MLB 2K8 debut trailer
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2K has released the first trailer for MLB 2K8. The general reaction thus far has been mixed. Not the usual level of excitement that is generally brought about by initial trailers.
One big area of contention is how the sound effects vary from what is found in the first gameplay videos. Either the videos are from an old build which didn’t include the sound effect upgrades or the trailer has just those added in for dramatic effect. Regardless it’s yet another area of confusion surrounding 2K8 and if it is the latter (which seems likely) that’ll be disappointing.
Continue on to view the trailer.
February 1, 2008 at 1:01 pm
“One big area of contention is how the sound effects vary from what is found in the first gameplay videos. Either the videos are from an old build which didn’t include the sound effect upgrades or the trailer has just those added in for dramatic effect. Regardless it’s yet another area of confusion surrounding 2K8 and if it is the latter (which seems likely) that’ll be disappointing.”
Come on Pasta, don’t stoop to fanboy level. Iit’s pretty clear you favor the show (I do too), but at least be objective in your writing. You have no proof that the sound effects were just added in for effect, so don’t incinuate that it is “likely”. Wait till you see a final build of the game please.
February 1, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Well it doesn’t match the videos that have come out and thats obvious. 2K has done those type of things with their trailers in the past. I remember NBA 2K8’s trailer having commentary and camera angles that weren’t present in the game.
February 1, 2008 at 1:34 pm
I think 2K does that to confuse blogs like this… So people can down it, and when it drops it gets high marks from gamers that love sim style sports… Fanboys and haters both get confused. And I hate baseball (The show and 2k) games…
February 1, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I would wait for the final build. That trailer is far better looking/animated than the IGN videos and YouTube demo video. I have feeling that the IGN preview version/Demo were extremely early builds of the game.
Wait for the actual gameplay video to be released from review copies before passing judgement on this one.
February 1, 2008 at 2:26 pm
remember when ea had that screen from live 08 that was photo-shopped to have a guy cut in half and the names on the jerseys higher res? Everybody does it so we have to wait for the game to come out.
February 1, 2008 at 3:02 pm
I think the game looks and sounds great…
February 1, 2008 at 4:06 pm
If 2k can get those bat sounds in the trailer why can’t they get them into the actual game… That will be very disappointing if those sounds are not in the actual game. There is no excuse, if it can get into a trailer, it can go into the actual gameplay, or at least make a patch for it like they made a patch for a new camera angle in 2K7…
February 1, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Last year at this time there were 2k7 gameplay videos on IGN that featured the bat sounds from 2k6. I fully expect the new sounds from the trailer to be in the game. We are talking about replacing one audio file with another. They could wait till the middle of Feb to change this.
February 1, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Yeah 2K has done some false advertising.Like on the MLB 2k7 Xbox live demo they had great commentary related specifically to players stats in the playoffs and how the series had been going up to the game you were playing.
An Example they would make reference to the Endy Chavez catch the inning prior they never would talk about a game saving play in the real game. In the real game they never talked about stuff that happened in the prior innings except for maybe “he already has 1 HR so far”
February 2, 2008 at 1:10 am
THis post was oozing with bias.
February 2, 2008 at 2:09 pm
kinda ironic that most of the people in this posting gallery here that blames 2k of “false advertising” are the first ones to go out and buy live 08 and back up madden 09…the biasness is brewing like stew as well as hyppcrites.
February 4, 2008 at 6:21 am
With my tax return money, I am going to purchase a PS3 so I can play The Show….Not to say 2K won’t be good, Sony’s franchise appears to headed in the right direction.
And, at worst, I will at least have a choice. I will buy 2K for the 360 and The Show….
February 4, 2008 at 6:48 pm
the only way to find out is to wait for the actual game, that is what i think.