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MLB Bobblehead Pros Review (XBLA)

Posted by Christophor Rick (TheSuperGuido), 4 days ago
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Baseball just had it’s All-Star break denoting just about halfway through the season. This game does not belong anywhere near that caliber of player because it’s incredibly poor in fielding, batting is sub-par and pitching is, no actually, pitching is sort of fun. However, you can just aim MLB Bobbleheads bobble the playdown the center of the plate much of the time and still get by quite well. So it’s lacking as well.

It’s also lacking in that the All-Stars package is an additional 400 MSP just for two things; the Home Run Derby (HRD) and the My Bobble mode if memory serves.

My bobble mode is actually OK but nowhere near great. You make your own player and then do the batting for that player, the rest of the game is simulated, yes, even the fielding. So it’s really sort of silly and lame because the simulated games just speed past and the only time you interact is when it’s your turn to bat. The only other thing you can do is decide to steal or not. But even if that’s on automatic, you still watch the play while your bobble is on base.

The AI has all sorts of problems, especially in baserunning. I don’t know how many times a line drive out resulted in a double play because the AI character ran. In fact I even saw a line drive out to center, caught and thrown back to first to get the runner. That’s just terrible baseball and makes for a terrible baseball game.

limited changes can be made. Double switch is very difficult

One of the worst things about the game is that it does not autosave, anything. Not after changes, not even after a game or when you advance the season. That’s totally ridiculous. The game should autosave after every single game.

 Our Rating for MLB Bobblehead Pros Review (XBLA)
6.0
Replay
I will go play Home Run derby from time to time, but definitely won’t play a full season because it’s just irritating overall. At least with HRD you don’t need to field.
6.0
Graphics
I’ve seen the same level of graphics in an iPhone baseball game. Sure this is bobblehead, but that doesn’t mean low grade graphics, or does it?
5.0
Sound
The music is so bloody annoying and unbaseball-like that I shut it off. Everything else is just flat.
5.0
Gameplay
Atari 2600 Baseball, remember that? Yeah that’s close to the fielding control scheme. Batting is extremely difficult, even on easy and generally, it’s just no fun, except for pitching. Unfortunately, you can pretty much just pitch down the middle to the Pro level AI.
6.0
Multiplayer/Online Content
I refuse to play an actual game online. I did play some HRD which was fine. No one did extremely well which sort of really puts a dent in the whole ’best home run hitters in the league’ feel that HRD is supposed to have.
5.5
Overall
There are really just one thing that’s fun in this game and it’s pitching. I can’t include the home run derby in that..because it’s a pay DLC. It’s a poor game to being with, paying for additional gameplay just makes it useless. Don’t bother with this one.

Rating: 0.0, votes: 0
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