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MLB 08: The Show | 
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| From: Sony Computer Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy Used: $15.30
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1182
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: baseball_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: 97583
Model: 97583
UPC: 711719758327
EAN: 0711719758327
ASIN: B00127PZC8
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Umpire Personalities - Providing even more realism to the diamond with unique tendencies and animations | | • | My Sliders (Up/Downloadable) - Gives users the ability to create their perfect game settings offline by adjusting game sliders | | • | King of the Diamond - A classic playground duel from childhood where a pitcher and batter from opposing teams will square off head-to-head | | • | Home Run Derby - Lets gamers pick the lineup and set the rules for the traditional homerun contest of Major League All-Stars | | • | Season Mode -Tests the true baseball fan's commitment and allows them to make a run for consecutive rings with multiple seasons |
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Product Description
MLB 08 THE SHOW is set to provide fans with the most realistic baseball experience to date with innovations such as a more immersive Road to The Show mode, enabling gamers to play both offense and defense from the created player's perspective. Providing players with some additional performance incentives, the MLB franchise introduces the Progressive Batting Performance feature, which will both reward players for superior performance and penalize them for hitting slumps. Specific to each individual batter, players will be rewarded with slight contact bonuses, or punished with slight decreases in contact, based on how that batter performs beyond his "natural ability." MLB 08 THE SHOW introduces SCOUT (SportsConnect Online User Tracking), which allows you to set and store your game preferences on the MLB server, and enables the system to look for a Quick Match with opponents that fits similar competitive criteria. Exhibition Mode/Quick Game - Gamers can select their favorite team and compete against the AI for a quick game on the go Historical Greats - Offers Historical Greats, giving them the opportunity to go against the legends of the past Release Point Pitching with Confidence Meter - The ultimate pitcher/batter interface returns Playmaker Fielding- The fielding interface brings the player attributes together with the user's skill level Multi-Branch Fielding - Branch Point Technology goes to a new level as gamers can now take full control of fielders and break out of any animation in the process User Controlled Slides - Players can now control base runners in attempts to advance and/or score MLB Authenticity - Presents fans with finer details and nuances that make the game America's past
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 MLB08: The Show November 13, 2008
My husband thinks this is the BEST baseball game ever made because you can start from the minors and work your way up, manage, etc.
 Review from a first-time MLB series buyer November 13, 2008
Having never played any of the previous MLB series games, but having played the fantastic MVP Baseball 2005 nearly to death (best baseball game ever), I bought MLB 2008: The Show mostly because I needed updated rosters, but also because the reviews were better than 2K Baseball. Immediately I was drawn to the Road to the Show feature, an RPG-like feature that lets you create your own character, build their stats through the minors, and before too long live out your dreams in the majors. The fun value of this is quite high, but the logistics are a little sketchy, which is how I'd review the game as a whole.
I'll give some examples. The Hitter's Eye allows you to predict which pitch you think will be thrown and where. Unfortunately, once you master this (and it doesn't take long), hitting on the most difficult level becomes a breeze, and pretty soon your whole team is batting .300 plus. Then there's the ability to make forced trades and editor individual players to better match their real-life stats. While I did enjoy tinkering with the players, you can only do so before you start a season, not during. And good luck trying to make trades during the season - you've got to sacrifice your best players for a trade to go through, because you can't convince anyone that a young player is a "prospect."
And then there are a ton of flaws, bugs, and little annoyances scattered throughout. A few of the bigger ones: The Rays still wear uniforms that say "Devil Rays" (despite getting the new name right everywhere else). The stadiums have incorrect or completely made-up backgrounds (Seattle, where I'm from, has a few random generic buildings behind Safeco Field instead of the easily recognizable Qwest Field arches and the tall, black Columbia Center, and there are many more stadiums with similarly generic backgrounds). And stealing bases or tagging up and running is virtually impossible to do with the game's convoluted controls (the only way I can tag and run is by tagging/running everyone on base, not one base at a time, so sack flies are very difficult to execute). What happened to just using the arrows on the controller as bases, and tapping the appropriate base to indicate a steal? Example: man on first and third, don't want to steal home but do want to steal second, so instead of sending both runners you just tap the "up" arrow and steal second. Problem solved.
In the end, the game can be very fun because you win all the freaking time on the hardest of difficulties, and it can be very frustrating because it's not very realistic and flaws and errors aboud. The fun does tend to win in the end, barely, and I have played the game through twice (once in season mode, once in Road to the Show). I just wish they'd put more time into making it a cohesive and realistic experience than an arcade game, which is what this ultimately feels like.
A must have September 29, 2008
I bought this for my son for his birthday back in Aug. and he hasn't played any other game yet and it is almost Oct.
MLB 08 The Show July 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I brought this game for my husband, he loves it. He plays it everyday, he plays it so much I'm starting to regret buying this game...lol
Home runs? July 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's one thing that really bugs me about this game besides the fielder stopping before throwing the ball. I play with The Angels on hall of fame mode and for some reason i cannot hit home runs well enough with Vladimir Guerrero. I mean he's supposed to be my big power hitter and i use power swing and contact swing on pitches down the middle and they will not go out. Other than that the game seems realistic. Anybody have any solutions or does Vlad just not have that much power.
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