First I want to devote myself to the general presentation. The start of the game lasts, if you play with the online feature, a tad longer. However, this is highly recommended! The game has an MLB license and invites all the current games and statistics at the beginning down. This firstly has the advantage that you get immediately presents all currently present pairings of the match at the start screen (called MLB Today) and this can also select and play immediately. Selecting a game from, it comes after a very short loading time immediately on the pitch. The graphics is a total fine, but can with the other graphic sizes sports genre as NHL not keep 11 or nba2k11 unfortunately. Just what the player animation is here As for my opinion, much room for improvement. This function, in part, unfortunately still very wooden. The face textures are not as detailed as I would have desired it to me. I would observe, however, positive that there are quite a few gimmicks, such as dirty clothes for a Slide, which is also maintained on the innings away or even the gathering darkness in games, which begin in the evening and go up after sunset. However, an absolute piece of cake is the game to comment! With Gary Thorne, who has given also in NHL 11 is a great performance, here is a real size of the US American sports commentators at work. Genial are in MLB Today games Moreover, the comments of past real games took place or even imminent. Also, players will be commented with current statistics. The stadium and the crowd animations including the atmosphere itself I find good job, even if here is certainly not a new genre standard is set. With balls, which end up in the grandstands, the spectators always stretch as the ball (which, however, always looks the same and sometimes a mosh pit at a metal concert is like).
Now comes the crux of the whole game: Control. First of all: The padding is difficult, but absolutely logical and realistic (as far as the work with a controller) implemented. Basically, you have to master four completely different management approaches: pitching, batting, fielding and Running. It brings an absolutely useless if indeed you are good in batting, but then nothing gets torn in Running. Especially beginners must here bring patience, until the controller is understood. Fortunately, there are some good tutorials and the control (the manual overall really limited with only a short outline of the game controller) in German described in the manual. When pitching, first select with the buttons a casting style, and then to aim the left stick and perform flawlessly with the right stick a throwing animation. If an error occurs in the animation of the ball bib and take in the worst case the batter. Toll here: the more nervous the pitcher is, the more difficult is the pitching! Also, the batting is carried out by left and right stick. To catch you move only a fielder to the landing site or in the direction of the ball and can this throw to the respective bases with 'A', 'B', 'X' and 'Y', the arrangement of the buttons reflects the arrangement of the Bases , Interesting is the Running. With 'A', you can switch between the individual runners and send them either to the switches a base and further back, or one has the Runner with the right stick directly a base to which he is trying to achieve. At least I fared so that I have not lost a game on rookie without good control skills, but also have a long time to obtain my first points. To frustig it is not so. Once you have learned the controls, you can safely increase the difficulty level and continues to receive crisp opponents.
As for game modes, so MLB2K11 is based on the standard. Friendly Match, League Simulation, My Player and MLB Today the already mentioned (a separate player for several seasons playing).
Who owns an Xbox 360 and therefore has no alternative when it comes to baseball games you need to worry. Even if one is forced into such a situation for a purchase of MLB2K11 outright so provides 2K Sports here quite a solid baseball simulation which has to fight only in the graphical presentation with a few weaknesses. Even beginners can after incorporation into the control their money. The fact that the game comes completely in English, does not detract from the. In short, Major League Baseball 2K11 is a game that I can put any baseball fan only his heart!
