I will go as far as to say Super Mega Baseball is the best sports game on the market for simulation or arcade play. Deep play, deep strategy, customizable sliders, rosters, jerseys, logos. Online play. It's a great series. It's a great game. It's a fun time. Seriously. The cartoon style probably turns many off but even those graphics are top notch. Really a massively fun sports gaming experience
Excellent, easy to play franchise mode and solid overall gameplay. There are moments when you can feel the game start to rubberband the difficulty, but if you take a step back and focus, you tend to come out on top
This is about best-in-class for modern baseball on PC. It feels great to play, can run on just about anything, and has a pretty good sense of humor (the name Knox Oxensocksen makes me laugh every time).
The mechanics are surprisingly deep for how casual it is, too. The franchise mode has an interesting way of 'casually' handling free agency/development/etc. I wish there was a bit more depth to it, and I wish there were about twice as many traits that characters could have to make them feel a bit more unique, but it's not by any means lacking as it is. Just something to make up for the fact that SMB3 doesn't have real players. Not that I would want them, really. I think they'd just kind of take away from how interesting and wacky everything is in this fantasy world of baseball gods.
It goes on sale a lot, runs on almost anything, and can't really 'age' because it doesn't use real players or statistics. If you want a baseball game on PC, this is the one you want.
Wait, this game doesn't adhere to the saying "speed doesn't go into slumps," so 0/5.
The mechanics are surprisingly deep for how casual it is, too. The franchise mode has an interesting way of 'casually' handling free agency/development/etc. I wish there was a bit more depth to it, and I wish there were about twice as many traits that characters could have to make them feel a bit more unique, but it's not by any means lacking as it is. Just something to make up for the fact that SMB3 doesn't have real players. Not that I would want them, really. I think they'd just kind of take away from how interesting and wacky everything is in this fantasy world of baseball gods.
It goes on sale a lot, runs on almost anything, and can't really 'age' because it doesn't use real players or statistics. If you want a baseball game on PC, this is the one you want.
Wait, this game doesn't adhere to the saying "speed doesn't go into slumps," so 0/5.
Was fun to make all my friends and play a season. Not a big baseball person but this one was a good experience. The pacing is good - I expected the games to drag a bit more but they didn't at all. Fun stuff!
Step down from super mega baseball 2
Probably my favorite arcade baseball game ever from a pure gameplay perspective. I have so much fun on the field. The systems are snappy and simple to get used to. Co-op, in particular, is brilliantly implemented and uses an alternating method when batting and in the field (one pitches an inning while the other fields, then next inning they switch). The franchise mode also allows for some slight team salary cap management and ability to train players and the stat-keeping across seasons is great.
Really fun baseball game that doesn't take itself too seriously, but allows players to take it as seriously as they want. Reminded me of my Slugfest 2004 days.
If you'd told me that one of my favorite games of 2020 would be a Baseball game, I would have told you that was very unlikely. Apparently I'd played one of these before, because I saw some achievements on my Xbox profile from four or five years ago when I guess it was free or something.
Anyway, I wouldn't have even given this a second glance if I hadn't watched Dan Ryckert play it a bunch over the summer. It looked fun so I ended up buying it on Steam to play with a friend online. Unfortunately he wasn't as on board as I'd hoped so I really wasted my cash and should have gotten it on console to play locally. But even playing it on the PC by myself, there's a lot of fun to be had. All the customization options, the little animations, and the baseball itself is fun and relaxing in a way that few games have been this year. I think I just needed a little break from all the dour violence of some of 2020's big AAA games. Play it with a friend. I'm living proof that even if you don't give a damn about sports, you can have a blast with this game.
Anyway, I wouldn't have even given this a second glance if I hadn't watched Dan Ryckert play it a bunch over the summer. It looked fun so I ended up buying it on Steam to play with a friend online. Unfortunately he wasn't as on board as I'd hoped so I really wasted my cash and should have gotten it on console to play locally. But even playing it on the PC by myself, there's a lot of fun to be had. All the customization options, the little animations, and the baseball itself is fun and relaxing in a way that few games have been this year. I think I just needed a little break from all the dour violence of some of 2020's big AAA games. Play it with a friend. I'm living proof that even if you don't give a damn about sports, you can have a blast with this game.
Fun arcadey baseball game. I play in a league with friends and been through many games at this point.
Overall, quality game, but there are some frustrating issues with it. Biggest issue is just some de-sync as to the animations and what is actually happening. Sometimes the animations don't really show what's happening.
Overall, quality game, but there are some frustrating issues with it. Biggest issue is just some de-sync as to the animations and what is actually happening. Sometimes the animations don't really show what's happening.
Baseball is the most boring sport to watch but a very fun sport to play
Let me tell ya, I think baseball is the most boring sport in the world, but I love playing this game.
A fun and deep arcade baseball game that stands entirely seperate from similar titles in the sports genre. No microtransactions, no BS, all good sportsball fun. As a big fan of baseball I find myself enjoying the gameplay and ruleset of this game more than any others I have played.
I made a team called the Scotland Sluggers, populated it with players with pun names (Wren Frew and Lyn Lithgow, absolute stars of the diamond) and I support them with all my heart.
I really thought it was very fun, the animaesque style is a negative at the end of the day, of it's a style that fits the unrealistic and fantasy, the gameplay is fluid, it wasn't for me but a good game nonetheless.
We intend to go back and do a Franchise Mode run at some point down the line....