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Major League Baseball 2K8

Kush Games · Mar 4, 2008

PS3 · Xbox 360

Everyone

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Major League Baseball 2K8 returns to the diamond with the most complete MLB experience available. Revolutionizing your control of the 5 tools in baseball are brand new pitching, fielding and baserunning controls and completely overhauled batting interface. Featuring a totally unique trading card mode, robust Minor League system, all-new Signature Style animations for 2008, and more, Major League Baseball 2K8 brings a new level of fun to the virtual baseball world.

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Scores by platform

PlayStation 3

Critic 6.5 (5 critics) · Gamer 6.5

6.9

Xbox 360

Critic 6.8 (3 critics) · Gamer 7.4

7.1

Critic reviews

  • Destructoid

    Samit Sarkar · Mar 14, 2008

    5.0
    While the lag doesn’t technically make MLB 2K8 unplayable online, it’s bad enough to be a severe detriment to enjoying the game. There was a delay between pressing X and actually swinging, so I had to assume that my opponent was throwing a fastball every time — if I wanted to hit it, anyway. He/she seemed to do the same thing, even though I was using Andy Pettitte, whose fastball tops out around 90 mph. That’s no fun.
  • GameSpot

    Aaron Thomas · Mar 11, 2008

    6.5
    Despite a bevy of technical problems, those of you who are just looking to play a few games and aren't worried about playing a franchise or trying to win close games on a higher difficulty will probably be reasonably pleased with MLB 2K8. With new pitching, hitting, and fielding mechanics, as well as new player cards, there's a lot to like if you're the forgiving type.
  • Games Radar+

    Rich Grisham · Mar 07, 2008

    7.0
    We give all the credit in the world to 2K Sports for not playing it safe and instead forging ahead with innovative ideas that work terrifically. After all, we’d be needling them if they didn’t. We were so ready to fall in love with 2K’s take on major league baseball again this year, but we just can’t get past the depressing drop in visual fidelity.
  • IGN

    Nate Ahearn · Mar 04, 2008

    7.2
    At the end of the day it’s the lack of authenticity while on the field that really hurts MLB 2K8. Next-gen simulation sports games are gauged by how closely they emulate the look and feel of the real thing and while the new gameplay mechanics do lend themselves to a more true-to-life experience, the presentation and look of 2K8 in motion really hurts it overall.
  • Cheatcc

    Pete Richards · Mar 03, 2008

    6.8
    But like any game, 2K8 has its flaws. One very big frustration I have with this game is the music selection. To each his own, but when I play a baseball game I expect to hear the music associated with live baseball games - hip-hop, hard rock, and Latin music. For some reason, this soundtrack is filled with horrendous artsy indie rock, which to me, should not be the soundtrack to a modern baseball game.

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