My first game
First Inning
- I was the Phillies, first inning they score 3 runs but a lot of that was me figuring out the controls since I haven't played a 2k baseball game.
- I finally get out of the inning with a strike out, and I enjoyed the pitching so far
- my first at bat. First pitch I swung way to early. Second pitch, right over the left field wall for a home run.
- second batter I fly out, followed by a infield single up the middle. Howard comes up and three pitches later it is all tied at 3-3 with a massive home run. Inning ends shortly after.
Second Inning
- gave up a hit, but got 3K's to retire the side. Of 4 batters only two swung at first pitch.
- my at bat, I get a pop out, a single, and then this is weird. I hit a shallow fly ball just past first base and the second baseman runs for it and makes a diving catch. Rather then returning to first, my player sits in the middle of the first and second. Don't know if I have to hit a button for him to go back or not. Inning over.
Third Inning
- I give up two hits, runners on 1st and 3rd, and the guy tries to bunts, misses and the guy on 3rd tries to steal home. Not much in this inning, though I did notice the crowd looked kind of meh.
- 3 up 3 down for me.
Impressions
For someone who hasn't played a baseball game in a long time, since my old original Play Station days, I enjoyed this game. I don't take sports games (except hockey) seriously in terms of game play so my impressions are for the average gamer who just wants to play a damn game of ball.
- I thought the pitching was really good and I enjoyed having some control over what I get to do beside just simply hitting the A button.
- Hitting was simple and easy, though I have to get use to aiming down for ground balls rather then always aiming up for pop outs. Of course if you follow baseball more then I do, you would know who has power and who doesn't, so you would do more home run swings with certain guys.
- graphics looks fairly good, except the crowd looked alright; not that amazed. But I didn't mind the graphics at all, and thought as an average sports game player, I could easily live with it. I don't get all caught up in graphics anyway since I really don't have the TV right now for killer graphics anyway.
- pro mode is far to easy, and for a first timer of baseball on Xbox, hitting 2 HR's and striking out like 4-5 was a little to easy.
- a lot of con's on the controls, but a lot could be removed with a simple guide.
Overall, I found it to be fairly enjoyable. Again, I don't take other sports games to serious, and I could see me sitting down with a friend over live and knocking out a few games every week.
First Inning
- I was the Phillies, first inning they score 3 runs but a lot of that was me figuring out the controls since I haven't played a 2k baseball game.
- I finally get out of the inning with a strike out, and I enjoyed the pitching so far
- my first at bat. First pitch I swung way to early. Second pitch, right over the left field wall for a home run.
- second batter I fly out, followed by a infield single up the middle. Howard comes up and three pitches later it is all tied at 3-3 with a massive home run. Inning ends shortly after.
Second Inning
- gave up a hit, but got 3K's to retire the side. Of 4 batters only two swung at first pitch.
- my at bat, I get a pop out, a single, and then this is weird. I hit a shallow fly ball just past first base and the second baseman runs for it and makes a diving catch. Rather then returning to first, my player sits in the middle of the first and second. Don't know if I have to hit a button for him to go back or not. Inning over.
Third Inning
- I give up two hits, runners on 1st and 3rd, and the guy tries to bunts, misses and the guy on 3rd tries to steal home. Not much in this inning, though I did notice the crowd looked kind of meh.
- 3 up 3 down for me.
Impressions
For someone who hasn't played a baseball game in a long time, since my old original Play Station days, I enjoyed this game. I don't take sports games (except hockey) seriously in terms of game play so my impressions are for the average gamer who just wants to play a damn game of ball.
- I thought the pitching was really good and I enjoyed having some control over what I get to do beside just simply hitting the A button.
- Hitting was simple and easy, though I have to get use to aiming down for ground balls rather then always aiming up for pop outs. Of course if you follow baseball more then I do, you would know who has power and who doesn't, so you would do more home run swings with certain guys.
- graphics looks fairly good, except the crowd looked alright; not that amazed. But I didn't mind the graphics at all, and thought as an average sports game player, I could easily live with it. I don't get all caught up in graphics anyway since I really don't have the TV right now for killer graphics anyway.
- pro mode is far to easy, and for a first timer of baseball on Xbox, hitting 2 HR's and striking out like 4-5 was a little to easy.
- a lot of con's on the controls, but a lot could be removed with a simple guide.
Overall, I found it to be fairly enjoyable. Again, I don't take other sports games to serious, and I could see me sitting down with a friend over live and knocking out a few games every week.
