The Bigs
Don’t tell anyone this, but this is exactly the mindless fun baseball game I’m looking for. Don’t get me wrong, Bill Abner will not be playing this game anytime soon, but it’s a quick and entertaining game of baseball — nothing like the real thing…no strategy here, for example, a bat got hit back to the pitcher and he was injured so he went flying from the mound to foul territory and the runner got a double. Realistic? No. Like the real thing? No. Fun? Yeah.
I have to say I do enjoy Home Run Pinball. That’s the screenshot you saw of Times Square. Basically you’re hitting BP and the ball goes anywhere giving you points — 1,000 points for a taxi which there are a bunch of and 20,000 points for the real hard stuff. Mindless fun — reminiscient of those old pinball baseball games they still have at Funspot.
Graphics are dressed up in an arcade sort of way. Everyone seems to be on steroids. Unlike say, Slugfest, it seems like they do care about how the players are represented.
So like I said, not for the sim freaks, but it has its moments. Of course I only played about a half hour…I still have a review to finish for Call of Juarez :). Yes Bill, it’s coming.