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I hate baseball videogames, because it is usually so boring. But I love the show, last year was good, but not great. This year, they improved the graphics and it plays just as well (if not better). I just downloaded the demo and completely enthralled. If you have a PS3 and like baseball, this is THE game to get.
I'm tempted to pick this up but I usually stay away from baseball video games because it's like paying $60 to do work. The last baseball game I liked enough to buy, however, was High Heat 2003. The graphics looked like shit but the gameplay was baseball.
I'll have to hear more impressions, but this will probably be an Opening Day rental.
Sony cost themselves a sale by putting Ryan Howard on the cover.
I've heard very good things.
I loved the PSP version of 07. Was debating on getting PS3 version. I'm not a big baseball game player.
Download the demo and play for abit. I bet you will love it. I am going to trade in a bunch of games to get this soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooch
I would like to see this. MLB 2k8 is complete trash. Fuck you Sony for having something I want to see on PS3.
I attached the wrong picture of MLB, here is the 08 one with Yoshi's favorite player of all time.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...eL._AA280_.jpg
Impressions:
I only have the game for a few days, played a few exhibition games on default (Veteran) difficulty. You have a choice of 2 different pitching interface. One is classic where you pick one of the 4 or 5 pitches (2SFB, 4SFB, CurveBall, Slider, etc) and put the cursor on where the ball *should* go and just let it rip. Or you can do a meter kinda like a golf game so to hit the location of the pitch, you have to hit it in the sweet spot. I like the golf meter since each pitch is kinda like a mini-game but for some, the classic is more natural and realistic.
In Batting, you can guess the pitch and location (9 zones). If you guess either one right, either the strike zone and/or location will flash. That doesn't mean an automatic hit though, it just means that you can anticipate the ball better. It is hard to draw walks, but definitely doable if you are a discipline batter and the pitcher is not that great.
You can turn off the guessing game (or just ignore it altogether), so it is not a big deal. You can also try to swing harder but I was able to hit a few HRs with just the regular hit button.
The animation in this game is absolutely stunning. You will be seeing new animations almost every game (at least for a long long time). When I was creating my player in RTTS mode (see below), you can pick your batting stance, there are literally hundreds of stance you can choose (from generic ones to player specific ones). The commentary is also amazing. If you are getting a no-hitter, the annoucers start to build it up and you will see K signs being posted in the crowd. Someone noticed that even the 3rd base coach is called out at times!
I didn't play last year's version, but the Road to the Show (RTTS) mode is ADDICTIVE. Basically, it is like a baseball RPG. You create a player and assign him to any team and you try to make it to the big leagues and ultimately help win a WS. You only play certain situations (the game will simulate/skip to the next situation; you can easily play 10 games in a very short time). For example, I created some generic 6' short stop/switch hitter and trying to make the Red Sox. Each game has your player attempt a few goals, so it is important to attempt/succeed in these goals to get points (so you can upgrade your player, etc). Goals/situation such as getting a good At Bat/don't strike out, try to get a double play, move a runner, etc. It is really really really addictive. I haven't made it out of spring training yet, and my batting average is pretty bad. BUT, I am doing a good job in accomplishing those goals so maybe I will get called up. If not, I might just get traded to another team or something.
I plan to start a franchise after opening day rosters are available for DL. Until then, I will continue to play RTTS. If you have a PS3 and remotely interested in MLB (like me), then this game is a MUST. As I have said before, I have a cursory interest in the sport and I dislike videogame baseballs in general (takes too long to play). This game lets you save in midgame (for franchise games) but the atmosphere/gameplay is just so good that I don't even care. It really is THAT good.
God damn it Praxis, I don't have a PS3.
The PS2 version plays a mean game too. Basically same gameplay without the shiny graphics (maybe toned down commentary). So if you don't want to buy a PS3, just get that (or have Sinista buy it and play it at his place).Quote:
Originally Posted by K3V
lol sometimes I forget I have a PS2.
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Originally Posted by kingoffighters
There he goes, spending my monies again.
