Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Even an article trying to boost interest in the game just makes it sound shitty. In Road to the Show, it was hard enough getting a hit during one of your four normal ABs in a game...this one you're expected to pretty much only play when there's some crucial situation with the game on the line. That sounds awful. This game is going to be terrible for a long, long time. Hopefully when EA finally buys 2K, they'll get the MVP franchise going again.
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 11:32:17 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Even an article trying to boost interest in the game just makes it sound shitty. In Road to the Show, it was hard enough getting a hit during one of your four normal ABs in a game...this one you're expected to pretty much only play when there's some crucial situation with the game on the line. That sounds awful. This game is going to be terrible for a long, long time. Hopefully when EA finally buys 2K, they'll get the MVP franchise going again.
How fucking stupid does the Batter's Eye feature sound? They're actually going to write the word "FASTBALL" on the screen for you to identify it? MVP 2005 did it brilliantly with the color system. Just steal that, assholes. You're neither innovative nor creative enough to do anything worthwhile on your own.
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:35:41 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 11:32:17 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Even an article trying to boost interest in the game just makes it sound shitty. In Road to the Show, it was hard enough getting a hit during one of your four normal ABs in a game...this one you're expected to pretty much only play when there's some crucial situation with the game on the line. That sounds awful. This game is going to be terrible for a long, long time. Hopefully when EA finally buys 2K, they'll get the MVP franchise going again.
How fucking stupid does the Batter's Eye feature sound? They're actually going to write the word "FASTBALL" on the screen for you to identify it? MVP 2005 did it brilliantly with the color system. Just steal that, assholes. You're neither innovative nor creative enough to do anything worthwhile on your own.
I think they've finally realized that judging a pitch in a baseball game is nearly impossible. I even wish The Show would do something similar to MVP's hitter's eye. I think that one was a little too cheap, but still, having something that lets you get a better idea for the pitch would be nice, since you're forced to judge a 2D image, moving in "3D" space across a 2D screen. I don't really like the Guess Pitch system in The Show, but it's way better than saying "FASTBALL!!!!!" It seems like 2K's development process is determining what part of last year's game was terrible, and then creating a new system to try and cover it up. They need to just scrap the franchise for a year, at least, and re-do everything.
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 11:45:26 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:35:41 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 11:32:17 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Even an article trying to boost interest in the game just makes it sound shitty. In Road to the Show, it was hard enough getting a hit during one of your four normal ABs in a game...this one you're expected to pretty much only play when there's some crucial situation with the game on the line. That sounds awful. This game is going to be terrible for a long, long time. Hopefully when EA finally buys 2K, they'll get the MVP franchise going again.
How fucking stupid does the Batter's Eye feature sound? They're actually going to write the word "FASTBALL" on the screen for you to identify it? MVP 2005 did it brilliantly with the color system. Just steal that, assholes. You're neither innovative nor creative enough to do anything worthwhile on your own.
I think they've finally realized that judging a pitch in a baseball game is nearly impossible. I even wish The Show would do something similar to MVP's hitter's eye. I think that one was a little too cheap, but still, having something that lets you get a better idea for the pitch would be nice, since you're forced to judge a 2D image, moving in "3D" space across a 2D screen. I don't really like the Guess Pitch system in The Show, but it's way better than saying "FASTBALL!!!!!" It seems like 2K's development process is determining what part of last year's game was terrible, and then creating a new system to try and cover it up. They need to just scrap the franchise for a year, at least, and re-do everything.
I thought MVP's system was perfect, and I wish The Show would implement it. The better the hitter and the worse the pitcher hides the ball, the longer the color flash. Brilliant. The MVP series was one of the few ones in which I could actually draw the occasional walk.
Incidentally, I wonder if 2K realized they needed to shrink their stupidly oversized strike zone. Do you think they even play The Show? They probably don't, because it will just lead to them all crying and quitting their jobs.
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Why?
Quote from: Yeti on January 14, 2010, 11:50:35 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Why?
Because I absolutely love the hitting and pitching controls, even though they're shittily implemented. Batting cursor + swing stick last year could have been SO GOOD.
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:48:22 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 11:45:26 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:35:41 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 11:32:17 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Even an article trying to boost interest in the game just makes it sound shitty. In Road to the Show, it was hard enough getting a hit during one of your four normal ABs in a game...this one you're expected to pretty much only play when there's some crucial situation with the game on the line. That sounds awful. This game is going to be terrible for a long, long time. Hopefully when EA finally buys 2K, they'll get the MVP franchise going again.
How fucking stupid does the Batter's Eye feature sound? They're actually going to write the word "FASTBALL" on the screen for you to identify it? MVP 2005 did it brilliantly with the color system. Just steal that, assholes. You're neither innovative nor creative enough to do anything worthwhile on your own.
I think they've finally realized that judging a pitch in a baseball game is nearly impossible. I even wish The Show would do something similar to MVP's hitter's eye. I think that one was a little too cheap, but still, having something that lets you get a better idea for the pitch would be nice, since you're forced to judge a 2D image, moving in "3D" space across a 2D screen. I don't really like the Guess Pitch system in The Show, but it's way better than saying "FASTBALL!!!!!" It seems like 2K's development process is determining what part of last year's game was terrible, and then creating a new system to try and cover it up. They need to just scrap the franchise for a year, at least, and re-do everything.
I thought MVP's system was perfect, and I wish The Show would implement it. The better the hitter and the worse the pitcher hides the ball, the longer the color flash. Brilliant. The MVP series was one of the few ones in which I could actually draw the occasional walk.
Incidentally, I wonder if 2K realized they needed to shrink their stupidly oversized strike zone. Do you think they even play The Show? They probably don't, because it will just lead to them all crying and quitting their jobs.
I liked the system, I just think it might have been too easy. I would average like 10+ runs/game on the highest difficulty because once you know the pitch, all you have to judge is location and then aiming your swing was simple. That game gave you more control over the outcome of a swing than any other game I played, but it made it a bit too easy.
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 12:01:31 PM
Quote from: Yeti on January 14, 2010, 11:50:35 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Why?
Because I absolutely love the hitting and pitching controls, even though they're shittily implemented. Batting cursor + swing stick last year could have been SO GOOD.
You asshat. If you buy this game even though you have a PS3 and The Show I'm going to punch you in the testicles.
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 12:03:57 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:48:22 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 11:45:26 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:35:41 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 11:32:17 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Even an article trying to boost interest in the game just makes it sound shitty. In Road to the Show, it was hard enough getting a hit during one of your four normal ABs in a game...this one you're expected to pretty much only play when there's some crucial situation with the game on the line. That sounds awful. This game is going to be terrible for a long, long time. Hopefully when EA finally buys 2K, they'll get the MVP franchise going again.
How fucking stupid does the Batter's Eye feature sound? They're actually going to write the word "FASTBALL" on the screen for you to identify it? MVP 2005 did it brilliantly with the color system. Just steal that, assholes. You're neither innovative nor creative enough to do anything worthwhile on your own.
I think they've finally realized that judging a pitch in a baseball game is nearly impossible. I even wish The Show would do something similar to MVP's hitter's eye. I think that one was a little too cheap, but still, having something that lets you get a better idea for the pitch would be nice, since you're forced to judge a 2D image, moving in "3D" space across a 2D screen. I don't really like the Guess Pitch system in The Show, but it's way better than saying "FASTBALL!!!!!" It seems like 2K's development process is determining what part of last year's game was terrible, and then creating a new system to try and cover it up. They need to just scrap the franchise for a year, at least, and re-do everything.
I thought MVP's system was perfect, and I wish The Show would implement it. The better the hitter and the worse the pitcher hides the ball, the longer the color flash. Brilliant. The MVP series was one of the few ones in which I could actually draw the occasional walk.
