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Entertainment & Artistry => Gaming => Topic started by: hans on March 18, 2010, 10:50:03 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0puP8nrIU8
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifIV3Pj86j4
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I like their approach :thumbsup:
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Their commercials for their baseball game The Show are great, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5b9YdMbG1I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98byasMpEqU
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Anyone know the best PC-based baseball game?
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Assuming you're talking about a game where you actually control the players instead of a management sim, your only option is MLB 2K10. I've got it for the 360 and it's alright, but I'm pretty sure the PC version is gimped. The only really good current gen game out there right now is The Show, and that's exclusive to Sony platforms.
If you don't mind older graphics, you could get MVP 05 for the PC, which has been faithfully modded and updated by the community with graphics patches and newer rosters and stuff. It was a great game, but obviously a modded 5 year old game is going to be a little different than a new one.
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Yeah, I don't want to manage... just play. And what do you mean by "the PC version is gimped"? Not really interested in an 05 level game.
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I think Madden has done similar things in the past - when you're playing the PC version it's not like the 360/PS3 version. Features are missing, graphics are worse, etc., almost as if it were a PS2 game. I haven't checked but that's just what I've heard. If you really want PC baseball I'm pretty sure that's your only option regardless.
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Doesn't look like that's the case anyway: http://pc.ign.com/articles/107/1074600p1.html
The My Player feature is pretty fun, but mostly if you're a pitcher. If you're a position player it's really hard to move up.
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Very freaking cool. I think I'll pick that up when I'm at target next time.
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If you didn't get it yet, Ben, check this out: http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=76509
(hopefully the link is still working when you see this, but it's the digital version of the game for $3)
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FUCK ME. I tried 3 different credit cards and it keeps saying "error processing your credit card". :(
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OMFG... that site is pissing me off.
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uh, some guy on SA is having the same problem as you and
Only problem is I've checked out 3 times and each time it says there's been an error processing my credit card but my bank page confirms they've charged it 3 times
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Mother-fuckers... they got me every time too! Somebody's gonna get a call in the morning!
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Is MLB 2K10 a good baseball game where you don't manage so much as pitch and hit?
I've been meaning to ask about something like that to get for my PSP.
Edit: Then again, all three reviews I've seen for this on the PSP say it's crappy on the hand held. :|
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On the console/PC versions you can just manage, just play, just GM, or do it all. I'm really warming up to it
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Can you ask your friend from SA if he has had any luck with them? I emailed them and they told me that the charges were declined and they should not show up on my statement at the end of the month. They completely dodged my questions about the failure of their system and giving me the game at that price.
I think someone fucked up on their end and now they're trying to cover their tracks. Because the game is on 25% off today.
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So I got the game... maybe it's just me, but the controls suck or I suck or both. SO far... I BLOW at this game. WTF.
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If you haven't played one of the games in the series, the controls will be pretty hard at first. I like them in general, though, except for stealing.
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This is actually my first 2K10 game ever.
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OK... I'm getting used to it. The only bitch I have is I have no idea how to pitch one of the pitches where you basically need a controller with a stick to do it. I don't have a controller so I'm using the keyboard. Any clue how to throw those??
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Buy a controller with a stick?
I can't imagine trying to use a keyboard to play this game
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Dammit... figured you might say that. It's actually not bad... there's few games I actually play that require anything but the keyboard.
What controller do you have?
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I play on the 360, so a 360 controller. I have a controller for my desktop that's basically the same as a PS2 controller. I got it for like $20 several years ago so I can't imagine they're too bad nowadays.
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OK, I grabbed a 360 wired controller off of ebay for $22 shipped.
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So I got a chance to play with it last night... gotta say I'm lovin it. I doubt I'll use it for FPS games or anything, but it makes this game about a billion times easier.
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Oh yeah if you're on a PC there's not a single reason to use a gamepad for an FPS
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Now I'm wondering if this would be a good fit for Madden... hmmmmm........
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As opposed to a keyboard? Almost definitely. Playing sports games on console controllers is the way it was meant to be done
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Yeah... I guess. I'm just so used to the keyboard/mouse combo, even for things like Madden. Hell, the only thing I wasn't able to do in MLB2K10 was throw a few pitches.
And actually, pitching was somewhat easier with the keyboard. With the controller, you have to hold the location of the pitch and then make the pitch. With the keyboard, you moved the location of the pitch and it stayed there and then you pitched. I dunno. I'm digging it either way.
