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 past
MLB 08: The Show Accessories
 Madden NFL 09
NCAA Football 09
PlayStation 2 Memory Card (8MB)
Madden NFL 08
Major League Baseball 2K8
Playstation 2 Memory Card 8MB 2PK Red/Blue
PlayStation 2 Console - Black
PlayStation 2 Dualshock Controller Black
NBA Live 08
PlayStation 2 Cordless Action Controller
MLB 08: The Show Reviews
They did an excellent job in creating the sequel to MLB07: The Show. It is nice and refreshing to play a game with your child without the issue of sex, profanity and violence in it.
My husband thinks this is the BEST baseball game ever made because you can start from the minors and work your way up, manage, etc.
Then there's the ability to make forced trades and editor individual players to better match their real-life stats. Example: man on first and third, don't want to steal home but do want to steal second, so instead of sending both runners you just tap the "up" arrow and steal second. The Hitter's Eye allows you to predict which pitch you think will be thrown and where. Unfortunately, once you master this (and it doesn't take long), hitting on the most difficult level becomes a breeze, and pretty soon your whole team is batting.300 plus. In the end, the game can be very fun because you win all the freaking time on the hardest of difficulties, and it can be very frustrating because it's not very realistic and flaws and errors aboud. I just wish they'd put more time into making it a cohesive and realistic experience than an arcade game, which is what this ultimately feels like. While I did enjoy tinkering with the players, you can only do so before you start a season, not during. The fun value of this is quite high, but the logistics are a little sketchy, which is how I'd review the game as a whole.
Having never played any of the previous MLB series games, but having played the fantastic MVP Baseball 2005 nearly to death (best baseball game ever), I bought MLB 2008: The Show mostly because I needed updated rosters, but also because the reviews were better than 2K Baseball. What happened to just using the arrows on the controller as bases, and tapping the appropriate base to indicate a steal. A few of the bigger ones: The Rays still wear uniforms that say "Devil Rays" (despite getting the new name right everywhere else). And good luck trying to make trades during the season - you've got to sacrifice your best players for a trade to go through, because you can't convince anyone that a young player is a "prospect.".
And stealing bases or tagging up and running is virtually impossible to do with the game's convoluted controls (the only way I can tag and run is by tagging/running everyone on base, not one base at a time, so sack flies are very difficult to execute). Problem solved. Immediately I was drawn to the Road to the Show feature, an RPG-like feature that lets you create your own character, build their stats through the minors, and before too long live out your dreams in the majors. I'll give some examples.
And then there are a ton of flaws, bugs, and little annoyances scattered throughout. The stadiums have incorrect or completely made-up backgrounds (Seattle, where I'm from, has a few random generic buildings behind Safeco Field instead of the easily recognizable Qwest Field arches and the tall, black Columbia Center, and there are many more stadiums with similarly generic backgrounds). The fun does tend to win in the end, barely, and I have played the game through twice (once in season mode, once in Road to the Show).
and he hasn't played any other game yet and it is almost Oct. I bought this for my son for his birthday back in Aug.
I brought this game for my husband, he loves it. He plays it everyday, he plays it so much I'm starting to regret buying this game.lol
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