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Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

  01:24 AM - February 26, 2008 by Steve_OS
Matt Blumenthal had an opportunity to demo Major League Baseball 2K8 this afternoon. His official writeup of the event will be up later this week, but we wanted to get some quick thoughts up here for you guys.
  • This game looks beautiful, the player models have improved but the real leap is in the animations. The animations move silky smooth and there is no need to worry about herky jerky animations of the past anymore.
  • I'm impressed with how intuitive and fresh the analog controls are. The pitching takes a little time to get the hang of but the new mechanics add a whole new dimension to the pitching model.
  • The baseball cards feature is surprisingly cool, expect me to have more on that later on this week.
  • In-game saves are officially in the game this year.
  • Check swings don't seem to be a chore anymore. They are now accomplished by pulling back on the right analog stick - no more right trigger necessary.
  • Stadium-specific animations are in. The Yankee Roll Call was mentioned specifically.
  • There should be plenty of foul balls this year. I saw several in the few at-bats I played.
  • No spring training games this year.
  • I counted eight unlockable classic stadiums. I think more might be available by default as well.
  • No co-op play
  • You will have the option to make trades for CPU-controlled teams in franchise mode, but you won't be able to edit their rotations and lineups.
  • It was suggested to me that the demo is done and has been submitted. If that's the case, it's in Microsoft's hands now.
  • I will hit on a few of the big questions from the forum here.

Game: Major League Baseball 2K8Reader Score: 6/10 - Vote Now
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Member Comments
# 701 bangpow @ 03/04/08 02:24 PM
For 720p vs. 1080i, please watch..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JXfyvlPh0
 
# 702 Heelfan71 @ 03/04/08 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by bowlerguy92
Well after playing 1 game and my batting half of the first, I have hit 7 homers.
what level ? I can't hit any on Allstar.
 
# 703 kiz5 @ 03/04/08 02:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bowlerguy92
Well after playing 1 game and my batting half of the first, I have hit 7 homers.
Now that I'm getting the timing down better, I'm starting to hit them as well. With that said, I was also trying to "aim for the fences" with the left-analog. I'm going to just swing with the right stick. I was enjoying it that way early on, so I'm hoping it's more to do with the left-analog, than my skills.
 
# 704 Heelfan71 @ 03/04/08 02:27 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kiz5
Now that I'm getting the timing down better, I'm starting to hit them as well. With that said, I was also trying to "aim for the fences" with the left-analog. I'm going to just swing with the right stick. I was enjoying it that way early on, so I'm hoping it's more to do with the left-analog, than my skills.
you guys hitting HR's using swing stick ? I am using classic and don't hit any.
 
# 705 Spanky @ 03/04/08 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by bowlerguy92
Well after playing 1 game and my batting half of the first, I have hit 7 homers.
You bad.
 
# 706 green94 @ 03/04/08 02:28 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Thadeus
No way the Show is leaps and bounds better than 2K8. The fielding is much better in 2K8, I think the player models are much better as well. Give it more than 30 minutes to dissect a game.
Would you take fielding and player models over framerate?
 
# 707 SeaNNyT @ 03/04/08 02:28 PM
My initial impressions is that this game looks terrible. The framerate is pretty bad at times when a ball is hit into the outfield. The textures on the grass and surrounding environment look awful, as well as the lighting.

As for gameplay, I am playing on allstar and already have hit several homeruns quite easily.

I am sure that is fixable with sliders, but this game looks so damn ugly and sloppy I don't know if I can put up with that part.
 
# 708 mrsalsays @ 03/04/08 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Heelfan71
Cpu hit a HR against me and they showed several replays
are the homeruns realistic?
do they go far?

Last years game every single hr barely cleared the wall. i hated that
 
# 709 metal134 @ 03/04/08 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Revelation
My only two other complaints would be a few of the player ratings don't make any sense. For example, Johan Santana is rated at 100 (after going 15-13 last year), but Fausto Carmona an 84 (after winning 19 games?). I am not even an Indians fan, but c'mon 2K...
In defense of their rating of Carmona (and I speak as an Indians fan), he only did it for one year. He is probably better than an 84, but they usually do these based on three year averages. And Santana may have gone 15-13, but I'm someone who doesn't believe that a pitcher's W-L is a be all end all. He is certainly better than 15-13 and if there is a 100 pitcher in the MLB, it would be Santana.
 
# 710 PVarck31 @ 03/04/08 02:29 PM
Just finished my second game. I am liking it even more. I really love the fielding. Oh and try the aerial cam. It makes the field look bigger and the ball looks great in flight. The weird thing was that the frame rate was much better in the second game. I have played 18 innings and have not hit a HR. To me this is a good thing.
 
# 711 Heelfan71 @ 03/04/08 02:29 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrsalsays
are the homeruns realistic?
do they go far?

Last years game every single hr barely cleared the wall. i hated that
Jeff Kent hit one against me that hit high up on the foul pole. Looked cool because it was hooking foul
 
# 712 RoyalBoyle78 @ 03/04/08 02:30 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Thadeus
No way the Show is leaps and bounds better than 2K8. The fielding is much better in 2K8, I think the player models are much better as well. Give it more than 30 minutes to dissect a game.
I enjoy the feilding in the Show better, yes I do like the throwing meter, but I still don't like some of the fielding in 2k8, I have to practice with the pitching more, I gave up 4 HR's in the game I was playing. I will give it more time tonight. The on thing that bothers me, is the game just seems really boring a bit.
 
# 713 HK-47 @ 03/04/08 02:30 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bowlerguy92
Well after playing 1 game and my batting half of the first, I have hit 7 homers.
What difficulty setting?

Rookie,Pro,All-Star,Legend?
 
# 714 ComaFaction @ 03/04/08 02:31 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrsalsays
are the homeruns realistic?
do they go far?

Last years game every single hr barely cleared the wall. i hated that
all 3 in my first game were different. Kelly Johnson barely made it over....Teixera put it off the back wall of the bull-pen and Overbay made it to the first deck (skydome).

one other funny thing I noticed, where they took the fans catching the ball animation out, Rolen made a catch in foul territory to end the inning and tossed it to the fans, who sat there as it rattled around under their seats.

also, they finally solved the "small outfield" problem.....the OF is much larger and doubles are less bang-bang than in 2k7.
 
# 715 JT30 @ 03/04/08 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Revelation
The games atmosphere is great, much like last year. Same with the overall presentation.....
Are you serious?
 
# 716 kiz5 @ 03/04/08 02:31 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Heelfan71
you guys hitting HR's using swing stick ? I am using classic and don't hit any.
Swing stick for myself.
 
# 717 mrsalsays @ 03/04/08 02:31 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Heelfan71
Jeff Kent hit one against me that hit high up on the foul pole. Looked cool because it was hooking foul
there was a lot of those last year , i just hope its not boring hitting homeruns again
 
# 718 bowlerguy92 @ 03/04/08 02:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by HK-47
What difficulty setting?

Rookie,Pro,All-Star,Legend?
Just the default pro out of the box with the swing stick.
 
# 719 Pared @ 03/04/08 02:34 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ComaFaction
also, they finally solved the "small outfield" problem.....the OF is much larger and doubles are less bang-bang than in 2k7.
That's absolutely great to hear. Probably my biggest problem as it caused so many other issues with gameplay on the field.

Thanks!
 
# 720 Bat @ 03/04/08 02:36 PM
With the swing stick do you pull back and let go for normal contact and push forward for power life before? Or do you pull back and forward everytime?
 


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