![]() ![]() The fictional stadiums are well-designed, with each location offering some interesting vistas and ambience that feels like an amped up version of the whimsical magic found across the minor league ballparks scattered across the United States. There are many visual and audio cues that work together to present the game of baseball in a reverent light. You only need to spend a few innings with the game to see the love that the development team has for the sport. I noticed a few issues (like the apparent lack of an infield fly rule), but generally found myself locked into the flow of the games. Almost all the things that make up the on-field game of baseball are present and accounted for. I do not judge it harshly for its few shortcomings in being a baseball simulation, as the game does not carry the all-important MLB license and the development team was obviously not afforded a budget that could compare to what Sony earmarks to SIE San Diego for MLB: The Show. All this experience with the genre makes me feel like I can objectively judge Super Mega Baseball 2 on its merits as a representation of baseball and its merits as a quality video game experience.Īs a baseball game, Super Mega Baseball 2 nearly hits for the cycle, only coming up short on the smallest of details and nuance. Being the last big-budget baseball game released for the PC, I’ve logged hundreds of hours with MLB 2K12 and I got to experience MLB: The Show 17 on PS4 Pro last year (and think it would be the best baseball game of all time if the frame rate wasn’t unplayably awful). The first Ken Griffey baseball game on the SNES and MVP Baseball 2005 stand out as my favorite baseball games over the last 30 years. Baseball titles that came on the unauthorized black Tengen cartridges. I got my first taste with the original Bases Loaded on the NES and supplemented that addiction with the R.B.I. This spring, Metalhead has Super Mega Baseball 2 ready to hit the diamond and the team appears to have hit this one out of the park. While the game lacked the big leagues licensing and had a hard arcade-style slant, it excelled at being an easy to pick up baseball game that was extremely fun to play with a friend on the couch. Canadian-based Metalhead Software ported their surprise 2014 Playstation hit, Super Mega Baseball to Xbox One and PC and gained a small cult following. The last PC release to carry the MLB license was 2K’s MLB 2K12 and players looking to partake in the old ball game had limited options. Baseball and PC gaming used to be the best of friends almost 30 years ago, but offerings in 2018 are incredibly sparse (apart from the sea of stat simulator baseball games). ![]()
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