Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by bowlerguy92

The guy that wrote those impressions that I commented on also posted them on the 2K Boards where everyone hates him for his continual bashing on 2K and praising of the show. So.......I would take what he says with a grain of salt.

I saw that also.

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by pjv31

I saw that also.

Ugh! Would someone with the freakin' game just post some early impressions?
How's the hitting? How's the pitching? Is the crowd realistic? Is the CPU AI smart?

Sorry, I just hate these threads. The first 16 pages is "I want this game", "I hope to have this game tonight".

[kiz5]

Quote: Originally Posted by Money99

Ugh! Would someone with the freakin' game just post some early impressions? How's the hitting? How's the pitching? Is the crowd realistic? Is the CPU AI smart? Sorry, I just hate these threads. The first 16 pages is "I want this game", "I hope to have this game tonight".

Page 24 or 25 is when my impressions start, fwiw.

[bowlerguy92]

The continue them Kiz. Everyone is waiting for you to post more information.

[mikedad]

Guys,

I heard that in franchise it says "Edit CPU rosters' is that giving us the ability to change CPU lineups/rotations or just the ability to make cpu team trades??

[kiz5]

Quote: Originally Posted by mikedad

Guys, I heard that in franchise it says "Edit CPU rosters' is that giving us the ability to change CPU lineups/rotations or just the ability to make cpu team trades??

Blah! It's just trades. =(

I made the assumption it was the lineups / rotations, since that's the bigger issue.

And random things...
- Franchise Slider progression settings -- was that in there before? I never played Franchise last year, and didn't notice that. Hitter / Pitcher progression rates, as well as Hitter / Pitcher regression rates.

- This fielding with the right analog for throwing is absolutely amazing. For the first time in a baseball game, I actually threw one bullet, that bounced, and went into the crowd. I'm used to overthrows / bad throws, that are grabbed by whomever is backing up the play, but to actually have the ball go into the stands was nice to see.

- Home run celebrations ... don't exist, or not yet at least. Home run, replay x2 or 3, show pitchers disgust, show next batter coming to the play. Maybe when the games matter, they'll show it? Not sure though.

- Meatballs are going to have to be adjusted through the sliders for almost everyone. They get blasted a lot of the time.

- I changed the game from HDMI over to the component + optical cable, and the audio just got a lot better being over 5.1. It makes sense for baseball to be one game that takes advantage of surround sound, and it does it a lot better this way. Sucks for those with HDMI, but what can ya do.

- Catchers ratings seem to matter a lot more this year, with blocking passed balls from happening. Good defensive catchers are keeping it in front more than the lesser quality catchers.

[sask3m]

i'm interested in whether or not there is much difference in frame rate between 360 and ps3 but i guess that will be hard to tell unless you see them both in action.

[boomhauertjs]

Kiz, how long is a game taking you to finish?