The show is back for a geared up season! Welcoming in the new era of baseball.
The Show has packed on a few extra features that really make the game stand out. The new "Road to the Show" mode is something that will keep you hooked for some time. You start off by making your own player and customizing him. Once your done creating your personal looking player is when the real fun begins.
You start out as a rookie picking your team affiliation. You'll now be able to go to spring training with that team hoping to make a spot. Depending on how you do you may make the Bigs or start off down in triple A. In order to get a spot in the Majors you'll have to prove yourself. Along the way you can interact with your coach and team and even get contracts which will have a goal for the season. The more of the goals you make the more you prove yourself. Aside from Road to the Show, MLB 07 features some of your basic features as well such as Season mode where you dont have to go through all the stuff as a rookie on Road to the Show. They also have your usual Franchise and casual Career. Rivalry mode is also a nice touch to dive into. Manager mode puts in place of the manager for the team in a game. You can choose your camera angle to view from but you never actually play in the game. You simply watch a simulated game which can be tweaked by your actions (pitcher changes, telling players to play aggressive, etc.) Of coarse they have the usual Exhibition game as well.
The main menu is very nice and well set up. With the main square on the left part of the screen and a nice compilation of player pictures going by on the right its nice and clean cut.
The menu also features a news bar on the bottom of the screen which is updated with info from MLB.com. You can also connect to SportsConnect which takes you to the online mode. Here you can find news from all around the MLB as well as play other people online (imagine that)
MLB 07 plays nice and smooth. You have your nice pitching meter and nice user adaptive controls. The graphics are not all that amazing. On a standard definition TV you will have to turn up your brightness a little bit to really get a nice sharp picture. On HD the game is best set at 720p. If you were looking for graphics you should go with 2K7. But if your looking for game play, you've come to the right place.
The Show gives the user the ability to do basically anything you could do on a baseball field. From diving catches to amazing home run takeaways. You feel like you can do anything. The six axis is even used to determine your slide which actually does make a hug difference to the out or no out.
Overall the game is one to be played. If you want amazing game play with amazing features this game should be one for you. If your all about the graphics you should go with 2K7. The game will keep you wrapped up and keep your attention going. If you get a little bored however you can always simulate to the end of the game : )
The Show is at least worth a rent so if your a baseball fanatic this is a perfect game for you.
~Ryan Johnson