MLB '10: The Show Review

[budsticky]

Quote: Originally Posted by wEEman33

Gamespot gave this a similar review (8.0), so I think people are finally starting to get a little weary of The Show putting out virtually the same game for the last couple of years, especially with regards to the frequent bugs and online issues. Yes it's still way better than 2K baseball, and yes, it's still a great game overall, but I think The Show is starting to slip out of the elite standard that the series set a few years ago.

I see what you're saying, and I even predicted that The Show would get mostly 8.0 to 8.5 type reviews before it was released. Why? Because their main new feature was the catcher being able to call the game in RTTS. This is something only baseball geeks will care about.

The mainstream video game press (and I'm not including OS in that category) feeds off of flashy new features. Many people spoke of Madden getting good scores this year and relating that game's quality to that of The Show. Well, Madden had Pro-Tak. On the surface it isn't a big feature, but it has a fancy name and it's something regular reviewers can grab on to. Think about the hit stick. Big deal, you can tackle using the R stick. But EA gave it a catchy name and marketed the crap out of it. Of course EA also has a ton of money to throw around to hype these things up.

Maybe SCEA should have called the catcher thing Catch-O-Matic 2010 or something like that. I'm being sarcastic, but I think you all get the point.

[BigZell20]

Quote: Originally Posted by budsticky

Maybe SCEA should have called the catcher thing Catch-O-Matic 2010 or something like that. I'm being sarcastic, but I think you all get the point.

CATCH-TAK!!!!!!

[FreezeTime]

So the load times are still long? UGH! Are they just as long in 10 as they are in 09? Why can't the devs make the load times shorter?

[CarolinaBlue704]

Madden 10 gets a 9.While MLB 10 gets an 8.5?

I'm sorry OS,but you guys missed the ball on this one.This is what I expect from mainstream gaming sites.Not a site like OS that is dedicated to sports gaming.

[brinks]

What I find funny about sports game reviews is the games are always compared to last year's versions and that's it. Madden 10 is better than Madden 09. MLB 10 isn't much of a jump from MLB 09.

I haven't played a baseball game since MLB 2K7. I don't care about MLB 09 vs MLB 10. All I care about is MLB 10 as a PS3 game in 2010. How good is the game in the life of the PS3? We need reviewers that don't assume we've played last year's iteration. This game stands alone for me. Review it that way. Or at least present that point of view.

[jyoung]

I don't think this site is ever going to live down giving Madden 10 a 9.0

It seems to come up in just about every review thread regardless of the game or genre.

[Clarityman]

Quote: Originally Posted by CarolinaBlue704

Madden 10 gets a 9.While MLB 10 gets an 8.5? I'm sorry OS,but you guys missed the ball on this one.This is what I expect from mainstream gaming sites.Not a site like OS that is dedicated to sports gaming.

Can't argue with this at all.

[travis72]

Quote: Originally Posted by CarolinaBlue704

Madden 10 gets a 9.While MLB 10 gets an 8.5? I'm sorry OS,but you guys missed the ball on this one.This is what I expect from mainstream gaming sites.Not a site like OS that is dedicated to sports gaming.

For one they should have never given madden that high of score. At this stage with the bugs MLB is a 8.5 IMO while Madden never should have be given more than a 7.5. Actually no EA game sports game (basketball or football) should be given more than that considering there motto to fixing issues is wait till next year.