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albsur2003 · 03-04-2008, 08:22 PM

I understand people are tired of the comparison between 2k8 and The Show but this is not a malicious post towards either game. Just something I thought might be useful for anyone in my situation. I've played only the Show (except for 15 minutes of MLB 2k7s demo last year) for the past 2 years. I picked up 2K8 after work today (only have a 360) and i've been playing it for a couple hours.

I will say that for the first hour, I absolutely couldn't stand the game. IMO, the new controls for hitting and pitching are way too pretentious. There's a difference between, new and innovative, and just plain gimmicky. I think the swing stick and pitching are too gimmicky. I almost got pissed (hahaha). So luckily, 2k, being the user-friendly producer they are, included an option to switch to classic style hitting and pitching. And I must say for the last hour, I've been very impressed with this game. The hitting and pitching is great with classic, albeit, a little easy, so I'm going to configure the difficulty so it's tougher on me. The graphics are pretty cool (I don't really know how the retail version of last year's game looked). I really don't see a huge frame rate game killer that everyone else is seeing. I'm playing on 720P and I think the game plays well for the most part outside of some little infield hiccups here and there. But it's nothing to return the game over. I noticed a lot of homers when I was throwing meatballs with the new pitching but now that I've switched things have been a lot better. I know myself, and I would have never got used to that analog hitting and pitching, so I'm glad that the classic is in there. I kept the new fielding though because it's pretty cool. I almost died when I read that IGN review but I don't think that the presentation is that bad. If you've even been to a baseball game, it feels authentic. I do think that the crowd could be louder though. I wonder if they can fix that with a patch of some sort. I'm about to start franchise stuff so for anyone switching over from The Show; if you're frustrated with the controls change over to classic for a while so it doesn't sour your experience with the game. Learn the differences and later on maybe jump back into learning the new system. Personally, I probably will give pitching a try later on. The game is a solid 8 so far for me.

03-04-2008, 08:22 PM	#1173
albsur2003 Rookie OVR: 4 Join Date: Jun 2003	Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 (360/PS3) Impressions I understand people are tired of the comparison between 2k8 and The Show but this is not a malicious post towards either game. Just something I thought might be useful for anyone in my situation. I've played only the Show (except for 15 minutes of MLB 2k7s demo last year) for the past 2 years. I picked up 2K8 after work today (only have a 360) and i've been playing it for a couple hours. I will say that for the first hour, I absolutely couldn't stand the game. IMO, the new controls for hitting and pitching are way too pretentious. There's a difference between, new and innovative, and just plain gimmicky. I think the swing stick and pitching are too gimmicky. I almost got pissed (hahaha). So luckily, 2k, being the user-friendly producer they are, included an option to switch to classic style hitting and pitching. And I must say for the last hour, I've been very impressed with this game. The hitting and pitching is great with classic, albeit, a little easy, so I'm going to configure the difficulty so it's tougher on me. The graphics are pretty cool (I don't really know how the retail version of last year's game looked). I really don't see a huge frame rate game killer that everyone else is seeing. I'm playing on 720P and I think the game plays well for the most part outside of some little infield hiccups here and there. But it's nothing to return the game over. I noticed a lot of homers when I was throwing meatballs with the new pitching but now that I've switched things have been a lot better. I know myself, and I would have never got used to that analog hitting and pitching, so I'm glad that the classic is in there. I kept the new fielding though because it's pretty cool. I almost died when I read that IGN review but I don't think that the presentation is that bad. If you've even been to a baseball game, it feels authentic. I do think that the crowd could be louder though. I wonder if they can fix that with a patch of some sort. I'm about to start franchise stuff so for anyone switching over from The Show; if you're frustrated with the controls change over to classic for a while so it doesn't sour your experience with the game. Learn the differences and later on maybe jump back into learning the new system. Personally, I probably will give pitching a try later on. The game is a solid 8 so far for me.