Major League Baseball 2K12 Review (360/PS3)

[RaychelSnr]

While the guessing game is now on as to whether this is the final Major League Baseball 2K game, gamers who aren't caught up in that talk but rather looking at the game they have just been handed might find something worth playing.


While it's not perfect, MLB 2K12 makes a valiant effort in what could be the series swan song, but is it worth the price of admission?


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[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K12 Review (360/PS3)

Thanks for the honest review Phil. Great work as always

[Victor99]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K12 Review (360/PS3)

Great, solid review. The game is far from perfect, but it will satisfy my baseball fix for 2012. Next year is going to be very interesting however, curious to see what happens now that the 3rd party MLB contract is up for grabs.

[MizzouRah]

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Best review I've read. I'm curious, what hitting view do you use? I think the default is actually quite good.

For pitching, I use pitcher as some of the broadcast views feel like the hitter is like 5 feet from me.

[chris68pj]

It seems like the score isn't indicative of the mostly good things you had to say, but you covered everything well and hopefully if anyone is serious about picking it up they wouldn't just look at the final score. I can't wait to put the MLB Today season mode to the test!

[Tomba]

I agree but i would go one further.

PS3 version 6.5

XBox 360 version 7.5


So your score works

[Profit89]

This is an honest review.

I'm glad someone mentioned the fun factor. Not the best baseball game out there, especially in terms of simulation, but it sure is fun.

[GuyinPA75]

I would take an MLB game that graphic wise was average but gameplay fun over a game looks insane but plays like complete poo. Thats my .02 cents. Not bothering with Show at all this year. Controls last year for me felt awful and the outfield depth felt like 3 feet. Once again, my .02 cents.

[hitstreak13]

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As a baseball junkie who has worked for a professional organization for over 4 years, I can honestly say that 2k has definitely nailed the "fun" factor. I can't even pin point it to be honest. I played 2k11 more than the show last year (loved the commentary, stats, etc.). I hope no one renews the license so we can once again have 3-4 baseball games to choose from. I still miss the good old days when we had 5-6 choices. Hell, we even had a blitz style baseball game. Seemed like every market was targeted back then.

[swaldo]

What's the difference between The Show's pitch confidence system and 2K Dynamic Pitching? Seems to me they are very similiar (bad result = decrease in pitch effectiveness.)

[Money99]

Nice review. I'd also place the overall around 7.5/10.
The game does some things really nicely, but it's overall polish needs more fine tuning.
I will still say that if 2K12 looked like The Show, it's score would be 8.5 or higher.

hitstreak13, I echo your sentiments. The game has flaws and bugs, but it's also incredibly fun. I'm not sure if it's the gesture-pitching or whatnot, but the game is just a blast to play.

[Vince]

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I'm gonna go get it today. Might trade Oh n the show for it. I don't have time for two baseball games.

[ultralow36]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K12 Review (360/PS3)

vince. . if u thinking of getting the ps3 ver goodluck.....not even close to the 360 ver.

[Beetlebum]

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For pitching, I use pitcher as some of the broadcast views feel like the hitter is like 5 feet from me.

Ahah... totally agree, the broadcast cam at camden yards for example makes hitters look like midgets compared to the pitcher...
I found Tomba's pitching cam to be perfect.

[rudyjuly2]

When batting they patched in the ability to adjust the base running camera to a conventional look in 2K11. Did they remove that option this year?

I wasn't crazy about the dynamic/fluctuating pitching ratings in the demo. I do like how it changes each game and I agree with a previous comment - the Show's individual pitch confidence system is similar and I think fluctuates even more.

Great review overall Phil.