MLB Bobblehead Pros Review

[jyoung]

I don't have any problem getting rid of preloaded throw animations, but it's inexcusable for them to have dive and throw on the same button without any kind of alternate control schemes.

Sacrifice flies are a good example of why it's a bad design choice:

If your timing in the outfield is off a millisecond when pressing the "throw" button, your fielder will dive instead, and the ball will roll all the way behind him, giving up a run and an extra base hit.

That said, even with the fielding issues, this is the most-fun baseball game to come out this year IMO.

There's a lot of value in being able to play a game in 20 minutes and still have realistic gameplay and stats.

[falcons2003]

I like the challange fielding.

There isn't a vaccuum or a canned animation or a player locked into an animation once it starts. Other baseball game examples include anytime you get anywhere near a wall, and the fielder braces themselves and goes into an animation, or goes into a longer throwing motion for a play that needs a quicker throw.

I like PowerPros because if you play on manual fielding, it's all on you. You actually have to field it. The cpu and any animation is not factored in the play. It's very rewarding, and you can get really good at manual fielding after playing the game for a bit. I really feel like I control the fielders for once in a baseball game.

I do think they could have mapped the dive button with LB or L trigger since those aren't used after the play I don't beleive.

[jyoung]

Yeah there is a free trigger and a free bumper that aren't used at all during fielding.

If they had just let us put dive and jump on the top triggers/bumpers and given us a manual player switch button, fielding would have been fine.

[Skyboxer]

Wish I could play my Power Pros game
I love The Show but PP is a fun alternative. I just hate the thought of spending money on a PS2 at this point.

[Sheamazin]

Is this on the PS3?

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sheamazin

Is this on the PS3?

Don't believe so...

[jyoung]

Only option for PS3 users is importing the Japanese PS3 version:

http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid...w=1440&bih=779

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by wEEman33

Only option for PS3 users is importing the Japanese PS3 version: http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid...w=1440&bih=779

Not gonna happen.

Even if it did come to PS3, I'm pretty disappointed in the changes to Konami's original U.S. version on PS2 (as well as the 2008 installment). I could justify a $15 download purchase, but nothing like $40 + tax to settle me.

It's just a shame that they didn't even really come forth with telling us that this wasn't going to be released in the U.S. on PS3. Even NaturalMotion told us what their plans are for Backbreaker on both systems.