Incidentally, I wonder if 2K realized they needed to shrink their stupidly oversized strike zone. Do you think they even play The Show? They probably don't, because it will just lead to them all crying and quitting their jobs.
I liked the system, I just think it might have been too easy. I would average like 10+ runs/game on the highest difficulty because once you know the pitch, all you have to judge is location and then aiming your swing was simple. That game gave you more control over the outcome of a swing than any other game I played, but it made it a bit too easy.
That wasn't the fault of the Batter's Eye, though. The hitting (and pitching) were slightly too easy in MVP 2005. MVP NCAA 2006 was a different story at the plate. It was hard as hell to hit. Batter's Eye + Cursor Hitting + Swing Stick is my ideal system.
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 12:07:32 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 12:01:31 PM
Quote from: Yeti on January 14, 2010, 11:50:35 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Why?
Because I absolutely love the hitting and pitching controls, even though they're shittily implemented. Batting cursor + swing stick last year could have been SO GOOD.
You asshat. If you buy this game even though you have a PS3 and The Show I'm going to punch you in the testicles.
I know you're legally brain dead, but you do realize that just because I purchase one doesn't mean I can't purchase the other, right?
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 12:09:14 PM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 12:07:32 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 12:01:31 PM
Quote from: Yeti on January 14, 2010, 11:50:35 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Why?
Because I absolutely love the hitting and pitching controls, even though they're shittily implemented. Batting cursor + swing stick last year could have been SO GOOD.
You asshat. If you buy this game even though you have a PS3 and The Show I'm going to punch you in the testicles.
I know you're legally brain dead, but you do realize that just because I purchase one doesn't mean I can't purchase the other, right?
They haven't made an official ruling as of this morning. Anyway, I know that the laws of physics allow you to have both at once. But, why? Because you like the shitty batting and pitching controls that don't work well?
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 12:10:53 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 12:09:14 PM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 12:07:32 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 12:01:31 PM
Quote from: Yeti on January 14, 2010, 11:50:35 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Why?
Because I absolutely love the hitting and pitching controls, even though they're shittily implemented. Batting cursor + swing stick last year could have been SO GOOD.
You asshat. If you buy this game even though you have a PS3 and The Show I'm going to punch you in the testicles.
I know you're legally brain dead, but you do realize that just because I purchase one doesn't mean I can't purchase the other, right?
They haven't made an official ruling as of this morning. Anyway, I know that the laws of physics allow you to have both at once. But, why? Because you like the shitty batting and pitching controls that don't work well?
No, I like the excellent batting and pitching controls that work well, but are a part of a completely busted engine, wherein pretty much every single missed pitch or solid hit is a home run.
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 12:08:20 PM
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 12:03:57 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:48:22 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 11:45:26 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:35:41 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 11:32:17 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Even an article trying to boost interest in the game just makes it sound shitty. In Road to the Show, it was hard enough getting a hit during one of your four normal ABs in a game...this one you're expected to pretty much only play when there's some crucial situation with the game on the line. That sounds awful. This game is going to be terrible for a long, long time. Hopefully when EA finally buys 2K, they'll get the MVP franchise going again.
How fucking stupid does the Batter's Eye feature sound? They're actually going to write the word "FASTBALL" on the screen for you to identify it? MVP 2005 did it brilliantly with the color system. Just steal that, assholes. You're neither innovative nor creative enough to do anything worthwhile on your own.
I think they've finally realized that judging a pitch in a baseball game is nearly impossible. I even wish The Show would do something similar to MVP's hitter's eye. I think that one was a little too cheap, but still, having something that lets you get a better idea for the pitch would be nice, since you're forced to judge a 2D image, moving in "3D" space across a 2D screen. I don't really like the Guess Pitch system in The Show, but it's way better than saying "FASTBALL!!!!!" It seems like 2K's development process is determining what part of last year's game was terrible, and then creating a new system to try and cover it up. They need to just scrap the franchise for a year, at least, and re-do everything.
I thought MVP's system was perfect, and I wish The Show would implement it. The better the hitter and the worse the pitcher hides the ball, the longer the color flash. Brilliant. The MVP series was one of the few ones in which I could actually draw the occasional walk.
Incidentally, I wonder if 2K realized they needed to shrink their stupidly oversized strike zone. Do you think they even play The Show? They probably don't, because it will just lead to them all crying and quitting their jobs.
I liked the system, I just think it might have been too easy. I would average like 10+ runs/game on the highest difficulty because once you know the pitch, all you have to judge is location and then aiming your swing was simple. That game gave you more control over the outcome of a swing than any other game I played, but it made it a bit too easy.
That wasn't the fault of the Batter's Eye, though. The hitting (and pitching) were slightly too easy in MVP 2005. MVP NCAA 2006 was a different story at the plate. It was hard as hell to hit. Batter's Eye + Cursor Hitting + Swing Stick is my ideal system.
True. I remember playing a little bit of MVP NCAA and finding it really difficult. The one thing I really hate in baseball games is the "Contact" and "Power" swing that MLB does. You have like half a second to judge the pitch, and not only are you supposed to figure out what kind of pitch and where it's going to be, but you also have to decide if you can use a "Power" swing. Not to mention, in The Show, you can't even check your swing with it's a "Power" swing. I strike out way too much in that game...
Quote from: Weebs on January 14, 2010, 12:14:08 PM
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Quote from: Kermit IV on January 14, 2010, 11:21:29 AM
Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Even an article trying to boost interest in the game just makes it sound shitty. In Road to the Show, it was hard enough getting a hit during one of your four normal ABs in a game...this one you're expected to pretty much only play when there's some crucial situation with the game on the line. That sounds awful. This game is going to be terrible for a long, long time. Hopefully when EA finally buys 2K, they'll get the MVP franchise going again.
How fucking stupid does the Batter's Eye feature sound? They're actually going to write the word "FASTBALL" on the screen for you to identify it? MVP 2005 did it brilliantly with the color system. Just steal that, assholes. You're neither innovative nor creative enough to do anything worthwhile on your own.
I think they've finally realized that judging a pitch in a baseball game is nearly impossible. I even wish The Show would do something similar to MVP's hitter's eye. I think that one was a little too cheap, but still, having something that lets you get a better idea for the pitch would be nice, since you're forced to judge a 2D image, moving in "3D" space across a 2D screen. I don't really like the Guess Pitch system in The Show, but it's way better than saying "FASTBALL!!!!!" It seems like 2K's development process is determining what part of last year's game was terrible, and then creating a new system to try and cover it up. They need to just scrap the franchise for a year, at least, and re-do everything.
I thought MVP's system was perfect, and I wish The Show would implement it. The better the hitter and the worse the pitcher hides the ball, the longer the color flash. Brilliant. The MVP series was one of the few ones in which I could actually draw the occasional walk.
Incidentally, I wonder if 2K realized they needed to shrink their stupidly oversized strike zone. Do you think they even play The Show? They probably don't, because it will just lead to them all crying and quitting their jobs.
I liked the system, I just think it might have been too easy. I would average like 10+ runs/game on the highest difficulty because once you know the pitch, all you have to judge is location and then aiming your swing was simple. That game gave you more control over the outcome of a swing than any other game I played, but it made it a bit too easy.
That wasn't the fault of the Batter's Eye, though. The hitting (and pitching) were slightly too easy in MVP 2005. MVP NCAA 2006 was a different story at the plate. It was hard as hell to hit. Batter's Eye + Cursor Hitting + Swing Stick is my ideal system.
True. I remember playing a little bit of MVP NCAA and finding it really difficult. The one thing I really hate in baseball games is the "Contact" and "Power" swing that MLB does. You have like half a second to judge the pitch, and not only are you supposed to figure out what kind of pitch and where it's going to be, but you also have to decide if you can use a "Power" swing. Not to mention, in The Show, you can't even check your swing with it's a "Power" swing. I strike out way too much in that game...
I only used power swings on 2-0, 3-1, 3-0 pitches.
