Who's ready to step back up to the plate?
Who's ready to step back up to the plate?
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 2:09PM The Albatross said
I'd much rather they just develop a single, good baseball game rather than one crappy sim and one crappy arcade game. MLB 2K9 came out today, and for the fourth consecutive year, the game is riddled with glitches, unfinished, suspect gameplay, and missing major improvements that have been promised every year.
It's a shame that I have to consider dropping $400 on a PS3 just to play a good baseball game.
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It's a shame that I have to consider dropping $400 on a PS3 just to play a good baseball game.
Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 2:39PM (Unverified) said
I agree MLB2k games this gen are all just rehashes. Its insulting that they just keep giving us the same tweaked experience. Who keeps falling for it and is buying this crap? Maybe people might start waking up when MLB212 rolls around
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 2:51PM 343 Guilty Fart said
Does the PS3 have some exclusive baseball game I don't know about?
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 3:05PM The Albatross said
Soups, unfortunately, it's the only baseball game on the 360. If you're a baseball fan, it's either buy MLB 2K's trash product for $60, or spend $460 on a PS3 and MLB The Show, which is actually a very good baseball game.
IT's not even necessarily rehashes... MLB 2K5 for the X-Box/PS2 was a good game, not as good as MVP, but a solid game. Somehow, the jump to 360, they stopped making good games... packed with untold glitches. And here it is 4 years later, and you have fielders having routine balls pop off their head, weird base running/fielding decisions, a hitting system that still may unevenly favor homeruns to everything else... Eh, we'll see how this one turns out, but darn it's frustrating.
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IT's not even necessarily rehashes... MLB 2K5 for the X-Box/PS2 was a good game, not as good as MVP, but a solid game. Somehow, the jump to 360, they stopped making good games... packed with untold glitches. And here it is 4 years later, and you have fielders having routine balls pop off their head, weird base running/fielding decisions, a hitting system that still may unevenly favor homeruns to everything else... Eh, we'll see how this one turns out, but darn it's frustrating.
Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 3:05PM PedoJokerBear said
dunno what youre talking about, the bigs was highly entertaining, just needed more depth.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 3:06PM The Albatross said
Guilty --
Yeah, the PS3 has MLB The Show '09, made by SCEA... which was a great, great baseball game last year, and this year's looks to really build on that. It's heavy on the sim, with a deep franchise and career mode... Check it out.
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Yeah, the PS3 has MLB The Show '09, made by SCEA... which was a great, great baseball game last year, and this year's looks to really build on that. It's heavy on the sim, with a deep franchise and career mode... Check it out.
Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 4:40PM jello44 said
"And here it is 4 years later, and you have fielders having routine balls pop off their head,"
I was playing the demo as the Phillies and that happened with Raul Ibaenz; and I had one of those "WHOA Just like in real life" moments.
That being said, demo was alright, nothing special. I wouldn't drop 60 bucks on it; but if they released it at 20, I might have taken a look at the full product. I've also thought about dropping the cash down for a ps3 and The Show, of course it's not the only thing I'd be getting the ps3 for. ;)
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I was playing the demo as the Phillies and that happened with Raul Ibaenz; and I had one of those "WHOA Just like in real life" moments.
That being said, demo was alright, nothing special. I wouldn't drop 60 bucks on it; but if they released it at 20, I might have taken a look at the full product. I've also thought about dropping the cash down for a ps3 and The Show, of course it's not the only thing I'd be getting the ps3 for. ;)
Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 2:14PM (Unverified) said
Who's making it? Blue Castle is busy with Dead Rising 2, and I doubt they have the resources for two games at once.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 2:26PM (Unverified) said
This is great news. I loved the first Bigs, and while I certainly liked the MLB 2K9 demo better than last year, it still felt a little off. Can't wait for this!
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 2:39PM (Unverified) said
Finally!! I've been waiting for this for quite some time!!
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 3:28PM bradfordswood said
i am a fan of both "real" sports games and "arcade" sports games, and the bigs was without a doubt the most fun "arcade" baseball game i have played. now if the same team could work on some hockey, basketball, and football, then we'd be in business.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 4:52PM (Unverified) said
As for arcade hockey, I'd recommend the new XBLA game NHL 3 on 3 Faceoff by EA Sports Freestyle. It's a ton of fun and it's 800 points.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 9:07PM (Unverified) said
Something tells me they'd probably use the revamped ESPN NFL 2K5 engine they debuted for All-Pro Football 2K8.
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Posted: Mar 4th 2009 1:14AM (Unverified) said
MLB 2KWhatever=sucks, MLB "The Show"=sucks and boring, The Bigs=fun because you have real-world players with superhuman traits and abilities. "Realistic" baseball games are boring as crap and too complicated to pick up and play. Give me a game without a 2 hour learning curve please. The Bigs control scheme is brilliant and simplistic while also offering a challenge. Can't wait for this game. I'm actually gonna buy a second baseball game in my lifetime...the first one was The Bigs.
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Posted: Mar 10th 2009 12:17AM DosPelones said
I totally agree. I want my sports game to be fun, not completely boring and frustrating like MLB2K9 and the show.
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