I played this at E3 and thought it sucked, hard.
I was swinging late, the ball obviously going behind the batter, and knocking out doubles and triples. It was crazy to swing and feel certain I was going to get called for a swinging strike, and then to see it transition to the field viewpoint. Haven't knocked in runs like that since Microsoft put out a baseball game. I do like the way the pitch-meter curves around the mound at least... and the "sweet spots" didn't seem as unforgiving as the ones in MVP or MLB.
The graphics are eh... players are a little too fat... animation was choppy.... it seemed sharp though. Stadiums are very detailed and accurate, but their externals are missing a lot of details or are just plain wrong. In Seattle, for instance, all of the buildings in the downtown area (basically from center to left) are correct, but they didn't put in any of the buildings that are visible south of the Uwajimaya complex... no buildings on Beacon Hill, no I-5, etc.
The commentary was GARBAGE. Seattle broadcaster Rick Rizzs has the play by play and former M's manager Bob Melvin has the color. They're both stiff stiff stiff, and repeat themselves a lot. Rizzs sounds like he's reading monotone from a script. Bob Melvin is worse--he sounds like a 9-year-old reading early Hooked On Phonics lessons.
I sincerely hope the build at E3 was very early and that a lot will be fixed, particularly the commentary. If not, lord help anyone who purchases it.
