After my game last night against the Marlins, I hit 100 games played in my franchise (this includes the AA, AAA, & MLB All Star Game as well as the Futures Game) and this game just continues to amaze me and continues to deliver easily the best baseball video game simulation/experience that I have ever played.
Every single game feels like its own game. I continue to see new hit types/varieties. New ball physics that I hadn't previously seen. Every game seems to have a moment, a play, or few, that stick out, that I can look back over my season and the box score and remember something that happened in that game. Ok, maybe not every game as I am getting old, but for the most part I can remember something about each game.
Through 100 games I've experienced blowouts, been blown out, cardiac wins, heartbreaking losses, and the unforgettable. I've had pitching performances for the ages and pitching performances that I can't forget quickly enough. I've seen plays that drop my jaw and mishaps leaving me to wonder how in the hell this player is a major leaguer. I've run across the most unlikely of heroes and I've seen the best of the best at their worst.
I've seen balls that curve perfectly down the line and get into the corner allowing an easy double and if the runner is quick enough a stand up triple. I've seen balls that seem to hang in the air forever as they "float" over the wall for a homerun. I've also seen balls that you think are going to get down, hang up long enough for the outfielder to make the grab. And I've felt the satisfaction of a pure line drive that splits the gap and rolls to the wall for an extra base hit.
I won't/can't call MLBTS '18 the greatest sports game ever because honestly baseball is the only sports video game I play these days. But I will/can call it the best baseball video game I've ever played.
Baseball is by far my favorite sport. I played from T-Ball to College. To me there is no other sport like it. And MLBTS '18 does a great job of recreating what I experienced on the field, on my TV.
Every single game feels like its own game. I continue to see new hit types/varieties. New ball physics that I hadn't previously seen. Every game seems to have a moment, a play, or few, that stick out, that I can look back over my season and the box score and remember something that happened in that game. Ok, maybe not every game as I am getting old, but for the most part I can remember something about each game.
Through 100 games I've experienced blowouts, been blown out, cardiac wins, heartbreaking losses, and the unforgettable. I've had pitching performances for the ages and pitching performances that I can't forget quickly enough. I've seen plays that drop my jaw and mishaps leaving me to wonder how in the hell this player is a major leaguer. I've run across the most unlikely of heroes and I've seen the best of the best at their worst.
I've seen balls that curve perfectly down the line and get into the corner allowing an easy double and if the runner is quick enough a stand up triple. I've seen balls that seem to hang in the air forever as they "float" over the wall for a homerun. I've also seen balls that you think are going to get down, hang up long enough for the outfielder to make the grab. And I've felt the satisfaction of a pure line drive that splits the gap and rolls to the wall for an extra base hit.
I won't/can't call MLBTS '18 the greatest sports game ever because honestly baseball is the only sports video game I play these days. But I will/can call it the best baseball video game I've ever played.
Baseball is by far my favorite sport. I played from T-Ball to College. To me there is no other sport like it. And MLBTS '18 does a great job of recreating what I experienced on the field, on my TV.
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