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Get ready for another season of suck. They're promising it's fixed again (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060843p1.html), and they added a wannabe Road to the Show mode. They also said they had to make the graphics worse (again) to make the framerate better. The one thing they did not say is, "Our engine is totally outdated and horrible, so we scrapped the whole thing, bought the old MVP engine from EA, and made a good baseball game."
Fuck 2K and their shitty baseball games.
Agreed, though I know I'll probably be unable to resist this, even with The Show. They added John Kruk to the booth. THAT WILL SAVE THE FRANCHISE!!!
Even an article trying to boost interest in the game just makes it sound shitty. In Road to the Show, it was hard enough getting a hit during one of your four normal ABs in a game...this one you're expected to pretty much only play when there's some crucial situation with the game on the line. That sounds awful. This game is going to be terrible for a long, long time. Hopefully when EA finally buys 2K, they'll get the MVP franchise going again.
How fucking stupid does the Batter's Eye feature sound? They're actually going to write the word "FASTBALL" on the screen for you to identify it? MVP 2005 did it brilliantly with the color system. Just steal that, assholes. You're neither innovative nor creative enough to do anything worthwhile on your own.
I think they've finally realized that judging a pitch in a baseball game is nearly impossible. I even wish The Show would do something similar to MVP's hitter's eye. I think that one was a little too cheap, but still, having something that lets you get a better idea for the pitch would be nice, since you're forced to judge a 2D image, moving in "3D" space across a 2D screen. I don't really like the Guess Pitch system in The Show, but it's way better than saying "FASTBALL!!!!!" It seems like 2K's development process is determining what part of last year's game was terrible, and then creating a new system to try and cover it up. They need to just scrap the franchise for a year, at least, and re-do everything.
I thought MVP's system was perfect, and I wish The Show would implement it. The better the hitter and the worse the pitcher hides the ball, the longer the color flash. Brilliant. The MVP series was one of the few ones in which I could actually draw the occasional walk.
Incidentally, I wonder if 2K realized they needed to shrink their stupidly oversized strike zone. Do you think they even play The Show? They probably don't, because it will just lead to them all crying and quitting their jobs.
I liked the system, I just think it might have been too easy. I would average like 10+ runs/game on the highest difficulty because once you know the pitch, all you have to judge is location and then aiming your swing was simple. That game gave you more control over the outcome of a swing than any other game I played, but it made it a bit too easy.
That wasn't the fault of the Batter's Eye, though. The hitting (and pitching) were slightly too easy in MVP 2005. MVP NCAA 2006 was a different story at the plate. It was hard as hell to hit. Batter's Eye + Cursor Hitting + Swing Stick is my ideal system.
True. I remember playing a little bit of MVP NCAA and finding it really difficult. The one thing I really hate in baseball games is the "Contact" and "Power" swing that MLB does. You have like half a second to judge the pitch, and not only are you supposed to figure out what kind of pitch and where it's going to be, but you also have to decide if you can use a "Power" swing. Not to mention, in The Show, you can't even check your swing with it's a "Power" swing. I strike out way too much in that game...
I only used power swings on 2-0, 3-1, 3-0 pitches.
I like to hit my HRs on first-pitch fastballs.
/Corey Patterson
Can anyone post the feature list, if that's what you're looking at? Websense blocks anything that has to do with games.
Slak, 1st part:
QuoteJanuary 13, 2010 - Since MVP Baseball 2005, every game based on the sport has been a disappointment for me. Simply put, nothing has been as fun as what EA Sports was able to produce before 2K Sports snatched up the Major League Baseball license, the same way EA Sports did with the NFL license. But we as gamers must make do with what we're given, and for now that is the MLB 2K series, for better or worse. This year 2K Sports is going to great lengths to fix many of the problems that we here at IGN (and gamers the world-over) had with last year's effort.
I recently spent some time down in sunny San Diego putting my hands on a build of MLB 2K10 for the very first time and I can say that maybe, just maybe, 2K Sports got some things right with this year's game.
Now, I'm not saying that my relatively short few hours with MLB 2K10 has won me over to 2K Sports' corner. Being around so many sports games, I understand that the more you play them, the more flaws become evident. But when Hilary Goldstein (IGN's illustrious editor-in-chief) posed his first question to me about the game, "Did they fix the damn framerate?" I was able to respond on a positive note for a change. Yes, the framerate has been largely smoothed out (thank heavens). There were still moments when performance would drop, but these instances were few in number and nowhere near as jarring as they were in the past. Now, on to the more substantive changes.
The most interesting addition to the traditional MLB 2K formula is one that I won't be able to give impressions of until a later date. I'm talking about the new My Player career mode that allows players to assume the role of a created player and play any spot on the field (including pitcher and catcher). While the design behind this mode is a bit strange on paper, it remains to be seen how well it plays. You begin in double-A ball and must work your way up by completing career milestones. The catch is that instead of playing every moment, you're pulled into the action at pivotal instances. You do, of course, have the option to jump in and play a full game whenever it suits you, but the mode is built around the notion of players getting in and out of games quickly in order to progress.
The single clutch moment I played had my double-A team down one run with two men on in the bottom of the ninth. All I had to do was slap a single into the outfield and we'd win the game. Well, it didn't happen, but the potential was there for an exciting moment. Aside from standard games, you'll also take part in drills to build your attribute points. Probably the biggest letdown for me when hearing about the career mode was that, when playing as a catcher, you have no control over pitch location or what pitch is being thrown, thus eliminating the entire point of being behind the plate. Hopefully that will be included in the next go-round.
While My Player is wonderful to have, it seems like a different approach to what MLB: The Show (Sony's baseball title) has done in recent years more than a truly original idea. Thankfully 2K Sports has instilled some well thought out changes in the MLB 2K10 gameplay formula.
A huge gripe that many had with last year's game was the inability to pre-load throws in time for realistic double plays and throws from the outfield. Well, that's changed this year. Now if a ball is roped to the right-field fence, as your right-fielder makes his way over you can start pre-loading your throw to any base you like. Another change is that throwing to a base can be done with either the face buttons or the analog stick. In my time with 2K10, the pre-loading worked flawlessly and allowed players to quickly whip the ball around the bases.
Pitching is another aspect that has been tweaked a bit since 2K9. On paper it seems trite, but the switch actually makes a big difference once you have the controller in your hand. In last year's game everything was gesture based, from pitch selection to execution. This year you select your pitch with a face button and then complete a two-part gesture (the first of which is simple while the second can get a little tricky depending on pitch type) to launch your pitch. If you screw it up, the new pitch analyzer will show you exactly what you did wrong. The reasons for the increased simplicity are two-fold: first, to up the level of accessibility in the pitching and two, in order to allow for a new feature called Batter's Eye.
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Can anyone post the feature list, if that's what you're looking at? Websense blocks anything that has to do with games.
QuoteMLB 2K10 Feature List:
- Everything that was in MLB 2K9
- Crappy Road to the Show mode
- Higher framerate at the expense of everything else looking like shit
- Skip through every cutscene
- 40-man rosters
- John Kruk
I think that was it.
ETA: Or what Kerm said, I guess.
2nd part:
QuoteBatter's Eye works in conjunction with inside edge – which has been beefed up to show stats like batting average during day and night games and pre- and post-all-star break – to give proficient hitters a bit of an advantage at the plate. Just as in real life, standout hitters in MLB 2K10 can see certain pitches coming as the ball is released from the pitcher's hand. You'll get a quick text pop-up that says "fastball," "breaking ball" or "changeup" depending on the pitch and the hitter. 2K Sports is hoping that this will help to create more authentic pitcher vs. batter confrontations where players will have to work the count and use a new swing type in order to stay alive at the plate.
