Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[Heelfan71]

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

Ok, I'm just gonna throw this out there. This is a question for the hardcore baseball gamers:

I just bought 2K8. I'm looking at the box as I type this. I have been reading every post on here, and it seems like the only real problem is this whole framerate issue. Now, I only have a 360, and I love baseball (I also enjoyed 2K7 last year). I also refuse to buy a PS3 for one game. So, I guess my question is: Is this framerate issue bad enough for me to skip this game and buy Army of Two instead?

If you liked 2k7, you will like 2k8.

[DoomsDayD1978]

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

Very short snipit of my impressions:

The framerate issue is highly overblown IMO. Moved to 720, but kept the fielding camera to "pole" and everything seems pretty smooth. It was a bit choppy at first at 1080i, but the move down to 720 seemed to do the trick....for me at least.

New pitching system - Love it! Took me getting shelled a few times to go into the tutorial practice and force myselft to LEARN the system. Have all the pitches down pretty good now, except the slider for some reason. I'm not going back to the old system.

Hitting - My only gripe thus far. Not that I'm having trouble with it, just the relative ease to make contact. I started out on Legend and was making contact on almost every pitch...seriously! I even moved the contact slider down to 0 and was still making very good contact...almost too good for my liking. I'll hold judgement on this until I tweak sliders more.

I agree with a previous assessment of this game in that 07 actually looked better overall, but I'm pleased with my purchase of 08 nonetheless.

[dodgerblue]

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For those of you who have had problems with the framerate: How does it compare to mvp on the pc stutter problem when throwing from 1st to 3rd? About the same? worse?

Thanks

[sportsdude]

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Amen, brotha.
I was getting killed until i finally paid attention to the tutorial.
I'm liking this pitching system more and more!

yeah me too. At first it felt a bit awkward and strange but the more I've played with it, the more I've come around and I really like it now. Seems accurate that not every pitch is the same whereas in certain other games you could hit the same point on a pin every time.

[Shammy5150]

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Can anyone who has actually played the game tell me if the gameplay is realistic? I found 2k7 to be very unrealistic with most runs being scored by home run. Thanks.

[123456dan]

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Got it 2 hours ago and I love this game. The pitching is amazing. My first game ended in me losing 3-2 to the Bo-Sox. I had a 1 run lead going into the 9th until Many took me deep for a 2 run shot.

[Cubbies2166]

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Can anybody say if there are any minor league stadiums available for download yet?

Also can anybody tell me what Kosuke Fukudome's #s are or at least whoever is supposed to be Fukudome?

[ehh]

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In all honesty, this is one of the best baseball games I've ever played. In terms of fun factor this game is going to pass MVP '05, I can already tell.

The pitching is so much fun, the hitting is vastly improved and I will stay with the swing stick and the fielding is damn near perfect - the best I've seen in a video game in terms of control and animations.

The criticisms of this game are absurd and I have no idea if they're from The Show fanboys or people who turned the game off after 10 minutes. As long as their are no major franchise glitches this is definitely going to be one of the best baseball games ever.

[jpcool202020]

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If you liked 2k7, you will like 2k8.

Aight. I'm gonna open it, play it, and throw out some impressions soon.

[bowlerguy92]

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Can anyone who has actually played the game tell me if the gameplay is realistic? I found 2k7 to be very unrealistic with most runs being scored by home run. Thanks.

Yes, the game does infact play a much much better game of simulation baseball. Homeruns are dumbed own and so are scores.

[ehh]

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Oh, and for anyone whining about the atmosphere...

I was just playing my boy, Yanks at Boston. It was 10-10 (yeah, we were still playing on pro and throwing a decent amount of meatballs) and Jeter was up with a man on third and two outs in the 9th. Papelbon on the hill and once the count got to 1-2 Fenway exploded - much, much better than anything in 2K7. I grounded out and Fenway got even louder.

This game is turning out way better than expected in terms of gameplay.

[Spectre]

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

In all honesty, this is one of the best baseball games I've ever played. In terms of fun factor this game is going to pass MVP '05, I can already tell.

The pitching is so much fun, the hitting is vastly improved and I will stay with the swing stick and the fielding is damn near perfect - the best I've seen in a video game in terms of control and animations.

The criticisms of this game are absurd and I have no idea if they're from The Show fanboys or people who turned the game off after 10 minutes. As long as their are no major franchise glitches this is definitely going to be one of the best baseball games ever.

Good to hear, unfortunately 95% of this thread is littered with people who haven't played a game. I want to hear more feedback from people who have actually played the damn game.

[reo]

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

In all honesty, this is one of the best baseball games I've ever played. In terms of fun factor this game is going to pass MVP '05, I can already tell.

The pitching is so much fun, the hitting is vastly improved and I will stay with the swing stick and the fielding is damn near perfect - the best I've seen in a video game in terms of control and animations.

The criticisms of this game are absurd and I have no idea if they're from The Show fanboys or people who turned the game off after 10 minutes. As long as their are no major franchise glitches this is definitely going to be one of the best baseball games ever.

Have you played the Show? Just curious.

[Playadlc]

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I can't make up my mind to buy this game or not. I have never played 2K7, and my only other option for a baseball game is MVP 05 on the CPU.

Should I get this game or not?

[bigtiggah]

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I can't make up my mind to buy this game or not. I have never played 2K7, and my only other option for a baseball game is MVP 05 on the CPU.

Should I get this game or not?

i'm patiently waiting, cause i am in the same boat.