I'm taling his impressions with a gigantic gran of salt. I watched his gameplay videos, and I don't know how sport game blogger can be so bad at a playing this game. The basic mechanics have been the sam for years, but he played several games like he had no idea how it works. It was bizarre, really.
So he says that the game left his PH in to pitch, even after switching. That's bad. Really, really bad. But I also saw him fumble around and fail to sit both relievers down that he had warming up at the end of an inning. I mean, he clicked on them, and it asked, but he hit the wrong button. One sat, but the other he just left up. It was bizzarre.
He seemed to swing or take a pitch at random. He had no rhyme or reason to location or pitch type. that's all fine, but it's hard to take him serious when he says it is more stable and solid, but also more boring this year.
To be fair, DB, I doubt this game is going to do a thing for you. Especially if they have not nailed down AI use of their bullpen like they claim. But if that animation of Zambrano is a big deal, then this game is probably going to drive you nuts. 2K has some terrible animations like that. I usually just hit A and move forward. But if someone is coing from The Show, they will want to soak in all of the little stuff (that I don't think means squat). that makes stuff like that a dealbreaker.
Other than that, his gameplay videos made it look pretty good. Well, other than his stuttering around in the OF crap. It doesn't take that long to get a feel for the OF, and it works really well. And slight tweaks to the fielder speed will move the OF more before the CPU lets go. But you get a feel for how it works after just a few touches. I seriously thought he was trying to sandbag in order to make diving catches (and he did make a nice one with Rasmus).
If 2K sent him a game, they were idiots. And well, from their employ of Ronnie and their general marketing strategy, they are. If they had given Owen Good at Kotaku a copy, he has been critical of the game, but much more competent in his impressions.
