I'm not exactly sure why one of the other reviewers states that batting is tough. I'm currently in the 4th month of my 'Road To The Show' (1st basemen) career and have a .366 batting average which has been increasing in as of lately. It's really not hard to get used to, specially with the 'Guess pitch' functionality (possible he's not using this feature?). Guessing the pitch correct isn't an automatic hit, but it does give your batter a small ball contact bonus that helps at the plate.
One of my favorite features is hit streaks. Getting on hot or cold streaks accurately effects your players contact at the plate. This isn't some major modifier, but it gives your player a slight edge or decreased contact stat when you're on a long streak. Little touches like this to both batting and pitching make the game believable and exciting. Again, it doesn't make anything automatic, just a very light stat change.
The controls are solid. One beef I have in that department is the change in controls from RTTS mode fielding/baserunning and regular games. I understand it's a perspective thing, but sometimes when doing a long RTTS gaming session and then playing a regular game, you end up throwing to the wrong base or pressing the wrong buttons for leading off and stealing...causing all kinds of mayhem on the field.
The sound is pretty spot on, and the environments are excellent. 95% of the stadiums are in very realistic + believable surroundings. Then about 5% have really awkward object textures in the background that look totally out of place as they contrast so radically against the rest of the environment.
All in all, the game plays great and has a lot of value between modes and online play. Surely recommended to any sports game fan and especially baseball fans.
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