Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[RunN1st]

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

that is 2k's problem with baseball. They add and change stuff every year without fixing the broken stuff first.

If they changed/fixed stuff without adding new stuff, it would be considered a patch, right? I think the new stuff is pushed more by the Marketing team. They need to attract audiences year-in and year-out... Picture this as a slogan, "Come buy last year's game that we tried to fix!" Probably wouldn't fly, right?


Also, I remember Ben saying something about being pressured by MLB to put out a game during a certain time period. If the framerate issue is a big as some of you say, then it could be because of time constraints and being under the gun.

[bkrich83]

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It reminds me a lot of a baseball game that wasn't fully polished but played some fun baseball, MVP 2003. I used to love that game and this seems similar to me.

This is the best analogy I have read. It's a fun game, and it does some things well. But it's not polished, and has some issues that take away from it. Still fun to play though. MVP 2003 was much the same for me.

[Rocky]

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Guys, I may get blasted for this...but for overall gameplay, I may have to give the nod to 2K8 this year. Once the controls become second nature, than the game is amazingly involved and intinuitive.

The strike zone irks me to no end though. I mean why is crap like this never fixed.....nobody wants to be hacking because the ball may barely touch it. Besides that though, this game kinda reminds me of Inside Drive 2004 where they had some nice control features (that 2K stole) and it made for some fun and engaging gameplay.

[Fatalah]

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Heelfan probably hates 2K baseball games because he's got to spend more countless hours tweaking his infamous sliders for us again.

I'm over at mvpmods.com right now, researching MVP '08.

[HK-47]

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No problem. I had fun playing against the Angels. Guerrero's no joke, I had to pitch extremely careful to him every time he was at bat. I was literally hangin at the edge of my seat, making sure I got the pitch right.

lol, did he take you deep in that game?:wink:

Man, I can't wait to play this game!Damn Red Rings Of Death!!!I have The Show 08 to keep me busy, but reading all the impressions on how cool the controlls are, is making me really anxious to play 2k8!

[belljr]

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Where do I post about buying someone's game that they are unhappy with at a discount??

[HealyMonster]

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This is the best analogy I have read. It's a fun game, and it does some things well. But it's not polished, and has some issues that take away from it. Still fun to play though. MVP 2003 was much the same for me.

while I 100% agree exactly. my brain is saying wtf. another year of "they have the perfect groundwork to do something great next year" i mean is this it? are we going to do this every year? i enjoy the game and unless some crazy game killing bug comes along ill play this game all baseball season. it just bothers me that after 1 day with the game regardless of how much i like it, im looking to next year already. lol

[ericdrum]

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I think that this game is much better than people are giving it credit for. The framerate thing is overblown IMO. I actually really like the gameplay. I've only played 2 half games, but I'm actually liking this tons more than last years game. I'm playing on the 360.

[Motown]

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This is the best analogy I have read. It's a fun game, and it does some things well. But it's not polished, and has some issues that take away from it. Still fun to play though. MVP 2003 was much the same for me.

Tru dat...that's what i'm all about...havin' fun with that said i'm sure i'll enjoy both games!

Anyone played HR Derby yet? is there anything new in that mode? thanks

[CS10029]

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Started reading this thread around 2 PM at work and finally got through it. OVerall sounds like the gameplay is well done, but could of used a little more time in the oven to really make it the full package.

To comment on the wonderful bickering I just got to read through. Its coming from both sides in this thread. The Show fans are being overly aggressive in bashing this game and talking The Show up. While 2K fans are coming back with very defensive responses that in some way are negative towards the show. For the people saying theres no comparison of this to the Show. Come on.... I played The Show on PS2 and 2K7 on 360 last year. Guessing that The Show was just a graphical upgrade on the PS3. The games arent that far apart. Both have pros and cons.

We need to get the thread back on track towards the title though so I'm gonna sit back and wait til I'm out of work to play and post what I've taken from the game. Fingers crossed that I don't need to play baseball on my PS2 again.

[bkrich83]

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while I 100% agree exactly. my brain is saying wtf. another year of "they have the perfect groundwork to do something great next year" i mean is this it? are we going to do this every year? i enjoy the game and unless some crazy game killing bug comes along ill play this game all baseball season. it just bothers me that after 1 day with the game regardless of how much i like it, im looking to next year already. lol

I totally agree with you. I wasn't attempted to make an excuse for 2k. I was just pointing out how I see it.

I totally agree, I am getting tired of the "The ground work is there, just next year will be the year" as well as you.

[HK-47]

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while I 100% agree exactly. my brain is saying wtf. another year of "they have the perfect groundwork to do something great next year" i mean is this it? are we going to do this every year? i enjoy the game and unless some crazy game killing bug comes along ill play this game all baseball season. it just bothers me that after 1 day with the game regardless of how much i like it, im looking to next year already. lol

Well, Ben Brinkman said that it would take three years to get the game how it needs to be.2k9 should be really good.

[Rainey]

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Ok just played 2k8... the stuttering on the field is just horrible. 2k7 never had those problems.. I wonder how they messed that up.

[Brophog]

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2K9 will prove just how serious 2K Sports is about making a baseball simulation.

Pretty much the kiss of death right there for any sports game: talking about next year's game the day this year's comes out.

It's why I never buy sports games the day they come out anymore. They are the only games I ever rent, because it doesn't matter which company it is or what their track record is, sports games these days are just such that there are enough bad apples that if you don't try before you buy you'll be angry a great deal of the time.

[bkrich83]

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I played The Show on PS2 and 2K7 on 360 last year. Guessing that The Show was just a graphical upgrade on the PS3. The games arent that far apart. Both have pros and cons.

I see no way you could come up with this. I HAVE both. They are quite far apart. At least imo.

Not that 2k8 is a bad game. But there are certain things that really detract from the experience for me.