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| From: Sony Computer Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
Buy Used: $19.50
You Save: $40.49 (67%)
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Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 631
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: baseball_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: 98141
Model: 98141
UPC: 711719814122
EAN: 0711719814122
ASIN: B00127PZCS
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Excellent baseball game
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Product Description
MLB 08 THE SHOW is set to provide fans with the most realistic baseball experience to date with innovations such as a more immersive Road to The Show mode, enabling gamers to play both offense and defense from the created player's perspective. Providing players with some additional performance incentives, the MLB franchise introduces the Progressive Batting Performance feature, which will both reward players for superior performance and penalize them for hitting slumps. Specific to each individual batter, players will be rewarded with slight contact bonuses, or punished with slight decreases in contact, based on how that batter performs beyond his "natural ability." MLB 08 THE SHOW introduces SCOUT (SportsConnect Online User Tracking), which allows you to set and store your game preferences on the MLB server, and enables the system to look for a Quick Match with opponents that fits similar competitive criteria. Exhibition Mode/Quick Game - Gamers can select their favorite team and compete against the AI for a quick game on the go Historical Greats - Offers Historical Greats, giving them the opportunity to go against the legends of the past Release Point Pitching with Confidence Meter - The ultimate pitcher/batter interface returns Playmaker Fielding- The fielding interface brings the player attributes together with the user's skill level Multi-Branch Fielding - Branch Point Technology goes to a new level as gamers can now take full control of fielders and break out of any animation in the process User Controlled Slides - Players can now control base runners in attempts to advance and/or score MLB Authenticity - Presents fans with finer details and nuances that make the game America's past
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| Customer Reviews: Read 62 more reviews...
 Great November 12, 2008
Scott Beaton
Great baseball game lots of fun, still cost to much on Amazon. I picked it up for 15 dollars at target.
Best baseball game to date September 8, 2008
H. Khanzada (California)
This game definitively lives up to all of the hype. If you are a hard core baseball fan, love video games, this game is the way to go.
Pitching, fielding, hitting, and base running are the most realistic and fun of any other baseball game I have played. Pitching is not only pressing a button and expecting the pitch to go exactly to that spot, as with other games. In this game, the pitcher has to work to get a good feel for all his pitches. The more you use a type of pitch, and the better you get hitters out with it, the more effective it becomes. The less you use a pitch, the less effective, and harder to throw (as in real life).
Franchise mode in this game is great. You have comprehensive control including player contracts, ticket prices, vendor prices, travel costs, and even bank loans. Since most people probably can't play every game in the season, the simulation mode is pretty accurate. You can even sim through innings in the middle of a game. Playing with the Giants, they were around 30-35 after two months of the season with pretty similar stats to their actual performance this year (horrible hitting but great starting pitching).
To top it all off, graphics are excellent.
The best September 8, 2008
A. Hollingsworth (Long Island, NY)
I'm very picky about baseball games, but this is the best one I've ever played.
 One of the best Baseball series makes its way to the PS3 September 7, 2008
Geoffrey S. Bennett (Phoenix, AZ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
MLB 08: The Show has got all the bells and whistles you could want in a baseball game. The graphics are stunning and what you would expect from a PS3 sports title. Player models are accurate, I.E. Brandon Webb has a got a noticeably fatter body type than, the skinny Randy Johnson. The gameplay itself is great, there are a multitude of sliders you can change on top of four difficulty modes to really tune the game how you want it to be played. One problem was if none of the sliders were changed, you can get a ton of hits but only a few runs. So I've had lines like 3 runs 12 hits quite a lot. With the sliders I'm sure that this can be adjusted though.
Now on to the gameplay modes.
Franchise mode is exactly what it implies, you control everything about a team from its ticket and food prices to Double AA games that you can opt to play.
Season mode- Same as franchise except you don't control the minor leagues, or ticket prices, etc, only play the games and set the line-ups.
Manage Only Mode- You get to manage the game by watching it, and calling for hit and runs, steals, etc. This mode can also be played in your Season and Franchise.
Sportcast Simulator- This mode can only be assessed in Franchise or Season, if anyone is familiar with MLB.com Gameday, that's basically what this mode is. You can still sub players, and basic managerial moves except it goes along quite quicker than Manage Only Mode.
Road to the Show- This is the series signature career mode, where you start out as a scrub player and have to work your way to the majors. This is where the game loses some points, the series used to allow for the user to control the whole team (classic career) and now only allows the user to be their own player. So if you are a pitcher, you watch the team field. This is more realistic, however there is no reason they couldn't leave both career modes in, like MLB 07: The Show on the PS2, for those who liked it better.
Online play is the other thing that brings the game down some. The PSN service is free, however this game can lag very bad, making the online games not very enjoyable.
All in all if you like baseball this game will provide countless hours of fun, so don't hesitate to buy.
Great Game August 28, 2008
Andy (Oak Lawn. IL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great Graphics! I was able to download CURRENT player roster; A feature I didn't know was available.
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