Major League Baskeball 2K9 Features List

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by wsu_gb23

2K is a day late and a dollar short with this one....all of these improvements should have been in 2K8....

I'm sorry, but posts like this come off as pure hate. 2K8 was crap, we don't need to rehash that over and over.

I actually like this list. It seems (and it's to early to tell for sure, of course) that they focused on meat of the game and not some big, new, flashy feature. Some of the gameplay ideas intrigue me (being able to eat a throw, zone hitting-yay!, quick throws, etc) as well.

The thing that stood out to me was the "living ballpark" portion of the list. This type of thing is right up VC's alley and sounds quite promising if they hold to there presentation standard.

That said, it all means little if everything still looks washed out, the crowd looks jacked up, and the game hasn't changed from an "under the hood" standpoint.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this game looks in motion. I still won't be buying (there is nothing they can advertise at this point to sell me on the game...lol), but I'm rooting for it to be good. I'll definitely give it a look via rental

[JohnDoe8865]

I like that the list doesn't have a big WOW!!?!! back of the box feature yet. The game needed to be re-built and as an XBox 360 owner I hope (because I have to) that 2k9 will come out and play a good solid game of baseball.

[Crash Davis]

im with the guys who believe cuz theres no big feature hopefully they focused on the core more and fixed it up. one can only hope
need to see some vids though

[Art1bk]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96

About time we get some info... Zone Hitting FTW

Thats the same way i feel. IMO zone hitting is the most realistic way to bat in a baseball game. I just hope the gameplay is tight.

[Art1bk]

Some screens would be nice

[NEWYORICAN]

The list sounds good to me!...I want to see 2K do well. Yea, I was one of the bashers of 2K8 but I still want them to make a good BB game. The game wasn't too bad, I was just dissapointed that they went backwards on the graphics and on some features; I want to see healthy competition between the two BB games developers.

I will check it out when it comes out. Sounds good so far, we'll see!


Peace!
Ernesto

[The Autumn Wind]

Since this is the only baseball game I'll have the opportunity to play, I'm going to be optimistic here. The list doesn't wow me, but it does suggest that 2k realizes what The Show gets so right and is making adjustments to do some of those same things.

I played the hell out of The Show, and what I loved most about it was the immersive atmosphere. The living world stuff sounds like 2k's concession to needing to nail the feel of being at a baseball game down better.

[bodhiball]

doesnt sound bad...I like the living ballpark ideas, but if we get 2k8 graphics instead of how good 2k7 looked, it will still be disappointing.

With some of these updated things, and NO jon and joe and a playable frame rate, it COULD be potentially playable.

but...we have been burned before. ie, vendors moving in the crowd was promised for 2k7

[DaveDQ]

Sounds good. I don't want promises. I want to know they are moving in the right direction and I think this list shows that. Zone hitting and the Reelmaker will be nice.

[bukktown]

Good news about zone hitting and ballpark atmosphere. I hope they improve the audio too.