Rave: MLB08 The Show

[jim]

Not much of a gamer myself, but my son bought this and I just finished playing a game. As far as video baseball games this one is the best I've seen. Game play feels good, and as a bonus my favorite radio announcer (Dave Campbell) is there. Also, you get a free NewEra hat with a purchase.

[Leroy]

Not much of a gamer myself, but my son bought this and I just finished playing a game. As far as video baseball games this one is the best I've seen. Game play feels good, and as a bonus my favorite radio announcer (Dave Campbell) is there. Also, you get a free NewEra hat with a purchase.

You don't need any Red Sox hats.

What system is your game for?

[jim]

Not much of a gamer myself, but my son bought this and I just finished playing a game. As far as video baseball games this one is the best I've seen. Game play feels good, and as a bonus my favorite radio announcer (Dave Campbell) is there. Also, you get a free NewEra hat with a purchase.

You don't need any Red Sox hats.

What system is your game for?

PS/3, and it is absolutely amazing. It has a live mlb ticker on the bottom, and my son just showed me the live hookup to MLB gameday. The ticker can be going while you are playing a game, I don't think you can have gameday.

I'll have to get him on here sometime and he can tell you all about it.

[PaintItRed]

Yeah Im the one who bought. Best baseball game I"ve ever played. Its for PS3 so everything looks really releasetic. The players look almost too good. Theres also a sports ticker at the bottom and you can click on any game and see the gameday. It shows the men on base the balls and strikes whos at bat and the outs. Its unbelievably good. You can also face minor league teams. Theres this thing called Road to the Show which lets you create your own player and start a career. You start in the minors and work your way up to a superstar. Its the best baseball game ive ever played. Skip 2K8 and get the Show.

[TheoSqua]

I'm contemplating buying a PS3 just for this game (and the blu-ray player). I tried 2k8 and think it's pretty crappy, especially compared to the old EA games.

It seems like some video game developers are trying so hard to make a game seem "realistic" with things like joystick pitch motions and throwing motions that they forget that it's a friggin video game. The whole point of it is to be able to emulate something we enjoy without much effort.

[AdmiralKird]

I'm contemplating buying a PS3 just for this game (and the blu-ray player). I tried 2k8 and think it's pretty crappy, especially compared to the old EA games.

It seems like some video game developers are trying so hard to make a game seem "realistic" with things like joystick pitch motions and throwing motions that they forget that it's a friggin video game. The whole point of it is to be able to emulate something we enjoy without much effort.

I'd wait before you dump $450 on MLB The Show. EA is in the process of buying out Take-Two, which owns 2KSports. Ergo, EA will be getting the MLB license back and in one year, we'll be saying hello to MVP Baseball 2009.

[jim]

I'm contemplating buying a PS3 just for this game (and the blu-ray player). I tried 2k8 and think it's pretty crappy, especially compared to the old EA games.

It seems like some video game developers are trying so hard to make a game seem "realistic" with things like joystick pitch motions and throwing motions that they forget that it's a friggin video game. The whole point of it is to be able to emulate something we enjoy without much effort.

You hit the nail on the head for me. I'm not much of a gamer at all, but what I noticed was that as things got more "realistic", it got more unintuitive to play. Well this old timer picked up this game in no time, the pitch thing took a little getting used to be everything else seemed very intuitive. I wasn't thinking that much about buttons to press, just playing the game.

[jeffbgoofy]

I have a PSP and get this game for it. Seems pretty much the same as last year for this system. We are pretty close to getting a PS3, gotta make sure the dvd player is dead to justify it. We have 2K for the Wii and my son (age 9) love it. He can't beat me though...

[jim]

I have a PSP and get this game for it. Seems pretty much the same as last year for this system. We are pretty close to getting a PS3, gotta make sure the dvd player is dead to justify it. We have 2K for the Wii and my son (age 9) love it. He can't beat me though...

Jeff - dunk it in water. That should take care of it.

[TheoSqua]

I have a PSP and get this game for it. Seems pretty much the same as last year for this system. We are pretty close to getting a PS3, gotta make sure the dvd player is dead to justify it. We have 2K for the Wii and my son (age 9) love it. He can't beat me though...

Jeff - dunk it in water. That should take care of it.

Just make sure you turn it on while it's still wet.