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MLB 08: The Show | 
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| From: Sony Computer Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $52.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 374
Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 98141
Model: 98141
UPC: 711719814122
EAN: 0711719814122
ASIN: B00127PZCS
Release Date: March 4, 2008
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| Features:
| • | Umpire Personalities - Providing even more realism to the diamond with unique tendencies and animations | | • | My Sliders (Up/Downloadable) - Gives users the ability to create their perfect game settings offline by adjusting game sliders | | • | King of the Diamond - A classic playground duel from childhood where a pitcher and batter from opposing teams will square off head-to-head | | • | Home Run Derby - Lets gamers pick the lineup and set the rules for the traditional homerun contest of Major League All-Stars | | • | Season Mode -Tests the true baseball fan's commitment and allows them to make a run for consecutive rings with multiple seasons |
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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 49 more reviews...
 best baseball game ever! July 22, 2008
if you want to have the realistic feel of playing baseball this is the game for you! The graphics are pretty decent and the gameplay is excellent! There are a few minor glitches in programming but nothing that takes away from the games overall experience! Stay away from the 2K series I thought the 07 version was a pretty decent game! The developers tried to get too fancy with their new pitching system and didn't worry about anything else. The graphics are horrible and the gameplay is the worst I've ever experienced. In this year's version if you own a PS3 purchase The Show 08 if you don't, purchase last years version of 2K this years version is absolutely not worth it! I wouldn't play it if somebody paid me $100 an hour.
 I've had root canals done that were more fun! July 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This really is one beautiful game; it truely is. The players and ballparks are simply gorgeous. The graphics are first rate for the most part, and game just exudes the look and feel of baseball as you see it on TV. The player mannerisms are all there, and the first time you boot this game on your PS3 you will probably think, "Finally, someone managed to get a baseball game right!!" And you'll probably feel that way right up until you actually try to do something in this game, at which point you will find out that MLB08: The Show is a much better show than it is a game.
The swing controls are klunky, and even if you dumb them down to just timing with the classic settings you are probably in for a rough ride. And then there is all the phony drama. In Road to the Show that means having your team mates start a rally just in time for you to hit into a double-play to end the inning. Get used to it friends, because that is the norm. Then there are opposing pitchers that have stratospheric ERAs who manage to seem to paint the corners just when you come up to the plate. Or how about the fact that 95% of the balls you hit in the air are outs? Or what about how all those great line drive shots to the infield gaps between second and short or second and first manage to be outs. Yes indeed, you are going to fall victim to the diving defensive play so many times that you might think this is the conventional method of making a routine put out in baseball. Yep, just dive for it...you'll catch it. I guess the game developers think it makes for more drama if you hit a hard shot to the gap and the defense makes a great diving play to silence a rally. Perhaps, but a run-of-the-mill grounder would be welcome. All of this leads to a ton of goal frustration, and it's a real disincentive to continue playing the game. I took the best team in the majors and played against the worst team six times as a player and six times as a manager and lost them all. Jeez, I should have been able to pit the Red Sox against the Marlins and walked away from the console for a while and let the game play it self for a Bosox win. It just doesn't add up when a team hitting less than .200 can regularly tag an ace for a bucketload of hits and runs or having teams with league-leading batting averages get regularly shut out by pitchers with close to double-digit ERAs.
This game is just plain BAD (Broken As Designed), and has some serious playability and play balance problems. If you're itching to throw $60 away, then take three 20s out of your wallet and put a match to them -- since that is likely to be more entertaining than this game.
 Probably the best Baseball game. July 10, 2008
I have played a few baseball games and this one is the best I have gotten my hands on...don't know what the other 08 baseball games are like. Great controls good features, good choice of play modes...lots of fun.
A Baseball Game For True Fans July 10, 2008
I have always been an avid baseball fan, and now I am finally happy playing a console baseball game. I really like the simplicity that MLB 08 The Show offers, and it's easy to start playing, even with someone who has never played before. As an avid fan, I really enjoy the "Going to the Show" feature, and having played over 100 games now, I have made it through the minors to the majors, and the gameplay is still fun. My only warning is you may get a bit tired of the same announcers saying basically the same things, but I find it doesn't bother me too much. I guess there is only so much to say anyway! All in all, this is a really fun game that looks good and play smooth too.
Best baseball game I've ever played. July 7, 2008
This game is simply amazing.
They took a solid product in MLB 07, and made the slight improvements and kept the smooth gameplay of 07. I had owned 07 on ps2 and was very satisfied with the product. I had doubts about the ps3 version after playing madden 08 on ps3 (horrible compared to the ps2 version). This game is the exact opposite. While madden became choppy and slow, this game became more smooth and maintained the same game speed.
The graphics for this game on ps3 with a 1080p tv are incredible. The stadiums are almost exact and the fans actually move. The players even have identifiable faces.
The game is simply amazing, I'll be addicted to it for some time to come, while madden will collect dust on the shelf unless the new one makes a ton of improvements.
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