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The Complete MLB Experience: Major League Baseball 2K8 returns to the diamond with the most complete MLB experience available. Revolutionizing your control of the 5 tools in baseball are brand new pitching, fielding and baserunning controls and a completely overhauled batting interface. Featuring a totally unique trading card mode, robust Minor League system, all-new Signature Style animations for 2008, and more, Major League Baseball 2K8 brings a new level of fun to the virtual baseball world.

This is a real solid MLB game. The controls (especially pitching) were a little tricky to get the hang of at first, but once you get it, you cant beat it. I havent played the latest (2K9) so I am not sure of the updates, but I would definately recommend this game. The minor league game play is great break from the major league team. I found that on pro difficulty setting, the computer is competetive, unlike some games. If you do not mind getting older/unupdated rosters, then pick this game up.

Pitching is real cumbersome, hard to learn. Even on the easiest setting, I lost interest immediately. Graphics are so-so. Don't say I didn't warn you, this game is no improvement, and doesn't even maintain past standards of what anyone would expect out of a xbox 360 baseball game.

I have been a gamer for over 20 years so I can honestly say that this game is the worst piece of **** out there. Bought it as my wife loves baseball and it would be fun to play a baseball game on 360...the controls, voice acting, graphics are trash, at one point the game started to play by itself?...do not buy...don't even rent.

Game arrived promptly and in great shape. My son plays it often and gives me a hug every now and then for getting it for him. Thanks.

I've been playing this game for about four months now. I've been desperately trying to find a good baseball game that a casual baseball fan like myself can enjoy on my Xbox 360. What I wanted was a next-gen version of something like a cross between Bases Loaded and High Heat Baseball. What I got was something apparently only the hardcore baseball fan can enjoy.

There's just way too much to learn in this game. I won't even begin to talk about what goes on off the field in this game. Fortunately, you can have the CPU control all of that, but knowing how that goes in other sports games, I figure the CPU probably is holding me back. But how should I know? I just want to hit the ball, score some runs, and strike some people out with great graphics as a bonus. Is that too much too ask? Apparently.

So here's my issue with the gameplay aspect, because I don't understand any of the general manager stuff that you control when you're not "playing".

Pitching: A lot of people do tend to have an issue with this, but I did get it down ... after a month of play. The control motions are supposed to mimic those of what you would actually do when pitching. So instead of something simple like holding a button down and pressing which direction you would want your pitch to go, you have to pull back on the analog stick, and motion it over to a certain spot, while doing all this with precise timing. If it sounds complex, it is. Your catcher is a complete moron, too. He'll tell you what pitch to throw and where to throw it. If you listen to him, you'll lose every game. If you don't listen to him, your artificial pitcher ratings will gradually drop. What gives?!

Batting: Oh my goodness. This is probably the BIG reason why I'm giving this game a low rating. I understand trying to make a game realistic, but come on. I don't know when I'm supposed to lean back, swing, guess where the pitch is going before the pitcher releases it with some invisible guessing eye thing, and aim for a certain spot on the field if I even get lucky enough to hit the darn ball. Yeah, you have to do all that. What ever happened to just hitting the 'A' button to swing, while moving the stick up or down to hit ball where it's going? Yeah, I guess the game developers thought that would be too easy or something. Can't have that! Oh don't get me wrong, there are classic controls. There's just one problem with this. You see you still have to guess where the pitch will go before you even swing. And if your entire line-up has a guessing eye the size of a dime, you still won't hit anything. Batting is just horrible. I can't even begin to tell you how frustrating it is to go through game after game and get lucky to just get 5 hits and no runs. Meanwhile, the CPU seems to be able to hit every other one of your pitches, and hits home runs every other inning it seems.

Fielding: Forget about it, unless you plan on using classic controls. You trying and throw it to first, there's a good bet he'll throw it home or second or ... well you get the idea. Your fielder rarely throws it where you want it to go. Oh if you use the classic controls, yeah all those fielding achievements and stuff ... forget 'em.

What else can I bash this game for? Ah I'm done ranting. But seriously, if you're wanting a baseball game for your Xbox 360, and if you're a casual baseball fan like me, you won't like this game. Save your money, and buy a baseball game for another system.