The sad truth about baseball video games.

[JaD631]

Ok. I buy MLB 2K9. I mean, I love baseball, I could deal with any game. I like the game the first couple of months.. Then, as i get the least bit into other games, i can't even think of getting back to touching this game. So i pick up thinking wat the hell, and i realize this game is horrible. Here's the major dilema:

There is no way to truly enjoy a baseball game.

- Xbox Live games... No one throws strikes. People hold up the stick and hit 50000 home runs.

- Franchise... No one wants to play 162 games. No one wants to sim 3/4 of their season. No one wants to play a short season with unrealistic stats.

-Online leagues..?.. Well i tried this. First of all 2k doesnt make u use a 5 man rotation. So, u have to switch the pitchers b4 every game. God forbid we forget one game. Second, there's no culture in an MLB league and i can't explain it, bottom line its not the solution.

Wats sad is im a 360er, and ill probably be buying this game next year.

[stlstudios189]

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Wats sad is im a 360er, and ill probably be buying this game next year.[/quote]

[baa7]

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Xbox Live games - Play people you know and in organized leagues. Problem solved.

Franchise - Many people here play 162 games. Many sim a number of games during the season. I myself love playing short seasons. Your list is of concerns is your list, not anyone else's.

Wats sad is im a 360er, and ill probably be buying this game next year - Rent it first like I do every year, and maybe save yourself some money. Don't be a consumer sheep, be an individual with some backbone, c'mon!

[mkharsh33]

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i've lost interest in baseball altogether...i find that sad.

[jonpt]

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What's sad for me is that a enjoy an arcade game better than simulation like the Bigs 2 over The Show. I know that's not the norm on these sites but I guess now that I'm in my mid-30's I don't have the attention span or time to play a whole 9 inning game of the show when I could play a game of The Bigs 2 and be done in 30 minutes.

[mkharsh33]

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i also get tired of screwing around with sliders for a month...then i'm burnt out on the game because i'm too much of an idealist. the search for true simulation baseball kills me each year...

[koebner]

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Actually,online was the only mode I could get into with 2K9-I usually had good competitive games with randoms.

Playing the cpu,all of the bugs shone through and made the game tough to take.

[duke776]

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Well, I definitely have a different opinion from the OP.

Xbox Live- I don't play

Franchise- I want to play 162 games, I have a few times before. But the game has to be good enough to last that long though.

Wats sad is im a 360er, and ill probably be buying this game next year.

I'm almost the same, but it's really the only baseball game I'm considering next year.

[Rexis]

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Online games - I dnt play online

Franchise - i played a full season on this game before accidently deleting it in week one of year 2 (check my signature n look at the Braves franchise)

Im a PS3er and im broke as hell so i will wait for 2k10 to become cheap next year and get it again...LOL:wink:
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[ComfortablyLomb]

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Re: franchise.

One of the best things I've done is per some random poster's recommendation switch from playing every game to playing every 6th game. You still go through your rotation the same way but you blitz through a season a lot faster and it means you actually get to do some of the offseason stuff. I played a few seasons of MVP on PC like that recently and did it with Power Pros as well. No, it's not like football where you can play every single game and still get through multiple seasons but once you get your head around doing it I think you'll like it. Give it a shot!

[tj1182]

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I always played a whole 162 game season dating back to the High Heat series, or even the Triple play series. But, the last two years I haven't been able to do that on the 360.

MLB 2K8 was the worst Baseball game I have ever played in my life, only played six games. This year was a little better, played about 100 games, but lost interest, the game is not a sim, to arcady for me. Plus the Mets are having a horrible season, makes me not to play Baseball.

[stlstudios189]

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I can't give up control of my team enough to play once every 6 games, I'm crazy that way. I usually had no problem finishing an 81 game season, 104 is a little too much.

[JaD631]

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I can't give up control of my team enough to play once every 6 games, I'm crazy that way. I usually had no problem finishing an 81 game season, 104 is a little too much.

Exactly to play one of every 6 games its not even ur team. If anything, this thread is proving my point

[baa7]

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Exactly to play one of every 6 games its not even ur team. If anything, this thread is proving my point

Check the replies. Looks like 1-2 people agree with you and 3-4 disagree. How does that = proving you point? You're in the minority.

[StormJH1]

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What's sad for me is that a enjoy an arcade game better than simulation like the Bigs 2 over The Show. I know that's not the norm on these sites but I guess now that I'm in my mid-30's I don't have the attention span or time to play a whole 9 inning game of the show when I could play a game of The Bigs 2 and be done in 30 minutes.

The Bigs is a TERRIBLE game. It's made by the same developer as a baseball simulator that people HATE, yet The Bigs gets a fair share of love and I never understood why.

Then I figured out why: The Bigs isn't TRYING to be realistic in anyway, so all the crappy things that happen in MLB 2k9 could happen in The Bigs (or more extreme versions of them), and people just accept it. It's not insulting to their baseball fandom b/c The Bigs doesn't have to meet the high standard of representing the game they know and love.