MLB 2K11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (PS3/360)

[dodgerblue]

Quote: Originally Posted by sroz39

It's been brought up that this game reminds some people of MVP 2005 and I couldn't agree more. Not in the sense that it plays the same or anything like that. But in the fun factor. I find The Show is a sim game of baseball with some fun elements behind it, whereas I find this series to be a fun game with some sim elements behind it (not unlike MVP). For the first time in a while though, and this is assuming the final build comes together like the demo seems to show it will, you can talk about both The Show and the 2K baseball game in the same sentence without sounding silly. I very much enjoyed the demo and look forward to the 8th

Couldn't agree more. There is a lot to be said for the fun factor.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Not feeling this demo. 3 games in and I get a E74 on my xbox

[sroz39]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Gameplay wise, this is the only two setbacks I've seen in one 3 inning game. 1. A pinch runner in the second inning of the game for the CPU. 2. Josh Hamilton laid down a bunt with no outs and a runner on 1st. Weird AI on that one I thought.

I might be wrong here, but I've seen some weird subs in the demo as well and I can only attribute it being a 3 inning game and the A.I. takes this as the 7th, 8th and 9th innings of a game.

[jeffy777]

Rocket arms are definitely a thing of the past. Cody Ross just two-hopped a rainbow from the wall to 2nd

There does seem to be a fair amount of infield assist right after the ball is put in play, but nowhere near as bad as last year.

[Redemption]

Quote: Originally Posted by sroz39

- for you veterans of the series, what is your contact/power swing ratio? I ask because I used Classic swing in last year's game but would like to use the analog in this year's. Is it a case of using power swing until 2 strikes then doing contact? Or is more like The Show where you mainly use contact until you get a hitter's count like 2-0 or 3-1 and then using power swing? Is it possible to hit homeruns with contact swing?

with the sliders last year, you could set it up either way. For me personally, I prefer contact unless I get ahead in the count. On default settings, playing that way would probably result in too few HR's, but some slider tweaks and you can get it right (turn up power, turn down contact).

So really, there is no "right" way, it just comes down to personal preference, and then setting the game up accordingly

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by sroz39

I might be wrong here, but I've seen some weird subs in the demo as well and I can only attribute it being a 3 inning game and the A.I. takes this as the 7th, 8th and 9th innings of a game.

Yes, the AI is managing as if the entire game is ending after 3. It does the same thing in 2K10 if you set your franchise to 3 innings (I've done this before as a test).

[sroz39]

Awesome, thanks for the responses Jayhawker and Redemption

[Ltrain44]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeffy777

Rocket arms are definitely a thing of the past. Cody Ross just two-hopped a rainbow from the wall to 2nd There does seem to be a fair amount of infield assist right after the ball is put in play, but nowhere near as bad as last year.

Totally agree Jeffy, I wrote this too. Feels great that rocket arms are no more