That IGN reviewer must be smoking something, or looking for a job at Sega. I've played it for more than 8 hours (late night) and it's awsome!
The stuff IGN complains about, like fielder diving, must happen like 1 in 50 because I hardly can see it happening. Maybe it's what I'm doing. (Always position your player around the bottom of the circle so he'll catch it around his head. If he's too high in the circle he'll dive for sometimes cause the ball is landing at his feet)
They also say that the ball will hit the fielders chest and magically appear in his glove. That's gotta be very rare cause I haven't seen it yet.
In terms of looks, it's way better than any other baseball title out there, bar none, and IGN gave it an 8.0 for graphics? I haven't seen better looking night stadiums in my life and they give it an 8?
Franchise mode rocks! I even created a godly pitcher only to find that he was way too expensive to put on my team! I'll get him next year though, assuming he's still there.
Anyway, IGN must have accidently thrown the release version they got from EA in the trash and are still playing the beta. Buy yourself a release copy IGN!
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