Its official: MLB 08 the show is the best baseball title ever released

[FOOD]

Kasz216 said:

FOOD said:
Power Pros was more of an arcade game than a baseball sim. The Show is by far the best sim around, and before that it was a tie between The Show 07 and EA's MVP 05. I'm an avid baseball sim fan, so I've been around baseball games. This thread is pointless though. Quit treating critics' reviews as mandates. I think The Show is better because it's gone in more depth than any other baseball sim to date.

I don't know. The Graphics certaintly aren't sim... but the physics are some of the best i've seen in a baseball game.

Better then 2K and The show of 07. So Show 08's swing physics would have to be vastly improved to be as close sim wise.

The AI tends to go in power mode a bit too much, but if you mess around with the settings you can hit a good balance for stats and make the game harder.

Furthermore the skill system Power Pros has makes the players actually play more like the players which is something every other baseball game seems to lack... they characters personalties play through more then a simple "clutch" stat does. It allows for different situations to increase or decrease the how each player plays.

You know that "risky" closer is probably going to get a hit or two before he gets the save... which in a lot of games just still isn't able to be represented for some reason. 

That Skill system is really something that should be fully adapted to all sports games.

I question whether or not you've played 2k7 or The Show 07 if you think the physics are better on Power Pros or any other baseball game that came out before those two--seriously. Elaborate more on the physics deal, I may be misreading it. 

I honestly don't know where you get off thinking the skill system on Power Pros is the realism "every other baseball game seems to lack." Seriously, play MLB 2k7-2k8 and MLB The Show 07-08 and realize why I'm not able to take your statement seriously.

And regarding the "risky" closer; they have good days and bad days, so anything is possible.