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Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
-Faces and textures have been improved, but not nearly as much as those first pics they showed. Namco pretty much tried to fool us all with that one.
-Opening video uses real clips from the 2006 season with CG altering. Pretty fun and cool opening.
-During my game, the announcer read off a letter from a fan about Uehara while Uehara was pitching. Nice little touch, since live broadcasts are always like that. The announcing is a lot better than Spirits in ways like this. I get this feeling that the announcer is going to be reading the same letter everytime Uehara pitches, though.
-Unfortunately, the defense is pretty much the same. This includes awkward animations and that funky diving animation. Catching flyballs is also the same.
-Gameplay hasn't changed much at all, as far as I can tell. However, the ball does jump off the bat better.
-Batting stances are still pretty awkward, and players are still chunky.
-Sound isn't very good. Some of the fight songs sound awkward.
Sorry for all the mostly indifferent news, Namco fans. This is just really underwhelming after playing Spirits.