MLB® 09 The Show™


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Genre: Sports - Baseball

Publisher: SCEA

Release Date: 03/2009

Players: 1-2


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AWESOME!

by Ronald_Punisher Oct 25, 2009, 1:24 PM PDT

AWESOME!!!!!! 

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Best Baseball Game I have ever played!!!

by mikejthebear Sep 9, 2009, 12:51 PM PDT

This is truly the best baseball game I have ever played. I played 2k9 a while before I tried The Show and and have not played 2k9 since. I have not played ANY other game since. I love the Road to the Show. It is very real. I will however have to agree with some of the other complaints.

The way the infielder has to stop running to catch the ball before he throws it. That is not very fluent like the players in the positions are in real life. I cant tell you how many double plays I missed out on. The whole lefty infielder debate is not a big deal for me but I did notice it. I also agree with the hair style comments. I also noticed that Manny Ramirez's Doo Rag stays blue no matter what team he is on. Just a little more attention to unnecessary details like that would be great additions to the quality of the game.

I believe that the overall playability is probably at about a 95% level compared to 2k9 I would rate at about a 75% reality level. Good Job overall.

My main suggestion that I would like to add is about the Road to the Show and Season Modes. I like the All Star voting and that you can play in the ASG if you are voted to play. I would love to see the Long Ball Competition in the Season. I know my Road to the show player would kill it. Prince Fielder cant beat me in this game. I want to play in the Home Run Derby.

A suggestion for those gamers that would like to come up to the majors a little quicker or have you attributes raise faster. I started my player as a outfielder that plays IF as a second position. It gives you more playing time to show and improve your skills. Experience leads to skills or Practice makes Perfect. It also helps to be a switch hitter that gives the manager more uses to have you on the team if you are not already a starter.

Back to the creators: What does it take to get into the HOF?? I have a very impressive resume but still falling short.

I hope this helps you all. Let me know if you have any answers for me or maybe if the tips help you any.
 

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Stadium and team builder!

by twinsfan337 Aug 5, 2009, 1:51 PM PDT

The one thing that could make this game better would be, being able to create stadiums and teams! Just like in Madden, you should be able to start a franchise with a made up team and create a stadium. Baseball stadiums have the most veriety out of all sports, so let us make our own! 

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Lefty's play infield too!

by trujock22 Jul 24, 2009, 8:58 PM PDT

I've always loved the MLB games but have one big peeve. Why cant i create left handed throwing infielders? Its probably not that big of deal to most ppl but when i try and create myself as a left handed SS or 2B it wont let me. Just one small feature i would like to see added. ALSO while playing middle infield when your tryin to turn a double play its SUPER annoying when your player has to STOP RUNNING to catch the ball. 

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very good game but one qusten please reply

by porknit Jul 23, 2009, 4:11 PM PDT

love the whole game but does this game have any of the mini game ive looked everwhere 

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rtts suggestions

by elloco29 Jul 14, 2009, 10:16 PM PDT

the road to the show feature is the best thing the show could ever develop but i think they could make it more realistic by bringing into the features not just the good stuff about baseball but also the bad side of baseball such as players rilvaries, steroid.the steroid feature could be like you could be offered the drug and if you choose to take it there's a big boost in certain parts of the player, but you might get caught with it thats my opinion and the feature is the best i play it for hours and hours and never get tire 

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All in All a great baseball game

by davenc75 Jul 5, 2009, 9:23 PM PDT

As a person who has played this game on both the ps2 and ps3 platform....I have to agree with it being kinda hard to complete every in-game goal that u r ask to complete and ive notice that ur batting ability changes depending on ur advancement goals...i.e. if ur advancement goals deal with improving fielding abilities then u can hit alot easier than say if u have to improve batting abilities...also the mini games r missing from the ps2 version in the ps3 version if u go a few games without a hit the u have batting practice if u get caught stealing too often then u have baserunning practice..which helps build up ur abilities....but all in all this is a great game and very realistic especially ur timimg at the plate. 

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Almost a great game

by repete66211 Jul 3, 2009, 11:22 AM PDT

MLB:09 is the most realistic baseball game I have ever played. It gets a lot of things right. However, there is a major flaw: in-game goals.

