MLB 2k7 Demo Impressions?

After playing the demo more extensively:

+ I love the pitching. The addition of the catcher placing his glove where he wants it I love for some reason
+ Graphically the game is a step in the right direction. Looks damn good.
- Loading screens in a next gen sports game (during the game). Tenth of a second, but meh
- Fielding still feels a little loose, but feels better as you play more
- Lack of enthusiasm from the commentators when you won the NLCS.
- Lack of stadium uproar when the home team won the NLCS

I know, minor things I am mentioning but I nitpick presentation.

I'll give it a solid rental. Hitting was a bit easy as I nailed 6 HRs in one inning, but 2K put the demo on easy difficulty.

 

+vastly improvement in fielding animations(double plays are nice)
+really like the way pitching is handled.
+presentation is off the charts.
-graphics dont look that great imo(very detailed in player faces)
-game seemed to be on the easiest setting since i hit 4 homeruns in 3 innings...by mistake almost.
-Swing stick...needs to go IMO

 

The hitting you will get used to, but the pitching is where you see the difference on that level. I haven't tried the highest level yet, but if all-star is any indication it should be even better. This gives me hope that difficulty will not be a problem and any issues may be solved by the sliders.


People are complaining about the fielding camera, but after playing the demo for a while I am used to it. It still sucks, but it does not kill the game for me. Other than this, I haven't heard any major issues that will hurt this game. I am sold and my copy is on the truck to be delivered within the hour.

 

Hey Blaz and WilloMan - you guys know that you can change the difficulty setting, right?

 

I played two games on All-Star and still kicked the shit out of the Cards

All-Star might be the right setting for the league, but offline, probably is still fairly easy.

 

lots more fun, they managed to get me with the demo to consider buying it when i have some $$

 

now i know but ill be picking up the game later on. :-| thnx though.

 

Just a few thoughts on the reg game versus the demo. I think the graphics are much better on the reg game over the demo. Things just look sharper to me and look more like the videos people were drooling over. I also think all star difficulty is more difficult on the reg game than the demo. The fielding cam still sucks and is the only issue I have with the game so far, but I am getting used to it just like the swing stick, which I used to hate. The demo had to be a few months old as the reg game is an improvement. I kinda figured this when I seen Floyd on the Mets roster. :chic:

 

I'm in trouble. You guys are talking about easy this, easy that. Granted, I only played three innings and I got one hit. I had a shot to the warning track but other than than, a few groundouts. My pitching leaves a lot to be desired as the Mets keep getting hits, even when I made a near perfect pitch to where the catcher called for it. I work all this week and likely won't be able to play it before Saturday. By then, you guys will have had quite a few days head start. Oh well.

 

Most of us had the game last year though, so for us, its an easy transition.

 

I'm with you Army; I was veryunimpressive in my first outing. I going to need plenty of practice in this one.

 

I played last years game, a prospect league and the regular league. I sucked balls in it, getting beat 21 of 30 games. Should be fun though. It's going to be an exercise in futility for me though as I have no plate discipline.

 

That's right, you were the Rangers I think?

I'm so looking forward to this season. I went 19-10 with the freakin' Pirates, I'm super excited to give it a go with my team this time around