MLB 2K9 Demo Impressions

[celtsxpatsxsox]

yeah idk I read on 2ksports that it was 2 or 3 things below the highest difficlty but idk if its the easiest

 

[j.hen]

26%

 

[celtsxpatsxsox]

Damn your must be taking forever

 

[Houston]

I hope the actual game will be more complicated than this.

This is a type of game where I could see myself playing for months and then if I play one of my friends who's never played it before, by our 3rd game he'll have a real good chance at beating me.

That's one thing I like about Madden and NBA2K9, you can see how all of your practice gives you an advantage over the average opponent.
I can't see this game doing the same thing, maybe that's just how all baseball games are............

 

[celtsxpatsxsox]

I hope the actual game will be more complicated than this.

This is a type of game where I could see myself playing for months and then if I play one of my friends who's never played it before, by our 3rd game he'll have a real good chance at beating me.

That's one thing I like about Madden and NBA2K9, you can see how all of your practice gives you an advantage over the average opponent.
I can't see this game doing the same thing, maybe that's just how all baseball games are............

It should be more complicated. The thing with baseball games is that you cant practice or come up with gameplans. I have noticed that if you can pitch you will most likely be good. The thing with Madden and NBA is that there is a lot of AI factors that going into affect. With baseball it is user vs user and really nothing else. There really is no unsim or sim in a baseball game unless you consider people throwing balls in the dirt and you keep swinging unsim.

 

[Goober]

I played two games, the first one was a 1-1 tie, and the second game I lost 3-0. I really wish they would have included controls/more instructions because I didn't know how to do anything.

The computer batters seemed really aggresive, they always swung on the first pitch (of course I was always throwing a first pitch fastball in the strike zone), and I got through most innings using less then 10 pitches.

 

[j.hen]

50%

 

[Houston]

50%

What type of Xbox do you have?

 

[j.hen]

What type of Xbox do you have?

A slow ass one obviously.

 

[The Messenger]

If I read "night and day" one more time in this thread I'm gonna kill someone....

 

[celtsxpatsxsox]

they are exact quotes from 2k so therefore it makes sense too use them.

 

[The Messenger]

they are exact quotes from 2k so therefore it makes sense too use them.

Not when someone just uses it as a quote about online lag, and then everyone else in this thread is using it for things like comparing 2k to The Show.

l00k guyz i lurn knew wordz!!1

 

[chazmaniandevil]

from the impressions ive seen............ill have a ps3 in a week or less

 

[Goober]

After playing the demo a lot, one thing that pisses me off is that when someone hits a fly ball, the outfielders run really slow, and then they speed up at the end to make a running catch, it happens almost every time.

Also it is very hard to react to a groundball, unless it's hit right at one of the players it's going to be a hit.

 

[ryne candy]

I liked the commentary but that's about it....in the demo it was too easy to hit HR. I got 5 runs (with 4 HR's); won it with a walk off HR.

 

[celtsxpatsxsox]

I liked the commentary but that's about it....in the demo it was too easy to hit HR. I got 5 runs (with 4 HR's); won it with a walk off HR.

on 2ksports they said the demo difficulty was on pro and that there are three more levels of difficulty above it which would explain easier homeruns.

 

[Goober]

I liked the commentary but that's about it....in the demo it was too easy to hit HR. I got 5 runs (with 4 HR's); won it with a walk off HR.

haha I've played the demo at least 4 times, and I've yet to hit a homerun. I guess I suck.

 

[Houston]

haha I've played the demo at least 4 times, and I've yet to hit a homerun. I guess I suck.

Amen to that.

I haven't scored 1 point yet.

 

[j.hen]

My defense on this game is pretty solid, but hitting is pretty random. Some games I'll dominate and others I'll just suck.

 

[The Messenger]

Ah god... I'll be honest. I'd kill myself if I was a big baseball fan and didn't have a PS3. This demo is completely horrible. From what I can tell, this will be a step back from even 2k8.

Pros
- I liked the camera angle.
- Graphics were improved from last years but...

Cons
- Graphics compared to the show are terrible.
- What's up with the proportions on this game. In the beginning of the game it showed my bat boy (I can only assume) standing in front of my dugout, with two players from my team standing behind him. Tell me why the players are literally twice as big as him. I mean, I'm talking about heads and everything. I was like wtf?
- They killed the pitching. If you got used to the pitching in 2k8, you won't like the pitching on here. In 2k8 you throw a lot of meatballs if you don't know how to pitch right, but over time you learn how to throw the pitches perfect. To me, 2k8's pitching was the most fun, now it looks like crap.
- Tell me why, when Shane Victorino hit a bunt that went straight down first base line to my pitcher, he picked up the ball and decided to run side by side with Victorino, racing him to the bag, even though I was pushing the stick in the direction of Victorino so he could tag him.
- Everything looks so arcade like. It feels like I'm playing this game on one of the arcade systems at Chuck E. Cheese. I expected to look over and see some kids playing the Hungry Hungry Hippo game next to me....
- Batters swung first pitch every time.

I really don't know what to say. This is comparable to NBA Live at this point.

Demo Ratings:
MLB 09: The Show - 9.5
MLB 2k9: 6.0