To improve your abilities you must earn training points. Get a homerun, RBI, etc. and you are rewarded points to "buy" improved abilities (i.e. contact, power, clutch batting, arm strength, etc.) However, rather than just reward points for doing well, MLB:09 gives you in-game goals (i.e. "Drive in the Run"). Failing these goals takes away points you've earned elsewhere. It is just plain bad design to take away points for failing to do something you're trying to do anyway. It's also bad design to expect a batter to drive in a run from second twice every game and to penalize him every time he fails to do it. What it boils down to is you must have high attributes to earn points and avoid negative points, but you can't get the high attributes because the game keeps taking your points away from you. This is VERY frustrating.

Also, there are too many attributes. Contact vs. left pitcher, contact vs. right pitcher, power vs. left, power vs. right, clutch batting, plate vision, plate discipline, arm strength, arm accuracy, fielding ability, reaction time, drag bunting, normal bunting, the list just goes on and on. The list needs to be shortened. Why have both drag bunting and normal bunting? Why have power ratings for both left and right pitchers when you increase power (through working out) symmetrically? All of these attributes make advancing your ability very difficult.

There are times when you aren't playing the game, the game is playing you. Every ten games or so I go two games without getting a hit. It happens regardless of the pitcher, the team, home/away or my temperment and with such a regular degree that it can't be coincidental.

There are some glitches in the game. For example, about half of your at-bats will lose the pitch tracking all together.

Other than that it's a great game. Get rid of the penalties for failing to accomplish the in-game goals and this would be a five-star game. 

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Fatal Flaw

by niteurban Jul 1, 2009, 3:02 PM PDT

I would have gladly given more stars, but the game has a fatal glitch which Sony has not fixed or refunded. When playing Road to the Show, you get "stuck" on the offseason where the game will no longer advance, thus making playing the game pretty much worthless. 

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Dustin Pedroia can hit the high inside fastball!

by DetroiTigersFan1 Jun 19, 2009, 8:54 AM PDT

MLB 09 The Show is an ok game but has a lot of "needs improvement" areas. In example: when the ball is hit and your fielder runs towards the ball half the time he dosen't put his glove down to get the ball.He runs past the ball instead of picking it up.When a ground ball is fielded cleanly by your fielder he takes his time and does fancy shmancy stuff and the runner beats out the throw because your fielder takes his time.The "homerun rob indicator" is a waste of time to create.It never works and when your fielder jumps at the right time his glove isnt in the right spot to catch the ball.When a runner is stealing and you push triangle to throw to second and the ball is hit to a fielder he automatically throws the ball to second when you want the throw to go to first.The dive/slide controls should actually work when you push them.Or change the contols to dive/slide right analog stick, not R2.The catcher needs some more inteligence.When a hitter fouls off the pitch the opposite way twice you don't throw him a change up or breaking ball you throw him another fastball.It would be nice if people like Manny Ramirez and Vladamir Guererro and Magglio Ordonez had their hair styles on the game too.It would be nice if you could see who was warming up in the bullpen.For both teams.The creators of MLB 09 The Show should sit down and watch some tape of each batter's batting stance and each pitcher's windup and/or stretch style and put it in the game more life like.When creating a pitcher you should be able to look through the pitching styles and pick whose windup you want and whose stretch style you want like in 2k sports.When creating a catcher, third baseman, second baseman, or shortstop they can not be a left handed throw?What the heck?It would be nice if you could play as A, AA, or AAA teams in exibition or season modes, like in MVP baseball.Every now and then a pitcher should balk or a player get caught with a cork bat.MLB 09 The Show should have a website which you could plug your PS2 into the internet and recieve updates like roster updates, injuries, suspensions etc.; and put it into your season mode or Franchise mode.When a pitcher hits one of your sluggers you should have the option to charge the mound or fight a random player.That would be cool.In RTTS mode you should start out with $10,000 and with that money you could purchace an agent, bats, gloves, shoes, apartment/house.Design your own ballpark, glove, bat, merchindice, uniform. 

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