NCAA Football 14 Demo Launches
Be the First on the Field with Three Exciting Matchups and Nike Skills Trainer.
Xbox Addict
STAFF REVIEW of Major League Baseball 2K7
Thursday, March 29, 2007.
by Longball77
by Longball77
A great author once wrote "it is the worst of times, it is the best of times". Americas favourite pastime has definately brough us that. Baseball has gone through many changes since the days of 1927 Yankees with Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. Have you seen the famous point where you are going to hit it home run, his 60 homers in a season or the fact that he was originally a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox (the reason for the curse of the bambino). Then after these legends came players like Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb and Roger Maris who had the record of 61 homers in the single season. The modern day heros brought us Cal Ripkin Jr. consecutive game streak surpassing the legend Lou Gerigh. The famous Blue Jays David Henderson's only career bunt and in the World Series or Joe Carters world series winning walk off home run, and the regular season brilliance of the Atlanta Braves. Enter the 1990's with baseball strikes, and not thrown by a pitcher. The re-surgence of the longball with a race that captivated the imaginations of all those who watched the race with Sammy Sosa and Mark McGuire. What a time that was. During the last 20 years or so we have seen video game baseball evolve from Odyssey 2, MLB 1984, with team expansion kits for the 1985 season, hardball 1,2,3 or 4. We have had a multitude of Managers sponsor games from Earl Weaver, Tony La Russa and Tommy Lasorda. Each year we have had better graphics, improved sounds and playability. With the introduction of actual ballparks and the ability to control your team budget and salary. Make trades that are easy or difficult. Create your fantasy team, or stick to your favourite teams roster. 2k sports presents a baseball that has no equal. 2k7 MLB.
I am a long time sports simulation enthusiast. One of my biggest complaints over the years has been the announcers. Horrendous one liners and often they are not who we would want to listen to when we watch games on Television never mind having to listen to them during game play. I now bring you the 2k sports version of game announcers that are witty and who we listen too on a regular basis. Joe Morgan and Jon Miller bring us the Sunday night baseball all through the regular season. They do not disappoint in this game. They have brought there live personalities from Sunday Night Baseball right into the game. 2K Sports Major League Baseball 2K7 in my opinion is a whole new ball game.
2K Sports Major League Baseball 2K7 features Signature Style Pitching, hitting stances and true fielding. Has brought in Inside Edge, franchise Finance and of course 2k sports Online Play. Have you ever wanted to swing like Wells or pitch like Roger. Signature style is a great editions of simulation baseball. Watching the bat waggle, home celebrations, pitching windups and deliveries more authentic and realist than ever before. Play in Franchise mode and get team reports in more categories and with more detail than ever offered in a console sports game. The inside edge can really give insights on how to pitch, or strategies, whos hot and whos not. You can control your franchise with team news, adjust your budget based on team revenue. These features enhance game play.
Once you have entered in to a game you will soon see this is not an old school base ball game. Graphics so realist one passer-by actually asked if the baseball season had already started. The artificial intelligence is good but not great. You can make some spectacular plays in the infield with some 6-4-3 double plays or climb the wall and steal a home run away. The hitting and field is easy to grasp in the lower levels of the game. But in the more advanced level of the games timing becomes more important. This is definitely the best baseball game out there.
Get your popcorn here! Ice Cold Drinks, you can here it now, imagine your self sitting in your favourite ball parks and the sounds that come with it. The game comes with the most extensive sounds to date. But I think this is where is fell, a little short. They hit it off the wall; the music did not seem to be in tune with the atmosphere of the ball parks. But fine tune your own music selection in each park and it becomes a little better. When it comes to the crack of the bat or the sounds of hitting the wall or a called third strike. They got these ones, right.
Suggestions:
Having played every baseball title out there since the Odyssey 2 and early 80s console experience. I can honestly this is the most visually pleasing version yet. If you are looking for real players, real ball parks, the options of old time legends this is the game for you. I have one complaint and it comes when you hit a home run and you get the dreaded Loading icon. You would think the HD graphics processor capabilities that delays like this would not happen. It can be very annoying if you are longball hitter like me. A recommendation to developers is simple. Make it better, faster and add even more fun. This is a game every sports enthusiast will want to buy and play over and over again.
Overall: 9.0 / 10
Gameplay: 9.0 / 10
Visuals: 9.0 / 10
Sound: 8.0 / 10
Comments
Xbox Game Search
Latest News
Ubisoft announces Spartacus Legends for XBLA
Ubisoft has just announced Spartacus Legends, a Free-To-Play fighting game for Xbox Live Arcade. And just like the Starz TV series that inspired it, it’s violently gruesome. Avert your eyes, kids.
