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MLB 2K8 Game of The Week: Red Sox vs. Rockies

  01:50 AM - February 27, 2008 by rm217
Vetzballin.com has posted their Major League Baseball 2K8 Game of The Week: Red Sox vs. Rockies, which includes some screenshots and a video clip showing a full 9 innings of play.

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# 61 El_MaYiMbE @ 02/27/08 11:38 AM
Exactly....unless your playing this on an HDTV running straight from your own 360, you will never get a true representation of what the game will look like when you play it.
 
# 62 jrod1981 @ 02/27/08 11:40 AM
Its looking good to me. I enjoyed last years to an extent so i'm sure if the bugs are not as prevelant this year, I'll be playing a nice loooong season with my cubbies
 
# 63 Trevytrev11 @ 02/27/08 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by totalownership
was I seeing things or did two fielders, standing side by side, just let a pop up drop to the ground and nobody made an attempt to catch it? Also why wasn't the Rockies charged an error on the play? Also why did it happen in the first place? Check around the 19:38 mark in innings 4-6
That's just one of those "I got it, You take it, No, I got it, No you take it, No I...oh S**t." You really can't give an error since it fell between two players (who would you give the error to?). There's nothing worse to see as a pitcher and nothing better to see as a hitter (especially after the previous AB where you hit a laser down the line only to be robbed by the thirdbaseman).
 
# 64 redsox4ever @ 02/27/08 11:45 AM
Stop trying to compare 2k with the Show. We all know when it comes to presentation and game atmoshere the show is years ahead of 2k. You can't expect 2k to do much with the game on those levels this year being they obviously did a great job improving all other aspects of gameplay. Next year will be the year they do something with presentation and tweak gameplay even more.
 
# 65 Lerxt @ 02/27/08 11:46 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by baa7
There you go again with your reverso-psychology, mess-your-head-up, flip-flopping and right back at you comments! And now my wrist hurts like ****.

As for your advice, you of course realize you're doing the exact same thing, right? I didn't want to bring that up the first time, but since you insist on continuing...
I am doing the exact same thing. Point taken.
 
# 66 JT30 @ 02/27/08 11:50 AM
Is it me or does it look like pitching won't be much of a challenge. It seemed like he pretty much pinpointed every pitch he threw.
 
# 67 redsox4ever @ 02/27/08 11:53 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by totalownership
was I seeing things or did two fielders, standing side by side, just let a pop up drop to the ground and nobody made an attempt to catch it? Also why wasn't the Rockies charged an error on the play? Also why did it happen in the first place? Check around the 19:38 mark in innings 4-6
The guy didn't call off the CF that's why that happened.
 
# 68 redsox4ever @ 02/27/08 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by serialmike
I just watched the videos a bit. For me at least this video just sealed the deal.

The game looks choppy as all hell.

The CPU pitching looked as though it was still throwing to many pitches in the stike zone which mean I'm gonna have to adjust. And I hate the 2k series sliders for adjusting this. IT just never feels right.

Cameras for fielding are much better. Still hate the hitting cameras.

And most of all Human pitching is still WAY WAY to easy.

Now I can be mistaken but until I have a playable demo there is no way in hell they get another 60 dollars of mine. The show has rocked for 2 yrs running and 2K has stolen my money for 2 yrs. This year they need to PROVE it before I even begin to think about BUYIN it.

These videos did nothing in the way to help thier cause for me.
You can't judge the game accurately from this video and as for gameplay issues like you say cpu still throws too much in the strikezone. You have 2 options either turn the game difficulty up or work the sliders. I am sure the video you have watched isn't on the hardest level. CPU may throw more balls at higher levels.
 
# 69 SPTO @ 02/27/08 12:00 PM
Wow a full 9 Inning game....I'm so tempted to look at this..I probably will before the day is out unless the demo comes out by tonight.
 
# 70 myghty @ 02/27/08 12:00 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by JT30
Is it me or does it look like pitching won't be much of a challenge. It seemed like he pretty much pinpointed every pitch he threw.
Maybe he was playing in Rookie??? Plus I'm pretty sure sliders can fix that.
 
