Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[mcmagic13]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 Impressions

HDTV with 1080i here and it's very very choppy...

[RoyalBoyle78]

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HDTV with 1080i here and it's very very choppy...

do you have a option for 720p, if so switch it and see how it goes.

[dubuque]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 (360/PS3) Impressions

what minor league stadiums are in

[chapmanosu1]

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There has to be a common factor in the TVs that have choppiness...

[bigfnjoe96]

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For all those with the game here's my suggestion in reference to FRAME RATE ISSUE:.

If you have a FIXED PIXEL DISPLAY:

LCD or a PLASMA HDTV you should have your system set-up to output in either :

720p OR 1080p. YOU SHOULD NOT SELECT 1080i

If you have a CRT type HDTV, you should try enabling 720p within your system. If you get a signal, leave-it @ 720p.

If your CRT HDTV doesn't accept a 720p signal, then your only choice is to set your system to 1080i..

If you do this you should see improvements within the FRAME RATE of the game

[Dtownballa]

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This choppiness talk is scaring me...

[JoeDog10]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 (360/PS3) Impressions

Well, my main concern so far after reading the impressions is the "meatball" pitch. I couldn't stand this feature last year, but with the new pitching system, it sounds like this could potentially be a game killer for me.

To anyone that has played the game extensively, if you "miss" with a pitch, does it automatically become a meatball pitch? Basically, I'm scared that any bad pitch is going to result in a meatball pitch, which should not be the case.

Can anyone please give some feedback on this?

[brendanrfoley]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 Impressions

For all those with the game here's my suggestion in reference to FRAME RATE ISSUE:.

If you have a FIXED PIXEL DISPLAY:

LCD or a PLASMA HDTV you should have your system set-up to output in either :

720p OR 1080p. YOU SHOULD NOT SELECT 1080i

If you have a CRT type HDTV, you should try enabling 720p within your system. If you get a signal, leave-it @ 720p.

If your CRT HDTV doesn't accept a 720p signal, then your only choice is to set your system to 1080i..

If you do this you should see improvements within the FRAME RATE of the game

Are we under the impression that the frame rate problems are based on people's TV/dashboard settings?

If not, a choppy 2K8 could be a 'deal breaker' for me.

[UNC_Pete]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 (360/PS3) Impressions

The choppiness I assume will go away if you set the 360 to output as 720p and let your TV convert to its native 1080i if your native mode is 1080i..

[ChicagoChris]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 (360/PS3) Impressions

Well, my main concern so far after reading the impressions is the "meatball" pitch. I couldn't stand this feature last year, but with the new pitching system, it sounds like this could potentially be a game killer for me.

To anyone that has played the game extensively, if you "miss" with a pitch, does it automatically become a meatball pitch? Basically, I'm scared that any bad pitch is going to result in a meatball pitch, which should not be the case.

Can anyone please give some feedback on this?

Why? In real baseball you are severely penalized for "hanging" a pitch. Great feature...you have to pitch well

[mcmagic13]

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Ok Setting it to 720p...

do you have a option for 720p, if so switch it and see how it goes.

[lived]

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How's the crowd atmosphere

[Pared]

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The good thing about the trading being out of control, is that you can limit trades to being 80 overalls and under, so it's not superstars switching teams and stuff...

Ooh... that's very nice. Couple that with force trades on and it seems like they almost got CPU roster control down this year.

[brendanrfoley]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 (360/PS3) Impressions

Well, my main concern so far after reading the impressions is the "meatball" pitch. I couldn't stand this feature last year, but with the new pitching system, it sounds like this could potentially be a game killer for me.

To anyone that has played the game extensively, if you "miss" with a pitch, does it automatically become a meatball pitch? Basically, I'm scared that any bad pitch is going to result in a meatball pitch, which should not be the case.

Can anyone please give some feedback on this?

Check out the full game video on Vetzballin.com. It's clear that once we learn 'how' to pitch, meatballs will not be frequent. In fact, the CPU even fouled a few off in that video... they aren't automatic homeruns.

I think the initial, knee jerk detest of the meatballs is due to the fact people are adjusting to the new pitching mechanic.

[bigfnjoe96]

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Are we under the impression that the frame rate problems are based on people's TV/dashboard settings?

If not, a choppy 2K8 could be a 'deal breaker' for me.

This is what I'm getting from people. Those with Interlace TV's or Interlace set in their system settings are seeing real choppiness & those who have Progressive display & Progressive set in their system are not seeing as much