No seriously, if you like baseball this is the best game since High Heat.
Whats the baseball atmosphere like? Does it FEEL like a game? Nobody EVER gets the sports atmosphere down right. MLB 2k and Madden have been god awful. ...stadium, sounds, chants, scoreboards, announcing, vendor calls, PA announcers, you know ATMOSPHERE!
Seriously, this feels like baseball.
Don't you have a PS3? If so, download the demo. Otherwise, yes, it absolutely nails the baseball atmosphere. Spring training feels like spring training, Fenway feels like Fenway. It is awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by EvilMog
My only complaint is that they recycle like 6 parks for spring training.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingoffighters
After spring training, my SS got a 30k contract for Red Sox's AA team. I negotiated up to 30250, and they accepted. LUNCH MONEY!!
Nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by kingoffighters
I got a AA offer from the Indians for 35k (catcher)
MLB 09 The Show demo is up on PSN.
It looks even better than last year, but the game feels largely the same (but everything do feels abit tighter). The best baseball game just got better and it will be hard for me not to upgrade.... I know there are many baseball fans here but not too many seem to play baseball videogames (or have a PS3). But if you do, this one is a winner (08 was runner up Sports GOTY for me right behind NHL 09).
I am breaking down and purchasing a PS3 just for this game alone, I love baseball games. KOF, the new animations for the foul balls is fucking nuts!
In order of playtime, here is how I rank baseball games saturn era up
1) High Heat 2003
2) MLB 08, the show
3) MVP Baseball
4) World Series Baseball (saturn)
1053) MLB 2K8
And as ana aside, front office manager is horrible, if you want a true baseball management sim, get Out of The Park Baseball O9.
www.ootpdevelopments.com
I have heard nothing but bad things about Front Office Manager.
Definitely get PS3 and this game. Maybe I trade in my last year copy and get this so we can play some games online.
Deal, I'm going to look for a used ps3 because I don't need a blue ray player and I hate the post nes metal gear series.
MLB 09's attention to detail is just amazing. See blog.
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Thanks to the brilliant work by The Show’s character artists (and some interesting MOCAP sessions) you can see the Phillie Phanatic get the crowd fired up, Mr. Met dance on top of the dugouts and Bernie Brewer slide down his slide to the amusement of everyone at the game. You can also spot the Swinging Friar cheering by the rally bell, The Bird getting Orioles’ fans out of their seats and Wally the Green Monster leading a “Let’s go, Red Sox” chant. In over 20 stadiums, these mascots will help entertain and make each game more real and enjoyable. So whether it’s razzing the visiting players, having a dance competition with a few lucky (or not so lucky) fans or just trying to score a few laughs, the mascots will undoubtedly be something fun to watch out for in MLB 09 The Show.
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Secondly, in dealing with crowds leaving early from a game, we have gone through each team, their attendance levels, scores of games, who they are playing at the time and figured out when they would get up and say enough is enough, my team is getting blown out! As you can imagine, there are the die-hards out there and we track it, so no matter what, these fans always stay and support their team. And finally, we have added fans walking up, down and in and out of the aisles throughout each MLB stadium. Fans will also be seen milling around the concession areas and actual vendors are walking around the stadiums. So grab a hot dog and soda, because the little things matter to our team and hopefully you’ll notice these little details as well.
I am going to sell 08 to fund 09....Quote:
Employing Global Lighting techniques, we light the stadium using the sky, then turn around and light the players with the sky and stadium. This makes players feel like they belong to the part of the stadium they are standing in front of. Keep an eye on color, reflections and highlights on players as they move through the environment. Also watch the dirt as every step and slide of a long game shows itself, and as chalk lines get disturbed. Day time games vary over your season, from the soft feel of a cloudy sky, to the harsh rays of a clear summer day, and even overcast days if the time and place is right. Night games are now true to life as we capture those long shadows which stretch across the field at the start, stretching farther until finally the sun goes down and the stadium is fully lit by its own lights.
EDIT: Can one of the mods change the title to MLB 09 The Show? TIA
I have a boner, is that normal?
