Why MLB The Show 09 is the best game EVER!

So I recently have had it with MLB 2k9, and as an embittered Xbox 360 owner have been forced to be stuck with a shitty baseball video game over the past couple of years. I finally couldn't take it anymore though and sprang to buy a PS3 and MLB The Show 09 yesterday....well let me just say for those of you who don't have it...it's AWESOME!

I downloaded custom rosters that have all the teams top prospects and in this game you can actually edit batting stances and pitches and stuff that you can't edit on 2k9. There is also is to my knowledge no limit for editing the amount of players or creating players etc, so the modification is endless.

So because of this I also was able to download a classic roster set and with that today I played Giants-Dodgers, with Juan Marichal vs Sandy Koufax.

Let me just say that while it's just a video game I think I might have gotten a little bit of insight into how hard it might have been to face Koufax. I lost 4-0, and Koufax threw a 3 hit shutout with 15 K's. And only 1 BB, to Barry Bonds. :) It was pretty awesome too to have a starting outfield of Bonds-Mays-Bonds. :D

Anyway if anyone has this game I strongly recommend looking to download some of the classic rosters in the roster vault file sharing thingy online.

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Yeah, this game is incredible. Take my advice and stay away from Road To The Show mode. You’ll never put your controller down

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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 7, 2009 2:22 PM PDT reply actions

I've avoided RTTS

But I can’t stop playing my Giants franchise.

by AllHailMightyBruins on Jul 7, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I dunno...

I rented it for a couple weeks and felt like it was too difficult to hit. Realistic? Probably. But I came straight from loving my MVP baseball game to this, and felt like it was just too difficult to enjoy. Realism is one thing, but if you can’t keep a batting average above .300 with your top hitter, then that’s just not fun for me.

(Yes, it is certainly possible that I just suck at baseball games, but I do consider myself an avid video game player and usually can succeed at most sports games that I apply myself to)

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by UnleashTheGore on Jul 7, 2009 3:37 PM PDT reply actions

It is very difficult

I had to start on the rookie difficulty and work myself up. The game will not let you get away with chasing bad pitches.

by AllHailMightyBruins on Jul 7, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions

That’s for sure. I just played a 18 inning game against the Cubs 1-1 tied from the 5th inning on. I really suck at chasing the 2 strike pitches. And then when I try to take them when I think they’re going to make me chase they paint the corners and I get called looking!

by Hobbes2d on Jul 7, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Actually, I think it’s hard because it’s not realistic. Every pitcher is Greg Maddux in this game. It turns guys with average stuff into good pitchers, and makes the ones with good stuff completely unhittable.

Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.

:-(

by Cookyman on Jul 7, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions

I disagree, I think there’s a pretty substantial difference between pitchers….it takes a little while to adjust to all of them, but you’ll notice the crappy pitchers make a ton more location mistakes

Thing A

by sam23 on Jul 7, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, but even the wildest pitchers still throw strikes 80% of the time. It’s pretty rare that you manage to get a good hitter’s count, and walks are even rarer. I’m hitting .270 as a team and I’m in the top 5 in HR’s, but I still don’t score that many runs, because my team OBP is in Molina territory.

Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.

:-(

by Cookyman on Jul 8, 2009 4:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Adjust the sliders….

by Hobbes2d on Jul 8, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh, right. I forgot about that.

Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.

:-(

by Cookyman on Jul 8, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m afraid it’s too advanced for a complete beginner. I can barely make anything happen in 2K9.

by shanghaijim on Jul 7, 2009 4:11 PM PDT reply actions

Sorry, but as far as baseball games go RBI Baseball 3 is the best ever.

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by Norm Median on Jul 7, 2009 4:17 PM PDT reply actions

Incorrect

1a. Ken Griffey Jr. baseball for the SNES
1b. World Series Baseball for Genesis
2. MLB 09 on PS3

by AllHailMightyBruins on Jul 7, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions

+1

Thing A

by sam23 on Jul 7, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions

MVP Baseball is probably the best ever. Or one of the OLDDDDDDDDD PC games.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 7, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Road to the show

I’m in my 3rd season on Road to the show. Most of the MLB rosters have changed and my player was a rule 5 draft pick by the Angels so that kind of sucks. Yesterday my pitching goal was to pitch around JJ Hardy to Face Adrian Gonzales…not too realistic in my opinion.

Proud father of Dallas Mcpherson, the Babe Ruth of AAA.

by The Thrill on Jul 7, 2009 6:23 PM PDT reply actions