Lots of potential for some over-the-top arcade baseball fun, but horrible controls turn The BIGS into a rainout.
The controls are awkward from top to bottom. While pitching and hitting aren't totally off the mark when compared to the simple functionality of Wii Sports, they are a downgrade. There is a horrible lag between flicking the remote and getting your batter to swing, so getting the timing down to where you aren't constantly swinging at horrible pitches is a lot harder than it should be. The ptiching is implemented better, but again the controls just aren't sensitive enough to make things intuitive. It felt like my wrist was going to snap off as I tried continually more extreme clockwise / counterclockwise rotations and button release timings to try and get consistent pitch results.
While you can get accustomed to the mushy controls for the batting/pitching interface fairly quickly... fielding and baserunning are a whole different ball game (sorry for the pun). Simply put, both baserunning and fielding are awful. They don't ruin the game, but I couldn't help but feeling that The BIGS would have been better served using the CPU controlled fielders and ghostrunners from Wii Sports. Play this game for two hours, then fire up Wii Sports Baseball. I can promise you won't miss the fielding/baserunning implementation from The BIGS.
The single most important aspect of any Wii title is getting things "right" with the controller. The BIGS just doesn't deliver in this regard. Sure, it's not a terrible game once you fight with controls and get comfortable enough to make it playable... but a simple arcade baseball game shouldn't require such an investment. Anybody should be able to pick up The BIGS and be enjoying a simple over-the-top game of baseball in a few minutes... not a few hours. The Wii version had to have been an afterthought from 2K Games... as they clearly didn't spend much time tweaking things.
It's not all bad news, I had three buddies over the other night... and we all had a good enough time playing a few games, so I think it's value as a "party" game does help a little. I've probably spent a total of six or seven hours playing over the last four days... I really thought I would eventually come around and like this game... but this wound up as barely a worthy rental.