Defensive swing has been added as a third swing type to accompany power and contact. In my time with the game I found it difficult to determine when to use the defensive swing as my reaction time wasn't tuned to process the pitch type and location ahead of the ball actually crossing the plate. The defensive swing is pulled off by flicking the right analog to the left or right rather than the up and down motion of the power and contact swings. It's a simple innovation and it makes total sense, I'm just not sure how often it's going to be used. In an effort to make pitches even more identifiable, the camera has been lowered a tad so you can get a better feel for the arc of certain throws. It isn't jarringly different from last year's camera angle and it will hopefully allow for players to let pitches pass by in good faith that they'll be called balls.
The last new feature that was shown to me was also one of the coolest, provided it can be tuned properly. It's called Hurry-up Baseball and it allows you to skip all those annoying cutscenes and replays that you'd usually have to tap A (or X on PS3) to get through. That means no 2K Sports logos flashing on the screen as they show replays of the preceding half-inning, no batter walk-ups to the plate and no commenting on what that batter has done previously in the game. It's much more to the point and is said to cut the amount of time it takes to get through a game by as much as half. The best part? You don't have to select to play the hurry-up brand of baseball before you get into a game. Instead you can toggle it right from the in-game menu. Want to slow it down in the ninth inning? Feel free to do so.
There have been a host of other tweaks that stand apart from new gameplay features. Things like MLB Today behaving similarly to what we saw from NBA 2K10 in that the commentators will now stay up to date with what's really happening around the league which will then be reflected in their dialogue. John Kruk has also been added to the commentary team to accompany Gary Thorne and Steve Phillips. He wasn't present in the preview build I played, but I was assured he'd be in the finished product.
Franchise Mode has seen a few revisions as well, though my time was mainly spent tinkering with the core gameplay. Your season now starts in spring training where you'll be charged with whittling a 40-man roster down to 25 to start the season. You'll also have full control over your double-A and triple-A squads in this year's game. Super Simming is a part of MLB 2K for the first time as well. Here, you'll be able to watch your team play as a graph depicts your chances of winning. Luckily you can hop in and play for yourself if things get ugly. This year's Franchise Mode is also adopting the NHL 2K philosophy of having online play at your fingertips at all times. Before any game, in pretty much any mode, you can select to play against a friend. You can also take your favorite squad and put them into a full 32-team online league if you think you're up to snuff.
I'm not going to deny that it's tough to get an accurate read on a sports game after only a few hours of play time, but it seems as though MLB 2K10 has righted many of the numerous flaws that plagued last year's game. There were still moments of graphical slowdown – mainly when the swing analyzer popped up to show me my poor timing – but there's little doubt that it was running smoother than it was last year. The visuals have taken a bit of a hit because of the goal of delivering a more fluid framerate, but I'd much rather have a baseball experience that moved like the genuine article than one that looked like the real thing but moved like rusty robots.
We'll have more on MLB 2K10 in the coming weeks, including a deep dive into the new My Player career mode, as its March 2 launch on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, PSP, PS2 and Nintendo DS nears.
The baseball threads are probably my least favorite game threads on this baseball messageboard.
I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
My search will likely take me to both--yes, BOTH--options that I have. Other than The Bigs, which is actually pretty good.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
The Show is more than enough to make me forget about MVP forever.
Thanks for posting all that shit though. Sounds like 2k10 is going to suck.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
My search will likely take me to both--yes, BOTH--options that I have. Other than The Bigs, which is actually pretty good.
I've been buying the 2K games every year, expecting them to get better, but this is the year I stop. I actually think the character models are better in 2K, at least until you have to see the player's face.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
My search will likely take me to both--yes, BOTH--options that I have. Other than The Bigs, which is actually pretty good.
I've been buying the 2K games every year, expecting them to get better, but this is the year I stop. I actually think the character models are better in 2K, at least until you have to see the player's face.
Maybe I will, too. That might be the only thing that teaches them how badly their butts stink.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
My search will likely take me to both--yes, BOTH--options that I have. Other than The Bigs, which is actually pretty good.
I've been buying the 2K games every year, expecting them to get better, but this is the year I stop. I actually think the character models are better in 2K, at least until you have to see the player's face.
Maybe I will, too. That might be the only thing that teaches them how badly their butts stink.
There have already been talks in some recent corporate report from 2K that the baseball franchise might get shut down because of poor sales. They've already done it with several of their other sports franchises, and I can't imagine the sales will improve at all this year, and will probably fall even further.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
My search will likely take me to both--yes, BOTH--options that I have. Other than The Bigs, which is actually pretty good.
I've been buying the 2K games every year, expecting them to get better, but this is the year I stop. I actually think the character models are better in 2K, at least until you have to see the player's face.
Maybe I will, too. That might be the only thing that teaches them how badly their butts stink.
There have already been talks in some recent corporate report from 2K that the baseball franchise might get shut down because of poor sales. They've already done it with several of their other sports franchises, and I can't imagine the sales will improve at all this year, and will probably fall even further.
I don't understand how 2K can make quality games like NHL 2K and NBA 2K, but put out a turd like MLB 2K. Aren't the graphics engines the same?
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
My search will likely take me to both--yes, BOTH--options that I have. Other than The Bigs, which is actually pretty good.
I've been buying the 2K games every year, expecting them to get better, but this is the year I stop. I actually think the character models are better in 2K, at least until you have to see the player's face.
Maybe I will, too. That might be the only thing that teaches them how badly their butts stink.
There have already been talks in some recent corporate report from 2K that the baseball franchise might get shut down because of poor sales. They've already done it with several of their other sports franchises, and I can't imagine the sales will improve at all this year, and will probably fall even further.
I don't understand how 2K can make quality games like NHL 2K and NBA 2K, but put out a turd like MLB 2K. Aren't the graphics engines the same?
The graphics have never been my complaint about 2K baseball. It's the gameplay engine that is broken beyond repair.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
My search will likely take me to both--yes, BOTH--options that I have. Other than The Bigs, which is actually pretty good.
I've been buying the 2K games every year, expecting them to get better, but this is the year I stop. I actually think the character models are better in 2K, at least until you have to see the player's face.
Maybe I will, too. That might be the only thing that teaches them how badly their butts stink.
There have already been talks in some recent corporate report from 2K that the baseball franchise might get shut down because of poor sales. They've already done it with several of their other sports franchises, and I can't imagine the sales will improve at all this year, and will probably fall even further.
I don't understand how 2K can make quality games like NHL 2K and NBA 2K, but put out a turd like MLB 2K. Aren't the graphics engines the same?
The graphics have never been my complaint about 2K baseball. It's the gameplay engine that is broken beyond repair.
You mean the robot animations when the players try to field a ball? Or fly balls going right through you? Or the weird animation transitions (from swing to trot to run, etc.)? That shit hasn't been fixed since they started making them.
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Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on January 14, 2010, 12:27:15 PM
I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
My search will likely take me to both--yes, BOTH--options that I have. Other than The Bigs, which is actually pretty good.
I've been buying the 2K games every year, expecting them to get better, but this is the year I stop. I actually think the character models are better in 2K, at least until you have to see the player's face.
Maybe I will, too. That might be the only thing that teaches them how badly their butts stink.
There have already been talks in some recent corporate report from 2K that the baseball franchise might get shut down because of poor sales. They've already done it with several of their other sports franchises, and I can't imagine the sales will improve at all this year, and will probably fall even further.
I don't understand how 2K can make quality games like NHL 2K and NBA 2K, but put out a turd like MLB 2K. Aren't the graphics engines the same?
NHL 2k is absolutely awful.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
My search will likely take me to both--yes, BOTH--options that I have. Other than The Bigs, which is actually pretty good.
I've been buying the 2K games every year, expecting them to get better, but this is the year I stop. I actually think the character models are better in 2K, at least until you have to see the player's face.
Maybe I will, too. That might be the only thing that teaches them how badly their butts stink.
