Best version of MLB 2K?

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Best version of MLB 2K?

Played a couple of games of 2k8 yesterday. Man I can't believe I traded it in. I plugged my sliders in got my butt whooped by both the Red-Sox & Mets (played as the Yanks)

Man that 3-step pitch mechanic is unforgiving if you miss your spot. The animations were smooth & the lag I remember was very minimal during game play.

Graphics look real good, though somewhat darker than 2k7 during night games. The bat 2 ball physics are ok and the animations look good.

Wish I could find me some updated rosters

[Houston]

Re: Best version of MLB 2K?

Played a couple of games of 2k8 yesterday. Man I can't believe I traded it in. I plugged my sliders in got my butt whooped by both the Red-Sox & Mets (played as the Yanks)

Man that 3-step pitch mechanic is unforgiving if you miss your spot. The animations were smooth & the lag I remember was very minimal during game play.

Graphics look real good, though somewhat darker than 2k7 during night games. The bat 2 ball physics are ok and the animations look good.

Wish I could find me some updated rosters

I remember buying this game after playing MLB 2K7 and I returned it within 30 minutes the graphics looked horrible but I know the gameplay was there. I also remember players disappearing when they got injured and never would return. I played MLB 2K7 for another year and still think the cyber scan faces look good to this day. I wont even get started on MLB 2K9-12.

[lhslancers]

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Played a couple of games of 2k8 yesterday. Man I can't believe I traded it in. I plugged my sliders in got my butt whooped by both the Red-Sox & Mets (played as the Yanks)

Man that 3-step pitch mechanic is unforgiving if you miss your spot. The animations were smooth & the lag I remember was very minimal during game play.

Graphics look real good, though somewhat darker than 2k7 during night games. The bat 2 ball physics are ok and the animations look good.

Wish I could find me some updated rosters

The pitching is tough and it is a nice little game.

[JordanKicks23]

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2K9 had to be up there for me!

[Flaxseed Oil]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x9Ivv6azzQ

mlb 2k9 looks better than I remember it looking. I like how you can see the ball off the bat contact from broadcast view.

[dsk]

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With all the talk (both negative and positive) about 2k13 I thought i'd go back in time and check out some older titles. My local gamestop had everyone in stock starting at 2k7 (which is the last 2k baseball game I bought) so i grabbed 2k7 and 2k10.

My first game with 2k7 surprised me a bit. They did a really good job with some of the presentation aspects of the game and facial models looked pretty darn good. There were some graphical issues most notably frame rate drops on many occasions. I have a real problem with frame rate problems and yet what i experienced didn't bother me all that much.

As a non-baseball guy I thought the game played ok. I left all settings on default. Once my timing was dialed in hitting was pretty easy.. too easy. I did notice that the Ai batters never swung at a pitch out of the zone which I'm sure may be corrected with sliders. The tigers and baltimore ended up each having 16 hits in the game. Tigers won 8-7 and had 6 HR's. Baltimore had 2 home runs. Overall I thought the game was a great pickup for the price ($2.49)

I then put in 2k10 and was blown away. I noticed no frame rate issues at all. The graphics looked really good and the game was tight! Once again it was Baltimore and Detroit. This time I lost 2-0 in a close game. There were no home runs and the two teams combined for 13 hits. I really enjoyed having more camera angles to choose from.

I also noticed that online seemed to be functioning as I could send invites for 2k10, but the servers for 2k7 were unavailable.


2k10 was a very, very enjoyable game to play and out of the box was superior to 2k7 in most areas.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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2k13 for me, its just a great game of baseball and I have no issues with the graphics, they look very good to me. I think people just knock cause its not all graphics, just looks good to me, and I must say I'm very satisfied with game play, to me the game just works for me.

[bodank82]

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I had a lot of fun on 2k10 when crashing for a while with a friend with an xbox360. I loved the pitching and how awesome hitting a HR felt after playing the show 09 the season before. My friends 60 inch may have helped, but I got flashbacks of MVP ncaa baseball with the hitting. I had problems drag bunting, but slider editing helped. It made me not care about roster accuracy like the show did.

[dsk]

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I had a lot of fun on 2k10 when crashing for a while with a friend with an xbox360. I loved the pitching and how awesome hitting a HR felt after playing the show 09 the season before. My friends 60 inch may have helped, but I got flashbacks of MVP ncaa baseball with the hitting. I had problems drag bunting, but slider editing helped. It made me not care about roster accuracy like the show did.

Yea. 2k10 continues to impress me. Had a great come from behind win last night in my franchise with a bases loaded triple in the 8th with 2 outs, giving me a 4-3 win.

[Yeats]

Re: Best version of MLB 2K?

Most fun I had: 2K5
Best hitting mechanics: 2K8
Best overall: 2K11

All depends on what it is one is looking for, as none of them are the complete package.

[jmount78]

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I have a PS3 and 2K12 is very good on it. 2K7 is fun, and incredibly cheap. Money wise, go with 2k7 first, 2k10 second, then 2k12 third.

I am partial to the 2k7 commentary.

[THESHAMISASHAME]

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mlb 2k7 to bad they didnt build off that ! as they wasted 6 years and visually its better than any other mlb2k game imo

[Domp]

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I would definitely say MLB 2k10 on the xbox 360. I played that game a ton and still is my favorite today. Other than that, MLB 07 The Show is also a fantastic baseball game.

[NAFBUC]

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2K8 was ugly as sin on the PS3. I tried the demo that year and couldn't even play a 3 inning game. I would not recommend you do that. They did not support the PS3 well at all. 2K9 was the first time this series intrigued me again. I remember being FAR more impressed with that demo. It looked a lot better and had a much better feel for me. To each their own but I know you are a Show guy and I don't think you would like 2K8.

I think 2K11 was a nice improvement over 2K10 which had limited hit variety. I would personally try 2K11 or 2K12. Have you tried downloading any of the old demos if you could find them?

I have all 2k PC versions. The best thing about the PC versions is the stadiums with accurate billboards, signage etc. If you decide to get a window box someday, there are many fantastic baseball games to collect and play. FPS, EWB,TLB, HH, MVP etc. One BB game I really thought had great potential was colecovision baseball. I bought the system, baseball game and controllers at a garage sell for $30 a few yrs ago.

[KingV2k3]

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2k12 on PC, with mods !

Interesting!

I'm a PS3 guy, but have been looking to:

1) Upgrade my laptop to something that can support gaming, so:

2) I can get a couple sports games to play on said laptop when I travel, etc.

So:

I'm going to ask a possibly goofy question:

1) WHERE are the mods for this game you mentioned available?

2) Do you know how much "laptop" I need to get the full experience of all that's available? Like specs / etc. (I know very little about PCs / PC gaming)

Thanks!

I have all 2k PC versions. The best thing about the PC versions is the stadiums with accurate billboards, signage etc. If you decide to get a window box someday, there are many fantastic baseball games to collect and play. FPS, EWB,TLB, HH, MVP etc. One BB game I really thought had great potential was colecovision baseball. I bought the system, baseball game and controllers at a garage sell for $30 a few yrs ago.

Would you agree that '12 would be the way to go if I wanted to get a PC version of this title to mod / play?

Thanks!