Major: MS will NEVER pull the plug on Xbox One
As Xbox One will reportedly need to check-in via the internet every 24 hours in order for games to be playable on the console, a common fear is that should the servers ever close, gamers’ libraries will become useless. Not so, says Major Nelson.
State of Decay to get "Pure Survival" mode
Despite its launch troubles, State of Decay is still the fastest selling original game on Xbox Live, and developer Undead Labs isn’t resting on its laurels. A new "pure survival" sandbox mode is in the works, and a follow-up game is under discussion.
First State of Decay patch out, but is it working?
Shortly after our review of State of Decay was submitted last week, Title Update 1 was released in order to address the game’s many bugs. We tested it and found that it only works with brand new gamesaves. Developer Undead Labs is working on a fix.
Square Enix lays off half of IO Interactive
It doesn’t seem to get any easier for the western studios owned by Square Enix. The developer behind the Hitman franchise was cut down to half by the Japanese publisher, reportedly in order to refocus solely on a future "Triple-A" Hitman title.
KI will be available both as full game and F2P
Xbox One Killer Instinct purists who want to purchase the entire roster of fighters rather than pay for each one piecemeal can rest easy, as a Season Pass option will be available at launch. Either way, the game will be download only, though.
See News Archives
Top Community Gamerscores
2. Variation-XBA - 82,045
3. Nato King-XBA - 66,408
4. Timmy Bauer - 58,540
5. Symmetrics Love - 48,108
6. Enamelized420-XBA - 41,520
7. Silent-XBA - 38,782
8. Ainokeatoo-XBA - 34,586
9. Roujin-XBA - 31,868
10. Kamshaft-XBA - 30,064
11. sojourner - 29,484
12. oryanphine - 27,431
13. thAshAdyOne - 26,895
14. Casper - 26,315
15. Soda Jones - 24,398
16. SpaceGhost2K-XBA - 23,375
17. Tampad - 22,256
18. Fargoth - 17,904
19. WillyV2 - 16,878
20. Vampero - 14,760
21. TAXCOLLECTER675 - 13,656
22. HaZarD SFD-XBA - 12,822
23. mattgame - 11,925
24. EMX - 10,990
25. BigJosh359 - 9,945
Community Forum Activity
Post by Kamshaft-XBA
6 Replies, 66 Views
If you're a devoted X-Box game player, why is it better for you than PS3?
Post by GBaxter
3 Replies, 105 Views
Xbox One , No headset !?
Post by Vampero
9 Replies, 279 Views
Forza 5
Post by LiLJoe608
3 Replies, 195 Views
So, the conference is over E3 is over, your opinions?
Post by Ainokeatoo-XBA
13 Replies, 317 Views
Achievment on Xbox One
Post by oryanphine
0 Replies, 287 Views
E3 2013 Pictures
Post by Symmetric-XBA
7 Replies, 272 Views
Episode 20 Posted from E3 2013 - The Press Breifings!
Post by Kamshaft-XBA
0 Replies, 253 Views
Microsoft must be retired Xbox One and videogames ?
Post by oryanphine
6 Replies, 628 Views
Microsoft press briefing floor! - FIXED
Post by Kamshaft-XBA
5 Replies, 250 Views
Raiden 4
Post by oryanphine
0 Replies, 269 Views
We made it!
Post by Kamshaft-XBA
2 Replies, 144 Views
xbox original rare edition
Post by oryanphine
3 Replies, 373 Views
Darksiders 2 and the revival of comics books
Post by oryanphine
2 Replies, 282 Views
Xbox One Controller Info
Post by Silent-XBA
0 Replies, 443 Views
Site Statistics
Forum Posts: 737,691
Xbox One Titles: 46
Xbox 360 Titles: 988
Xbox 360 Kinect Titles: 93
Xbox 360 Arcade Titles: 546
Xbox Titles: 847
Staff Reviews: 1,206
Member Reviews: 10,339
News Articles: 11,447
Screenshots: 26,046
Xbox 360 Achievements: 41,818
Xbox 360 Faceplates: 2,016
Cheat Codes: 1,706
Xbox is a registered trademark of Microsoft. XboxAddict.com is not affiliated with Microsoft.
Made in Canada
Site Design by Cameron Graphics