MLB 2K9 Official Thread of 360 owners fingers crossed

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:31 am

I'm willing to cut VC some slack wrt in game Pepsi and State Farm ads. As long as the gameplay is better than last years effort then it'll get a pass from me. I want the series to rival that of Sony's game. When it gets to that point, then we can bug them to be a little more discreet with their ads.

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:52 am

In the stills the adds stand out, but luckily in the videos I don't notice them as much (maybe thats why they are plastered all over!) I don't like the fact that they are changing the stadiums to accommodate them, thats pretty weak. If they are going to do that then they should drop the price of the game.

I traded in some stuff at work and was able to pay off MLB 2K9, Race 360, and also pre-order Battlestations Pacific. Gamestop has a deal going where you get an extra $10 trade in credit for every 3 games you trade in (as long as they trade in for at least $2). Not a bad way to clear out a few old games I wasn't playing anymore.

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:23 pm

Steve at OS with hands on preview

http://www.operationsports.com/preview.php?id=62

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:21 pm

I'm really happy Busch doesn't have all those f'n ads.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:24 pm

bdoughty wrote:Steve at OS with hands on preview

http://www.operationsports.com/preview.php?id=62

"Hands on" sounds pretty promising. I hope they get the kinks worked out before release day.

HockeyJock · Post by **HockeyJock** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:07 pm

Hey guys,

I just found this link over at OS:

http://gamecinemahd.com/video/major_lea ... l_2k9/3863

It shows batting, pitching and fielding practice at Wrigley Field. Looks pretty good actually!

snaz16 · Post by **snaz16** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:45 pm

And more media at gamespot..
http://www.gamespot.com/sports/index.html

Oops..these are already posted

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:44 am

HockeyJock wrote:Hey guys,

I just found this link over at OS:

http://gamecinemahd.com/video/major_lea ... l_2k9/3863

It shows batting, pitching and fielding practice at Wrigley Field. Looks pretty good actually!

huh, those videos are pretty cool. I like how they gave Soriano his stupid a** hop!

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:45 am

HockeyJock wrote:Hey guys,

I just found this link over at OS:

http://gamecinemahd.com/video/major_lea ... l_2k9/3863

It shows batting, pitching and fielding practice at Wrigley Field. Looks pretty good actually!

looks great! pitching looks easy though

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:36 pm

There is some new video here that shows "zone hitting". Loooks interesting. I did't know this hitting option was even available.

http://www.operationsports.com/newspost ... newsletter

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:54 pm

That looks more like cursor based hitting to me. I prefer my zone based batting where you just pick from the 9 zones and swing.

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:48 pm

MLB 2K9 Diary: Part 2

http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/ne ... id=3913651

Some good bits

Anyway, the Giants start the season 12-8 with the new lineup and on the brand new code I just got from 2K Sports. I have to say, the game is playing even smoother (and smarter) than the previous build of the game. Not only have the frame-rate issues been almost completely ironed out, I just saw a play where there was a grounder to second with a man on first and the base runner actually stopped in his tracks so that the second baseman couldn't simply tag him and throw to first to complete the double play. Just goes to show some of the AI enhancements to the game.

Another enhancement made to the game is the new pickoff move. Hold the left trigger and a new view appears where you're looking at the side of your pitcher along with a pop-up that shows the steal rating of the player at first. Tap B to throw to first and keep him close or the runner will try and take off on you this year. Last year, I can't even remember the computer trying to steal a base no matter who was on first. Now it's more of a cat and mouse game.

At the All-Star break, you can play or simulate the Home Run Derby, Futures game, and All-Star game. Lincecum is the only Giant named to the team, so I decide to sim right through and continue on with my season.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:26 pm

bdoughty wrote:That looks more like cursor based hitting to me. I prefer my zone based batting where you just pick from the 9 zones and swing.

I like cursor hitting, but I'm not sure I like that big bat overlay they have. It's pretty distracting. I would have preferred a little "X" or circle or something. Anyway, its nice to have that option. Anyone know how many hitting options there are?

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:00 pm

http://g4tv.com/xplay/videos/36764/Hand ... l-2K9.html

Hands on Video preview

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:46 am

bdoughty wrote:http://g4tv.com/xplay/videos/36764/Hand ... l-2K9.html

Hands on Video preview

Thanks, bd. I haven't purchased a 2k baseball game in a long time, but I'm definitely picking this one up on day one. I still can't get over that we're going to have 2 very good and possibly great baseball games to play this year. Can't wait to fire 'em both up.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:59 am

HockeyJock wrote:Hey guys,

I just found this link over at OS:

http://gamecinemahd.com/video/major_lea ... l_2k9/3863

It shows batting, pitching and fielding practice at Wrigley Field. Looks pretty good actually!

Damn.. game looks really good in this video.. smooth as can be too. Screw the wait and see approach, day 1 purchase for me too.

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:09 pm

who did you guys think you were fooling anyway?

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:13 pm

TheGamer wrote:who did you guys think you were fooling anyway?

No doubt!

I was iffy.. but the new code sounds like they really have improved the framerate and what not.

tjung0831 · Post by **tjung0831** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:18 pm

I read yesterday where Steve said there are issues with the framerate....the game is looking great but a bad framerate is always a killer for me.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:22 pm

bdoughty wrote:http://g4tv.com/xplay/videos/36764/Hand ... l-2K9.html

Hands on Video preview

I love that they took out cut scenes and everything happens like real life. Can you believe the crowd fights for fouls balls???

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:41 pm

JackB1 wrote:Can you believe the crowd fights for fouls balls???

Can you believe they've been doing that for years in baseball games? I hope you were joking.

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:47 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:
JackB1 wrote:Can you believe the crowd fights for fouls balls???
Can you believe they've been doing that for years in baseball games? I hope you were joking.

But in this game they are doing it in REAL TIME, not part of a prerendered cutscene.

MLB2K9 - 1
Everything Else - 0

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:03 pm

Real Time is definitely cool. I'm looking forward to this feature the most. But, after a while I get tired of the slow pace of baseball video games. I wonder if you can bypass this by the press of a button?

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:16 pm

In some of the videos it seems as if the user is button pressing through some of the real time stuff between pitches anyway.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:21 pm

Yep, looks like you can speed it up.