(XBOX) Major League Baseball 2K7

It was April 19th, My birthday. And on my birthday, I purchased the XBox version of Major League Baseball 2K7.

Pitching in MLB 2K7 is fine,the Payoff Pitching System lets you press a single button to determine both speed and accuracy works fine. Batting is also spectacular in MLB 2K7. The Swing Stick is probably about as close as you can get to swinging a bat in a videogame.

Another great thing about MLB 2K7 is the Game Sound. The game has a telvision style atmosphere, with ESPN Commentators Jon Miller calling the action and MLB Hall of Famer Joe Morgan dissecting the action. These two have worked together on ESPN for a long time and it really comes through in the videogame. They will analyze plays, tell stories, and even have in-depth commentary for rare events, like perfect games and no hitters. Before the game begins, Jeannie Zelasko (MLB on Fox Pregame Host) and Steve Physcioc (Los Angeles Angels Announcer) do an in-depth pregame show. The things these two talk about is impressive. They will analyze the starting pitchers, talk about how a respective club did last season and how they can improve, and, when you place two historic teams against each other, they will talk about the historic team and the record, and the hall of fame players. The stadium sound is great as well. Umpires emphatically call balls, strikes, and outs, and the Public Adress Announcer announces when batters are up, and makes product and game announcements.

Unlike MLB 07: The Show's soundtrack, which Totally Rocks, the Soundtrack for Major League Baseball 2K7 Absolutely Sucks! Wolfmother Nerf Herder, and Nirvana round out the "known band" part of the soundtrack. Wolfmother, Nirvana, and Nerf Herder are okay, not spectacular, but okay. It's all of the Unknown bands rounding out this soundtrack that make it bad. It's almost like MLB: 07 took all of the good artists, leaving MLB 2K7 to go with all of the Indie Rock groups.

MLB 2K7 is a good game of baeball, whether it is the Payoff Pitching, the Swing Stick, or the Franchise Mode. MLB 2K7 is a solid game of baseball, although if you have a PS2, PS3 or PSP, MLB 07: The Show is a better game.