MLB 08: The Show
by Sony Computer Entertainment
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Product Summary
Brand: SonyAudio: English (Unknown)
Published: 2008-03
Release Date: 2008-03-04
Platform: Sony PSP
Model: 98696
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: Solid Baseball Simulation With Some Irritating Control Issues
Summary: 5 Stars
MLB 08 the show is really a remarkable game. It has the quality and presentation of a high end PS2 game while being portable. For anyone who has played almost any DS sports game, you know just how dreadful portable sports gaming can be.
It has a solid season mode which goes up to 162 games and allows full control, right down to mound visits and bullpen warmups. In addition to the solid baseball, there is the Road to the Show mode in which you create your player and guide them through the important parts of their career (essentially ABs and defensive plays they are involved with.
It is in the Road to the Show mode that some of the control quirks become more irritating. While baserunning in fairly intuitive in a regular game, when you control your man in the career mode, it is a chore. He'll stop and stutter for seemingly no reason, this leads to more than your fair share of pickoffs and baserunning mistakes. They will also occasionally run right through the base and continue to go, even if there is no reason to.
Further complicating matters is the fielding controls which switch viewpoints and then the buttons required to throw to a certain base. This is managable after a few games, but for that first bit, it is incredibly irritating to try and turn a double play and throw home instead.
Despite these flaws, it delievers a solid package of baseball which won't disappoint you.
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 Ad Hoc Mode - Allows two or more PSP systems to communicate directly with each other via Wi-Fi connectivity for regional/local multiplayer gameplay Infrastructure Mode - Allows gamers to link to a network via a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point or hot spot for multiplayer gameplay across the nationBaseball Games
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