# 71 DaoudS @ 02/27/08 12:10 PM
last year sliders couldnt fix missing spots. Not every pitch ends up where the pitcher intended - just because the motion is perfect. I had to boost computer hitting by a lot to have realistic scores, so even when i hit the spots perfect every pitch i would get punished.
 
# 72 MizzouRah @ 02/27/08 12:15 PM
I can't do it! I'm done watching clips until I get the demo and or the retail game.
 
# 73 humaca80 @ 02/27/08 12:21 PM
wow, this game looks just as choppy and crappy as it did last year. I thought they said its at a full 60 FPS this year?? WHACK
 
# 74 JT30 @ 02/27/08 12:48 PM
Why does it look like the pitch slows down and then disappears when it gets close to crossing home plate? Is that a frame rate issue or something? It seems like everything is choppy as far as pitches approaching home plate.

There was another "choppy" incident I noticed where the pitcher was backing up 3rd base (I think it was in the 2nd or 3rd inning) and it looked like he skated all the way across the diamond and took only 2 or 3 steps.. the rest of the time he glided in a herky, jerky motion.

What is up with all the choppiness?
 
# 75 JT30 @ 02/27/08 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by baa7
Brinkman said it could take up to 5 minutes to master!

HOPEFULLY the pitch control sliders are working this year finally. And if not, HOPEFULLY we can lower individual pitcher control ratings, which didn't work last year either.
God I hope so.. pitching looks way too easy.
 
# 76 ChicagoChris @ 02/27/08 12:54 PM
How anyone can make a comment about the graphics from these videos amazes me. They are highly compressed and viewed in non-HD on the web. If they were in black and white i wouldn't care.

View these only as gameplay videos of a non-final build.
 
# 77 Behindshadows @ 02/27/08 12:54 PM
I think I'm going to cancel my reserve. That video look horrible and the graphics didn't look any better than 2k7, animations when moving were great though.

But man! Just don't look that much improved, other than all the new icons and cutscenes, other than that, its looks like 2k7. And you see they kept skipping the player face close ups, they looked bad too.
 
# 78 Motown @ 02/27/08 01:01 PM
Absolutely no presentation or atmosphere in this game...just sad. how hard can it be to incorporate these features? it's like we're playin' every game at the Marlin's ballpark
ohh...& someone shoot the organ player will ya?
 
# 79 bigfnjoe96 @ 02/27/08 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by a4reak
They alluded to the WS in the pregame but this was not a world series game. There was no mention of it by the announcers after during of before the geame, the menu would have a playoff logo or say something like game 3 of world series(last years did). To me it was just an example of dumb cpu AI
Maybe because it was an EXHIBITION GAME & not a FRANCHISE or SEASON Playoff game.. Jeannie Zelasko says in the opening:

Quote:
"We are staging a rematch of the 2007 World Series"
If bat sound & crowd atmosphere is the major problems so be it. For me the animations & the game play look much better than last year. I loved the part when both Rockies outfielders basically watch that ball fall in front of them. Tells me the usage of the "Call-Off" button is important this year & adds realism to outfield play.

Even though the video is choppy, all of the infield animations look spot-on. The outfield animations look good, but could be better IMO. I saw batters go with outside pitches & get hits to the opposite field. I also saw times when Rhude tries to pull outside pitches & ended-up hitting weak grounders.

Yeah I saw Varitek kind of sliding on pop-outs behind the plate, but I also saw Varitek's Batting Stance being Spot-On. So spot-on that it look REAL. Yeah maybe Francona would've brought in Paps in to face Holliday in the 8th, but to say the CPU AI is just plain DUMB for not doing that is suspect IMO, especially when Todd Helton was the next batter.

I saw the CPU go from 1st to 3rd on base hits without any hesitation, unlike last year where they would basically go 1 base @ a time on hits. For me this 9 inning preview had more PRO'S than CON'S but to each his own
 
# 80 SeaNNyT @ 02/27/08 01:20 PM
The fielding camera looks too zoomed out. Just my observation.
 


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