There have already been talks in some recent corporate report from 2K that the baseball franchise might get shut down because of poor sales. They've already done it with several of their other sports franchises, and I can't imagine the sales will improve at all this year, and will probably fall even further.
I don't understand how 2K can make quality games like NHL 2K and NBA 2K, but put out a turd like MLB 2K. Aren't the graphics engines the same?
The graphics have never been my complaint about 2K baseball. It's the gameplay engine that is broken beyond repair.
You mean the robot animations when the players try to field a ball? Or fly balls going right through you? Or the weird animation transitions (from swing to trot to run, etc.)? That shit hasn't been fixed since they started making them.
That stuff didn't happen to me, though I didn't play much. I just want realistic ball-bat physics, and I don't want every single game to suddenly and inexplicably turn into a home run derby in about the 7th inning.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
My search will likely take me to both--yes, BOTH--options that I have. Other than The Bigs, which is actually pretty good.
I've been buying the 2K games every year, expecting them to get better, but this is the year I stop. I actually think the character models are better in 2K, at least until you have to see the player's face.
Maybe I will, too. That might be the only thing that teaches them how badly their butts stink.
There have already been talks in some recent corporate report from 2K that the baseball franchise might get shut down because of poor sales. They've already done it with several of their other sports franchises, and I can't imagine the sales will improve at all this year, and will probably fall even further.
I don't understand how 2K can make quality games like NHL 2K and NBA 2K, but put out a turd like MLB 2K. Aren't the graphics engines the same?
The graphics have never been my complaint about 2K baseball. It's the gameplay engine that is broken beyond repair.
You mean the robot animations when the players try to field a ball? Or fly balls going right through you? Or the weird animation transitions (from swing to trot to run, etc.)? That shit hasn't been fixed since they started making them.
That stuff didn't happen to me, though I didn't play much. I just want realistic ball-bat physics, and I don't want every single game to suddenly and inexplicably turn into a home run derby in about the 7th inning.
You should probably play a real game of baseball then.
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I'm just confused. I thought The Show was awesome covered in chocolate sauce? Why would you want to play 2K's game, even if you think the controls are good, given that The Show is "the" baseball experience? Are The Show's controls wonky or something?
Also: Thanks for posting the article.
The Show is by far the better game. BY FAR. But it's still no MVP 2005, so my search for MVP 2010 continues.
And your search is taking you to MLB 2K10? Evan Longoria is not the savior you've been looking for.
My search will likely take me to both--yes, BOTH--options that I have. Other than The Bigs, which is actually pretty good.
I've been buying the 2K games every year, expecting them to get better, but this is the year I stop. I actually think the character models are better in 2K, at least until you have to see the player's face.
Maybe I will, too. That might be the only thing that teaches them how badly their butts stink.
There have already been talks in some recent corporate report from 2K that the baseball franchise might get shut down because of poor sales. They've already done it with several of their other sports franchises, and I can't imagine the sales will improve at all this year, and will probably fall even further.
I don't understand how 2K can make quality games like NHL 2K and NBA 2K, but put out a turd like MLB 2K. Aren't the graphics engines the same?
The graphics have never been my complaint about 2K baseball. It's the gameplay engine that is broken beyond repair.
You mean the robot animations when the players try to field a ball? Or fly balls going right through you? Or the weird animation transitions (from swing to trot to run, etc.)? That shit hasn't been fixed since they started making them.
That stuff didn't happen to me, though I didn't play much. I just want realistic ball-bat physics, and I don't want every single game to suddenly and inexplicably turn into a home run derby in about the 7th inning.
You should probably play a real game of baseball then.
Oh, do you still play? Because I did this fall.
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You should probably play a real game of baseball then.
Oh, do you still play? Because I did this fall.
And this is why everyone should want to be at Kitty O'Shea's on Friday night.
TDubbs vs. Kermit, LOVE IT LIVE!
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You should probably play a real game of baseball then.
Oh, do you still play? Because I did this fall.
And this is why everyone should want to be at Kitty O'Shea's on Friday night.
TDubbs vs. Kermit, LOVE IT LIVE!
Just don't ask how I did in the games I played.
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Quote from: Richard Chuggar on January 14, 2010, 03:05:05 PM
You should probably play a real game of baseball then.
Oh, do you still play? Because I did this fall.
And this is why everyone should want to be at Kitty O'Shea's on Friday night.
TDubbs vs. Kermit, LOVE IT LIVE!
Just don't ask how I did in the games I played.
How did you do in the games you played?
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Quote from: Richard Chuggar on January 14, 2010, 03:05:05 PM
You should probably play a real game of baseball then.
Oh, do you still play? Because I did this fall.
And this is why everyone should want to be at Kitty O'Shea's on Friday night.
TDubbs vs. Kermit, LOVE IT LIVE!
Just don't ask how I did in the games I played.
How did you do in the games you played?
Terribly! Turns out, I'm old now. I can still pick it at first, though. And by "it" I mean "my nose."
Well this is an intriguing reason to buy 2K10: (http://kotaku.com/5458520/the-first-perfect-game-on-mlb-2k10-wins-1-million)
Quote2K Sports is offering a $1 million prize to the first player to throw a perfect game in MLB 2K10, laying down the bounty as a statement of confidence in the authenticity of their game's revamped pitching controls.
The million-dollar prize is believed to be the largest ever offered for this type of contest - a skill-based challenge, rather than a random drawing. 2K Sports isn't putting up the money believing its game is so tough that no one can meet the challenge. It fully expects someone to pitch a perfect game - retiring all 27 batters without a single one reaching base by any means - and cash in during the contest period from March 2 (the game's date of release) and May 2.
It doesn't say if it has to be a specific team/pitcher, or what difficulty/sliders need to be set at, but it's a pretty cool idea. I think I threw a perfect game once in MLB 2K8, but I believe that was also the game where every player had the plate discipline of Korey Patterson and would swing at a curveball low and away.
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Well this is an intriguing reason to buy 2K10: (http://kotaku.com/5458520/the-first-perfect-game-on-mlb-2k10-wins-1-million)
Quote2K Sports is offering a $1 million prize to the first player to throw a perfect game in MLB 2K10, laying down the bounty as a statement of confidence in the authenticity of their game's revamped pitching controls.
The million-dollar prize is believed to be the largest ever offered for this type of contest - a skill-based challenge, rather than a random drawing. 2K Sports isn't putting up the money believing its game is so tough that no one can meet the challenge. It fully expects someone to pitch a perfect game - retiring all 27 batters without a single one reaching base by any means - and cash in during the contest period from March 2 (the game's date of release) and May 2.
It doesn't say if it has to be a specific team/pitcher, or what difficulty/sliders need to be set at, but it's a pretty cool idea. I think I threw a perfect game once in MLB 2K8, but I believe that was also the game where every player had the plate discipline of Korey Patterson and would swing at a curveball low and away.
Maybe use the $1MM to upgrade your shitty engine, douchebags.
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Quote from: Weebs on January 28, 2010, 09:59:12 AM
Well this is an intriguing reason to buy 2K10: (http://kotaku.com/5458520/the-first-perfect-game-on-mlb-2k10-wins-1-million)
Quote2K Sports is offering a $1 million prize to the first player to throw a perfect game in MLB 2K10, laying down the bounty as a statement of confidence in the authenticity of their game's revamped pitching controls.
The million-dollar prize is believed to be the largest ever offered for this type of contest - a skill-based challenge, rather than a random drawing. 2K Sports isn't putting up the money believing its game is so tough that no one can meet the challenge. It fully expects someone to pitch a perfect game - retiring all 27 batters without a single one reaching base by any means - and cash in during the contest period from March 2 (the game's date of release) and May 2.
It doesn't say if it has to be a specific team/pitcher, or what difficulty/sliders need to be set at, but it's a pretty cool idea. I think I threw a perfect game once in MLB 2K8, but I believe that was also the game where every player had the plate discipline of Korey Patterson and would swing at a curveball low and away.
