
The best sports games, at least on the simulation side of things, are those that best reproduce the sport they represent. We can hopefully project that one day a perfect sports game will be produced; one that completely mirrors its real-life counterpart in every way.
Hereโs the problem: because the game it so closely imitates doesnโt change from year to year, this perfect reproduction -- the same down to the smallest detail -- doesnโt change either. And because we expect big innovations in our virtual sports, but not the real ones, itโs called โstale,โ โrepetitive,โ and โboringโ by both users and critics.
To be clear, MLB 12: The Show is not that perfect game, and has a long way to go until it is. However, I believe MLB 12: The Show to be the closest and truest representation of a sport on consoles today. You, like me, may find parts to be lacking, and I think that โstaleโ does accurately describe certain aspects of the game. But taken for what it is -- another step in the quest for the โperfect gameโ -- MLB 12: The Show is one of the best.
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