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What level do you play on? I just started a Franchise on Pro level and I'm going through spring training and all the games are like 2-1, 1-0... and I get maybe 5-7 hits per game. I'm constantly hitting grounders. I wonder if I can even switch to Rookie level at this point?
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I usually play at Pro. Once you get the timing down, you'll start having higher scoring games. Playing at rookie sucks because every game ends up like 23-0
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I wondered about that.
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Do you use the directional hitting at all or do you just swing away? And do you lean back before you swing?
I switched to Rookie and I pitched a shutout with 11 K's and scored 9 runs... with 2 HRs. I mean my pitching is normally about the same.. but the hitting was off the charts on Rookie mode.
I need to figure out stealing and all of that too. My base running skills suck balls.
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Baserunning in the game sucks, I still haven't figured it out. I've used directional hitting a little, but not too much. And I pull the stick back on every swing unless there's two strikes or i just want a slap hit or something.
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I just read the manual and baserunning might not be so bad now. Interesting... i think I've only ever pulled back a handful of times. According to the manual, that's how you do power hitting... which makes sense since I rarely get a powerful hit otherwise.
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I picked it up again this weekend with my SS, Abner Abernathy, who is in Pittsburgh's system. I'm getting better about strikeouts, but I did have a stretch where I had 6 consecutive Ks. I'm basically the definition of a "three true outcomes" guy. It seems like every PA is a walk, dinger, or K.
I still can't do shit on the basepaths - I get doubled up all the time on goofy plays and basically the only time I get baserunning points is if I hit a homer, since I rarely score otherwise. I'm pretty sure I'm the only person on my team hitting above .250
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Well I switched to Rookie mode because I was tired of the 1-0 games and getting like 2 hits per game. Things didn't seem drastically different in pre-season, but last night I made the jump to the regular season and won 9-0 with 28 f-ing hits. It seems so inconsistent. I'd have 3 straight hits and then strike out to end the side. Or I'd load the bases on 3 straight hits and then hit 3 fly balls.
Things pissing me off:
1) Power-hitting sucks shit - power-hitting swings are extremely slow and hard to time and I don't think the hits I get as a result of that are any better than when I don't do that.
2) Stealing - WTF? I cannot figure out how to make someone steal. 90% of the time the runner just won't go... the other 10%, he goes before the pitch is made and I end up in a pickle. I also got picked off at second last night.. and I was barely leading off.
I think I've only hit 3 HR in like 15 games. Either I don't know how to hit them or the PC version just sucks.
Overall, I fucking love the game and the controls are amazing.
Also, do you know how to turn on the hitting zones? I played a "freeplay" game or whatever and it was turned on, but in my season it isn't. And do you know how to take more control over the outfielders? They seem to do their own thing and I don't really have control over them as far as catching fly balls. They just do it.
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See... now I said that and I played a game last night where I hit 3 HR in the first 4 innings of a game... 2 back to back solo shots. WTF
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Woohoo, Abner Abernathy just got called up to the big leagues after tearing up AA San Antonio (which is apparently San Diego's AA affiliate, not Pittsburgh's). It's cheesy, but I was pretty psyched to get my first AB in Petco, which was against Dan Haren. The whole game just feels so much bigger and more alive when you're in a big league park instead of the rinky-dink minor league stadiums. It's also crazy how much more movement a pitcher like Haren has compared to the scrubs in AA. I was regularly seeing guys down there with sliders that barely moved at all or guys with fastballs that topped out at 82. Between the distractions of being in a big park and the improved pitching, I ended up 0-3 :(
Have you messed with My Player mode at all?
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Nope... there's so much stuff I haven't even looked at. The only thing I've done are the drills, and then I started a preseason, played about 10 games and then jumped to the regular season. I'm 4-1 in the regular season so far and I'm playing as the White Sox. I've always liked them for some reason and I didn't feel like playing as the Indians. I play the Tigers next in the season.
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You should at least give My Player a try, it's my favorite mode. Playing as a pitcher is the best, but I'm having fun as a position player, too.
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So what's the deal... you start in the minor's and try to get to the majors? I like to pitch and hit though... and if you play as a position player... do you play entire games? What if you are a RF? Do you just stand in the outfield until something happens?
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In order: Yes, no, it sims to the point where a play involves you. You're not just watching the whole game or anything boring like that. You can play a game as a position player in about 10 minutes. Pitching takes longer (obviously) but it's more fun and easier to get called up to the bigs.
Abner hit a 2 run bomb off some scrub in Atlanta's bullpen and I stood up in triumph. My wife just shook her head.