Major League Baseball 2K9 Xbox 360 - Good

This game is so much fun, and incredibly realistic! We enjoy it very much!

Long time video baseball game fan...long time "the show" fan...and this game I think is better. The thing I really like about 2K9 is the pitching. Instead of selecting a pitch and then hitting a button twice for the pitch meter, you actually use the right analog stick and throw the pitch. For example, a fast ball is straight back and staight foward, but if you bring it back and then foward to the left, it throws a circle change because it is the direction for the pitch. It is really unique. You can also change settings to classic pitching if you don't enjoy this style, but you'll love it. Also, the camera angle for pitching is from the pitcher instead of the batter. So you are actually looking from the mound and depending on the batter the strike zone is really big, or really small. The game gives you live sports scores while you play if you're on xbox live, and can be enabled to update rosters everytime you load a game. Both really nice features. The graphics and gameplay are really smooth and look amazing. Only compliant on the game is that there a couple gliches that they will hopefully work out next year. One is that sometimes the first baseman steps off the bag when he catches the ball and the runner is safe, you'll never know it happens cuz it looks exaclty the same as an out. The other thing is if it's not a force out, the defensive player almost never gets the tag on the runner. I'm halfway through a season and i've only got an out once with a tag. It's really aggrevating, but how nice the pitching and batting are really makes up for it. Worth buying, great baseball game!