Major League Baseball 2K11 Mid-Review Update

[bigfnjoe96]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaseB

He just said that for Tropicana -- The Trop does look horrendous from the default TB pitching camera (and that place in general looks real bad).

So VC got-it right...

[ChaseB]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96

So VC got-it right...

Ha, yes, pretty much.

[ggazoo]

I'm one of those guys still on the fence, and this was a very informative write up - but to compare the game graphically for something on the NES? We all know that 2K11 is no Show, but that was way too harsh.

[leafs nation]

I've heard guys compare it to NBA 2k11 for graphics which I think would be fair being from the same company. They say it's not even close. I don't know. I don't like basketball so havn't seen it. I know for hockey the 2k game looked like it was for the ps2 compared to it's competition and from what I saw in the demo their MLB game looked like crap graphically. Fine for you guys that don't care about graphics. I do.

[Boston_Sports_Fan]

I'm liking the presentation of this game, granted that there are a few rough spots. For example, the 2D graphic layout for the crowd in the upper decks and monster seats at Fenway Park. The only thing that really bothers me is when the camera focuses on the pitcher and all he is doing is staring blankly somewhere off into space as if he just got a lobotomy done to his brain. I find that this is the only thing that disrupts the flow of the presentation because to me it's akward just watching a pitcher doing nothing with that blank look on his face for a few seconds. In order to keep the flow of the presentation going I hit the A button at the first sign of that cut scene popping up. Other than that this is a fun baseball game.

[Bumble14]

Guys-

Before you say I am knocking the graphics of the game I think it would be best to go back and read my initial impressions.

I'll say it again, the game is a mixed bag in the graphics department. And yes, the Trop (and the Trop only) looks like a game of Bases Loaded from the default broadcast pitching department. Some areas of the game look great, some look like they were brought over from the PS2, and certain aspects (like the Trop) have me scratching my head as to how bad they look.

I'm not comparing 2K11's visuals to any other game here--my opinions on graphics stand alone based on what I am seeing in my time with 2K11, and 2K11 only.

[jeffy777]

The Trop does look bad, but "8-bit NES" bad? ....C'mon!

[spit_bubble]

Quote: Originally Posted by Boston_Sports_Fan

...The only thing that really bothers me is when the camera focuses on the pitcher and all he is doing is staring blankly somewhere off into space as if he just got a lobotomy done to his brain...

I strung together a few hits off of Joe Blanton and the camera cut to him for a good five seconds, and he kept on making this strange expression over and over... Looked like he was trying to squeeze out a dook.

As for the graphics and animations, the animations aren't that bad. There are simply some that don't look very realistic. The player models on the other hand... A lot of the players look like ogres, or some medievil ancestor of the actual player they were trying to represent... And that certainly doesn't help for those aforementioned close up shots.