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[DMczaf]

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Beyond the SlugFest option, new this year there is also the MLB Classic mode. This is more of a real baseball style simulation. This mode eliminates the trick pitches, the turbo button, and the ability of players to go on fire. There is also an accuracy meter that shows up while you are pitching. It is very similar to the kicking meters in most football video games. If you click too early on the meter, the pitch will stray high, if you click too late, then the pitch will fall low.

The franchise mode is powered by the popular baseball simulation software called Baseball Mogul. In it, you can track league stats, make trades, call people up from the minors and send them down if they aren't performing well. One really cool feature is the News Pages section where you can look up stats, view the standings and view newspaper headlines from around the league. You can also change your team's pitching rotation, batting order and coaching strategies for simulations. With the coaching strategies, you can change how aggressive the manager is with changing pitchers and making other substitutions. You are also able to play your franchise in either SlugFest or Classic style of play.

As far as online gaming goes, SlugFest is excellent. I experienced very little lag and had a very positive experience. Other baseball games that I've played in the past have been very laggy and very disappointing. Playing online doesn't mess up your timing for hitting at all. The MLB.com stat/score ticker is also really cool as it actually provides scores of real games while you play. Anyone with a passion for the game of baseball like mine will appreciate it a lot as it eliminates the need to check the scoreboard while gaming. The online tournaments built in to the game are easy to set up and enable you to play against the best gamers in the world.

Pick your pitcher before the game? What a crazy idea! Suck it down EA Canada!

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[DMczaf]

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[Fifty]

Sounds like the best arcade baseball game that's coming out this year!

If NCAA wasn't coming out so soon, and MVP didn't rock so much, I'd pick it up. Dayum, it always seems to be just us in these threads. Someone's got to like this series!

 

[Musashi Wins!]

I'm buyin' it. Wait...I'm also always in these threads.

Let's not pretend this is going to be any kind of sim even if it has those modes Hell, MVP is too buggy to be any kind of sim! I just hope it's fun and worthwhile to play online.

 

[DMczaf]

I'm buyin' it. Wait...I'm also always in these threads.

Let's not pretend this is going to be any kind of sim even if it has those modes Hell, MVP is too buggy to be any kind of sim! I just hope it's fun and worthwhile to play online.

Damn you people! This is a sim! Dont ruin my dream!

Ok ok so its not a sim, but its damn fun!

GET IT!

 

[Joe]

looks like i actually might be able to play baseball on xbox live this year. i wonder how the simulation mode is.