Yeah this is hands down the best single-player sports franchise going right now.
I've always liked arcade baseball more than real baseball, though, so it's not really for me.
But I can appreciate how awesome it is, regardless.
Shame that it's stuck on the PS3 where not a lot of people are going to see it.
You can make MLB more arcadey in the hitting department. In fact, that's how I tend to tweak the settings for the batting. Pitching is fun too with the golf like meter. If you love baseball getting a PS3 to play this game is *almost* worth it.
I like sim KOF, if we're playing it's straight sim style dude.
And for all you guys who don't own a PS3, this is coming out on PS2 and is just as awesome minue the graphics.
I can't judge pitches very well, so at least I have a shot at hitting the ball if it is just timing based. I tend to swing at anything anyway.
Good to know (Deciding the first 4 pitches will be back door sliders knee high)
I look forward to a 20k game with CC!
I will outduel you with Wakefield. That shit is unhittable.
Truth, I remember playing him in my PS2 franchise last year and getting like 3 hits and 0 runs.
I might get this, especially with hearing that you can make the hitting arcade-style.
KOF should buy it for me.
I don't mind the sim-style batting interface, it's just the fact that the games take more than 15 minutes which bothers me.
I just prefer the days of Baseball Stars and Ken Griffey Jr. where you can bang out an entire World Series with your friend in the course of an hour or two.
The only slow sport I've ever really liked is football.
See, I'm like your buddies at OS weeman, I like the sim aspect of the game. I don't want to hit .400 with 60 home runs. I want more realistic stats out of my game. That's why this game rules.
I really should.Quote:
Originally Posted by K3V
OMG KOF and Biff vs Netwurked and K3V, brawl for it all.
Noobwurked doesn't have a PS3 and I'm not inviting him over to play.
Is he messy?
Thanks dude. We are tight like spaghetti.
I hear Road to the Show mode is ever closer to real life, you can HGH it up like ARoid on your way to the Majors. :D
Awesome, then can you deny you ever did it and go out and hit 3 homeruns against netwurked and play with your new found titties?
How about you noobs just get a 360 baseball game and then we all can have fun times together naked.
No noob, kill yourself
IT'S SO REEEEEEEL
You can FEEEL it in your pants
Sammy can't, roids shrunk his package to asian size.
Shut up Biffers.
That looks pretty sweet, I just might have to pick up a PS3 now. Wow.
I can feel it calling in the air tonight
Hold onnnn
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Originally Posted by kingoffighters
One of my fav vids, feel it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bacon McShig
Please do Jeff. I promise you a fun time like no other.Quote:
Originally Posted by Netwurked
I might be able to get one for you on the cheap, this little exchange store that drug addicts go and pawn PS3's for coke $$. I've seen them as low as 200.Quote:
Originally Posted by Netwurked
Will advise if I run into one in the wild.
Please do, If you can't then Craig will help me.
We just fired someone today for pawning in his laptop for drug monies.
LOLS, let me guess, a sales guy.
You work at a very colorful place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Netwurked
Racist.
Nope, Service. It seemed like he had quite the habit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Othello Harrington
Some new videos here at Wrigley.... the shadows/lighting really make the game look real compared to 08 (which already looks pretty good).
The last baseball game I really liked was High Heat 2003 (the one with Schilling on the cover) but nobody else did because the graphics looked like shit.
It's hard for me to buy another baseball game because my friends get bored of them after three innings and I'm not a guy who has any interest in starting up a season. I only want to play against friends but even I lose interest after a few innings. I assume MLB 08 was different, but I didn't give it a go.
What was the point of that post?
The same thing I've been saying:
baseball games today are too slow.
You can play a game from 20 to 30 min (in 08) by cutting down some of the extraneous animation/plays (like HR celebration). That's not really any longer than playing a 5min period rank game in NHL 09 considering all the start/stops.
Also, for any season/franchise game, you can save at any point and resume so you are not forced to play through an entire game in one sitting.
I just want MVP back. 2k is such a crappy game, yet I'm forced to buy it every year. I'm not buying a PS3 just for this.
