every year around this time my juices start to flow.with the smell of freshly mowed lawn, all i can think about is baseball.so ill start off by saying that this was the game i played last year and fully enjoyed it.the new menus and sound effects for all that stuff IS DONE REALLY WELL.THE GRAPHICS SEEM TO BE THE SAME.THE AUDIO HAS BEEN PUMPED UP.THE COMMENTARY IS GREAT,ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES LAGGING BEHIND BY A FEW SECONDS BUT WHO CARES.THE SOUND OF THE BALL HITTING THE BAT IS MORE REALISTIC BUT WHAT ID LIKE TO SEE NEXT TIME IS 989 RECORDING AUDIO FROM A GAME THAT HAS A PACKED STADIUM.FOR INSTANCE,THE SOUND OF THE BAT HITTING THE BALL IS SPOT ON BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY PUT A MIC ON THE BAT.IT SHOULD NOT BE SO LOUD WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE STANDS SCREAMING.AGAIN NOTHING CRAZY.THE BALL PHYSICS ARE NICE BUT JOHNNY DAMON THREW ME OUT FROM DEAD CENTER IN YANKEE STADIUM ON A ONE HOP LASER TO THE PLATE AT HOME.NOT HAPPENING.ALL OF THE MODES ARE COOL,THE MINI GAMES ARE NICE ALTHOUGH IM NOT INTO THAT.FRANCHISE MODE WHICH IS MY FAVORITE IS DEEP.I GUESS THE MAIN PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS GAME IS THE LACK OF DETAIL.THERE ARE SO MANY SMALL DETAILS ABOUT THE GAME OF BASEBALL THAT MOST GAME DEVELOPERS DON'T GET.PITCHES IN THE DIRT,THE CATCHER TRAPPING THOSE PITCHES,PLAYER EMOTION,MANAGER EMOTIONS,THEIRS SO MUCH.I THINK NEXT TIME THEY NEED TO GET A COUPLE OF HUGE BASEBALL FANS TOGETHER AND PROBE THEIR MINDS FOR STUFF WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A BASEBALL GAME THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS EVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT DOING.WITH ALL THAT SAID THIS GAME IS STILL A VERY GOOD BASEBALL GAME.ILL BE PLAYING THIS ONE UNLESS THE 360 GAME BLOWS THIS AWAY.BOTTOM LINE, GET IT AND ENJOY IT.
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