Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[Str8_A]

Quote: Originally Posted by HK-47

Thanks for answering my question!

No problem. I had fun playing against the Angels. Guerrero's no joke, I had to pitch extremely careful to him every time he was at bat. I was literally hangin at the edge of my seat, making sure I got the pitch right.

[HK-47]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rainey

It's amazing how many fanboys from both games are destroying this thread.

"Heelfan71" is the only fan boy I see....He clearly doesn't like 2k.He's making up stuff just so he can bash 2k.

He tried to say all I cared about was Angels players signature stances.All I said was that The Show needs to work on them.I only mentioned K-Rod and Ryan Howards sig styles being off(even though there is a lot more).

[Mr.Wednesday]

Quote: Originally Posted by UGA14

I think the game is actually pretty good so far on the 360. I love the Show, don't get me wrong, but there's a lot of things that are in 2k's game that are pretty fun and good to. It reminds me a lot of a baseball game that wasn't fully polished but played some fun baseball, MVP 2003. I used to love that game and this seems similar to me.

Thanks UGA, this is exactly what I want to hear. I like having two baseball games to play because I enjoy different aspects from both games.

[lived]

Anyone know if They got frank thomas's sig stance correct. It was awful by a mile in the "other" game

[RestoreRoar]

I love when 2k comes out now. It's like the stages of grief.

Denial. Regret. Acceptance. etc.

Please, OS. Remember this when good 'ole Brinkman comes peddling his game next fall.

[RunN1st]

Quote: Originally Posted by Heelfan71

that is 2k's problem with baseball. They add and change stuff every year without fixing the broken stuff first.

If they changed/fixed stuff without adding new stuff, it would be considered a patch, right? I think the new stuff is pushed more by the Marketing team. They need to attract audiences year-in and year-out... Picture this as a slogan, "Come buy last year's game that we tried to fix!" Probably wouldn't fly, right?


Also, I remember Ben saying something about being pressured by MLB to put out a game during a certain time period. If the framerate issue is a big as some of you say, then it could be because of time constraints and being under the gun.

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by UGA14

It reminds me a lot of a baseball game that wasn't fully polished but played some fun baseball, MVP 2003. I used to love that game and this seems similar to me.

This is the best analogy I have read. It's a fun game, and it does some things well. But it's not polished, and has some issues that take away from it. Still fun to play though. MVP 2003 was much the same for me.

[Rocky]

Guys, I may get blasted for this...but for overall gameplay, I may have to give the nod to 2K8 this year. Once the controls become second nature, than the game is amazingly involved and intinuitive.

The strike zone irks me to no end though. I mean why is crap like this never fixed.....nobody wants to be hacking because the ball may barely touch it. Besides that though, this game kinda reminds me of Inside Drive 2004 where they had some nice control features (that 2K stole) and it made for some fun and engaging gameplay.