Terrible judgment by 2K
User Rating: 5.5 | Major League Baseball 2K8 X360
OK ive read many reviews on here and it puzzles me why gamespot still hasn't gotten their review up but heres my complaints. First off the frame rate glitches, online problems, roster inaccuracies, and tired graphics are not even problems to me. I could deal with this game and be pleased if the following were not issues. First off I am not the best video game player around so I usually play on Pro or All-star, i stay away from the Legend difficulty. Now, this is the case with 2K7 as well, the difficulty between Pro and All Star is incredible. I started on Pro to get used to the game and found myself hitting 5 HR's a game winning by 10 runs so that wasn't too fun, what should I do, up the difficulty a little. Now I can't get through 2 innings without giving up home run after home run. If you throw a ball they don't swing, if come in the strike zone its either a home run or a double in the gap, guaranteed. I dont know how they expect the average gamer to have fun destroying the computer or being dominated every inning, especially when you have no control over hitting the ball. When their pitcher misses their spot and the little red circle comes up, I could get off the perfectly timed swing and its a little dribbler to first, i mean come on, I could throw a curveball right on the corner and 8th place hitters are crushing the ball but I can't get a meatball out of the infield, not because I suck or anything but because it's just not a fair game.
This game is also a victim of the "must swing every time syndrome" Now the only game iv'e seen it successful in was MVP but this is just another game where it is literally impossible to recognize whether the pitch is a ball or a strike before it's too late. It's just not that fun to have to predetermine whether or not your going to swing at the pitch. Once again the manual doesn't tell you how to steal bases so thats still a mystery to me. 2K ruined baseball for the next gen systems by getting that exclusive contract. I can't imagine where MVP would be if they were still pumping out classic games. Lets hope EA has been building a monster all these years waiting for that ridiculous contract to expire.
Overall, not the worst game ever, but just another list of disappointments from 2K sports. I think its because they know their the only baseball game out there so their sales won't be hurt too much by another failed attempt
