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[MaverickX9]

http://www.2ksports.com/games/mlb2k6/

2k Sports started their "Big League Tuesdays" feature a few weeks ago. If you don't know, they put out a few new vids and screens each Tuesday.

Still looks pretty shitty, but the fielding looks like it is going to be a lot better than last year. Pitching and batting still look pretty weak.

 

[AstroLad]

That does look pretty bad. Thankfully I've been having decent fun with this:

Ping! It's nice to drive home runs into the school lot I used to park in, and Packard stadium is pretty nicely done (and thankfully one of the few real stadiums that got in- I think 18 or so).

Though obviously it's not the same without the license. It's nice to constantly be reminded of how much exclusive licensing sucks.

 

[MaverickX9]

I can't get into MVP at all...there is no connection.

 

[AstroLad]

I can't get into MVP at all...there is no connection.

I hadn't played a baseball game since the WSB w/ Giambi on the cover but this has been worth my while for several reasons:

-You can actually play a whole season in college baseball.
-The hitting and fielding mechanics are quite novel and work pretty well (using only the right analog to both hit and throw to base).
-The pitching is well done. WSB used to drive me crazy (and I don't know if it's still like this) b/c once you got a feel for the analog you'd basically never throw a ball unintentionally, here if you set the difficulty at a good level you get a very realistically-pitched game imo.
-30 bucks (clincher for me, wouldn't have bothered otherwise).

That downsides are that the baserunning sucks (totally personal preference), it's NCAA (I went to a decent baseball school so I can somewhat appreciate it but most people can't), and it feels just a shade incomplete (too easy to hit HRs w/ low-powered hitters using the new mechanic, no mascots (who cares, but just little things make it seem a tad rushed), etc.).

Worth 30 bucks though for me, though I'll probably only be picking it up once a week at most now that WE is out tomorrow.