The player animations have been improved as far as base running, swinging and fielding are concerned, but the game’s visuals take a turn for the worse when attempting to show emotion. The player models once again support a few more polygons, and like previous entries the star players look fantastic, but the unknowns and the coaches are just repulsive and look like melting latex.
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Is this enough to shell out your 60 bucks? If you are an Xbox owner, you really have no choice, but for PS3 owners, I’d give this a pass unless you’re just a fan of the game’s mechanics, amazing play by play, and deep modes, even if they’re not improved upon or changed.The visuals and presentation are marred again with a mixture that lies between the very impressive and the utterly disgusting. The result of the swan song is a fixed version of MLB 2K11, with the obvious additions of the new team and stadium, roster updates, and a new mode that really is an extension of an old mode with a season version of MLB Today.
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Was this a stealthy way of not showing their hand to Sony, or had they just decided to fix what was broken and bid this series a found adieu? While I won’t say they phoned this one in, I can’t say that the team has put as much emphasis on whether or not this series impresses like their NBA series. Unfortunately, the closer we got to the first screens and videos of the game, it seemed like the company was taking the news of this being their last year to heart and was very silent on what they were bringing to the table, not doing much to appease fans or draw in more gamers. With a whole season to build on what they did right, I couldn’t wait to see the unveiling of MLB 2k12. Last season showed that 2K Sports had potential, and the race to the best baseball title was pretty close, but 2K suffered from some game killing bugs that didn’t get resolved until well after launch.
After last year’s nail biting finale to the 2011 baseball season, with 1 game tie breakers, amazing playoffs, and a comeback story by my beloved St Louis Cardinals winning the World Series, I was anxious to dive into the offerings of the only two baseball titles developed by 2K Sports and Sony.