Major League Baskeball 2K9 Features List

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trevytrev11

I see what your saying, but if the zone system works, the location and timing of the swing should have full determination of the outcome. You should not be able to swing over a ball and hit it in the air and you should not be able to swing way under a pitch and hit a line drive. And it is impossible to swing early and not pull the ball or swing late and not hit it to the opposite field. If any other modfier makes these things possible, then they system is not realistic. If we're talking just a 9 zone system where you guess right and make contact, then I guess the modifier would be ok, but then it just becomes a hit the ball in the air by pressing up or on the ground by pressing down system with a twist.

The Show implements this feature very well. I view it as a situational tool and mostly use it for bunting, trying to move runners over and sac flys. Sometimes you do not get the desired result because one of the 3 factors I mentioned do not line up.

It is funny, because most people who use it in the Show do not think it works because they are expecting to see their input show results 100% of the time and it was not designed to be that way.

We just have to wait and see what their interpretation of the tool is.

[Pared]

The Show implements it well. The way it should be if the mechanic is going to be used at all.

[JonahFalcon]

I'm slightly wary - 2K8 needed simplification, but hopefully, they won't take it too far.

[JoshCA916]

Being a PS3 guy, the one major thing i read i liked was Trophy's for the ps3. Which to me means they put some effort into the ps3 game this year, because last year sony was treated like the red headed stepchild from 2k. I do play the show but the major reason i have liked 2k from the past was online play and leagues, which to me the show hasnt been able to match, so if they can update servers for lag, and fix framerate i will be happy with 2 baseball games this year.

[GrandMaster B]

All games released after January 1st 2009 are required to have Trophies for the PS3. So I'm not sure that means more effort was put forth. They had no choice.

[ckarlic]

Im really liking the fact that they simplified pitching and hitting. I never really liked the swing stick so im glad they now have zone hitting in place for 2k9.

[Stroehms]

IMHO, I really like everything. I hope to god this is a good game, I really hate my PS3. :/

[thornie]

This is such great news!

It looks as if they kept some semblance of 2k8's pitching controls instead of scrapping them altogether. I'm all for refining them, as long as they offer an option for those who don't want to use it and for those like me, who can't ever go back to button pitching.

Zone hitting - Hooray! 'nuff said.

300 new signature animations - I can't wait to check these out. 2k8 did such a great job with these. I usually go to the "Create Player" function and cycle through all the stances and just laugh out loud at how good a lot of them are.

Real-time Living world - This feature I'm most excited about. I wonder if we'll be able to actually control warm up pitches as in Power Pros. I love that feature.

All in all, this latest update has me pretty optimistic.

[X*Cell]

I'm really excited for 2k9. I'm still on that 2k7 and I've been waiting a while for this. One thing about 2ksports games that is underrated is the signature styles. It makes NBA 2k9 so much more fun, and I expect it to do the same in this game.

And thank God for Blzer for being so smart and being able to explain all of the game's subtleties for us. Yer the man dawg!

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

The Show implements this feature very well. I view it as a situational tool and mostly use it for bunting, trying to move runners over and sac flys. Sometimes you do not get the desired result because one of the 3 factors I mentioned do not line up. It is funny, because most people who use it in the Show do not think it works because they are expecting to see their input show results 100% of the time and it was not designed to be that way. We just have to wait and see what their interpretation of the tool is.

Exactly! Well put.

If the system is done right, then it's a very useful tool. It also can work against you as if you are always trying to influence flyballs, you will end up with a lot of flyout/popups. It's perfect for bunting (as you mentioned) and also for sac fly situations (you still need the right pitch though).

My only concern is that if 2K makes it too powerful an influence, we might have one more thing adding to the HR fest...lol.

We'll see how it goes. I'd love for it all to come together and produce at least a respectable and solid effort. I miss the days of bouncing between 2 or 3 solid baseball titles...each one giving me something I enjoy.