Major League Baseball 2K8 Screenshots - The Stadiums

[Blzer]

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At least it looks like they have true capacity crowds this year. I hated in 2K7 when I'd be playing the Mets in the Subway Series and there would be way too many scattered empty seats.

Yes, but at least last year's game had seats. They took out the seats in this game to optimize for 60 FPS.

Hopefully they can find ways to up the graphics and maintain 60 FPS next year.

[jrod1981]

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Wrigley looked pretty good

[FlyingFinn]

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Fenway did look off... I think it just looked to big.

[myghty]

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Yes, but at least last year's game had seats. They took out the seats in this game to optimize for 60 FPS.

Hopefully they can find ways to up the graphics and maintain 60 FPS next year.

I be they have to go in there & replace some more of the old code to get the game at 60 FPS & get more background animations in there. I mean the show can do it with no hic-ups why cant 2K?

[brendanrfoley]

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I be they have to go in there & replace some more of the old code to get the game at 60 FPS & get more background animations in there. I mean the show can do it with no hic-ups why cant 2K?

I was thinking the same thing. With so much old code that's slowly being replaced (this year, hitting/pitching), I'm thinking they haven't had an opportunity to fully optimize the engine.

The stadiums, by and large, look pretty good. Inaccuaracies are different than "ugly," and this game certainly is not ugly.

I think the priorities for this year seemed to be hitting, pitching, minor leagues, fine tuning, and getting the game to 60fps.

Next year, I think we'll see an upgrade in presentation.

[Rod_Carew29]

1) At Shea, the most GLARING omission is the total absence of CitiField going up behind the outfield walls...this construction has been going on for two years now...no excuse.

2) The Nationals new park LOOKS damn good...don't know how it looks overall in real life, but this rendering looks fine by me.

[SPTO]

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Thank the Baby Jesus they actually put in artificial turf at Rogers Center! Even then there's still a problem. The turf is a little too pristine. The Jays' turf isn't as nice looking as Minnesota's as it has some areas that are more faded then others in RL.

[chapmanosu1]

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There might be a few inaccuracies, but I think most the stadiums LOOK really good.

[RedLine]

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Thanks, Steve!

Looks like Busch Stadium was corrected, but it pisses me off they haven't corrected Miller Park or updated PETCO Park.

Yeah Blzer, as a regular fan at Petco Park it looks like from this picture that Petco Park was not updated. There should be more buildings in the background, as the park is almost fully enclosed now with hi-rise condos, etc.

Also, it doesn't look like they adjusted the distance to right-center. As you know, they moved that wall in about 10 feet to about 400 ft now. Considering they said they spent time updating all the wall heights and distances, it's a little disappointing.

I would also like to see them show the new Tony Gwynn statue in some of the intro video. I doubt it's there this year, but maybe in 2K9.

Overall it still looks nice, not sure until I see it in hi-def though. Hopefully they didn't sacrifce too much other detal for the 60 fps.

[ab713]

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Nobody probably cares but Dolphin Stadium is completely wrong.

[ehh]

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Yes, but at least last year's game had seats. They took out the seats in this game to optimize for 60 FPS.

Hopefully they can find ways to up the graphics and maintain 60 FPS next year.

Eh, I'll take 60 FPS over individual seats eight days a week.

[CarryTheWeight]

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The stadiums, for the most part, look good. I'm hoping they'll rebuild most of the stadiums from scratch in 2K9 (since KushGamer said that 2K recently hired a new "atmosphere guy"), but who knows at this point. Can't stand that they still haven't updated Rogers, but I'm not too mad.

Are Minor League stadium pics next on the agenda, Steve?

EDIT: Oops, my bad. Saw a few minors in there...

[Tomba]

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Colors look off. reminds me a lot of MVP 2005.

I think the graphical engine is to blame for the framerate issue it's almost as if it's contrast and brightness(which are the culprits in framerates) are also off or too exaggerated so they had to put a blur effect to calm those effects down...

[rock85]

Liked the stadiums alot , and i loved the minor league parks as well. Can't wait to get the game

[UncleMo]

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Thank you very much for these screenshots. I can tell right now graphically this look like a minor upgrade from MVP.