This year's installment of The Show makes many improvements over last year's game, some great, some subtle. The gameplay hasn't changed much but it really didn't need to since it was great to begin with. The attention to detail really immerses you in the game and the audio upgrades in ambience and crowd noise add to the excitement. The addition of little things like the pitch hitting the umpire or a line drive bouncing off a pitcher or fielder make the experience more realistic. The announcers are improved as far as having more to say but much of it is the same. They still make you feel like your watching it on TV so they get the point across even though the canned responses get monotonous. The graphics have been given an overhaul and look more realistic this time around. With tons of new animations and lighting/shadow effects the players, crowds, and stadiums come to life. I'd like to see more variety in the characters in the crowd though. If they have to use duplicate character animations to fill it out they could at least have each occurence perform their animation at a different time so it doesn't look like the same looking people move the same way at the same time. Regardless, the graphics are much cleaner and smoother than before and look beautiful. I read another review where the guy said the graphics hadn't improved at all... that person either needs an HDTV, needs to learn how to hook it up properly, or needs new glasses. MLB 10 looks great and is a graphical improvement over MLB 09. It's all about the details and yes, most of the animations are the same but they're polished up and look better. New stadiums and crowd animations including team mascots this year. Custom audio tracks and personalized chants can be quite fun. Aside from some technical glitches here and there the overall game looks amazing. Road To the Show is more addictive than ever. The multiplayer mode's performance issues have been improved. Is it worth buying 10 if you already have 09? If you love baseball the answer's obvious, yes.
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