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

**jeffy777** · 02-05-2010, 04:58 PM

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

Originally posted by DaveDQ

If he is playing on a lower difficulty, I completely understand why the AI is acting this way. AI has always been a matter of giving you the opportunity to win on the lower level and toughening it up on you in the higher levels.

It's what makes the A in AI artificial.

But what about when the AI baserunners and fielders on your own team aren't reacting properly to line drives and double play situations?

**Craigsca** · 02-05-2010, 05:27 PM

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

Absolutely. Changing the difficulty on a baseball game should do two things:

1) Increase or decrease the window of a perfectly hit ball when batting.

2) Increase of decrease the window of a perfectly thrown ball when pitching.

That's it.

It should not effect the fielders and make them into a bunch of rejects from the Bad News Bears. This Is MLB2k10, not Challenger Division Baseball 2K10.

**Jistic** · 02-05-2010, 05:37 PM

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

I'm not buying it. Lower difficulty usually means the gameplay experience is authentic on any level, but the abilities of the CPU players are muted on the lower levels.

They should still make the proper switch, it should just mean the player they did pick wouldn't be as effective as on a higher level.

If you play easy on Madden they don't start third string QB's to take it easy on you.

This is a legitimate concern for any sports gamer.

**DaveDQ** · 02-05-2010, 05:46 PM

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

Originally posted by jeffy777

But what about when the AI baserunners and fielders on your own team aren't reacting properly to line drives and double play situations?

I don't see that as an issue as you can control your runners by "advancing all."

Originally posted by Craigsca

Absolutely. Changing the difficulty on a baseball game should do two things:

1) Increase or decrease the window of a perfectly hit ball when batting.

2) Increase of decrease the window of a perfectly thrown ball when pitching.

That's it.

It should not effect the fielders and make them into a bunch of rejects from the Bad News Bears. This Is MLB2k10, not Challenger Division Baseball 2K10.

AI doesn't work like that. We all know that. It's not like they look at the code and say, "Ok code, you make yourself into a baseball game and do it with a smile."

It's what makes video games what they are. If you are playing on pro or rookie, expect silly things. I think what separates some of these devs from each other is the ability to raise the difficulty without making weird things happen.

**Jistic** · 02-05-2010, 05:49 PM

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

This I didn't like either

My line for the game:
IP H ER HR BB K PC B S
10.0 10 5 0 3 2 107 41 66

Although he did walk 3 which is a good sign.

I really wish he'd play franshise mode.

**jeffy777** · 02-05-2010, 06:16 PM

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

Originally posted by DaveDQ

I don't see that as an issue as you can control your runners by "advancing all."

In "My Player", you only control your player though, right?

And that doesn't help with the double play fielding issue....

But yes, neither of these would be a problem in franchise or other single player modes.

**DaveDQ** · 02-05-2010, 06:29 PM

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

Originally posted by jeffy777

In "My Player", you only control your player though, right?

And that doesn't help with the double play fielding issue....

But yes, neither of these would be a problem in franchise or other single player modes.

True..I didn't think of that.

I still think it's difficulty setting though. Most games, like Madden for instance, show a great reduction in reality when you go lower in difficulty. The last time I played Madden in a lower difficulty was when I could outrun everyone on kickoffs and actually backtrack and still not get caught.

**jeffy777** · 02-05-2010, 07:03 PM

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

He added a little more. I like this paragraph:

"My next game is against the Montgomery Biscuits, who have one of the best names in all of sports. On the first pitch of the game, I forgot which direction my curveball broke. This lead to my first hit batter of the year. Plunked him in the right knee (he's a lefty). After a single and a force out, he moved up to third. On the next pitch, my catcher tossed the ball to third. He dove back safe, but it was still cool to see. I can't remember the last time I saw that in a game, if ever."

It's nice to see that messed up gestures aren't automatic meatball homeruns for the AI.

Also, good to hear that the catcher attempts to keep the runners honest as well.

EDIT: When asked how much better the game was than 2K9, he responded with:

Way better than 2K9. As I said earlier, it feels like a new game.

That's encouraging.

**thegreatgamer** · 02-05-2010, 07:33 PM

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I really wish he would post something from a game using MLB teams instead of this fairytale my player stuff. I don't get how guys can come on sites like this swearing they are Sim but be in love with this my player crap. Hopefully he posts something from a legitimate game, pics included.

**Blzer** · 02-05-2010, 08:02 PM

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

Originally posted by Craigsca

Absolutely. Changing the difficulty on a baseball game should do two things:

1) Increase or decrease the window of a perfectly hit ball when batting.

2) Increase of decrease the window of a perfectly thrown ball when pitching.

That's it.

It should not effect the fielders and make them into a bunch of rejects from the Bad News Bears. This Is MLB2k10, not Challenger Division Baseball 2K10.

I think all it should be is a preset for some sliders. So if say Legend was a set of sliders that are jacked up for the AI and drained for the user, if you go onto Rookie and then jack up AI sliders and drain user sliders, you should essentially be playing on Legend. No idiotic baseball playing along with it. That's exactly what I was talking about with 2K having their default so dumbed down for us. This is old news.

I hope that makes sense.

**HK-47** · 02-05-2010, 08:12 PM

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

Originally posted by Jistic

I'm not buying it. Lower difficulty usually means the gameplay experience is authentic on any level, but the abilities of the CPU players are muted on the lower levels.

They should still make the proper switch, it should just mean the player they did pick wouldn't be as effective as on a higher level.

If you play easy on Madden they don't start third string QB's to take it easy on you.

This is a legitimate concern for any sports gamer.

Then play on a higher difficulty. No one is going to force you to play on pro.

**Woodweaver** · 02-05-2010, 08:29 PM

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

[quote=bigfnjoe96;2040713584]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..[/quote]

LOL,

I should slap you with the force for this statement (DV was the emperor's "right hand"), but my nerdy little force hand would probably just make you laugh.:wink:

**jeffy777** · 02-05-2010, 08:32 PM

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

Originally posted by thegreatgamer

I really wish he would post something from a game using MLB teams instead of this fairytale my player stuff. I don't get how guys can come on sites like this swearing they are Sim but be in love with this my player crap. Hopefully he posts something from a legitimate game, pics included.

Then you should request that in his blog comments. He responds to just about everything in his comments and he seems pretty open to questions.

EDIT:

Just noticed he added this to the last page:

For those of you asking, this journal is primarily to explore My Player. If I get the blessing from 2K, I'll dive into the other modes, and hopefully record an HD video of gameplay.

**bigfnjoe96** · 02-05-2010, 08:54 PM

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

Originally posted by Woodweaver

LOL,

I should slap you with the force for this statement (DV was the emperor's "right hand"), but my nerdy little force hand would probably just make you laugh.:wink:

**Woodweaver** · 02-05-2010, 09:06 PM

Re: GameInformer blog - MyPlayer Hands-On

Originally posted by bigfnjoe96

Sounds good. I like that the CPU was aggressive & tried to steal 3rd. Sounds like the AI has been tweaked in a lot of areas. All-Star seems like it will be challenging this year.

The interface & on-screen displays look much more pleasing to the eye then they did last year. The graphics are what they are. VC needs to invest in a new Graphics Engine IMO.

It really looks like the Lighting Engine is gonna be something to watch this year. Though you can't see much, the shadowing here looks nice

Can't wait to see game play action

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