[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor & Sword

As far as Baseball games...The Show is the Gold standard IMO. I played MVP 2005 till I went Next Gen and bought The Show 2009. I have never looked back. Just amazing. It captures the most important aspect of video baseball games for me in the pitcher/batter dual. Just incredible. NHL 2011 is a hockey fans dream but what is more impressive is how great it is as just a stand alone game for the casual fan (me). I love this game and I am by no means a hockey expert/die hard. But it plays amazing, is a load of fun and very deep and immersive like both The Show and NBA2K11 My all-time great rankings (and I have played and own all the games we are talking about) 1) MLB The Show 2009 2) NBA 2K11 3) NHL 2011 4) NFL2K5 5) Ch2K2008 6) NCAA 2011 7) FIFA 2009 (never got 2010, 2011 yet) 9) Madden 2005 10) Madden 2011 (yes it is really good offline if you can make it right with sliders, gameplans, and controlling all 32 teams)

It's clearly become my favorite basketball game bypassing ch2k8. To me it's a top 5 sports game all time. But I can see no way you could say it's quality clearly separated itself from the Show. IMO like others have said it's still behind the Show but they are definitely in the same ballpark.


I think my list goes something like this.

1. MLB The Show '10
2. Espn 2k5
3. NBA 2k11
4. NCAA 2011
5. NCAA 2004