MLB 08: The Show
by Sony Computer Entertainment
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Product Summary
Brand: SonyRelease Date: 2008-03-04
Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Model: 98141
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Product features:
- Umpire Personalities - Providing even more realism to the diamond with unique tendencies and animations
- My Sliders (Up/Downloadable) - Gives users the ability to create their perfect game settings offline by adjusting game sliders
- King of the Diamond - A classic playground duel from childhood where a pitcher and batter from opposing teams will square off head-to-head
- Home Run Derby - Lets gamers pick the lineup and set the rules for the traditional homerun contest of Major League All-Stars
- Season Mode -Tests the true baseball fan's commitment and allows them to make a run for consecutive rings with multiple seasons
Video Game Reviews of MLB 08: The Show
Customer Review: I've had root canals done that were more fun!
Summary: 2 Stars
This really is one beautiful game; it truely is. The players and ballparks are simply gorgeous. The graphics are first rate for the most part, and game just exudes the look and feel of baseball as you see it on TV. The player mannerisms are all there, and the first time you boot this game on your PS3 you will probably think, "Finally, someone managed to get a baseball game right!!" And you'll probably feel that way right up until you actually try to do something in this game, at which point you will find out that MLB08: The Show is a much better show than it is a game.
The swing controls are klunky, and even if you dumb them down to just timing with the classic settings you are probably in for a rough ride. And then there is all the phony drama. In Road to the Show that means having your team mates start a rally just in time for you to hit into a double-play to end the inning. Get used to it friends, because that is the norm. Then there are opposing pitchers that have stratospheric ERAs who manage to seem to paint the corners just when you come up to the plate. Or how about the fact that 95% of the balls you hit in the air are outs? Or what about how all those great line drive shots to the infield gaps between second and short or second and first manage to be outs. Yes indeed, you are going to fall victim to the diving defensive play so many times that you might think this is the conventional method of making a routine put out in baseball. Yep, just dive for it...you'll catch it. I guess the game developers think it makes for more drama if you hit a hard shot to the gap and the defense makes a great diving play to silence a rally. Perhaps, but a run-of-the-mill grounder would be welcome. All of this leads to a ton of goal frustration, and it's a real disincentive to continue playing the game. I took the best team in the majors and played against the worst team six times as a player and six times as a manager and lost them all. Jeez, I should have been able to pit the Red Sox against the Marlins and walked away from the console for a while and let the game play it self for a Bosox win. It just doesn't add up when a team hitting less than .200 can regularly tag an ace for a bucketload of hits and runs or having teams with league-leading batting averages get regularly shut out by pitchers with close to double-digit ERAs.
This game is just plain BAD (Broken As Designed), and has some serious playability and play balance problems. If you're itching to throw $60 away, then take three 20s out of your wallet and put a match to them -- since that is likely to be more entertaining than this game.
Description of MLB 08: The Show
MLB 08 THE SHOW is set to provide fans with the most realistic baseball experience to date with innovations such as a more immersive Road to The Show mode, enabling gamers to play both offense and defense from the created player's perspective. Providing players with some additional performance incentives, the MLB franchise introduces the Progressive Batting Performance feature, which will both reward players for superior performance and penalize them for hitting slumps. Specific to each individual batter, players will be rewarded with slight contact bonuses, or punished with slight decreases in contact, based on how that batter performs beyond his "natural ability." MLB 08 THE SHOW introduces SCOUT (SportsConnect Online User Tracking), which allows you to set and store your game preferences on the MLB server, and enables the system to look for a Quick Match with opponents that fits similar competitive criteria. Exhibition Mode/Quick Game - Gamers can select their favorite team and compete against the AI for a quick game on the go Historical Greats - Offers Historical Greats, giving them the opportunity to go against the legends of the past Release Point Pitching with Confidence Meter - The ultimate pitcher/batter interface returns Playmaker Fielding- The fielding interface brings the player attributes together with the user's skill level Multi-Branch Fielding - Branch Point Technology goes to a new level as gamers can now take full control of fielders and break out of any animation in the process User Controlled Slides - Players can now control base runners in attempts to advance and/or score MLB Authenticity - Presents fans with finer details and nuances that make the game America's pastKids & Family Games
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