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Bring back MVP Baseball, 2k sucks.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

MLB 2k8 I would say is the worst baseball game I have ever played. There are no good features to this game. The gameplay is so bad that it is almost impossible to play a realistic game. For one the batting is fine on pro mode, but the pitching absolutely sucks. For example I can not pitch agood game at all with dominate aces like Johan Santana. YOur closers will suck. I had K-Rod, who we know is absolutely dominate had a 9.60 ERA for me. Now that is very unrealistic. Before that I had Billy Wagner with a six run lead in the bottom of the ninth, he gives up like five home runs. Total control pitching is garbage because every pitch you throw is served on a silver platter to be crushed. Precision pitching is not much better. Batters still crush the ball. And it is not like this happens rarely, it is consistent that your pitching will be horrific. If you play on rookie mode you still will give up about ten to fifteen runs, but at the same time you will score twenty to twenty five runs. Easy routine fly balls are very difficult because if you don't call off everyone there will be a collision. For a 360 game the graphics suck, I'd say they are in the range of Allstar Baseball 2003 for xbox (not that Allstar Baseball was a bad series because it was great). I wanted to sell this game to Game Stop to get some money back out of the forty dollars I pissed away. But what I decide to do to kill the frustration of the game was to snap it. But the most thing I was disappointed about was that 2k made this. Now 2k usually makes amazing games. Look at basketball, it dominated EA in my mind. But this game is atrocious.I feel 2k should have their MLB liscence revoked and give it to EA because MVP Baseball 2004 was much better then this garbage. My best advice for all 360 users is to stick with the old MVP games. If you have PS3 or PS2 you at least have MLB 08 The Show so if you want to play an updated baseball game you are not subjected to absolute garbage.

MLB 2k8 was an abortion from the start.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

What a shame. I liked 2k7, but 2k tried to do too much new and ruined the fun experience and sim aspects with the stupid analog stick pitching that is broken. Way too many meatballs. Frame rate is substandard, especially on the PS3 version. Save your money and get 2k7 if you only have an XBox 360. If you have a PS3, then the Gods of Sim Baseball have shined on you with MLB 08 The Show, the best baseball game yet.

2k is on the verge of losing their MLB license after the complete utter mismanagement of their baseball game. EA will own them before too long anyways and then we can get another great version of MVP Baseball.

Listen to the negative reviews

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I played a lot of MLB 2K7 last year and was really looking forward to 2K8. All of the negative reviews kept me from buying it at first but then I finally took a chance and bought it anyway. I really wanted to like it, but I'm definitely disappointed. It's hard to pinpoint exactly why but it's just not that good and not that fun to play. The visual screens in Career Mode are a little bit difficult on the eye too, which matters because you can spend hours in that mode.

I Like It.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

You know, this is a good game, significantly improved over last year's version.

Mainly, I like the precision pitching. I thought that pitching in 2K7 was the best I'd ever seen, but it just consisted of choosing the pitch well, aiming it well, and timing hitting the same button twice well (sorry for that convoluted sentence). Pitching in 2K8 takes a little more skill than timing though. You move the right stick in a pattern that (loosely) replicates the spin of the ball, and that gesture is rated on a 0-100 scale. The more closely you've matched the called-for pattern, the better the pitch. Of course, in addition to this, you have to aim it will (with the left stick) and time the release of the right stick well to help with control. Pitching only takes a few days to pick up, but mistakes are never entirely eliminated. That makes for more realistic gameplay.

I've enjoyed batting, too. The swing-stick is improved. Timing on both the step and the swing is very meaningful. When you're even slightly off, it's going to be a pop-up or a weak ground-out. You have some small control, using the left stick, on the direction you're trying to hit it. This all adds up to a better batting experience than simply pushing the 'A' button at the right time.

Fielding is better as well. The right stick is used to direct the speed and direction of the release and throw, and the timing occasionally is tricky. Again, this is much better than hitting one button and all throws being equal.

I rather like the graphics, too. I agree with others that the faces don't match very well all of the time. Still, the parks are well done, and whenever I've left the game on while I'm flipping channels, I'm regularly tricked into the thinking an actual game is on. They have the batting stances and pitching motions down awfully well, too.

So, I've not much other than praise for this. There aren't a whole lot of frills. It's a basic, good baseball game that hasn't gotten dull for me yet (and I've played it a lot). I'd recommend it if that's what you're looking for.

Challenging but rewarding.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The controls have a steep learning curve, but are very rewarding once you figure it out. The graphics are OK and there are some glitches in the game, which is pretty standard for every sports game.

Considering this is the only baseball game for the 360 it is worth buying and a very rewarding gaming experience.

Definitely Not as Bad as People Make It Seem

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am not a fan of using the right analog stick for pitching, batting and fielding and that is what deterred me from buying this game due to all the negative reviews. I have trouble using the analog stick to move sometimes lol...however, once I saw a review that said you can choose "classic" controls for everything (or for only batting, its your choice how much of the new controls you want), I said I needed a baseball game and I bought this. I am definitely not disappointed. Though the game has its frame rate issues and load times are disappointing, the gameplay is much more realistic than I expected, even with classic controls. The little intricacies, like knowing when a pitcher is warming up, seeing league leaders when in the franchise screen, and seeing rain when you play is very cool. The graphics are overall pretty good, some players have shapes like their counterparts though I would like to see the bulkier players look bigger, etc...the face models are terrible though and I don't see how you do that in 2008 when you have these next gen systems at your disposal. I like the fielding and the catches, everything is realistic...the glove reaches for the ball, etc. Definitely buy this game if you like baseball

Heartbreakingly Unplayable

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Most of the people who wrote good reviews of 2K8 did so after playing only a few times. I intended to do the same but now that I have played over 50 games, I am sad to say that this same is infuriatingly unplayable due to numerous glitches.

If you play an entire season on any real difficulty level you will experience the following: It will be a close game with runners on base. You will be pitching with two outs and will include a pop-up to an outfielder. It will look like the inning is over and then two outfielders will collide and the runner will get an inside the park homerun.

That has happened to me perhaps a dozen times in the last week and it is just shameful that it happens at all -- not to mention so frequently.

Also there are lots of problems with the animations -- scenes that stutter and people who catch balls thrown at their backs. The stuttering is especially shameful because no one can claim that the stuttering is due to a particular hardware configuration, as with the PC.

Also, it is nearly impossible to run the bases manually. I've played 100+ games and still am having difficulties controlling only one runner at a time.

And don't even get me started on how difficult it is to learn to hit the cutoff man. The "manual" included with the game is fairly well useless.

Overall I regret buying this game and would sell it used but for a sense of obligation to my fellow gamers. I'd rather crack the CD in half than subject someone else to the experience of playing 2K8.

Worst babeball game I have ever played!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Other than the graphics, this game is horible. I have never play a baseball game that I have disliked as much as this one. It does not play well at all. The pitching interface sucks not to mention the hitting interface. The MLB series (MLB '08: The Show) is the best baseball sim out there. I can not stress this enough. Dont buy this game. It is the worst [...] I have ever spent in my life. I would rather marry my cheating ex wife again than play this game again.

The worst sports game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was very hard for me to play. I do not recomend this game to anyone who loves to play sports games.

It's not great, but it's the only thing 360 has

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing this game often, but it becomes extremely frustrating. There are numerous bugs that just break the flow of the game, including slowdowns during fly balls, choppy instant replays, graphical problems in regards to collision detection, and poor graphics (far less than stellar). Also, it's worth mentioning that many people are experiencing freezes often, online play is incredibly laggy, so really not worth playing online, and out of the box the frame rate issue was horrendous, so a patch was released improving (but not fixing) the issue- you cannot get this patch unless your Xbox is connected to the internet.

That being said, it's not a bad baseball game at times, but not worth $60. An update is allegedly in the works, which hopefully may fix the issues and improve the value of the game. Check out the 2k Sports message boards for more in depth issues and gripes about the game.

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