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Tuesday 1 May 2018

Super Mega Baseball 2 Review

With a name like Super Mega Baseball 2, you might reasonably expect to see monster home runs, flaming fastballs, or superhuman feats of skill. Surprisingly, Super Mega Baseball 2 is closer to a true hardball simulation. If you look beyond the oddly stylized players and exaggerated stadiums, you’ll find an appealing, customizable, and authentic baseball game.

While Super Mega Baseball 2 doesn’t offer all of the features or the officially licensed teams and players of MLB: The Show (effectively the only other baseball game in town), it’s gameplay isn’t too far off. They may look cartoony, but thanks to a convincing physics model, players and the ball travel in a realistic fashion. For instance, if a player takes a hard cut at an inside fastball, you can expect him to get jammed and consequently generate a weak ground ball. Or, if weak contact is made on an outside pitch, that ball will likely get pushed the opposite way. Once, I saw a ball hit the edge of the grass and take a predictable bad hop. Throughout my time with Super Mega Baseball 2, I was impressed with the variety and realism of hits.

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Source : IGN.com