Baseball Fever - Catch it!
Well today here in New England it’s supposed to hit the big 6-0. The snow is actually melting, which means baseball season isn’t far away!
I received a postcard in the mail from Sega yesterday, talking about ESPN Baseball. The postcard shows 2 baseball games, one some game gear era game and of course ESPN and asking which one would you rather play. I really enjoyed the whole package of last year’s WSB, and hoping that ESPN will be better, but we all know that a baseball game with a “this years model” quite often doesn’t even have last year’s issues worked out.
I’m so bummed that I have thought about picking up MVP for the PC and trying to tweak it myself. This begs the question: if MS is going to kill High Heat, why don’t they release the source code so we can make it a better game. I have received a few emails from people saying despite the lack of online and mouse support HH 2004 is still a superior game (not to mention all the mods/edits available for it online). This to me is what makes the PC a superior platform. You can’t edit stuff on an Xbox like you can for the PC.
In totally non-sports gaming news, my copy of Far Cry showed up. Wow. Games like this are why you upgrade your video cards. I the difference in this game between a GF4 and a GF FX is just amazing. It’s so good, it makes you want to buy more PC games just to see how good they would look. (Of course the gameplay is damn fine too).
I also tried out some Splinter Cell on Xbox. I have to say, I really prefer taking over vehicles and shooting stuff left and right over the whole stealth thing. It’s just something I haven’t gotten into. Pattern memorization of guards going around columns just isn’t my idea of fun. Co-op play is a blast though over XBL. Okay, I digress, enjoy your (warm) Friday.