Ps3 baseball games 2011

But with that all in mind, here are our picks for the top 10 PS3 games of all time. Have you played Batman: Arkham City? Fighting games were in a rough place prior to , but Street Fighter 4 brought the series back to the roots of its popularity, including the more popular cast from Street Fighter 2.

Its highly stylized art style proved odd but ultimately appealing, and its online play was serviceable enough that the genre no longer felt like a total nonstarter. It was the genre's bedrock game through the release of Ultra Street Fighter 4, which most consider to be Street Fighter 4's apex due to its large roster and strong balance. Its influence has since waned, but it is inarguably one of the most important games in the genre's history, and still one of the PS3's best games.

The ability to experiment with new parts to customize your weapons and the addition of Hoverboots add a lot more mechanical depth to the combat and exploration. Add on top of that a moving story that really digs into why the titular duo is so enduring - and has endured for so long - and A Crack in Time delivers one of the best action games on the PS3.

Batman blew the doors off what the Arkham franchise could be, extending out beyond the confines of its prior though still fantastic first entry, Arkham Asylum, for a larger, engrossing sequel. While it does have a story mode with over 50 levels, the robust and refined customization notches it above the original LittleBigPlanet for us, and demonstrated the imaginative possibilities Media Molecule has continued to explore in Dreams.

Portal 2 is the perfect example of what a sequel can be. There are two game modes, and while the standard game mode is nothing special, there is also a scenario mode with 12 unique scenarios that take place in the late innings of games, when relief pitchers make their money. While it is incredibly original, once you beat the 12 scenarios, you are left with a baseball game that has no season mode and is poor at best when it comes to its standard game mode.

Still, an interesting game well worth buying for a buck now. The game itself improved significantly from its first installment to its second, as the designers improved perhaps the biggest flaw and changed the batting view from behind home plate to angled from the side, making it easier to hit.

However, from there on, only graphics improved, as gameplay was largely unchanged. The fictional players changed from year to year and were actually rather cleverly named. Bases Loaded 3 managed to reach an endorsement deal with Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg for the cover, but other than that, it had no tie to MLB. The final SNES version had a fun glitch in which a split-finger fastball was impossible to hit if thrown up in the strike zone, but that was far from making it a great game.

The game also had a marketing agreement with Little Caesars in what was the first real example of product placement in a video game with Little Caesars billboards on the outfield walls. This would be the first steps towards the barrage of marketing found in video games today. Aside from all of the promotional bells and whistles, however, it was an average game at best with a number of gameplay issues.

The game was made largely for the PC but was released with a scaled-down version on console, and the result was not a good one. With ESPN jumping on the baseball video game train, one of the nation's top baseball magazines followed suit with a game of its own for the Super Nintendo.

With an MLBPA license, it had the advantage of accurate big league rosters, and it was an enjoyable game as long as you were at the plate.

It took a sharp downturn when it came to pitching and fielding, however. Player routinely legged out infield singles on routine ground balls, the outfielders got terrible jumps and the overall pitching was basic to a point of fault. All in all, this is an enjoyable game with good graphics, but there were far better options on the market, and this was really nothing special. When MLB Pennant Race came out in , it had Triple Play '97 and World Series Baseball to compete with for top honors on the year, and while it was a close race between the three, it took third to the other two.

It had the nice feature of choosing between an arcade mode where essentially the laws of physics did not apply and the standard mode that is more what one would expect from a baseball title, which made it appeal to a greater audience.

While it did not fall short in terms of features and graphics, the gameplay itself was very slow and loaded between each inning. Baseball is the definition of average across the board. The graphics are solid, clearly showing the improvement from NES to SNES, and while the stadiums and fields themselves are very generic-looking, the players are actually quite detailed.

Perhaps the funniest thing about the game is that Cal Ripken Jr. Can't say I remember Ripken ever putting up those kind of numbers, but props to him for jacking up his video game persona. Baseball , with a few solid additions that push it over the top. Most notably would be a better season mode that saves your statistics and is a bigger reason to keep playing the game.

As far as gameplay itself, everything is average at best with the nice added feature of zoom-ins during close plays, which is a nice addition that other games at the time did not yet have.

All in all, much like the Ripken game, there are much worse options, but it's really nothing special, although word is it did come with a sweet Nolan Ryan poster as well.

One of the original 18 games that were made available when the Nintendo system first hit stores, Baseball played a major role in helping legitimize what was an otherwise unknown entity in the newborn gaming system. It featured just eight teams, and without MLB licensing they are not named after real teams but instead use letters, but the effort was put in so that the C's are clearly identified as the Cardinals and so on.

