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Originally Posted by timbofry1 |
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I tend to agree on the speed of the game being very important. I do like the little subtleties now and then, pitchers walking around the mound, and so on, but speed of the game is more important to me.
MVP '05 was my favorite baseball video game ever. And I was a High Heat guy before that. Then EA was out of the baseball picture and I thought 2K baseball was pretty bad after MVP '05, which was a bummer, as I'm a big baseball guy. Two years ago, after reading all the praise about the "other game," I got a PS3. Loved that game. Thought it was the best baseball video game I ever played, which it was. After playing both demos again last year, got the "other baseball game" again and had alot of fun with it for a month or two, but suddenly just became bored with it.
I think the realism is very good, graphics and animations very good....very good game, the "other game." But I just got bored with it. With baseball games especially, I want to play a ton of games, because that's what baseball is about...long seasons...use your pitching staff, injuries, everything. Like I said at the beginning, I kinda like all the subtleties and all, but the most important thing is that I want to play alot of games, so I don't want them to take an hour or more to play. And the "other game" just seems stale to me now, not that fun anymore.
I find the MLB 2K11 demo to be very fun so far, after playing a few games. Maybe the graphics and animations in the "other game" are a little tighter, but the analog control seems much more fun in MLB 2K11. I also love the hitting camera in MLB 2K11. In the "other game" I simply have trouble picking up whether a pitch will be off the plate or note, just too much trouble that it can get extremely frustrating. In MLB 2K11, I feel like I see the ball very well, can more easily identify balls versus strikes and lay off bad pitches. Not that I'm hitting the cover off the ball, but I'm making alot more contact, getting hits, just having alot of fun with the game. And I also like the camera angle after you hit the ball, you can immediately see where the ball is going, but don't know if you've hit a HR or if a fly ball will be caught or drop....great stuff.
The analog pitching seems to be alot of fun in MLB 2K11, and I like the fielding so far too. Like I said, I've played a few games of both baseball demos, and I'm having alot more fun with the MLB 2K11 demo.
I've never been a big 2K guy, but NBA 2K11 is probably my favorite video game of all time. Just love it. So maybe I'm a convert....I don't know. But mainly I just want to play good, fun games, no matter who makes it...
So right now I'm very heavily leaning toward being an MLB 2K11 guy this year! I am going to wait and read a few reviews next week before making my final decision, but looking good for MLB 2K11 right now!
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Well said! And I am right where you are, big HH guy, loved the MVP series, and have loved that "other game" very much the last few years. That being said, I am kind of wanting a new baseball experience as well. I know the 'other game' will be dead solid, no doubt, but I am hoping after the first few days of impressions and reviews, this game will be solid as well.
I am not going to start tossing around MVP 05 comparisons because after playing the demo (granted it was one game), I didn't come away with that feel. I came away thinking this is a baseball game that does a lot of things well, especially with the analog controls, but is far from being polished or in the realm of the past 10 years of great baseball games.
The animations are a bit jerky, the player control feels a bit heavy, and the camera angles leave me shaking my head sometimes. I haven't played the 2k series in 5 years, so I can't compare it to other years, but it seems to be much improved in the gameplay area at least.
My fear is that the novelty will wear out 50 games in, or there will be some glaring issues that we haven't seen yet.
I will definitely purchase the "other game" day 1, and if the feedback on these forums is positive, I will give this a look as well. Here is to hoping!!!