Major League Baseball 2K12 Video - Chris Snyder Interview, First Glimpses of Gameplay

[foofighter2455]

There was no slider that tweaked just INF speed and no OF speed. That was in older 2K MLB games but not recent ones.

I play about 70/30 online vs myplayer so those sliders don't apply for us unfortunately.

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by foofighter2455

There was no slider that tweaked just INF speed and no OF speed. That was in older 2K MLB games but not recent ones. I play about 70/30 online vs myplayer so those sliders don't apply for us unfortunately.

Yes, there were sliders for separate IF and OF running speed, and throwing as well, check here:

mkharsh33 MLB 2K11 Sliders: Classic Hitting / Total Control Pitching

And you can use custom sliders online, if you aren't playing ranked.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by foofighter2455

There was no slider that tweaked just INF speed and no OF speed. That was in older 2K MLB games but not recent ones.

These games had tendency/ability sliders like you wouldn't believe!

Anyone remember these old awesome ones?

AI Take Strike Overall
AI Take Strike Ahead
AI Take Strike Behind
AI Take Ball Overall
AI Take Ball Ahead
AI Take Ball Behind
AI Corner
AI Change Speed
AI Change Location
AI Throw Strike Overall
AI Throw Strike Ahead
AI Throw Strike Behind

The best part was... these sliders weren't even close to broken.

[JustOpinions]

Yikes, this game graphically looks gross... like 2k10 (I never had 2k11)

This looks like an original xbox game... Not trying to stur anything up or cause trouble this game just visually looks awful.

[mpgm]

2k
Don't give me a lick and a promise
a lazy piece of work
The result is very disappointing mlb2k12 ( mlb2k11 plus ??? )
Let's bring this to a successful conclusion by doing our very best right up to the end.

[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by mpgm

2k Don't give me a lick and a promise a lazy piece of work The result is very disappointing mlb2k12 ( mlb2k11 plus ??? ) Let's bring this to a successful conclusion by doing our very best right up to the end.

Really? The result is very disappointing? After what? 1:00 of gameplay?

Hey, you may hate the game this year and that just fine with me, but come on, to judge whether a game is a success or failure on one minute of gameplay is ludicrous.

And damn, please stop posting everything in haiku or whatever that is.

Just to add; I am not defending 2K. I would say this about any game. If you at least have an interest in the game. Which we all do since we are in here, then you owe it to yourself to not jump ship after a minute of gameplay.

[Peter_OS]

I don't think I'll be buying MLB 2K12 this year. It looks very similar to last year's game, which I found to be average at best.

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

These games had tendency/ability sliders like you wouldn't believe! Anyone remember these old awesome ones? AI Take Strike Overall AI Take Strike Ahead AI Take Strike Behind AI Take Ball Overall AI Take Ball Ahead AI Take Ball Behind AI Corner AI Change Speed AI Change Location AI Throw Strike Overall AI Throw Strike Ahead AI Throw Strike Behind The best part was... these sliders weren't even close to broken.

Those sliders worked to a degree, but thy didn't provide realistic results based upon who was on the mound and at the plate and their individual tendencies. They removed those sliders because now all that stuff is governed by the Inside Edge stats and attributes (those sliders apparently interfered too much with the IE data, which makes sense if you think about it). Although IE is not perfect, it provides a much more realistic experience than the older 2K games did, even though they had more sliders. The AI pitchers pitch much more intelligently than they used to, and they aren't as generic....and he AI batters have gotten better every year, but could still use some work.....but in 2K11, it's possible to achieve pretty realistic results with less tweaking. I'll gladly take less sliders if it means better gameplay, and for the most part, I believe it does in this case.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeffy777

Those sliders worked to a degree, but thy didn't provide realistic results based upon who was on the mound and at the plate and their individual tendencies.

Maybe for 2K6, but not for 2K5. The biggest factor in 2K5 was the confidence bar, which IMO if there was a slider for that so I could put it at, oh I don't know, 1... that would have been very helpful in diminishing its effect that it had on the game.

Quote:

They removed those sliders because now all that stuff is governed by the Inside Edge stats and attributes (those sliders apparently interfered too much with the IE data, which makes sense if you think about it). Although IE is not perfect, it provides a much more realistic experience than the older 2K games did, even though they had more sliders. The AI pitchers pitch much more intelligently than they used to, and they aren't as generic....and he AI batters have gotten better every year, but could still use some work.....but in 2K11, it's possible to achieve pretty realistic results with less tweaking. I'll gladly take less sliders if it means better gameplay, and for the most part, I believe it does in this case.

This makes sense, I guess. Although, that's almost like saying all sliders should be moot since the game already has ratings for every aspect of the game for every player. I still see how it could be put in.

At least the sliders still work.

[mpgm]

Quote: Originally Posted by PVarck31

Really? The result is very disappointing? After what? 1:00 of gameplay? Hey, you may hate the game this year and that just fine with me, but come on, to judge whether a game is a success or failure on one minute of gameplay is ludicrous. And damn, please stop posting everything in haiku or whatever that is. Just to add; I am not defending 2K. I would say this about any game. If you at least have an interest in the game. Which we all do since we are in here, then you owe it to yourself to not jump ship after a minute of gameplay.

be much the same 2k11
It’s only fair to add that they were not told about the problem until the last minute
So, did their efforts pay off?
Many fans have taken a great interest in his new game 2k12.
We all have disappointments
No wonder they are so sore and dour
I never thought they’d put it in black and white on the front page
We foresee no changes to the program.