MLB 14: THE SHOW , PlayStation 3.

I don't like winter my feelings are well documented on that particular subject but fortunately there's a place where the boys a summer play all year long or the magic of a warm June evening at the ballpark

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never fades in the hope of April springs eternal the place is the Dominican Republic unfortunately it's also a place where you can drink the water

so instead we have MLB 14 in the show and this is lying into left field and adding it down for the base hit his second of the afternoon actually

I think I'll take my chances with the killer water so I can only assume I'm part of a very small group that loves baseball absolutely lives for baseball but is totally bored by modern baseball video games like you know how people think baseball's boring

that's exactly how I feel about these modern baseball video games it's like they're made by the people who think baseball's boring like they said like somehow they all snuck into the building and they're like oh let's make it slow and cumbersome see they

don't get it they don't get the peanuts and cracker jack and all the magic I talked about earlier baseball is Magic baseball games have turned into science textbooks fortunately with MLB 14 you can skip all the reading and just get to the magic so when

I started up MLB 14 first thing I was greeted by was the screen with a question beginner controls or advanced controls basically play it like RBI baseball or or play it like the science book version thanks MLB 14 you can keep the science book

and after that it was smooth sailing so I'm definitely a fan of the game offering a simpler option for those of us who aren't interested in the overly complicated option one gripe though when you pick the beginner you should still have to make the place

with the show you just hit and pitch the plays are automatic that one issue aside though it was awesome seriously it was like playing RBI Baseball cuz you didn't have to deal with all the crap of modern baseball games only also had all the awesome stuff about modern baseball

games like the gorgeous graphics in the broadcast quality presentation shot into left scenter that should be good enough for excavation the second here with a two-out double and

I mean this is obviously a matter of preference you know some people like the simulation type of controls and features and that's fine but for people like me it just takes you out of the game like like I just want to jump

in and play and hit doubles and I did that it jumped on Adam Wainwright like he was my and that's awesome so with simpler hitting I had a blast with the gameplay especially because I really liked the pitching pitching

in this game is just awesome because you really get to carve up the strike zone you know you're picking your pitches and your spots and you're executing them correctly you know that's where the show gets it right this feels like real

pitching without being too complicated like the hitting mechanics usually are this is a lot of fun away like this deserves another look we check out the last four batter let's show trap here he was striking out the side the free/busy

they starts things on here with another one that's now you feature hounds should be happy to know all the usuals are included here more game modes than I could ever imagine a person honestly using exhibition play season play

postseason play franchise play you do the whole create a player thing and get them from the minors all the way up to the World Series lots of online options even the franchise mode is online

so there's no shortage of ways to play this thing hey like I said if anyone complains about the features or the modes here I gotta think they're just nitpicking cuz honestly a bit who even needs this many game modes

this is ridiculous aren't this many ways to play real baseball speaking a real baseball though I mean the presentation in these games is just getting crazy close to real baseball like if you squint at the screen there

are times when this game looks and sounds like a real TV broadcast and that's insane to me I mean you couldn't it pick about things but generally the game's gorgeous of course it's more gorgeous on the ps4 but the contents

about the same so we've been on last gen hardware you're still getting the same game and I have to imagine that's gonna change soon so enjoy it while it lasts but overall though

I mean as someone who doesn't play these annual sports games religiously I always have that feeling have been there done that you know no matter how hard I try I can't shake that feeling of oh so this is the same as last year's game

maybe a little prettier but with updated rosters and a couple tweaks to a couple modes it's much fun as I had playing MLB 14 especially playing it now

when it's goddamn snowing outside I don't know just felt like another really good version of the show nothing special or unique or magical.