Difficulty:

Very Easy

Time Spent:

10 Hours or Less

The Bottom Line:

"Disastrous"

As I sit here wondering exactly how to start this review, thoughts of how I truly feel about this came are crashing into each other in my brain. I am not going to sugar coat my feelings here. This, even though it's a sports title, was one of my most anticipated games of 08'. I was such a HUGE fan of MLB 2k7, I was sure that 2k8 was going to be a near perfect game, finally, something equal to, or better then MVP 05'. Wow, was I in for a rude awakening.


2k7 was not a perfect game by any stretch, but it was such a huge improvement over 2k6, it almost felt like a different game. Yes, it had issues with frame rate (witch were fixed with a patch) yes, the number of home runs hit, and the number taken away by wall climbing outfielders was ridiculous, but all of that could be fixed by tweaking the ability sliders. At the end of the day you could custom tune the game to be exactly what you wanted it to be. The major flaw was the one that kept franchise owners from continuing to the playoffs with their team at the end of the season, that is the bug that finally got me, and made me stop playing. Other then that, the game was great, how could 2k8 be any less? Let me tell you how…..


1) The frame rate was so bad, it almost gave me motion sickness at times. Sure, I heard that if you dumb down your TV settings it would run smoother, but this is NEXT GEN, I should not have to play in 480P or even on a standard TV in order to get the game to run smooth!

2) It is still a HR fest, no matter what they say. First game out of the box, on ALL-STAR settings I hit 5 HR in the game, and the computer hit 3. Thanks for the effort 2k.

3) Little things like player pictures should be updated! Why is Alfonso Soriano still wearing a NATIONALS uniform in his Cubs team pic? HE WAS A CUB LAST YEAR!

4) During the in game update, where they talk about, and show a key play of the game, I should not get a replay of a 423ft HR described as a "inside the park HR"!!! What park are they playing in where the ball can go that far and not be out of the park? This is not YELLOWSTONE!

5) 2k6 had better crowd reactions

6) While on pause, sometimes you hear the PA announcer say things…… one time he was asking kids to sign up for the "2006 run, hit and catch competition"! is it really still 2006?

7) Why d o e s t h e g aaame s t u dddddeerr in certain spots?

8 ) There are only frame rate issues when : you hit the ball, when you throw from 3rd to 1st, 2nd to 1st, left field to 2nd, ss to 1st, center field to 2nd, right field to 2nd or 3rd, other than that, it hardly every happens......

9) When my right fielder catches a can of corn for a CLEAR OUT, the batter should not end up on 2nd with a double!

10) Im going to stop here.


Sure they added some cool new features, like the game does not completely freeze up anymore, and a new pitching interface, but other then that this is almost a direct rerun of last year. Shame on you 2k for crushing my dreams of having a good BB game this year. Also, thanks for making me spend almost $500 for another system and game, I have very much enjoyed The Show for the past 2 days.