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

[Brooklynnets24]

Quote: Originally Posted by dave_sz

for you maybe it was, I said every player is different...

thats it for people default can be find for NBA 2K9 and now MLB 2K9 its a must to change the sliders so the game isnt messed up. You basically have to finish the game for them

[Rob_NYY]

Just played a game. Didn't swing at any pitches and threw only curves while pitching. Here are the results:

- Kazmir threw 11 pitches in the first, 9 pitches in the second, and 10 pitches in the third. 30 pitches in 3 innings, 27 strikes, 3 balls. Absolutely ridiculous.

- I threw nothing but curveballs with Hamels. The CPU did not take one pitch the whole 3 innings. The CPU got 0 hits in 3 innings. I threw 9 pitches in the first, 12 pitches in the second, and 6 pitches in the third. 27 pitches in 3 innings, 0 balls.

The game ended in a 0-0 tie.

Some heavy, HEAVY slider work is going to need to be done to get this game playing correctly.

[Blitzburgh]

Quote: Originally Posted by phillyfan23

Why should people put it to rest? in 3 innings of play, on the demo, the cpu takes an average of a strike per inning. The jury is still out on this issue. Are you seriously telling me that you think that the cpu takes a realistic number of strikes in the demo ?? Come on now....take off the 2k glasses. Also, the ONLY pitches that the cpu takes are pitches that are right on the edge, anywhere close to the middle they swing. Again, it's a demo so I can't judge completely. But if the retail version only improves this problem slightly via sliders, it's STILL a gamekiller for me and many people here.

I have had the cpu take many strikes so far. For some reason it seems if you do not pitch where the catcher wants you too and also use alot of off speed stuff they will watch it go by and swing at it outside the strike zone as well. You can't just throw every pitch full strength and in the strike zone either. I simply love the pitching & hitting. It is so smooth it's sick!

[JonahFalcon]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blitzburgh

I have had the cpu take many strikes so far. For some reason it seems if you do not pitch where the catcher wants you too and also use alot of off speed stuff they will watch it go by and swing at it outside the strike zone as well. You can't just throw every pitch full strength and in the strike zone either. I simply love the pitching & hitting. It is so smooth it's sick!

So, in other words, the catcher is an idiot, since it's far better to get 1-2 pitch outs than 5-6 maybe outs. In real baseball, if an offense is very aggressive, you get them to hit borderline pitches and get quick outs. It forces their pitcher to take the mound without rest and your pitcher can go long because he hasn't thrown any pitches.

MLB 2K9 hits like a 100 loss team with a bunch of rookies who go up hacking.

In the meantime, I had 5 hits in the first - 2 pitch double, 1 pitch single, 1 pitch double, 2 pitch triple, 1 pitch flyout, 1 pitch groundout, 1 pitch double, intentional walk, 1 pitch DP.

And that's not unusual in the demo.

[kGinGreen]

I just did the curveball thing in just 2 inning the cpu had 3 hits. I threw nothing but curveballs. i was throwing them right down the middle of the plate for the most part but they had 3 hits and were making contact consistently... So don't know.

One thing I have noticed though is I have seen a player be right on the bag and hte runner not even close to be being a close play and they will get called safe. ive seen this multiple times. It appears to be a glitch.

[Artman22]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rob_NYY

Just played a game. Didn't swing at any pitches and threw only curves while pitching. Here are the results: - Kazmir threw 11 pitches in the first, 9 pitches in the second, and 10 pitches in the third. 30 pitches in 3 innings, 27 strikes, 3 balls. Absolutely ridiculous. - I threw nothing but curveballs with Hamels. The CPU did not take one pitch the whole 3 innings. The CPU got 0 hits in 3 innings. I threw 9 pitches in the first, 12 pitches in the second, and 6 pitches in the third. 27 pitches in 3 innings, 0 balls. The game ended in a 0-0 tie. Some heavy, HEAVY slider work is going to need to be done to get this game playing correctly.

Maybe the final build will be tightened up. lets see

[RedRooster]

Ah, I remember the good old days when I used to crank down the difficulty level and smoke the computer. Then complain that the game was too easy. That was good times.

[kGinGreen]

This is pro difficulty so yeah. What do people expect? lol. NBA 2k9 the demo was ridiculously easy as well. It's kind of silly to be nitpicking a game on easy mode. So when i was blowing out the cpu 20-0 in the nba 2k9 demo it sucked? No I realized it was a demo on easy difficulty. The trends to do seem to follow the higher difficulties though and you kind of can get a feel for how its going to be, but still.