MLB 2K8 interview

spooky157 · Post by **spooky157** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:16 pm

Another video...this time in demo mode. The good news is that there aren't any home runs. The bad news is that there are some more animation glitches and general lack of polish when compared to The Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hde5Ngf8I-Q

Gangrel · Post by **Gangrel** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:35 am

Wow, I made the mistake of going to the OS thread on MLB2k8.....

I'll never complain about negativity anywhere else again, as there is currently a 26 page thread on "pitching meatballs"!!!!

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:57 pm

Gangrel wrote:Wow, I made the mistake of going to the OS thread on MLB2k8.....

I'll never complain about negativity anywhere else again, as there is currently a 26 page thread on "pitching meatballs"!!!!

..and it's the calm before the storm!!!

gotta love OS... hey let's b*tch about screenshots!

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:02 pm

Can't wait until the demo drops!

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:55 pm

did anyone see the debut video that was linked at OS? looks really hot. looks like they've improved the audio/sound effects over the original videos. looks like they've also put in taking out the fielders at 2nd during double plays.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:29 pm

Yeah, it snowed here last night, but I'm so ready for spring and baseball.. even if I'm getting tired off all the steriod bs.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:04 pm

Some excellent screen shots over at pastapadre: http://www.pastapadre.com/

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:34 pm

^very nice

snaz16 · Post by **snaz16** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:38 pm

Team and Player ratings link...

http://www.gametap.com/home/read/article/3625

Some very curious ratings to say the least

The more I see of this,the more inclined to see how it plays out before buying this title.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:30 am

MizzouRah wrote:Can't wait until the demo drops!

do u know when that will be?

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:16 pm

JackB1 wrote:
MizzouRah wrote:Can't wait until the demo drops!
do u know when that will be?

Sometime this month is all I've heard.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:01 pm

2 inning video of Baltimore and Detroit. The video is just over 12 minutes long, but for whatever reason, it stalled on me right at 5:42.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 5035436844

MUTTS · Post by **MUTTS** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:36 pm

I may be wrong...but it seems to me like you never actually see the swing finish and the bat actually make contact with the ball. Thus, I dont know if the ball is going where it should based on contact. Does that make sense? Anyone else see that? The contact is what bothered me about the game last year as well.

Tony

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:42 pm

I think the highest we got on the 'balls' count was 1, though the 'player' was swinging at everything. We did get to see a triple, though.

I didn't see anything in the video to indicate that the new way of pitching led to more balls outside the zone for user-issued walks either.

Not that I really expect to see much of this in a two-inning demo, mind, but it would be nice to be pleasantly surprised by such once in my lifetime.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:59 pm

webdanzer wrote:I think the highest we got on the 'balls' count was 1, though the 'player' was swinging at everything. We did get to see a triple, though.

I didn't see anything in the video to indicate that the new way of pitching led to more balls outside the zone for user-issued walks either.

Not that I really expect to see much of this in a two-inning demo, mind, but it would be nice to be pleasantly surprised by such once in my lifetime.

Game looks much more polished as far as gameplay goes.. I could care less about walks, but that's just me. I want a fast paced game, with a high fun factor.

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:55 pm

new video up. minor league game.

http://www.vimeo.com/687931/

Gangrel · Post by **Gangrel** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:12 pm

In the minor league video, it appears the pitcher misses his spots sometimes.... I know you have to account for the break, but this is on fastballs.

Sooo, I'm hoping if you're "a little bit off" the pitch will be "a little bit of a ball".

Be even better if the sliders impact this even more.

For me 2k8 will be fresh as it's my first baseball experience on console!

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:33 pm

XPlay on G4 just had an interview with Ben Brinkman. I didn't hear any new info than whats been reported. The Show preview will be on tomorrow night.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:44 pm

Thanks for posting the vid man. It looks like Brinkman is working his magic. I like what I see in MLB2K8 so far. I also like the hit variety and ball physics as well. The ball looks to behave eerily similar to MVP Baseball 2005.

Also the animations have improved as well.

Inuyasha · Post by **Inuyasha** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:40 pm

Ok this sounded like bs but is it true?

Someone told me that not to buy the 20gb hd ps3 because for ps3, when you buy a game, it writes to the harddrive to play it?

True?

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:59 pm

Inuyasha wrote:Ok this sounded like bs but is it true?

Someone told me that not to buy the 20gb hd ps3 because for ps3, when you buy a game, it writes to the harddrive to play it?

True?

It's true as some of the newer games are requiring insane amounts of disk space. Devil May Cry 4 uses around 5GB maybe more of disk space. I wouldn't worry about disk space because you can always easily upgrade the hard drive. Plus the 20GB model has full PS1 and PS2 backward compatibility .

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:15 pm

Yes, thanks for posting the video...I had just about written this game off, but I think I'll give it a try. I'd like to see Altoona Curve's stadium and I also like the camera angle 2k uses.

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:38 pm

Thanks for posting the vid man

Yes, thanks for posting the video...I had just about written this game off, but I think I'll give it a try.

no problem guys, I'm a 2k junky, so I like to spread the word about this game.

I've been playing the show for the last couple of weeks and I will admit I'm biased, and have played close to 300 games of 2k7, and MLB 07 plays ok, it just seems like all of the players are the T-1000 version of the terminator. Robotic and perfect. No texture to the uniforms, grass, or stadium. the throws don't appear to have any arc. while there are bad throws, they seem almost scripted, with no regards to the position of the fielder throwing the ball or the situation the fielder was in. Any other gameplay issues I have with it I'll chalk it up to unfamiliarity with the controls in regards to fielding pitching and baserunning.

I'm aware that I'm biased towards 2k7 and my impression of the Show won't hold much merit.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:53 pm

Hands on from Gamespot

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/sports/majo ... subtitle;0

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:02 pm

"Speaking of dream teams, the best new feature in MLB 2K8 is the card feature."

Really? Really!? The best?