Way to many flaws to consider this a good baseball game. Stick to MVP 05. Thanks again SEGA!
User Rating: 5.5 | Major League Baseball 2K7 X360
Wow I was expecting at least this game to make me think about putting up MVP 05 this season but it doesn't even come close to fulfilling my expectations. Alright lets get started on the things that make this game not any fun. To have a good baseball game you must have an exciting batter/pitcher matchup. 2K7 has neither. The pitcher is positioned way to close which makes it nearly impossible to tell whether it is a ball or a strike. This is unexceptable because any baseball player will tell you that if they had to swing at everything they would suck at baseball. Being able to work the pitcher into a favorable count is what makes baseball exciting. Also the swing meter is finiky at best, I would accidentally bunt at least two to three times a game. The pitching is not as bad but it is very plain and boring. There is none of the tension of trying to throw that perfect pitch when you are in a jam and your pitcher is tired. The camera angles are pathetic in this game. Every ground ball, fly ball, etc has only one angle. Hitting a homerun has never been so unsatisfying, it appears to be the same whether you just clear the fence or hit a 500 ft shot. You should at least get to watch the ball in flight on a HR. The camera should pan out so you can see the entire field so you know if you are about to have a bang bang play at first or not. The same goes for the outfield, even using turbo the players seem to have no urgency to get to the ball or throw it to a base. When they do throw it they usually throw a big rainbow that looks ridiculous. There should be a power meter when throwing to determine whether the fielder is going to make a mistake. The commentators have been saying the same thing for about five years now as well, inexcusable. The good points are the graphics. The player models are done extremely well but graphics do not make a good game. The game is also deep with plenty of statistics, but if the gameplay sucks what is the point. There are plenty of options for tweaking the difficulty. I would only recommend this game to video gamers who have never played real life baseball and just want some eye candy when playing baseball. I would like to thank SEGA again for taking away the best baseball franchise ever made. I will still be playing MVP 05.
