Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[ehh]

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That's just me, there seems to be a lot of people who hate it, and I just don't get. I was really hard on last year's game and I by no means am a 2k fanboy, but I am impressed with the game this year ( minus the stutter )

At this point, regardless of what some people say, I think certain TV/home theater setups must have an effect on the game. The graphics are very good still and the frame rate was noticeable but overblown before the work around.

I have a hard time understanding how so many people are at one extreme or the other.

[Sully]

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I didn't hate last year's game, saw a lot of promise in it. I'll give it another go since I only played 2 innings.

[bluengold34_OS]

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At this point, regardless of what some people say, I think certain TV/home theater setups must have an effect on the game. The graphics are very good still and the frame rate was noticeable but overblown before the work around.

I have a hard time understanding how so many people are at one extreme or the other.

I still say it's that whole first impression's thing, we have become so jaded because a lot of us feel like the mighty dollar has become more important then putting out a good game for us to enjoy. Hopefully people will come back and give this game a 2nd look once it is patched

[Blzer]

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Can anyone tell me if it's possible to turn off all the meters, circles, flashing lights, ect and still use the new pitching system? If not, can the meters be turned off at all while using any other pitching methods still in the game?

I don't see why they continue to use all of these meters for pitching, throwing, ect. Why not allow us to rely on the animations of player models for timing? Assuming they fix the frame rate, this will be the main thing that stops me from buying the game.

MLB 2K team, take notes from the NBA 2K team.

If they just gave us an option to hide (not fade... hide) the pitching cursor and eliminated the meatball completely whilst making sliders for really tough pinpoint accuracy... that would make the pitching system we have very solid on its own.

I don't know how this was achieved in WSB 2K3 and they can't seem to do it these days.

[lived]

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You know as much attention the frame rate is getting, By far the small text is the biggest letdown of this game. My eyes are beginning to pain everytime I finish with the game

[dodgerblue]

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I like the game..the framerate issue is overblown. I dont understand the pitching at all. I'm missing and have no clue why. the tutorial is useless..and is it me? or can you not reposition the catcher or move the mitt?

The pitching is tough. Use the tutorial and try to pick up which motion is wrong. Also, if you want to reposition the catcher, move the ball icon to the pitch location you want and press the A button. The catcher will move and set up there. Also, if the pitching is too tough, adjust the total control pitch slider, it is more forgiving if you lower it.

[dodgerblue]

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I really am enjoying the game but I have a few questions/comments -

How do you turn off the ticker at the bottom of the screen?

Is there any way to turn on hot zones like MVP?

Is there any way to quickly see the pitch count besides going into the stats?

I wish there was a feature like MVP that showed all the pitches during thrown to a guy and there location.

1. The ticker seems to run if you are connected even when you try to turn it off
2. Hot zones you need to buy the scouting reports (it's stupid, I wish they would just give them to you).
3. Press right or left on the d pad and you'll scroll through pitcher and batter stats including # of balls and strikes and total pitch count

[ronnyballgame]

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Hey, I have been changing all the name and whatnot to prep up my franchise, and I have played an exhibition game already and I am in the middle of my 1st franchise game, and I am loving it, trying to find a good setting in between Pro and All Star, so far, in the bottom of the 5th inning I am losing 4-2 to Washington.

[Heelfan71]

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would like to see (next year) if you don't release the ball right when pitching it is a ball instead of a meat pitch. Or make it a meat pitch say 10% of the time and the rest it's a ball or wild pitch.

[ehh]

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would like to see (next year) if you don't release the ball right when pitching it is a ball instead of a meat pitch. Or make it a meat pitch say 10% of the time and the rest it's a ball or wild pitch.

I was looking at this and I think if you're gesture is awful but your timing is right you throw a ball that misses the zone badly. If you have a perfect gesture but bad timing it'll be a meatball.

Doesn't solve anything, but good info to know.

[belljr]

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2k7 looks better, 2k8 plays better. Still need lots of slider tweaking for 2k8 though. Wish they would let you do a practice swing before the pitch is thrown too.

:goodposting: 2k7 played a terrible game of baseball in between the lines. Baserunning was terrible, AI was bad, no hit variety etc etc.

2k7 definitely LOOKED better but 2k8 plays a decent game of baseball

[Jistic]

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I was looking at this and I think if you're gesture is awful but your timing is right you throw a ball that misses the zone badly. If you have a perfect gesture but bad timing it'll be a meatball.

Doesn't solve anything, but good info to know.

It's the opposite actually. When it doesn't recognize your pitching motion, it's a meat ball...so essentially step 2 of the pitch. If your release is off, then you miss the strike zone.

[Heelfan71]

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:goodposting: 2k7 played a terrible game of baseball in between the lines. Baserunning was terrible, AI was bad, no hit variety etc etc.

2k7 definitely LOOKED better but 2k8 plays a decent game of baseball

yeah, better than last. My only issue right now is getting the computer to throw more balls, and the cpu batters to let more pitches go by without swinging.

[Metsui]

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:goodposting: 2k7 played a terrible game of baseball in between the lines. Baserunning was terrible, AI was bad, no hit variety etc etc.

2k7 definitely LOOKED better but 2k8 plays a decent game of baseball

FBG league thread in the baseball forum.

[brahmagoul]

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Is it just me or do baseball games end up with the worst graphics among sports games? Madden has been decent, and Live has always looked nice. Now, back in the day, I thought World Series baseball looked awesome. MVP was too cartoony, but then again, the best games seem to have the worst graphics -- like High Heat from when Schilling was on the cover.

Anyway, I haven't had time to rent the game yet. Could anyone tell me if you can control every team? Is it like NBA 2K8 in that you can control a handful of teams but at least make roster moves and play games of non-user controlled teams?

Thanks.