Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[ericdrum]

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

I just got suicide squeezed by the RAYS.. Crawford lay-it down & Baldelli scored... I was totally caught off guard. So shocked that I couldn't even throw Crawford out...

San Diego suicide squeezed me. I was so shocked I couldn't react.

[bigfnjoe96]

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

Just got hammered again by the CPU. Geez I haven't won a game yet. 0-4

[metal134]

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

Dude now that was an impression. Hats off to you for that review. You manwhiched that bad boy.

Hopefully the pitching issues like strikes and balls can be rectfied a bit.

Badass review.

Yeah, I kept waiting and waiting for someone to tackle these issues, but I realized that that probably wasn't going to happen.

[metal134]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

Something else I forgot to mention. Some people are probably goint o be miffed about this, but I'm happy about it. The Indian's home park is still Jacob's Field in the game!

[DrUrsus]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

I own both the Show and 2k8, and so far I have been playing nothing but 2k8. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Show, and I know that I will come back to it later, but this game is pretty fresh. The Show definitely looks better in the graphic department as well, and I like controlling the CPU rosters. Is there a way to do that in MLB2k8?

The game is definitely better with Ehh's workaround (signing out of your xbox Live signon, thereby disabling VIP and achievements however)

I love pitching in this game! I am getting better and better at it after using the tutorial, and it is becoming a blast. Never have I enjoyed pitching so much in a baseball game. There is definitely a learning curve. I like how I have to worry about the break point, the accuracy and recreating the pitch. Very fun right now. It may get old later, but I really like it right now.

As far as hitting goes, I have ditched Hitstick 2.0 in favor of 1 button classic. The hit stick doesn't make it any more fun for me, and I like trying to decide where I am going to hit the ball, and I personally feel like I have more control with classic. Also, it is a little harder to hit the ball in classic in my opinion, so I am able to strike out at times.

We definitely need to come up with sliders that recreate pitching better for the CPU. It throws way too many strikes, I have noticed so far.

[Direblaze]

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I bat with swingstick 2.0 and i can hit a hit if they gave me a guitar. said it before everything I hit is hit at fielders need help please tips . I can handle the pichting . but i can not picht a shutout all the time . this is in all star difficulty out of the box slider no change

[Bat]

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I bat with swingstick 2.0 and i can hit a hit if they gave me a guitar. said it before everything I hit is hit at fielders need help please tips . I can handle the pichting . but i can not picht a shutout all the time . this is in all star difficulty out of the box slider no change

Take your initial step back to hit alittle earlier and hold it for a split second. I do better when I start my pull back sooner than I would naturally expect.

[bravosfan]

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

Brief impressions, probably nothing unique but here goes...

-graphics do seem to have been scaled back a bit, grass most noticeably, but still a nice looking game IMO.

-framerate, I think I'm probably a little less sensitive to this than some... noticed a little choppiness at start, but quickly got over it. Probably wouldn't have noticed it at all honestly if I hadn't read so much about it.

-font is tiny, at least on SDTV. Especially the menus. I could hardly read the names while doing a little quick roster editing.

-pitching, I suck at it. Big time. I was anticipating this new control scheme the most, I just didn't expect it to be so difficult. At least for me. Not gonna give up on it yet, but at least classic's still there just in case.

-swing stick, I actually like this a lot more than I expected. Last year's I went right to classic almost immediately, but I can see myself keeping the default.

-saw a pretty good variety of hits. Had one AB where I fouled off 5 or 6 straight pitches, really dug that.

-fielding is pretty cool, I really like the analog throwing. The field itself feels a bit bigger, too.

-didn't see enough balls thrown by either side, but I only played on default... and I'm kind of a hacker anyway.


All in all, seems like a solid enough game so far. I'm sure I'll enjoy it even more once I figure this pitching out, and maybe find a good slider combination.

[Bat]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

I own both the Show and 2k8, and so far I have been playing nothing but 2k8. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Show, and I know that I will come back to it later, but this game is pretty fresh. The Show definitely looks better in the graphic department as well, and I like controlling the CPU rosters. Is there a way to do that in MLB2k8?

The game is definitely better with Ehh's workaround (signing out of your xbox Live signon, thereby disabling VIP and achievements however)

I love pitching in this game! I am getting better and better at it after using the tutorial, and it is becoming a blast. Never have I enjoyed pitching so much in a baseball game. There is definitely a learning curve. I like how I have to worry about the break point, the accuracy and recreating the pitch. Very fun right now. It may get old later, but I really like it right now.

As far as hitting goes, I have ditched Hitstick 2.0 in favor of 1 button classic. The hit stick doesn't make it any more fun for me, and I like trying to decide where I am going to hit the ball, and I personally feel like I have more control with classic. Also, it is a little harder to hit the ball in classic in my opinion, so I am able to strike out at times.

We definitely need to come up with sliders that recreate pitching better for the CPU. It throws way too many strikes, I have noticed so far.

I have always loved The Show and i bought both yesterday but I actually haven't even played The Show 08 yet! I am pretty shocked but I am enjoying the pitching in 2k8 so much. I never liked pitching in a baseball game like this. I will get to The Show soon but 2k8 is pretty fun.

[metal134]

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If you turn down the CPU throw strikes slider, you SHOULD see a lot more balls. Some people are reporting that it isn't making a difference, but I'm personally seeing a HUGE difference.

Something else I wanted to mention; I noticed there is no commentary in minor league games. Kind've sucks, but I'll get over it.

[Direblaze]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

Take your initial step back to hit alittle earlier and hold it for a split second. I do better when I start my pull back sooner than I would naturally expect.

Thanks man i will try that. I just can not hit right now if my life depended on it

[pdawg17]

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When using the R analog incorrectly for pitching are there pitches badly out of the zone or are they usually meatball pitches?

[metal134]

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It depends. If you mess up badly, it will be a meatball. I oticed that if you mess up slightly, it is often a ball. Problem is that until you get the hang of it, it is easy to mess up badly. I am still throwing a lot of meatballs. I am hoping that once I get halfway decent at it, it will allow for a good strikeout/walk ratio.

[DrUrsus]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

If you turn down the CPU throw strikes slider, you SHOULD see a lot more balls. Some people are reporting that it isn't making a difference, but I'm personally seeing a HUGE difference.

Something else I wanted to mention; I noticed there is no commentary in minor league games. Kind've sucks, but I'll get over it.

I guess Joe Morgan and John Miller? (can't remember his name now) must be too important to do minor league commentary, LOL. Maybe they should have used those old NFL 2k cheap announcers, LOL.

[metal134]

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I'm guessing that the reason for it is that they used last year's commentary, so they don't have them saying the names of the minor league teams.