Greatness... Maybe too good for a few reasons... Only real gamers will understand....

User Rating: 9.4 | Major League Baseball 2K7 X360
By DirtyAl | Review Date:
You have read everything about this game by now because I am late to review... but there are few things that don't- I repeat.. Don't take away from the game but its something that developers need to know from a an avid gameplayer such as myself... 5 things that will make you a better game in the long run... 5. The animations are so fluid in this game, there are times you will wonder if you are doing it or is the computer doing it for you... i.e. I made a play with my shortstop where he dove and the ball popped out of his mit, it hit the ground and my second baseman was in good position. He bare handed the ball and made a blind throw to first base to make the out. It played out so marvelously- it looked canned... Some of the animations are position sensitive. 4. Throw arounds please. After a play is over, I would love to be able to toss the ball around and really see the beauty of how the fielders throw... After a routine fly ball, the fielder will throw the ball to whereever and then its back to the game... No playing around with the ball...

3. Player development... Although the GM mode is great, I would like to see some practice modes.. How about some fielding practice and drills to increase development... How about some batting practice... 2. Gentlemen... Please fix the fielding cam... its a crap shot trying to judge a routine high bounce because the blue indicater is hard to see and the shadow of the ball resembles that of when you break your bat. Thats cool to extent as well because when you break a bat and cause a ground ball, its real easy to run towards the broken bat thinking its the balls shadow... 1. They depend to much on the icon telling you when to dive then you really being able to judge by ball position... This ties into the difficult camera angle. I have a tendacy to be near the wall and hitting the right stick to wall climb and end up diving instead... These are not meant to deter anyone from this game because the game is fabulous... There are just a few little things that a person may wonder before they buy the game and may not purchase because not too many store guys would know... Still and all, being able to save the game in the middle makes it so convient, that you will find yourself playing a full season because it allows you to stop where you are, go to work or go to the store because your lady is yapping then come back and continue where you were... The hit stick is cool but sometime, it feels off all of a sudden. I play 3 games one day and the first 2, I was using the hit stick and then the 3rd game, the stick just seemed sluggish... I had to go back to classic method of batting... I also love the fact that having a good catcher with good game calling skills can really affect the impact of the game... Also, you can either have the ball position for pitching to be set to either breakpoint (knowing the pitch's movement and aiming to a spot and watching the ball break) or Pinpoint (the ball going to where you are aiming). Overall, if you like baseball, this game does for the genre what bases loaded did for us back in the day... It brings something new and needed to a genre that was dying down because of lack of realness that us baseball fans thought about but never dreamed about seeing in a game. Buy this game, don't rent it... If you rent it and play it for 2 days, you will not get the full experience...

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