No need to respond to him, let the boy keep banging on his pots and pans.Quote:
Originally Posted by wEEman33
This is good information, thank you. I still lean towards more faced paced action, but I am tempted to give this a go, despite my anti-sport game philosophy.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingoffighters
You welcome. Since you have a PS3 and like baseball, you should at the very least rent this. You can always play the Road to the Show mode, where you try to bring 1 guy from the minors all the way to the show. It is kinda like baseball rpg (without all the fluff story), in each game, you only play the situations where you are involved (i.e. game skip to your turn to bat or defensive situation), so each game is really short (like 5 to 10 min). It is highly addictive, I played that for the most part in 08.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooch
This game is pure sex on silicon man.
So u getting a ps3?
Uh yeah, still scouting about, cheapest I see right now is 299, I want it in the 200-250 range, but I'll break down if the game comes out first.
do u have a Sony card? Sometimes they give you instant $XXX off if you open a sony card and buy something over $200 or whatever at Sony Store. That's how I got my 60gig PS3 for $350 when they were $500.
Nah, I'm buying a used one, I really don't see any other games I want to play but this one for now.
Some of the DLC games are pretty good on PSN. and maybe Killzone 2/Resistance 1/2
Uncharted
Little Big Planet
Time Crisis 4
Resistance 2
in that order.
Plus, get on Killzone 2, inFAMOUS, God of War III etc. as they are released.
Also keep in mind that the PS3 has the best version of Burnout Paradise and a few other third party games.
Yoshi, you have no excuse not to get 09 The Show.
I agree. I probably won't pay $60 for it though, so I'll wait for a sale somewhere.
$60 = huge Capcom games these days and essentially nothing else.
I hate to blow $60 for an annual sports game too, but this and NHL 09 are exceptions, you will get your money's worth.
It's not just annual sports games. $60 games are bullshit. I can get better versions of the same games on PC for $40-50 day one even if there is no sale. These console exclusives are the exception. I can stomach AAA titles like Street Fighter IV and even go for the Collector's Editions of those. But anything else is being bought on sale basically.
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I have not been this excited about a baseball videogame since Baseball Stars 2
I downloaded the demo of this...damn, it's the nicest looking sports game I've ever seen. The animations are pretty much perfect, and it's somehow got kind of an arcadey feel while retaining realistic motion.
I don't know if I'll buy it though, for the same reasons Gooch gave. Just not sure I have the time & inclination to go through a season.
We broke street date today. KoF, why don't you drive up and grab it?
I haven't played a baseball game since some silly 16 bit stuff. This does look really good.
I WILL BE RIGHT THERE, DO NOT CLOSE SHOP UNTIL I AM THERE WITH MY 65000 PENNIES. ALSO HAVE 3 TRADE INS, MOST LIKELY POOP INSIDE BUT YOU'LL LOVE IT
The lack of a period makes it impossible for me to take that statement seriously.
GRAMMALITY!
A cool game I found out about today:
MLB Dugout Heroes
http://mlbdugoutheroes.gamescampus.c...troduction.jpg
Open beta starts March 19th.
I'll definitely give it a try.
Dugout Heroes is live.
Downloading it right now.
Played my first 7 innings this morning and while my issues with baseball video games in general still apply to the Show, this is such a well put together package in terms of presentation, atmosphere, and gameplay that no baseball video game fan should be without it.
What are your issues? You can tweak alot of the settings, etc to tailor your game to your liking. This game has amazing atmosphere.
I guess I'm just no longer a much of a fan of sports games, but this is a fine game in any respect, maybe I'll come around. My interest just tends to fade in the middle of playing these games. There have been some quality sports games, however, with the last two EA NHL games, APF2K8, the underrated Wii version of PES, and the PS3 Show games, which may very well take the cake.
I have the same problem. There is too much investment required to enjoy recent sports games.
I can understand MLB, but NHL 09 is super easy to get into. You don't really need to learn much other than a few moves (deke optional) and still have success.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi