Bogged down by gameplay bugs, yet provides solid fun.
User Rating: 7.5 | Major League Baseball 2K7 PS3
It's very easy to like MLB 2k7. It has a very in-depth Franchise mode, a solid player-tracking system, and great pitch mechanics. The batting for the swing stick is unique, and requires a lot of practice. You won't be jacking home runs every at bat (unless, of course, you use the standard difficulty settings). On to the difficulty, it's very deep. Also, it's very easy to fix problems. The AI hits too many home runs? Turn them down. Want to hit home runs every time? Crank it up. There's so many options it's incredible. The pitches are very accurate and break realistically. Curves drop, knuckles float, and fastballs fly right by. The problems? A glaring amount of bugs. Players go through each other during base-running, errors are random, and sometimes you can run to the next base and the AI will just stand there. It's not game-breaking, but they're there, and they could've been fixed. Another thing is the commentary. Sometimes the commentators say something really cool, but when you throw a pitch or hit one, they just stop talking about what they were to go straight to play-by-play. It definitely breaks the game in thinking it's a real baseball game - which it does very well, from it's very realistic graphics (wind blows jerseys, the stadiums are VERY accurate and the pitches even rotate the right way) to the crowd noises. Overall a solid game that is very use-friendly, but the bugs mar it down. Also, any fan of a deep Franchise mode look no further.
