Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[belljr]

Quote: Originally Posted by Heelfan71

2k7 looks better, 2k8 plays better. Still need lots of slider tweaking for 2k8 though. Wish they would let you do a practice swing before the pitch is thrown too.

:goodposting: 2k7 played a terrible game of baseball in between the lines. Baserunning was terrible, AI was bad, no hit variety etc etc.

2k7 definitely LOOKED better but 2k8 plays a decent game of baseball

[Jistic]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

I was looking at this and I think if you're gesture is awful but your timing is right you throw a ball that misses the zone badly. If you have a perfect gesture but bad timing it'll be a meatball. Doesn't solve anything, but good info to know.

It's the opposite actually. When it doesn't recognize your pitching motion, it's a meat ball...so essentially step 2 of the pitch. If your release is off, then you miss the strike zone.

[Heelfan71]

Quote: Originally Posted by belljr

:goodposting: 2k7 played a terrible game of baseball in between the lines. Baserunning was terrible, AI was bad, no hit variety etc etc. 2k7 definitely LOOKED better but 2k8 plays a decent game of baseball

yeah, better than last. My only issue right now is getting the computer to throw more balls, and the cpu batters to let more pitches go by without swinging.

[Metsui]

Quote: Originally Posted by belljr

:goodposting: 2k7 played a terrible game of baseball in between the lines. Baserunning was terrible, AI was bad, no hit variety etc etc. 2k7 definitely LOOKED better but 2k8 plays a decent game of baseball

FBG league thread in the baseball forum.

[brahmagoul]

Is it just me or do baseball games end up with the worst graphics among sports games? Madden has been decent, and Live has always looked nice. Now, back in the day, I thought World Series baseball looked awesome. MVP was too cartoony, but then again, the best games seem to have the worst graphics -- like High Heat from when Schilling was on the cover.

Anyway, I haven't had time to rent the game yet. Could anyone tell me if you can control every team? Is it like NBA 2K8 in that you can control a handful of teams but at least make roster moves and play games of non-user controlled teams?

Thanks.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by brahmagoul

Is it just me or do baseball games end up with the worst graphics among sports games? Madden has been decent, and Live has always looked nice. Now, back in the day, I thought World Series baseball looked awesome. MVP was too cartoony, but then again, the best games seem to have the worst graphics -- like High Heat from when Schilling was on the cover.

Funny, I always thought that baseball games as a whole had the best graphics. Football games are always the worst IMO and basketball isn't easy to capture either.

[BobbyColtrane]

Quote: Originally Posted by dodgerblue

1. The ticker seems to run if you are connected even when you try to turn it off 2. Hot zones you need to buy the scouting reports (it's stupid, I wish they would just give them to you). 3. Press right or left on the d pad and you'll scroll through pitcher and batter stats including # of balls and strikes and total pitch count

thanks dood.

[Blzer]

Hockey has always looked the worst. I know they are wearing padding and stuff, but the players just look too big.