This is a tough one to review because the gameplay was really good this year but the addition of time-limited programs to Diamond Dynasty and glut of moments and conquest missions really started to bog down the mode. Plus, this was the first year of the new Ballplayer mode which replaced the widely revered Road to the Show mode that had been in place since '06. Ballplayer had a lot of issues out of the gate as it now required players to be online when playing the mode, loadouts couldn't be changed between games when playing through a series, and missions would frequently stop tracking for no reason.

If you kept it simple this year and just played baseball, you probably had a good time.