I'm reviewing this game out of my humble opinion and not to lure anyone into buying this game over 2k8. I used to play 989's MLB baseball back in the day and it was great fun. Along came 2k baseball and with it's superb graphics and slick gameplay, completely lured me into the Franchise. I've been devoted to 2k baseball and ignoring sony's new MLB series all along. I was even tempted to get MLB 07 but the graphics, despite being somewhat of a graphics whore, turned me off somewhat compared to MLB2k7. Wow, this year's version of MLB 08 in my opinion is the greatest baseball game ever created, and you know what? so are the graphics. MLB2k8's player models are a bit better proportioned, but overall MLB 08 is better. Player facial features are the best I've ever seen, on par with NBA Live 08 and the stadiums are perfected to unbelievable realism. But the gameplay, I cannot believe how I missed out on 07 and games before it, but the gameplay is the most authentic alongside NBA 2k8. From accurately batting stances to pitching windups, this is like watching a televised game. Pitching/batting interface is much more user friendly than 2k7 or 2k8. I personally think the swing stick is a gimmick and takes you out of rythm, whereas The Show is simple but deep. The audio, presentation and commentary are spot on, the animation is fluid and best I've seen in a baseball game, with a slick smooth framerate. The options are numerous with Road to the Show being an addicting, realistic and straight out fun mode. MLB 08 is one complete package. All I hope for is that 09 don't mess with the graphics and just tweak the body type to look better proportioned. Other than that I don't know how they're going to top this. In summary, MLB08 is the most authentic and best baseball game I've ever played. I personally cannot go back to 2k baseball. Thank God I spent my hard earned cash on this game and not 2k8, It's worth every penny. Thank you Sony for a great baseball franchise and sorry for ignoring you all these years, but I promise I won't anymore. MLB The Show rocks.
Finally the baseball game I wanted for my PS3 is finally here. The show is better than last year and it has even more in depth features than all the previous MLB the show games released in the past. First I have to s... Read Full Review
The last few years of The Show have been incredibly promising glimpses of how good a baseball game can be and made stabs at overtaking EA's MVP '05 as Best Baseball Game Ever. While gameplay in The Show has always been t... Read Full Review
