Go watch a baseball game, morons.

[UlyssesGrant]

I haven't been able to play the game yet, I quit trying to continue once the game crashed. But to the game naysayers...this is a simulation oriented baseball game, so it's going to take a few weeks of play and settings adjustment to get the baseball experience right.

Dudes, you all need to calm down about the freezing issue. It's quite inexcuseable for 2k to release a game that doesn't work. It may not even be their fault, considering that an error in the disk press is most likely to blame.

The editors at IGN reviewed the game using a gold copy, which did not crash the program. Considering that some folks can play the game while others can't, the mistake was probably in production. If it's a programming error, they'll issue a patch.

So here's my advice. Go play the game, but do all the cosmetic tweaking you can. Trade players, make rosters, get all your settings in place. Then, go watch a baseball game, instead of crying all over the boards. Keep your copies of the game, since they'll definately run another batch of DVDs and you can exchange your copy for one that's not defective. Maybe they'll issue a patch, too, but I'll just wait to swap my game for a good disk.

[eray137]

It's not near as fun to watch when your team is the Detroit Tigers.

[UlyssesGrant]

It's not near as fun to watch when your team is the Detroit Tigers.

I agree. My condolences.

[supervelous]

I haven't been able to play the game yet, I quit trying to continue once the game crashed. But to the game naysayers...this is a simulation oriented baseball game, so it's going to take a few weeks of play and settings adjustment to get the baseball experience right.

Dudes, you all need to calm down about the freezing issue. It's quite inexcuseable for 2k to release a game that doesn't work. It may not even be their fault, considering that an error in the disk press is most likely to blame.

The editors at IGN reviewed the game using a gold copy, which did not crash the program. Considering that some folks can play the game while others can't, the mistake was probably in production. If it's a programming error, they'll issue a patch.

So here's my advice. Go play the game, but do all the cosmetic tweaking you can. Trade players, make rosters, get all your settings in place. Then, go watch a baseball game, instead of crying all over the boards. Keep your copies of the game, since they'll definately run another batch of DVDs and you can exchange your copy for one that's not defective. Maybe they'll issue a patch, too, but I'll just wait to swap my game for a good disk.

Because people don't like the game, they need to watch a baseball game?? Look, the issue you are complaining about is sim vs arcade. Maybe those issues take a while to review.

But bad animations, mediocre graphics, bad controls, HORRIBLE fielding, ****py camera views, inaccurate uniforms, and some big mistakes with some of the superstar players player models (see David Ortiz) can all be seen quickly. All for an inflated $60 price tag. :thumbsdow

[UlyssesGrant]

This is a new engine they're using. There's no way the first iteration is the best one. High Heat baseball game was the same way, they developed an engine, and released new versions every year. Because they were CPU games, it was easy to patch them up via downloads.

Actually, I don't mind waiting for a patch. I've been playing games long enough to have gotten used to it. But consider this: just two years ago, for console games, if something like this had happened, they're be very few ways to solve the problem besides issuing a recall, going back to quality assurance, and then running new disks. You're looking at months worth of work there.

Now, they can just patch it via XBL, or run new disks to exchange for the defective ones.

About the simulation vs arcade, you're exactly right. Fortunately, there's a non-MLB affiliated arcade baseball game being released, though I don't know it's name. Don't know what to say about it not being a liscened product, though. Arcade fans just lose out because of the exclusive liscence.

To your opening question...my reasoning was that most people who would by 2k6 are sim fans, and would therefore probably like to watch a game. In fact, that's what I'm going to finish doing now.

[SneezeGT]

It's not near as fun to watch when your team is the Detroit Tigers.
The Tigers are killing the ball right now. You should be watching them now as it probably won't get better.