The monkeys know all.
Competitive eating game for the Wii.
I need to get a Wii, of course it’s two years after the release, and you still can’t buy them.
Still need World Championship Foosball for the Wii, or at least Naomi Yotsumoto’s Table Tennis.
With the exception of Gears of War, Andrew only has sports games. Madden N, NBA 2kN, NHL N, and MLB 2kN. When we played MLB 2k7 we complained that the outfielders robbed home runs way way way too often. “Don’t Call Him Barry Bonds” steals not one, but TWO home runs in a game? Not a chance. Barry won’t even even move over to catch a pop fly. He won’t run down a ball, let alone climb a wall.
Honestly. I had four home runs robbed in a row in that game. After that day, I turned downed the outfielders’ speeds from 60 to 40. (Ever so “helpfully,” there was an option in 2k7 to increase the frequency of home runs being stolen, but not decrease them.)
MLB 2k8 arrived a few weeks ago, and while they fixed the outfielders’ problem, they introduced a whole slew of new ones. Everything now uses the right stick. Batting is completely done with timing, which makes it much harder to hit home runs. Which arguably may be better since in 2k7 I had a virtual Murders’ Row in Seattle with Vidro, Sexson, Guillen, and Johjima.
Base running is so much more awkward now. In 2k7 you had icons over the runners that indicated which button to press to select the runner, and then you would use the triggers to advance the runners. In 2k8 you use a stick (I have no idea which one, which is one problem I have with it.) to point at the runner, and as far as Andrew and I can tell, you have to point at the runner, not the base came from to select the runner. You can still use the triggers to advance the runners, but now you can use the buttons to send the runner directly to a base – which is where all the problem comes in. A sends a runner home, and it skips the cut scene. So what happens at least once a game, is that your batter/runner advances to a base. They throw the ball to that base. You’re safe. The fielder starts looking the ball over. You press A because you don’t want to watch the fielders toss the ball around and listen to Joe and Jon talk about the heads up base running; but instead your runner takes off for home and is tagged out by the fielder standing right next to him.
Jesus.
The most annoying problem in 2k8 is the fielding. You now use the right stick instead of the buttons to throw the ball. You don’t just flip the stick in the direction of the base you want to throw, but you have to basically charge the throw. If you undercharge the throw, your ball bounces. Overcharge and it goes wide or even bounces to the base. You can also somehow point the throw, but that’s basically to just another way to make the throw go wild.
This stick is the same way you are supposed to pick off runners. But again you have to charge the throw and so by the time the throw is charged, the runner has already dove back to base.
This game is so much more frustrating than the 2k7. 2k7 was too easy. After turning down the outfielders, I lost only three games out of 30, but 2k8 is just annoying. It’s more than annoying, it’s frustrating. The last few times I’ve turned the game on, I couldn’t finish it. I couldn’t even see straight I was so pissed off.
Verdict: MLB 2k8 sucks (and so does it soundtrack)