Graphically, the MLB 2K12 experience utilizes higher contrasts, making sunny days brighter and really showcasing the grizzle of your favorite unshaven athlete.
There are also some visual glitches, but - in general - if you can tolerate John Kruk and you don’t have a Playstation 3, then why not give this game a spin? The 2K Sports franchise has certainly done much worse.The framework first built by 2K10 remains under the hood of 2K12, though the new title does make progress. (NOTE: this was the only gameplay bug I encountered in my previous experience with the 2K franchise, I threw my share of controllers as outfielders stood over balls, refusing to pick them up, and other such devastating glitches.) And - here’s a tip for the run-hungry - if you have runners on the corners and less then 2 outs, a groundball will almost certainly mean a double play, BUT: if you tap the left bumper a few times (telling all the runners to advance an extra base), your hitter will run through first base, and instead of turning the double play, the second baseman will simply wait for you to run into the tag - giving your runner on third more than enough time to score. Presto! I was in contention (despite my first month of terrible).Īlso, it seems that simulated games during my franchise season re-sorted my lineups (which kept ruining my Matsui/Soriano platoon, leading me to trade Soriano). Side note: My first business as the replacement for Theo Epstein: Sign SP Roy Oswalt, sign SP Javier Vazquez, sign LF Hideki Matsui (all of them cheap), trade LF Alfonso Soriano (I still can’t believe the game let me dump his contract like that) and trade CF Marlon Byrd. I bumped the difficult down, and started hitting singles at least, but began pitching complete game shutouts. But immediately I went on a shutout streak, losing 0-2, 0-3, 0-1, 0-5, and so on for about a week (and after the first month, because I didn’t realize I needed to set my feet on defense, Starlin Castro led the MLB with like 12 errors - on pace for ~68 errors on the season). When I first got the game, I pumped the difficulty up one level because I have pitched a no-hitter or two in my time. At least in my case, I seem to be incapable of landing extra base hits with any consistency. There are also some apparent difficulty problems. I’m not sure if the company is required to pay a fee for however many players of whom they imitate the likeness, but it seems silly that games like Out of The Park and Baseball Mogul can have such immaculately filled out rosters with accurate ratings and aging curves, yet these fancy games can’t at least give us a courtesy Hak-Ju Lee. I am a little perplexed the game couldn’t get a more robust minor league system. And the MLB Today mode, which has you play whatever games your favorite team is currently playing that day, seems to have promise (because everything is still preseason, I have only played it a few times and with limited mirth). The franchise mode is not perfect, but it’s decent. The Superstar mode is fun and quick (my superstar, SS Brad Woods, is featured at the top of this page). One could reasonably while away their lonesome hours playing this game. For XBOX 360 owners, the MLB Show franchise has long been kept from us, and that’s a shame. But since not all of us are railroad aristocrats, we cannot afford such a fancy device. If you own a Playstation 3, you’re probably going to want to by MLB ’12 The Show. I’m not sure if I just got terrible recently, or if getting a good jump in when fielding line drives and fly balls happens to be quite difficult.Making me very angry - especially considering I double-checked several times to ensure I had turned off the CPU control of my lineups. My lineups/rotations kept changing when I simulated.(For some users, that might be a pro, not a con.) Shallow rosters (almost no real prospects).It also might have caused the game to freeze that one time. Autosave takes as much time as playing a game.MLB Today gameplay mode seems interesting - and maybe a decent way to vent real-life frustrations with my teams.It’s on XBOX 360 - and every other imaginable platform (except TI-83).Solid soundtrack (Cool Kids, Skrillex, The Joy Formidable, My Morning Jacket, etc.), though maybe lacking in hip hop.Actual broadcast centerfield camera angles (i.e.Fewer gameplay bugs than previous versions.
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