Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[kiz5]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96

Kiz, is there a reason why your using the buttons to advance runners & not the ANALOG STICK?

The left-analog is used to select the runner. When they're selected, you can press Y to go to 2nd, X to go to third, etc. It's great when you have a hitter like Reyes hit one into the gap, and you know you can take 3, and just pressing X to run for 3rd off the start.

[kiz5]

Quote: Originally Posted by tj_oconnor06001

Kiz- Are you saying that while in Franchise Mode you are able to edit the lineup of the team you are about to play against in a game? I hope this is true. I hate playing against the Yanks in my Franchise for example when the CPU has Abreu leading off, Giambi batting 2nd and Jeter way down in the lineup at like 7 or 8.

Yeah, you can edit the lineup in the menu, when you're editing yours before the game.

[soldaderyan]

wow i can´t wait

[boomhauertjs]

Question on simmed games in franchise:
Can you jump in and out of sim games? Can I sim a game until I take over playing in the ninth inning? Can I jump out of a game that I am losing 10-2 in the fifth and the let the CPU sim the rest?
I'm pretty sure MVP had this. Never played 2k so I don't know.

[bigfnjoe96]

Quote: Originally Posted by kiz5

The left-analog is used to select the runner. When they're selected, you can press Y to go to 2nd, X to go to third, etc. It's great when you have a hitter like Reyes hit one into the gap, and you know you can take 3, and just pressing X to run for 3rd off the start.

Really, I though base running was, the button represented the runner & the ANALOG STICK was used to advance the runner to the base you want that runner to go.

Thanks for the answer

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96

Really, I though base running was, the button represented the runner & the ANALOG STICK was used to advance the runner to the base you want that runner to go. Thanks for the answer

I thought so also. He just described how The Show has been doing it for 2 years now. I'm surprised they adopted the same method of running.

Maybe he is confused? Either way it's a very intuitive way to run the bases.

[jim416]

Quote:

Blah! It's just trades. =( I made the assumption it was the lineups / rotations, since that's the bigger issue.

So, it will then be up to the AI to ajust the lineups if, for example, a real life trade of Adrian Gonzales of the Padres for Matt Kemp of the Dodgers went down? If I manually made that trade I would NOT be able to go into those teams lineups at that time and set them? I'd just be at the mercy of whatever the AI chooses to do?

[The Gamer]

but you have the option to adjust the lineup on game day