I think 2KSports may have tried too many new things and not fix the things that was broken.
As with last year, Major League Baseball series is exclusively 2KSports (Sony can make a baseball game only for their own platform) so they desired to be scrutinize more then most companies, and this series have been pretty good over its life. I think last year it finally produced a game as good as my favorite baseball game EA's MVP 05.
The graphics hasn't changed a lot; it may have even gotten a bit worst, if you take a look at the player's faces. I mean why in the world does the NL Rookie of the Year Ryan Braun have a generic face, OMG what are you guys thinking about 2KSports LA?!?!?
The game play is pretty much like last year, but with added player control by the use of the right analog stick. You can now control pitching, throwing and hitting all with the use of the right stick. The control was hard to get use to, and I didn't really care for it. I never like the "life like" right stick hitting controls, I think with both of these 2KSports just added it just to make things more difficult then the need to be. They don't really add anything to the game, they aren't life like at all, and they were both set back to "classic" mode quickly. I do like the right analog for throwing the ball as a fielder. That adds a new little dimension to the game, and I think it's a plus. Again with all three you can turn them on and off, so good job with that 2KSports, you're not forcing a change on players.
The sounds in the game are pretty much exactly like last years, with maybe a few added anecdotes, but everything is about the same. They changed up the menu music, but if you ever read one of my reviews of sports game, know I've always turn that off as soon as I get into the game for the first time. I've always hated, and I probably always will. That music has absolutely nothing with baseball, and adds nothing add to it.
The new menu system is plus, I was getting pretty sick of the menu system that 2K have been using for the last few years, though this isn't that great either it's better then the old system. The save option in the game have been fixed, so now you know when and what you have saved.
Overall I think the game is a bit disappointing, the graphics hasn't changed that much but the game is more choppy and the game seems a bit rushed out the door, and it really shows. With that I do like a few of the added features in the game, but would been much happier if they would have fixed the old problems first. Overall the game is about as good as last years.