MLB 2K8 or MLB '08?

Eleazar · 03-05-2008, 12:59 PM

IGN rates MLB 2k8 a 7.2 (which is pretty low for that site for a non-downloadable game) and The Show 08 gets an 8.7.

Main complaints with 2k8 center around graphical issues... frame rate, collision detection, animation glitches, inaccurate commentary.

Is 2k sports really going downhill? I mean, their hockey game got poor reviews this year and now the baseball game too. Their baseball games IMO were always pretty bad though.

kcxiv · 03-05-2008, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

IGN rates MLB 2k8 a 7.2 (which is pretty low for that site for a non-downloadable game) and The Show 08 gets an 8.7.

Main complaints with 2k8 center around graphical issues... frame rate, collision detection, animation glitches, inaccurate commentary.

Is 2k sports really going downhill? I mean, their hockey game got poor reviews this year and now the baseball game too. Their baseball games IMO were always pretty bad though.

IT actually got rated fairly high on other websites. xplay rated it 4/5 while it gave the show 3/5. EGM rated it 85/100. If it wasnt for the stupid framerate issue it's a damned good game of baseball.

ONly work around is you have to be signed out of xbox live for the game to run good. Its like it has some kind of memory leak when being logged on.

**The Bad Guy** · 03-05-2008, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kcxiv

IT actually got rated fairly high on other websites. xplay rated it 4/5 while it gave the show 3/5. EGM rated it 85/100. If it wasnt for the stupid framerate issue it's a damned good game of baseball.

ONly work around is you have to be signed out of xbox live for the game to run good. Its like it has some kind of memory leak when being logged on.

All the gaming message boards I have read have destroyed 2k8.

Bottom line, a released game should not have these types of issues.

kcxiv · 03-05-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

All the gaming message boards I have read have destroyed 2k8.

Bottom line, a released game should not have these types of issues.

It has 1 issue. Its a pretty big issue, but its not related to gameplay. I guess thats a good thing, but it shouldnt have went live with the ****ed up coding when being signed on to live.

**The Bad Guy** · 03-05-2008, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kcxiv

It has 1 issue. Its a pretty big issue, but its not related to gameplay. I guess thats a good thing, but it shouldnt have went live with the ****ed up coding when being signed on to live.

I didn't catch whether you were discussing the Xbox version or PS3. I'm a ps3 guy, so that's the only reviews I have been reading.

kcxiv · 03-05-2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

I didn't catch whether you were discussing the Xbox version or PS3. I'm a ps3 guy, so that's the only reviews I have been reading.

Well, have both systems, but i bought it for the 360. No clue how the ps3 game runs. I may have to rent it just to see the difference.

Eleazar · 03-06-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

All the gaming message boards I have read have destroyed 2k8.

Bottom line, a released game should not have these types of issues.

Same here... I'm really not interested in spending $60 in a game that can't run at a reasonable frame rate. Ken Griffey Jr. baseball had that figured out 10 years ago.

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Eleazar Beyond the Rapids Join Date: May 2003 Location: Langley, VA Casino cash: $-370000	IGN rates MLB 2k8 a 7.2 (which is pretty low for that site for a non-downloadable game) and The Show 08 gets an 8.7. Main complaints with 2k8 center around graphical issues... frame rate, collision detection, animation glitches, inaccurate commentary. Is 2k sports really going downhill? I mean, their hockey game got poor reviews this year and now the baseball game too. Their baseball games IMO were always pretty bad though.
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