MLB 2K8 Game of The Week: Red Sox vs. Rockies

[marinersfan09]

i was on the fence as far as which game to get, but these vids have made up my mind....no crowd enthusiasm, same bat sound, and the same types of home runs (either a bomb or barely making it over)...it is gonna be the show for me this year...sorry 2k

[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by marinersfan09

i was on the fence as far as which game to get, but these vids have made up my mind....no crowd enthusiasm, same bat sound, and the same types of home runs (either a bomb or barely making it over)...it is gonna be the show for me this year...sorry 2k

Thanks for playing! Don't forget your parting gifts.

[Motown]

Quote: Originally Posted by pjv31

Thanks for playing! Don't forget your parting gifts.

and what gifts are these?

[Motown]

I see 2k still uses the softball bats I'll tell ya, i'm really impressed w/ the sig styles...the Aramis Ramirez sig is scurry realistic. glad we'll have 2 great games this season. can't wait

[bigfnjoe96]

Quote: Originally Posted by Motown

I see 2k still uses the softball bats I'll tell ya, i'm really impressed w/ the sig styles...the Aramis Ramirez sig is scurry realistic. glad we'll have 2 great games this season. can't wait

You wanna see scurry realistic, check-out Jason Varitek's Sig Stance...

[thornie]

Quote: Originally Posted by davewins

Wow it amazes me how many people are going nuts just over a video of gameplay that is not final build. I don't mind everybody's opinion. In fact I like to read about them because it can only make the game better (dev's read the forum). But please at least wait until you try thedemo or full version. Yeah presentation things you can see and animation things we can see but for all we know this plays the best game of baseball to date. Or for all we know it doesn't and the pitching is too easy or too hard and the hitting is completley unrealistic. From watching the videos it doesn't look like either is the case. Let's have a little patience there is only one more week to go before we can play it and hopefully less (demo).

That's because it's just reinforcing an opinion they already had.

For me, the fact that they COMPLETELY took apart and re wrote the entire code for the batting interface is enough for me. Balls react to the bat realistically and you can see this in the swing animations. Is it perfect? no, but it looks darn good to me.

Little things bug me... For instance when an outfielder is fielding a fly ball their animation inexplicably goes into slow motion, then speed up at the last second to catch the ball... There's more but you get the idea. None are game killers for me.

[jmik58]

In some of the gameplay videos that folks have posted on vimeo, etc., I'm still concerned about the look of the ball coming in to the plate and it's detectabliity. And also, the issue with the bat sounds. Supposedly they are fixed, but the videos I've seen online all have the sam wet whip across a tree trunk sound. I also think 2K8 looks and feels just like 2K7 when you watch the gameplay videos. And maybe I'm ready for something that feels "new" beyond the gameplay. Maybe some new cameras or new commentary or new graphics on screen, etc.

With that said, I'm not at all detracted from the game. If anything, I'm torn because I think there are going to be two great games that each have their exceptionalities on the bright side and some negatives as well. How do you choose this year???

[blkprince04]

i'm liking the areal camera, much better than last years game camera angle........