Top Five MLB Games of the Last Decade

[aukevin]

Quote: Originally Posted by Juiceman

Are text-sims automatically excluded here? Because there is absolutely no other reason for Out of the Park to be excluded in this list. Easily the most accurate representation of baseball on the market.

Probably because OOTP isn't a MLB game like the title of the list describes, just a baseball game.

[douggoud]

1. MLB 10: The Show (come on, i really don't need a reason)
2. MVP Baseball 2005 (modded or unmodded, that game is just plain fun)
3. Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey, Jr. (N64) ( this game got me started on baseball, not to mention it had my favorite player of all time on the cover, gonna be in my to 5)
4. MLB 06: The Show (the game that truely turned me into a baseball nut, not to mention some of the best soundtracks ever)
5. Triple Play Baseball 2001 ( i loved this game, especially the homerun derby in the family room, its so much fun to break things, lol ) (or the fire place "Gee Buck, i sure hope Santa wasn't commin' down the chimney" lol)
6. MVP Baseball 2003 (had all the players from the 2002 world series angels on it basically, why wouldn't i love it? lol
7. MLB 2K8 (the last great 2k baseball game, atleast since 2k10, but i havent played it, so i cant say that. but i loved the player customization, that was about it, along with having playable single A teams)

Baseball games i've played:
MLB 06*, 07**, 08*, 09*, and 10*: The Show (PS2 and PS3)
MLB 2K6*, 2K7**, and 2K8* (PS2 and PS3)
MVP Baseball 2003*, 2004*, and 2005* (PS2)
MVP NCAA Baseball 06*,and 07 (PS2)
Triple Play Baseball 2001* (PS1)
Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey, Jr. (N64)
MLB Power Pros (Wii)* and MLB Power Pros 2008 (Wii)*

* = i own it
** = i own it for both the PS2 and PS3

like i said, i'm a baseball nut (at least a baseball video gaming nut )

[kehlis]

I was getting ready to mention Hardball 4 for PC as I read through and was surprised it hadn't been mentioned yet...

Then I realized how old I was getting...

[Juiceman612]

Quote: Originally Posted by aukevin

Probably because OOTP isn't a MLB game like the title of the list describes, just a baseball game.

Huh? How is OOTP not an MLB game? It has MLB teams, rosters, and even farm systems.

Anyway, I'm guessing OOTP isn't included since gameplay was one thing being weighed in his list it seems. Being a text-sim I guess that excludes it.

[aukevin]

Quote: Originally Posted by Juiceman612

Huh? How is OOTP not an MLB game? It has MLB teams, rosters, and even farm systems. Anyway, I'm guessing OOTP isn't included since gameplay was one thing being weighed in his list it seems. Being a text-sim I guess that excludes it.

Last time I bought OOTP (3 years ago maybe) it came with generic rosters, is it different now? There were MLB rosters that you downloaded and added to it, but the base game was generic. Maybe I'm thinking of a different game (Puresim or something like that).

[Juiceman]

Quote: Originally Posted by aukevin

Last time I bought OOTP (3 years ago maybe) it came with generic rosters, is it different now? There were MLB rosters that you downloaded and added to it, but the base game was generic. Maybe I'm thinking of a different game (Puresim or something like that).

Real rosters come with the game.

[Altimus]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

You know, I typically feel Christian's content is so off-the-mark when it comes to the sports genre, but this isn't that bad as a list. The exclusion of HH though is just... head-scratcher, close to being number 5 or not. HH pushed sim-style gaming harder than most other baseball titles did out of the box. Strongly disagree. The game had a sim slider for a reason. They left it up to the user to decide. While some tweaks were nice, I could change minor things to my liking because I wanted less reliance on my input and more reliance on ratings... which were typically very well done. Players performed like you expected. You don't know what you're talking about. WSB 2k3 was right up there with realism compared to HH. Sure, it had an issue where all the catcher's arms were over powered making steals difficult. But you always had realistic results, and players performed how you would expect right out of the box.

I loved that game. Couldn't wait to get out of school just to play it. ESPN presentation made it that much better as well.

[BrownsFan72]

How can the High heat series not be in the top 5!