Customer Reviews

Major League Baseball 2K6

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This is what happens when video games do not have competition. It is very obvious that this game was rushed to shelves without very basic product testing. The good parts are pitching and batting. Baserunning is clumsy and fielding is horrid. In two days (maybe 10 9 inning games) the following have happened:
-Thrown out 3 runners from right field and one from center.
-Jon Miller and Joe Morgan continually get the count wrong not to mention the previous years stats.
-It looks like the shortstop has a cannon (literally) for and arm.
-Thrown out Ai players on routine plays because I timed their base rounding.
-I cannot bunt. I press Y as the book says and I cannot even get the guy to square. I have tried R thumstick too....no luck.
-Baserunning is tedious and nearly impossible when 2 or more runners are moving.
-Diving for balls on the infield is impossible because of the timing involved.
-graphics are 2-3 years old.
Again...the pitching and hitting (other than bunting) are very good. All else fails.

I am going to give it another chance but I think this one is headed for ebay.

Terrible game play, terrible graphics, terrible playability. All I have to say is why bother buying the exclusive rights to a product and then release the worst baseball game of all time. I think I would rather play Hardball 3 on my 286 then this game.

The graphics, except for the fantastic cut scenes, look like there from my old PS1. The statistics are terrible, Toronto is rated as the 29th worst offence. Does picking up Glaus, Overby and Molina not do anything to improve the 6th best offence in the American League last year. Anyways that has nothing to do with my feelings on the game itself.

Poor playability, Poor Graphics (nice team logo cut scenes), Poor, Poor, Poor, Poor

All I can say is if you like baseball and baseball games, go against your best judgement and do not buy this game.

The commentary is absolutely horrible. They say strike when it's a ball, and is called a ball. Morgan's pitch analysis is more repetitive than anything I've ever heard (although it gives you a good reason to mix up your pitch selection). Apparently Morgan doesn't know what the "BP" in BP Fastball stands for, either. The announcing also can't read the stats correctly, everyone had 0 HR and 0 RBI, or 0 wins last season. The fielding physics and controls are garbage as well, diving is useless, and charging the ball is not allowed in many cases, taking away your chance for several outs. The pitching and hitting are okay, but not spectacular, I like the pitch location method. Baserunning stinks. The thumbstick hitting is too frustrating to stick with, I switched to the button immediately. As per usual, the pitcher characteristics are way off. Sinkerballers don't have sinkers, guys with cut fastballs don't have them, control pitchers have 98 MPH fastballs, and that's just on the Twins. I really am unimpressed coming over from MVP. Hopefully the 360 version is better. This isn't a good product.

This game is unplayable. Beyond the shoddy play, sometimes the fielders take their time when trying to throw people out, the game freezes on regular xbox whenever restoring a game from the WBC tourney. This game is horrendous. The worst. An abomination. An embarassment. And most of all an insult to everyone who has purchased it. Save your $40.

This game is really bad. Rosters look like they made no attempt to get them right and they are stil yet to release a downloadable update. Unlike other games, I cannot figure out a way to just go through the rosters and fix them myself.
The instruction manual leaves much to be desired as I am yet to figure out how exactly I am supposed to pitch.
I have not had the freezing problems other people have mentioned, but that may be because I haven't played the game much due to the frustrating roster problems (Sox with roughly half of the players missing or wrong).
Save your money and do not encourage this.

And that's not an exaggeration. Everything about this game is awful: the play-by-play is insufferable (and usually inaccurate); the rosters are inexcusably outdated; the player ratings are lazy and inaccurate; the graphics are terrible in every way, making the players look like Lego men and the bats like little plastic whiffle bats (it might have looked acceptable on PS One 10 years or so ago); the game freezes momentarily at random times (at least on my system); and the gameplay is terribly unrealistic.

I really, really, *really* hope EA Sports gets their license back next year (although really, their college game is pretty fun). This one is just an embarrassment to all involved.

very simply- if you liked and loved played MVP Baseball 2005, you will not like this game. The games play totally different and it sucks that EA won't be able to make another MVP game.

This game flat out stinks!!! The fielding is horrible. You can't charge the ball and the fielders wait for the balls to come to them instead of charging at it and making a throw. I have had pitchers get infield hits against me because the shortstop waits for the ball. Also it is impossible to make a diving stop in the infield or outfield. You can not make any highlight plays. It says to push the R button up to steal a homerun but instead you dive. The pitching is terrible. If you do not throw the ball down the middle of the zone, it will be called a ball. The opposing outfielders catch everything in sight. Like someone said, it is a mission to lay down a bunt. Baserunning is a complete joke. I don't care if you have Jose Reyes at second, you are not going to score from second to home on a soft basehit. 10 times out of 10 the runnr will be thrown out at home by a mile. It is impossible to score from second to home even on a double. The play by play is terrible. Morgan and Miller repeat the same things over and over again and sometimes the call a strike out on a a batter and have him going to the dugout when in deed there is one strike. It is just a terrible game. MVP baseball 2005 was the most realistic and enjoyable baseball games I have ever played. This piece of trash is a poor excuse for a baseball game and does not come close to sniffing MVP. All this game did was give me headaches. The makers of this game did not make an attempt to make this a decent playable game. If you want to play a good baseball game, buy MVP baseball 2005. The only enjoyable things about this game is the soundtrack and the hitting is okay. Other than that this is a horrendous game. I advise you to please save your money and don't buy this junk.

I was upset when i found out that EA SPORTS lost the rights to MLB games for the next few years. so i dragged myself to some game store to buy a used copy. anyway, i was pleasently surprised by this game because looking at the vidcaps i didnt think that i would like it. i loved the gameplay, even though the graphics were a step down from MVP. This game is very addicting and that's why i bought this game for the second time (i gave my first copy to my brother).

Being a huge fan of the MVP series I was saddened when I heard they wouldn't release a new game. After I finally got over that and got excited for this game, I was let down even more than I could have ever imagined. the graphics are awful, the gameplay is very stiff. The pitching is completely terrible & I absolutely hated the camera angles for pitching & fielding. This game is a disgrace for MLB & 2k Sports should also be disgusted with themselves. If you loved MVP BASEBALL I assure you that you will hate this game.