While drills help you nail down the intricacies of the control system, the lack of a tutorial mode will have you working hard for your first double play or stolen base. Routine plays become a test of patience, which might become a bout of frustration if you don't learn the odd timing MLB 2K12 demands. While grumbling as your fielder slowly trips through an animation, you have the chance to queue up their throw using a red/yellow/green accuracy meter that is far too easy to screw up.
That level of authenticity, the excitement of dropping a perfect curveball into the outside corner and striking out a top batter like Jose Bautista, is captured well in MLB 2K12.īut then you're forced to field the ball again. Umpires do exactly as they do real life, calling balls and strikes with a believable amount of error. If Albert Pujols swings and misses on a breaking ball to the outside, don't expect him to fall for it the next time. Pitching is challenging, and gets an added layer of strategy in this year's entry, as the effectiveness of specific pitches evolves over the course of a game. Batting feels a bit more genuine this year and, save for those occasional frames being dropped, the timing of hits and where they land is accurate. The core on-field play of MLB 2K12, thankfully, is well-groomed. Base-runners awkwardly straighten up when running between bases. Players' faces sometimes have a strange scowl (who knows, maybe it helps keep the pitcher off-balance when players get up to bat).
At times, things like the crowd or grass can be rough on the eyes. It's important, however, to differentiate between the presentation and the actual player models and environment on screen. Steve Phillips has a tendency to mispronounce names, but it's easy to let that slide when the voice work stays interesting through multiple games without much repetition at all. Voice work by the commentary team is excellent, and very rarely do lines get mixed up compared to the action on the field. As expected, camera angles, stats overlays and stylish wipes between screens elicit a true broadcast feeling. Outside of these nagging problems, the game's presentation is excellent. I also caught a first baseman fielding a ball and beating the runner to first, but passing through the runner at the same time. It was rarely a problem, but it happened often enough to warrant a mention. This happened to me mostly while runners were on base. The frame rate occasionally hiccups while the ball travels to the plate, which often causes swings not to be registered. If you don't think any of the above situations apply, you can use this feedback form to request a review of this block.These types of gameplay issues appear behind the plate as well. Contact your IT department and let them know that they've gotten banned, and to have them let us know when they've addressed the issue.Īre you browsing GameFAQs from an area that filters all traffic through a single proxy server (like Singapore or Malaysia), or are you on a mobile connection that seems to be randomly blocked every few pages? Then we'll definitely want to look into it - please let us know about it here. You'll need to disable that add-on in order to use GameFAQs.Īre you browsing GameFAQs from work, school, a library, or another shared IP? Unfortunately, if this school or place of business doesn't stop people from abusing our resources, we don't have any other way to put an end to it. When we get more abuse from a single IP address than we do legitimate traffic, we really have no choice but to block it. If you don't think you did anything wrong and don't understand why your IP was banned.Īre you using a proxy server or running a browser add-on for "privacy", "being anonymous", or "changing your region" or to view country-specific content, such as Tor or Zenmate? Unfortunately, so do spammers and hackers. IP bans will be reconsidered on a case-by-case basis if you were running a bot and did not understand the consequences, but typically not for spamming, hacking, or other abuse. If you are responsible for one of the above issues. Having an excessive number of banned accounts in a very short timeframe.Running a web bot/spider that downloaded a very large number of pages - more than could possibly justified as "personal use".Automated spam (advertising) or intrustion attempts (hacking).Your current IP address has been blocked due to bad behavior, which generally means one of the following: