Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[DannyMac910]

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You mean when you screw up with the pitching controls? With the new right-analog stick pitching, you have so much more control over where the ball is going, and when you miss you will miss realistically. For example, if you release late, you're probably going to miss low.

Awesome, that's just like MVP 05. Most fun I've EVER had pitching was in that game.

[lived]

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Any idea if we will be able to influence the bat and hit sac-flys purposely.

[TheLetterZ]

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You can try to direct the ball left or right with the swing stick. I'm not sure about deliberately trying to hit the ball in the air.

[lived]

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Yikes, that would be dissapointing if you can't hit a sac-fly

[BadKermit]

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Let me try to clarify this. We tried to do this in franchise mode by going to the edit lineups and pitching rotations screen. We didn't have the option to make those modifications for the CPU-controlled teams. I did not look at the pre-game screen.

And everything else appeared to be functional in the game I saw, so I don't think this is something they would have merely left out of the copy they showed me.

Thanks a ton for putting up these impressions. I think the above quote gives us hope. I got the impression that the pre-game screen is where we're allowed to edit the CPU lineup and rotation. If that's the case, it makes sense that you didn't see it in any of the other franchise screens.

[DannyMac910]

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When you dive for a ball, do you have to time it? Or do you just flick the stick when it says to, and wait to dive?

[SeaNNyT]

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In -game saves were definitely available, even in exhibition games in 2k7. I did it all the time.

Yep.

[TheLetterZ]

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When you dive for a ball, do you have to time it? Or do you just flick the stick when it says to, and wait to dive?

Yes, you have to time it now. More about that in the writeup.

[Flaxseed Oil]

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so are they the same bat sounds from the trailer?

[theaub]

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I don't know if you can do this in '08, but someone with '07 could probably check it out. In the pre-game screen for dynasty mode, could you control both teams with different controllers? That way you could edit the CPU lineup and then just switch one controller back to the middle when the game starts. At least that would solve the problem.

[chapmanosu1]

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I see you said no co-op, what exactly do you mean by this? Does that mean I can't play against someone sitting next to me? If so that'd suck.

[TheLetterZ]

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It means you can't play on the same team as a friend the way you can in The BIGS.

[lived]

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I see you said no co-op, what exactly do you mean by this? Does that mean I can't play against someone sitting next to me? If so that'd suck.

No he means that 2 players won't be able to play on the same team. Head to Head play will always be a staple in sports games.

[lived]

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So what impressed you the most?

[chapmanosu1]

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No he means that 2 players won't be able to play on the same team. Head to Head play will always be a staple in sports games.

good to hear. I couldn't figure out way they would take something like that out.