The game marked a significant improvement over Atari and was surprisingly realistic in that where you hit the ball was based off timing and where you positioned your batter in the box. Pitching allowed for a number of different pitches to be thrown using the D-pad. Fielding, however, was all computer controlled, which was a drawback. Still, this was a big step forward, both for baseball video games and for the Nintendo gaming system. In the first baseball game not developed by Atari, huge strides were made, as the gaming world had its first legitimately playable baseball game.

Like most Mattel games of the time, it was two-player only, so there was no computer to play when it was just you, but other than that, it was a step in the right direction across the board.

The gameplay was much smoother, and while the graphics were little more than a men's bathroom sign and the fielders were lacking a shortstop, this was as good as it got until after the original Nintendo was released. In an era when licensing was becoming more prevalent and the games that did not receive MLB licensing did their best to make the game as close to MLB accurate as possible, Extra Innings took it in the other direction.

In what was one of the first baseball games released for the Super Nintendo, developers embraced the fact that it was not an MLB representation and instead sought to make the game as fun as possible.

With the players drawn in anime-esque style, the gameplay was perhaps the smoothest and most easily picked up of all baseball games at the time. It is by no means an MLB game, but it is a solid baseball game in general. Just look at that title screen. As far as realistic baseball games go, Bad News Baseball falls a bit short, as you need look no further than the fact that the umpires are rabbits. It goes beyond that, however, as it is incredibly easy to hit a home run and the vast majority of runs come that way.

However, it is extremely playable with its fast pace and enjoyable graphics, from Mr. T being lined up at the end of the team to congratulate a player after a home run to the many zoom-in situations. While this game is not for the baseball purist, it is one that can be as easily picked up as any video game out there and appeals to even the most casual of fans in that respect.

The first baseball video game made for the first legitimate gaming system, Home Run was as basic as you could get. It didn't resemble any baseball game I've ever watched, as it consisted of a batter and either one fielder or three fielders who moved in unison based on the difficulty setting you chose. As the pitcher, you could control the ball with the joystick once the pitch was released, making for impossible breaking pitches, which was fun if not overly easy.

All in all, it was a valiant first attempt at a baseball game and still has some playability against a friend. On the other end of the spectrum from the first baseball game in Home Run , the Wii franchise and its standard sports pack Wii Sports represent the present and future of gaming, as we have gone from a single button and joystick to using a small controller and our bodies to control what's going on on the screen in a matter of 33 years.

Wii Sports baseball is basic but a lot of fun to play and a good benchmark of how far we have come technologically. Playstation Official Magazine UK. Lord knows how long the San Diego boys can continue trumping themselves year after year, but for now their golden touch shows no sign of fading. All this publication's reviews.

Play ball. MLB The Show is so full of the heart and soul of baseball that even jaded baseball video gamers have to admit how close it is to the real thing. All this publication's reviews Read full review.

Game Chronicles. MLB 11 The Show remains the best baseball game on the market and is a worthy upgrade for any baseball fan. Digital Chumps. MLB 11 The Show is an upgrade from last year's game, and that's saying a helluva lot considering how good last year was for a majority of baseball fans.

Game Over Online. MLB The Show doesn't change a ton of content from last year, but that's not a bad thing.

It makes enough small improvements to the visuals, animations, and gameplay mechanics to keep the experience fresh while advancing the series. It is by far the best baseball game ever made, without a doubt. If you're a baseball fan, sports fan, or even if you simply own a PS3, this game is a must-have.

I can't imagine any fan of our national pastime that wouldn't love MLB PSX Extreme. Includes most every feature, strategy, tactic, and gameplay element any die-hard fan could ask for. It's all here and really, I could go on writing and explaining for a very long time. But here's the point- the game attempts to put our nation's pastime at our fingertips, and it succeeds wonderfully.

Game Informer. The new analog pitching is the most polished and challenging gameplay mechanic a baseball game has ever offered. Cheat Code Central. I saw some commercials of this beast on TV. Looks great. We need the NBA series to be this good! I read an article that stated that users can use the ps3 eye to create a player, is this true?

Hope this game sells well… :. Ostaf March 3, at pm PST. Is it just more or does this not look very good? Maybe its just my computer. Even curling is more exciting then baseball….

Dibbz March 3, at pm PST. RTTS is great! Use streaming techniques and duplicate your assets. That was a conservative estimate. The actual install requirement is less than half that. Thrasher20 March 3, at pm PST. Looking at it for the future. Marauderxt March 3, at pm PST. I been playing RTTS all day. Brooklyn March 3, at pm PST. Excellent job Sony. Absolutely stunning sports game. Like some themes or World Baseball Classic add-on Once again, great job.

Love the batter walk up music customization feature! Thanks for the compliments. Gomez81 March 3, at pm PST. Are you playing in HD?