Operation Sports MLB 2K13 Community Impressions Thread

[CrazyKitchenGuy]

I picked 2K13 up on Friday.

Finally got in my first game last night.

I can sum up my impressions in one simple word! Fantastic!

I played an exhibition game between Toronto (me) and Houston (cpu) in Toronto.

Pitchers were Buehrle vs. Bedard.

Played on All-Star settings, with one slight adjustment to infielder and outfielder speed. Infield set to 5 and outfield to 10.

Tight game all through out. Final score ended up being 3-2 for Toronto.

Buehrle ended up going 7 innings, striking out 9, giving up 5 hits and 2 runs, throwing 87 pitches.

Brought in Lincoln and Janssen to finish it off for me.

Can't wait to get a Franchise and a My Player started up.

I believe that I have found my game for the foreseeable future.

[UltimateAvgGuy]

You guys have made it extremely tempting to not buy the PS3 I had planned on buying today for The Show and just trying this out on my XBox.....

[celtics6]

Quote: Originally Posted by UltimateAvgGuy

You guys have made it extremely tempting to not buy the PS3 I had planned on buying today for The Show and just trying this out on my XBox.....

2k is a good game man. It's basically the same as 2k12 but it's updated at least and it seems to run a little sharper/smoother. It's not perfect but I don't think the other game is that much better like people make it out to be. 2k plays a good game of baseball and looks great imo. If you are a nitpicker for minor details you might not like it so much, but I think it's a good game.

[therizing02]

Picked up the game on Wednesday and wanted to hold off on giving any impressions too soon, but I can say that I am very happy that I picked this game up(still may pick up 12 just for MKs rosters!).

I have been using a tweaked version of Joe's sliders and have made a few interesting discoveries in 2K13 that were not in 2k12. I have had a good variety of game types. I started a Yankee franchise and my spring training results against Atlanta I won 11-3(after Hudson tossed 3 innings of perfect baseball), beat Baltimore 3-2, and then got 1 hit by the Orioles two days later and lost 5-0.

I will try to give more detailed impressions later, but the bottom line for me with this game for the last few years is that I can honestly say there are things that happen that are, well, grating, but unlike a lot of other bugs in different titles, the irritating things do not compromise the basics of baseball and take away from the important aspects of the game.

Do I hate that message about my starter in the bullpen? Yes! Does it take away from the gameplay? Absolutely not. I think that the developers were on the right track with 2K11 and 12, so IMO, they didn't really need to do much with 13 other than tighten it up a bit. IMO, they have. How many sports titles over the years have been released where we finally said, "they're on the right track"? How many of those titles in the following year removed features and broke other well functioning parts of the game?

MLB2k11, 12, and 13 have managed to capture what is great about baseball and roll those things out in a video game. There are a lot of posts in the forum that talk about how this game is "fun" to play. I think it's because this game and it's developers have managed to get the core pieces of the sport to work properly. The Pitcher/Batter battles, the in depth statistical analysis, and working franchise mode keep me coming back to the title and make the game "fun" to play. I loved the battle I had with Bautista in the top of the ninth in Oakland today. Trailed 2-0, he leads off the 9th, I leave my set up guy in, after he fouled off 4 pitches, I hang a 3-2 change up and he drills it out to center. Looked at the Inside Edge report after every pitch for something to help me get this guy out! That's baseball folks and that's what 2K does right.

More to come...

[uncrewedcube]

its ok but it feels like i paid 60$ for a roster update but i easily get addicted to this stuff i have already created a dynasty and a my player and i would give it a 6.5/10

[willithome]

Well reading this all week you guys have convinced me to grab this game this year. I am a MLB the show fanatic but I am also a huge presentation fan as well. I purchased 2k11 and 2k12 but didin't like the fact that the cpu would swing at any first pitch strikes. You would see 50 or 60 pitch counts for a complete game for pitchers and that was WAY to unrealistic for me. But now that you guys are saying this year the hitters are actually patient and work the count more often then I am in! Thanks for the impressions guys cause The Show 13 is lacking in the presentation department this year. I am sad to see it go backwards in that catagory when it was mediocre at best last year.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Well having played more games and using classic for pitching and hitting and hitting from the broadcast view with tweaks, I'm having a freaking fantastic time with 2k I tell ya..classics pitching is pretty hard with meter pitching at 100...everything feels just right..I'm hitting with classic too, see all kinds of hits..I'm pretty surprised how much I like the game.

sent from DNA

[audbal]

Quote: Originally Posted by Footballforever

Well having played more games and using classic for pitching and hitting and hitting from the broadcast view with tweaks, I'm having a freaking fantastic time with 2k I tell ya..classics pitching is pretty hard with meter pitching at 100...everything feels just right..I'm hitting with classic too, see all kinds of hits..I'm pretty surprised how much I like the game. sent from DNA

What sliders are you using? Also, what are the tweaks you speak of?