Anybody played any of the new baseball games? I've started to review Major League Baseball 2K7 and I'm not too thrilled. This may be the first time I criticize a game for being too realistic. Baseball is slow and tedious enough as it is, so when a game tries to recreate every nuance of the sport, the result can be pretty boring. I played it with my friend Steve last night, and we could barely make it through a three inning game. Funny thing is, we had a really good time playing Bases Loaded (NES) and Baseball Stars 2 (Neo Geo) earlier in the evening. Comments??
New Baseball Games?
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feilong801
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New Baseball Games?
I agree. I actually love baseball, but because you can sort of follow it while doing other stuff. Unlike fast paced sports like, eh, every other one, you can be cleaning up the kitchen and have the game on and not miss much.
It also makes it easy to follow afternoon games during work.
Video game baseball should always artificially speed the games up. If only by eliminating the ridiculous delays between batters and in between pitches that occur in real life.
There is a really cool baseball SNES game: Super Baseball Simulator 2000. It had no MLB license, but it was both robust from a simulation point of view while also having totally whacked out stuff like pitches that turned into leaves.
-Rob
It also makes it easy to follow afternoon games during work.
Video game baseball should always artificially speed the games up. If only by eliminating the ridiculous delays between batters and in between pitches that occur in real life.
There is a really cool baseball SNES game: Super Baseball Simulator 2000. It had no MLB license, but it was both robust from a simulation point of view while also having totally whacked out stuff like pitches that turned into leaves.
-Rob
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voor
New Baseball Games?
Too me the greatest BB game of all time would be Ken Griffey's Winning Run (SNES). Not the most realistic (I usually averaged 10 losses per season, with KG hitting 135 homers), but I havent enjoyed a baseball game since.
I think the 16 bit era was the prime for nearly all sports games
I think the 16 bit era was the prime for nearly all sports games
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Steerforth
New Baseball Games?
If a guy was to take Wii Sports Baseball and flesh it out a little, (well, maybe a lot, but not too much!), you would have a great baseball game.
Basicly, its a batter/pitcher interface, and they did that wonderfully. Just being able to throw offspeed pitches by not swing the wimote as hard adds a lot to the expierence, it is quite fun. Timing, timing, timing. I don't mind auto fielding, either, but if you could choose what base to throw to, which would easily map out on the d-pad, and of course some base running, double plays, sacrifice flys, etc, and that game would really rock.
Baseball on Wisports is a barebones blueprint of a winning concept. You would think someone would borrow the core ideas and expand the expierence, it looks like easy money to me.
BTW, Bud Selig makes $14 mil a year! Wow! Maybe he will have to sell off an exclusive baseball license to EA, similar to his satelite deal to DirecTV. I remeber a couple of years ago when they almost painted 'Spiderman' ads on the bases to raise a little coin, as well. Well, when your hard-up, your hard up. Maybe baseball can make a run on NASCAR as the most coporate-whored sport in the world.
Basicly, its a batter/pitcher interface, and they did that wonderfully. Just being able to throw offspeed pitches by not swing the wimote as hard adds a lot to the expierence, it is quite fun. Timing, timing, timing. I don't mind auto fielding, either, but if you could choose what base to throw to, which would easily map out on the d-pad, and of course some base running, double plays, sacrifice flys, etc, and that game would really rock.
Baseball on Wisports is a barebones blueprint of a winning concept. You would think someone would borrow the core ideas and expand the expierence, it looks like easy money to me.
BTW, Bud Selig makes $14 mil a year! Wow! Maybe he will have to sell off an exclusive baseball license to EA, similar to his satelite deal to DirecTV. I remeber a couple of years ago when they almost painted 'Spiderman' ads on the bases to raise a little coin, as well. Well, when your hard-up, your hard up. Maybe baseball can make a run on NASCAR as the most coporate-whored sport in the world.
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