?

[ckarlic]

Im going to confiscate my son's 360 and download this demo.