Maybe use the $1MM to upgrade your shitty engine, douchebags.
Nicely played.
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Well this is an intriguing reason to buy 2K10: (http://kotaku.com/5458520/the-first-perfect-game-on-mlb-2k10-wins-1-million)
Quote2K Sports is offering a $1 million prize to the first player to throw a perfect game in MLB 2K10, laying down the bounty as a statement of confidence in the authenticity of their game's revamped pitching controls.
The million-dollar prize is believed to be the largest ever offered for this type of contest - a skill-based challenge, rather than a random drawing. 2K Sports isn't putting up the money believing its game is so tough that no one can meet the challenge. It fully expects someone to pitch a perfect game - retiring all 27 batters without a single one reaching base by any means - and cash in during the contest period from March 2 (the game's date of release) and May 2.
It doesn't say if it has to be a specific team/pitcher, or what difficulty/sliders need to be set at, but it's a pretty cool idea. I think I threw a perfect game once in MLB 2K8, but I believe that was also the game where every player had the plate discipline of Korey Patterson and would swing at a curveball low and away.
Maybe use the $1MM to upgrade your shitty engine, douchebags.
Nicely played.
*tips cap*
There's a demo (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80254540855/?p=1&of=1&bt=0&sb=1#offers) out, if anyone is interested.
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There's a demo (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80254540855/?p=1&of=1&bt=0&sb=1#offers) out, if anyone is interested.
Have you tried it out? I got that busted PS3 I talked about in another thread. We have a couple things to pony up cash for before the kid comes in March, but maybe during the summer I'll send it off for repair and be able to play The Show.
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There's a demo (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80254540855/?p=1&of=1&bt=0&sb=1#offers) out, if anyone is interested.
Have you tried it out? I got that busted PS3 I talked about in another thread. We have a couple things to pony up cash for before the kid comes in March, but maybe during the summer I'll send it off for repair and be able to play The Show.
No, but if I get a chance after my Lost boner goes down, I'll try it out tonight. Because I hate fun.
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There's a demo (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80254540855/?p=1&of=1&bt=0&sb=1#offers) out, if anyone is interested.
Have you tried it out? I got that busted PS3 I talked about in another thread. We have a couple things to pony up cash for before the kid comes in March, but maybe during the summer I'll send it off for repair and be able to play The Show.
No, but if I get a chance after my Lost boner goes down, I'll try it out tonight. Because I hate fun.
I played one three inning game last night. It's diarrhea on a disk. I'm trading in all my 360 games except MW2 and maybe one or two others to get some cash for fixing that broken PS3 a friend gave me. WANT THE SHOW
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There's a demo (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80254540855/?p=1&of=1&bt=0&sb=1#offers) out, if anyone is interested.
Have you tried it out? I got that busted PS3 I talked about in another thread. We have a couple things to pony up cash for before the kid comes in March, but maybe during the summer I'll send it off for repair and be able to play The Show.
No, but if I get a chance after my Lost boner goes down, I'll try it out tonight. Because I hate fun.
I played one three inning game last night. It's diarrhea on a disk. I'm trading in all my 360 games except MW2 and maybe one or two others to get some cash for fixing that broken PS3 a friend gave me. WANT THE SHOW
I know you won't get cash for it, but Gamestop currently is giving an extra 50% for all trade-ins. It's a pretty incredible deal, even for that shitty store, and I might even trade in MW2 since I never play it.
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There's a demo (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80254540855/?p=1&of=1&bt=0&sb=1#offers) out, if anyone is interested.
Have you tried it out? I got that busted PS3 I talked about in another thread. We have a couple things to pony up cash for before the kid comes in March, but maybe during the summer I'll send it off for repair and be able to play The Show.
No, but if I get a chance after my Lost boner goes down, I'll try it out tonight. Because I hate fun.
I played one three inning game last night. It's diarrhea on a disk. I'm trading in all my 360 games except MW2 and maybe one or two others to get some cash for fixing that broken PS3 a friend gave me. WANT THE SHOW
I'm going to trade in MW2 which should pay for most of The Show right there - plus a couple of other games TBD.
Gamestop always seems to come through with a sweet trade in deal around the time awesome games are released.
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There's a demo (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80254540855/?p=1&of=1&bt=0&sb=1#offers) out, if anyone is interested.
Have you tried it out? I got that busted PS3 I talked about in another thread. We have a couple things to pony up cash for before the kid comes in March, but maybe during the summer I'll send it off for repair and be able to play The Show.
No, but if I get a chance after my Lost boner goes down, I'll try it out tonight. Because I hate fun.
I played one three inning game last night. It's diarrhea on a disk. I'm trading in all my 360 games except MW2 and maybe one or two others to get some cash for fixing that broken PS3 a friend gave me. WANT THE SHOW
I know you won't get cash for it, but Gamestop currently is giving an extra 50% for all trade-ins. It's a pretty incredible deal, even for that shitty store, and I might even trade in MW2 since I never play it.
I'm trying to finish BioShock2 so I can trade that in.
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There's a demo (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80254540855/?p=1&of=1&bt=0&sb=1#offers) out, if anyone is interested.
Have you tried it out? I got that busted PS3 I talked about in another thread. We have a couple things to pony up cash for before the kid comes in March, but maybe during the summer I'll send it off for repair and be able to play The Show.
No, but if I get a chance after my Lost boner goes down, I'll try it out tonight. Because I hate fun.
I played one three inning game last night. It's diarrhea on a disk. I'm trading in all my 360 games except MW2 and maybe one or two others to get some cash for fixing that broken PS3 a friend gave me. WANT THE SHOW
I'm going to trade in MW2 which should pay for most of The Show right there - plus a couple of other games TBD.
Gamestop always seems to come through with a sweet trade in deal around the time awesome games are released.
I was thinking of trading in Assassin's Creed II, but apparently they're only giving $15 for it, which is absolutely retarded. Although GS occasionally has the really good trade-in deals, they're usually only worth it because the trade-in values are so ridiculously low to start with.
DPD
Slak, it looks like GS might have just dropped the trade-in price for MW2. You get $23 for it ($34 after the deal). I could have sworn it was close to $32 as recent as yesterday.
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DPD
Slak, it looks like GS might have just dropped the trade-in price for MW2. You get $23 for it ($34 after the deal). I could have sworn it was close to $32 as recent as yesterday.
Cool - but 34 after the deal is about what I was expecting. I'm ok with it. The fact that someone will give me store credit for some crappy video game is still a nice thing.
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DPD
Slak, it looks like GS might have just dropped the trade-in price for MW2. You get $23 for it ($34 after the deal). I could have sworn it was close to $32 as recent as yesterday.
Cool - but 34 after the deal is about what I was expecting. I'm ok with it. The fact that someone will give me store credit for some crappy video game is still a nice thing.
I suggest checking out goozex.com. I use it a lot and really like it. The nice thing is you get a lot closer
to equal value for things. The down side if you have to have a lot of patience for some things.
I've used it though to send and receive over 200 games. Some of those are for my brother, but it's a great
way to balance out impulse buying stuff. I'm also real picky and tend not to get into game and when it costs
me a net of maybe $4 ($1 + shipping) and I don't like a game then I don't care. And when I do cave and
buy something that ends up sucking (I'm looking at you Force Unleashed) I can trade it quickly for a lot of
points to get something good.
Just as a reference, despite my tendency to get drunk and request weird things ("Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?",
"Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone" stand out as examples), among other things I've received:
Resident Evil 5, NCAA Football 2009 & 2010, Modern Warfare 1 CE, CoD W@W, Gears 2, NBA 2K9, Saints Row 2,
2 copies of GTA IV, and even both Disgaea 1 & 2 for the PSP which are the best portable games of all time,
Assassins Creed, Bioshock, tons of PC games none of you care about, etc, for maybe $400 total.
