Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[HK-47]

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Gentlemen I have bad news. I went to Wal-Mart and they didn't have it. I did get the Show. However I don't think I am going to play it until after I play 2K8. Once again I'm sorry.

lol j/k.

[KushGamer]

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Gentlemen I have bad news. I went to Wal-Mart and they didn't have it. I did get the Show. However I don't think I am going to play it until after I play 2K8. Once again I'm sorry.

Yeah, they didnt have it at my walmart either. Then i asked the guy about Bully: Scholarship Edition, which is supposed to come out today too, and he said, "the guy never showed up today. We didnt get any of the new games we were supposed to."

Why couldnt they have told me that over the phone? Instead of saying, "Yeah, it should be on sale at midnight. But no, I can't confirm that for sure." Walmart.

[RealmK]

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Yeah, they didnt have it at my walmart either. Then i asked the guy about Bully: Scholarship Edition, which is supposed to come out today too, and he said, "the guy never showed up today. We didnt get any of the new games we were supposed to."

Why couldnt they have told me that over the phone? Instead of saying, "Yeah, it should be on sale at midnight. But no, I can't confirm that for sure." Walmart.

Er, as a producer wouldn't you get a copy for free anyway? Or is Take2 really that screwed financially? Would prolly explain the total zero marketing the entire sports line got this year.

Should be getting my copy around noon EST today, will post some impressions after getting a few games in.

[Behindshadows]

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Yeah, they didnt have it at my walmart either. Then i asked the guy about Bully: Scholarship Edition, which is supposed to come out today too, and he said, "the guy never showed up today. We didnt get any of the new games we were supposed to."

Why couldnt they have told me that over the phone? Instead of saying, "Yeah, it should be on sale at midnight. But no, I can't confirm that for sure." Walmart.

Walmart is trash when it comes to game releases! You might have to wait til wednesday or midnight tuesday!

[brendanrfoley]

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Well, I'm going to bed. I'm sure by the time I wake up at 10am, this thread will be 800 posts long with impressions... can't wait to read them!

[Skyboxer]

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Is the system just screwed up this time around? Online it says 2K8 should be in stores today and The Show tomorrow(Wednesday). But the stores are getting them the opposite way....
Wish I could go into EB today and pick them both up.
I plan on doing a split screen of both games playing at the same time with same teams etc.. just to get a comparison. Just for fun really.

[Tully]

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ugh.......Sounds like The Show is going to sell some playstations for Sony. I might have to get one to play The Show

[bugblast]

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Is the syetm just screwed up this time around? Online it says 2K8 should be in stores today and The Show tomorrow(Wednesday). But the stores are getting them the opposite way....
Wish I could go into EB today and pick them both up.
I plan on doing a split screen of both games playing at the same time with same teams etc.. just to get a comparison. Just for fun really.

What? 2k8 is in stores today...

[KushGamer]

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Er, as a producer wouldn't you get a copy for free anyway? Or is Take2 really that screwed financially? Would prolly explain the total zero marketing the entire sports line got this year.

Should be getting my copy around noon EST today, will post some impressions after getting a few games in.

Someone is going to send me one. But last year they took a month to get us our free copies. Actually, they gave them to people at VC first and then said, ooops, we didnt order enough for you guys at Kush. Even though WE MADE THE GAME. I bought it on release day last year too. I have no patience when it comes to video games I "need" to play. And baseball certainly qualifies for that. I need to fire up a franchise ASAP.

[rhymeorreason]

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I've only got to play one game, and that was against my roommate, so I can't tell you what the computer plays like.

The game does a lot of little things that I've sorely missed about baseball lo' these winter months here in the Big Smoke, I'd probably give it like an 8.

I like the pitching, and the fielding is very fluid. Long throws from the outfield were offline a lot, but we'd both never played the game before, and I can imagine this'll get better the more we play.

Peavy vs Webb was what we did. It started off really tight, but after they started getting worn, the offences took off, and I won 11-8. We just jumped right into 'play now' so I cant tell you what difficulty we were on.

Its a fun game, it's not perfect, but a great improvement from last time I played 2K baseball.

If the game was dissapointing, we were going to sell everything and buy a PS3 and the Show, but I'm pretty sure we'll be sticking with what we have.

[HK-47]

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I've only got to play one game, and that was against my roommate, so I can't tell you what the computer plays like.

The game does a lot of little things that I've sorely missed about baseball lo' these winter months here in the Big Smoke, I'd probably give it like an 8.

I like the pitching, and the fielding is very fluid. Long throws from the outfield were offline a lot, but we'd both never played the game before, and I can imagine this'll get better the more we play.

Peavy vs Webb was what we did. It started off really tight, but after they started getting worn, the offences took off, and I won 11-8. We just jumped right into 'play now' so I cant tell you what difficulty we were on.

Its a fun game, it's not perfect, but a great improvement from last time I played 2K baseball.

If the game was dissapointing, we were going to sell everything and buy a PS3 and the Show, but I'm pretty sure we'll be sticking with what we have.

Hit any home runs?If so, how were the celebrations?Does it show players high fiving like the Wii version?

[Skyboxer]

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What? 2k8 is in stores today...

Not according to gamestop/eb at our mall. That's what doesn't make sense. They told me I could pick up The Show today(Tuesday) and 2K8 on Wednesday. I didn't even get the automated call about 2K8 being available today(Tuesday) but I did for The Show.

[RealmK]

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Someone is going to send me one. But last year they took a month to get us our free copies. Actually, they gave them to people at VC first and then said, ooops, we didnt order enough for you guys at Kush. Even though WE MADE THE GAME. I bought it on release day last year too. I have no patience when it comes to video games I "need" to play. And baseball certainly qualifies for that. I need to fire up a franchise ASAP.

Wow man that royally sucks. I don't blame ya, I wouldn't wanna wait either. Thanks for taking the time to offer an answer to my questions earlier btw as well, after reading your reply I imediately went and preordered.

[RealmK]

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Not according to gamestop/eb at our mall. That's what doesn't make sense. They told me I could pick up The Show today(Tuesday) and 2K8 on Wednesday. I didn't even get the automated call about 2K8 being available today(Tuesday) but I did for The Show.

The're prolly just confused. I went to one of the local (north of Boston Ma area) EB/Gamestop stores yesterday afternoon and he said it would be in today (Tuesday) around noon. They may have been looking at Army of Two or something, I believe that comes out Wensday.

[rhymeorreason]

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Hit any home runs?If so, how were the celebrations?Does it show players high fiving like the Wii version?

There are player celebrations / reactions all over the place.

I hit a 2-run double in the bottom of the 7th to take the lead and Eric Byrnes lost his mind after sliding through the plate.