One small step for baseball..One giant leap for the 2K Series
1) the graphics in 1080i on my widescreen are so beatiful I just want to cry. When the game pan in on the hitters your draw will drop. 2) The gameplay is average. I dont like the camera as I cant tell when the balll is going to drop out of the sky when fielding a a pop up or fly out. As far as infielding goes they need to polish this up similar to MVP 05 with a throw meter.
3) Hitting. This game replicates hitting a baseball real well. Not much time to react and you have to work the count to get your pitch. Some tweaking here in next years version would be nice. If you lack patience then this is not your game. 4) Presentation. Not bad not great. playing in 5.1 Dolby will get you there as far as the crowd goes.
5) Pitching. Not much to complain about here. Smooth. conclusion.. Great game. Dont wait for next years version to clean this game up to its full potential. Will some slider adjustments this is a very playable game and an enjoyable experience. All this game really needs is a little wax and some new tires and it will go down as the best ever. Worth every penny I spent. Game could use a hitting tutorial in next years version to help the rookie player. You will have a hard time going back to play anything on the PS2 or Xbox once playing this game because it does so many things right as opposed to the minor flaws in this game (and I mean minor) I just hope brinkman does not try to expand the game too much next year and just really focus on the fielding and tweak with the hitting a little. If they stay the course with the present hitting system they should use the hitters eye with color coded pitches similar to MVP baseball. Its not a grand slam but definetly a home run.