Definitely a cost effective way to game.
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DPD
Slak, it looks like GS might have just dropped the trade-in price for MW2. You get $23 for it ($34 after the deal). I could have sworn it was close to $32 as recent as yesterday.
Cool - but 34 after the deal is about what I was expecting. I'm ok with it. The fact that someone will give me store credit for some crappy video game is still a nice thing.
I suggest checking out goozex.com. I use it a lot and really like it. The nice thing is you get a lot closer
to equal value for things. The down side if you have to have a lot of patience for some things.
I've used it though to send and receive over 200 games. Some of those are for my brother, but it's a great
way to balance out impulse buying stuff. I'm also real picky and tend not to get into game and when it costs
me a net of maybe $4 ($1 + shipping) and I don't like a game then I don't care. And when I do cave and
buy something that ends up sucking (I'm looking at you Force Unleashed) I can trade it quickly for a lot of
points to get something good.
Just as a reference, despite my tendency to get drunk and request weird things ("Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?",
"Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone" stand out as examples), among other things I've received:
Resident Evil 5, NCAA Football 2009 & 2010, Modern Warfare 1 CE, CoD W@W, Gears 2, NBA 2K9, Saints Row 2,
2 copies of GTA IV, and even both Disgaea 1 & 2 for the PSP which are the best portable games of all time,
Assassins Creed, Bioshock, tons of PC games none of you care about, etc, for maybe $400 total.
Definitely a cost effective way to game.
I like Goozex, but you're right, you need a lot of patience. I've only traded a couple games on there, so I haven't exactly figured out if the queue is as accurate as it says. I had NCAA 10 in my list, and I don't even think there was a single person in front of me, yet it still took about two weeks before I was offered a copy. What have you found is the standard timeframe before a new release game becomes available? It's definitely something I'd use more for older games I just never got around to playing, but I generally can't get myself to wait with some of the bigger titles.
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What have you found is the standard timeframe before a new release game becomes available? It's definitely something I'd use more for older games I just never got around to playing, but I generally can't get myself to wait with some of the bigger titles.
Depends a lot on the game, but I'd say 3 months for most stuff. It's not at all a replacement for
stuff you want right away. For myself, I enjoy the idea of gaming more than I have any time for
it so instead of buying a bunch of games when they hit a $20/30/40 newegg/amazon/target deal
because I want to eventually play it, I just add it to my goozex queue and save the money on
a game I don't have time for anyways right now.
Quote from: Pre on February 25, 2010, 09:41:11 AM
Quote from: Weebs on February 24, 2010, 09:57:39 PM
What have you found is the standard timeframe before a new release game becomes available? It's definitely something I'd use more for older games I just never got around to playing, but I generally can't get myself to wait with some of the bigger titles.
Depends a lot on the game, but I'd say 3 months for most stuff. It's not at all a replacement for
stuff you want right away. For myself, I enjoy the idea of gaming more than I have any time for
it so instead of buying a bunch of games when they hit a $20/30/40 newegg/amazon/target deal
because I want to eventually play it, I just add it to my goozex queue and save the money on
a game I don't have time for anyways right now.
It's especially good for games that don't have a big online MP component, so you don't need to have the game right away when it's still "hot."
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both Disgaea 1 & 2 for the PSP which are the best portable games of all time
Ain't that the truth.
I thought IAN might be exaggerating, but he's not. It's the same fucking shit. They improved the bat sounds, and the pitching is somewhat easier. Big fucking deal. The strike zone is still too big, and the umps still call pitches strikes that are well off the plate. The new batting camera made it look like Sabathia was pitching from Citi Field, and didn't really make it significantly more easy to distinguish balls from strikes. There was a relatively routine ground ball hit at Rollins, which he ran several steps straight backward to catch. And the outfielders still have dramatically overpowered arms.
I give up. 2K is a total fucking disaster.
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 08:38:35 AM
I thought IAN might be exaggerating, but he's not. It's the same fucking shit. They improved the bat sounds, and the pitching is somewhat easier. Big fucking deal. The strike zone is still too big, and the umps still call pitches strikes that are well off the plate. The new batting camera made it look like Sabathia was pitching from Citi Field, and didn't really make it significantly more easy to distinguish balls from strikes. There was a relatively routine ground ball hit at Rollins, which he ran several steps straight backward to catch. And the outfielders still have dramatically overpowered arms.
I give up. 2K is a total fucking disaster.
Do not buy this game. I beg of you.
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on February 26, 2010, 08:55:41 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 08:38:35 AM
I thought IAN might be exaggerating, but he's not. It's the same fucking shit. They improved the bat sounds, and the pitching is somewhat easier. Big fucking deal. The strike zone is still too big, and the umps still call pitches strikes that are well off the plate. The new batting camera made it look like Sabathia was pitching from Citi Field, and didn't really make it significantly more easy to distinguish balls from strikes. There was a relatively routine ground ball hit at Rollins, which he ran several steps straight backward to catch. And the outfielders still have dramatically overpowered arms.
I give up. 2K is a total fucking disaster.
Do not buy this game. I beg of you.
Not a chance. Not after that demo. I'll consider it when it's $10 in June. But even then, there are far better games to play.
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 09:13:48 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on February 26, 2010, 08:55:41 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 08:38:35 AM
I thought IAN might be exaggerating, but he's not. It's the same fucking shit. They improved the bat sounds, and the pitching is somewhat easier. Big fucking deal. The strike zone is still too big, and the umps still call pitches strikes that are well off the plate. The new batting camera made it look like Sabathia was pitching from Citi Field, and didn't really make it significantly more easy to distinguish balls from strikes. There was a relatively routine ground ball hit at Rollins, which he ran several steps straight backward to catch. And the outfielders still have dramatically overpowered arms.
I give up. 2K is a total fucking disaster.
Do not buy this game. I beg of you.
Not a chance. Not after that demo. I'll consider it when it's $10 in June. But even then, there are far better games to play.
Good. They made the game look worse than it did last year, which was worse than it looked the year before. The animations are very awkward, as they always were. I hate 2K so much for this.
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Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 09:13:48 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on February 26, 2010, 08:55:41 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 08:38:35 AM
I thought IAN might be exaggerating, but he's not. It's the same fucking shit. They improved the bat sounds, and the pitching is somewhat easier. Big fucking deal. The strike zone is still too big, and the umps still call pitches strikes that are well off the plate. The new batting camera made it look like Sabathia was pitching from Citi Field, and didn't really make it significantly more easy to distinguish balls from strikes. There was a relatively routine ground ball hit at Rollins, which he ran several steps straight backward to catch. And the outfielders still have dramatically overpowered arms.
I give up. 2K is a total fucking disaster.
Do not buy this game. I beg of you.
Not a chance. Not after that demo. I'll consider it when it's $10 in June. But even then, there are far better games to play.
Good. They made the game look worse than it did last year, which was worse than it looked the year before. The animations are very awkward, as they always were. I hate 2K so much for this.
I didn't think it
looked any worse. It's just a bad, bad game.
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Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 09:13:48 AM
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Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 08:38:35 AM
I thought IAN might be exaggerating, but he's not. It's the same fucking shit. They improved the bat sounds, and the pitching is somewhat easier. Big fucking deal. The strike zone is still too big, and the umps still call pitches strikes that are well off the plate. The new batting camera made it look like Sabathia was pitching from Citi Field, and didn't really make it significantly more easy to distinguish balls from strikes. There was a relatively routine ground ball hit at Rollins, which he ran several steps straight backward to catch. And the outfielders still have dramatically overpowered arms.
I give up. 2K is a total fucking disaster.
Do not buy this game. I beg of you.
Not a chance. Not after that demo. I'll consider it when it's $10 in June. But even then, there are far better games to play.
Good. They made the game look worse than it did last year, which was worse than it looked the year before. The animations are very awkward, as they always were. I hate 2K so much for this.
I didn't think it looked any worse. It's just a bad, bad game.
I'm shallow, Kerm. I'm all about looks.
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Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 10:47:20 AM
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Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 08:38:35 AM
I thought IAN might be exaggerating, but he's not. It's the same fucking shit. They improved the bat sounds, and the pitching is somewhat easier. Big fucking deal. The strike zone is still too big, and the umps still call pitches strikes that are well off the plate. The new batting camera made it look like Sabathia was pitching from Citi Field, and didn't really make it significantly more easy to distinguish balls from strikes. There was a relatively routine ground ball hit at Rollins, which he ran several steps straight backward to catch. And the outfielders still have dramatically overpowered arms.
I give up. 2K is a total fucking disaster.
Do not buy this game. I beg of you.
Not a chance. Not after that demo. I'll consider it when it's $10 in June. But even then, there are far better games to play.
Good. They made the game look worse than it did last year, which was worse than it looked the year before. The animations are very awkward, as they always were. I hate 2K so much for this.
I didn't think it looked any worse. It's just a bad, bad game.
I'm shallow, Kerm. I'm all about looks.
Your wife is hot. Are you telling us something?
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Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 10:47:20 AM
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Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 08:38:35 AM
I thought IAN might be exaggerating, but he's not. It's the same fucking shit. They improved the bat sounds, and the pitching is somewhat easier. Big fucking deal. The strike zone is still too big, and the umps still call pitches strikes that are well off the plate. The new batting camera made it look like Sabathia was pitching from Citi Field, and didn't really make it significantly more easy to distinguish balls from strikes. There was a relatively routine ground ball hit at Rollins, which he ran several steps straight backward to catch. And the outfielders still have dramatically overpowered arms.
I give up. 2K is a total fucking disaster.
Do not buy this game. I beg of you.
Not a chance. Not after that demo. I'll consider it when it's $10 in June. But even then, there are far better games to play.
Good. They made the game look worse than it did last year, which was worse than it looked the year before. The animations are very awkward, as they always were. I hate 2K so much for this.
I didn't think it looked any worse. It's just a bad, bad game.
I'm shallow, Kerm. I'm all about looks.
Right, and I'm saying it doesn't look worse. In fact, it probably looks slightly better than last year. It's at least on par. Why not pick one of the other 1,000 reasons to hate this game?
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Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 09:13:48 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on February 26, 2010, 08:55:41 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 08:38:35 AM
I thought IAN might be exaggerating, but he's not. It's the same fucking shit. They improved the bat sounds, and the pitching is somewhat easier. Big fucking deal. The strike zone is still too big, and the umps still call pitches strikes that are well off the plate. The new batting camera made it look like Sabathia was pitching from Citi Field, and didn't really make it significantly more easy to distinguish balls from strikes. There was a relatively routine ground ball hit at Rollins, which he ran several steps straight backward to catch. And the outfielders still have dramatically overpowered arms.
I give up. 2K is a total fucking disaster.
Do not buy this game. I beg of you.
Not a chance. Not after that demo. I'll consider it when it's $10 in June. But even then, there are far better games to play.
Good. They made the game look worse than it did last year, which was worse than it looked the year before. The animations are very awkward, as they always were. I hate 2K so much for this.
I didn't think it looked any worse. It's just a bad, bad game.
I'm shallow, Kerm. I'm all about looks.
Right, and I'm saying it doesn't look worse. In fact, it probably looks slightly better than last year. It's at least on par. Why not pick one of the other 1,000 reasons to hate this game?
Fair enough. The real thing that I hate about this game are the wonky animations that make fielding incredibly and needlessly difficult and the hitting and pitching mechanics that they always say they work on and tweak but never really follow through on.
The look of the game, as far as the graphical stat overlays and such aren't bad at all. The textures on the dirt and grass are pretty good. The stadiums look pretty shitty, though. And there isn't enough variation in the players. There's no way Ryan Howard is as big as Shane Victorino.
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Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 09:13:48 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on February 26, 2010, 08:55:41 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 08:38:35 AM
I thought IAN might be exaggerating, but he's not. It's the same fucking shit. They improved the bat sounds, and the pitching is somewhat easier. Big fucking deal. The strike zone is still too big, and the umps still call pitches strikes that are well off the plate. The new batting camera made it look like Sabathia was pitching from Citi Field, and didn't really make it significantly more easy to distinguish balls from strikes. There was a relatively routine ground ball hit at Rollins, which he ran several steps straight backward to catch. And the outfielders still have dramatically overpowered arms.
I give up. 2K is a total fucking disaster.
Do not buy this game. I beg of you.
Not a chance. Not after that demo. I'll consider it when it's $10 in June. But even then, there are far better games to play.
Good. They made the game look worse than it did last year, which was worse than it looked the year before. The animations are very awkward, as they always were. I hate 2K so much for this.
I didn't think it looked any worse. It's just a bad, bad game.
I'm shallow, Kerm. I'm all about looks.
Right, and I'm saying it doesn't look worse. In fact, it probably looks slightly better than last year. It's at least on par. Why not pick one of the other 1,000 reasons to hate this game?
Fair enough. The real thing that I hate about this game are the wonky animations that make fielding incredibly and needlessly difficult and the hitting and pitching mechanics that they always say they work on and tweak but never really follow through on.
The look of the game, as far as the graphical stat overlays and such aren't bad at all. The textures on the dirt and grass are pretty good. The stadiums look pretty shitty, though. And there isn't enough variation in the players. There's no way Ryan Howard is as big as Shane Victorino.
I think you got those mixed up.
I hate that after three years, they still don't have batting stances that are even close to correct for some players. As much as I hate Ryan Theriot, I can't believe they still have the exact same stance that looks absolutely nothing like his actual stance. It's like in MVP 2005 when they gave Derrek Lee the same batting stance as David Eckstein.
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Quote from: Kermit IV on February 26, 2010, 08:38:35 AM
I thought IAN might be exaggerating, but he's not. It's the same fucking shit. They improved the bat sounds, and the pitching is somewhat easier. Big fucking deal. The strike zone is still too big, and the umps still call pitches strikes that are well off the plate. The new batting camera made it look like Sabathia was pitching from Citi Field, and didn't really make it significantly more easy to distinguish balls from strikes. There was a relatively routine ground ball hit at Rollins, which he ran several steps straight backward to catch. And the outfielders still have dramatically overpowered arms.
I give up. 2K is a total fucking disaster.
Do not buy this game. I beg of you.
Not a chance. Not after that demo. I'll consider it when it's $10 in June. But even then, there are far better games to play.
Good. They made the game look worse than it did last year, which was worse than it looked the year before. The animations are very awkward, as they always were. I hate 2K so much for this.
I didn't think it looked any worse. It's just a bad, bad game.
I'm shallow, Kerm. I'm all about looks.
Right, and I'm saying it doesn't look worse. In fact, it probably looks slightly better than last year. It's at least on par. Why not pick one of the other 1,000 reasons to hate this game?
Fair enough. The real thing that I hate about this game are the wonky animations that make fielding incredibly and needlessly difficult and the hitting and pitching mechanics that they always say they work on and tweak but never really follow through on.
The look of the game, as far as the graphical stat overlays and such aren't bad at all. The textures on the dirt and grass are pretty good. The stadiums look pretty shitty, though. And there isn't enough variation in the players. There's no way Ryan Howard is as big as Shane Victorino.
I think you got those mixed up.
I hate that after three years, they still don't have batting stances that are even close to correct for some players. As much as I hate Ryan Theriot, I can't believe they still have the exact same stance that looks absolutely nothing like his actual stance. It's like in MVP 2005 when they gave Derrek Lee the same batting stance as David Eckstein.
There's a gameplay trailer of the Cubs and Mets where Theriot's stance looks to be updated, FWIW.