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MLB The Show '09 - The Game that Stands the Test of Time

Posted on August 30, 2009 at 08:11 PM.

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Ok...maybe "stands the test of time" is a little exageratory, but you get the point that I'm making. Oh, you don't? Well, let me try to explain it in a little better detail for you.

The date of this blog entry is August 30th, 5 months since the release of the latest installment of the MLB The Show series. (eh, give or take a day or so). Anyways, in that time I've been playing this game nearly everyday and playing multiple games on any given day that I can, which is mostly weekends. Now I know that may not come as a big or complete shock since, for those that don't know me that well, I'm an avid baseball fan and love the sport dearly. But more interesting could be the fact that I'm a diehard sports fan and on a yearly basis buy both NCAA Football & Madden. But while I did buy the games this year, I constantly find myself coming back to the Show to play baseball. Now, maybe thats not that big of a shocker to some, but for me, its a new thing.

You see, about this time every year, when the NFL preseason begins, the college football season is on the cusp of beginning, and the High School football games have begun, I quickly get out of baseball mode and transistion into football mode. Now, while that is happening to an extent this year, its not taking over my gaming. You see, I'm all ready to watch football on my TV, but I'm more excited to play baseball on my TV. Strange? Maybe...but not really.

MLB The Show '09 is afterall, in my opinion of course, the best sports game to date for any console. Sure, there are other great sports games out there and someone will have a game to promote over the Show, but for me, The Show is it. The combination of "realism" on and off the field just keeps this game high upon my gaming list. And while there are patches available for the Show, I passed on both of them, because for me, out of the box was "perfect". Which is a testament in itself, to how great this game is, at least by today's standards.

Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy both Madden and NCAA this year. I'm having fun playing each. The problem is, I'm having a hard time working them into the rotation, which is odd because the rotation only consist of one game right now, and thats the Show. Well 2 games, I play WSOP: Battle for the Bracelets quite a bit as well, but typically in the final hour of my gaming day. But the Show is eating up the majority of my daily/weekly gaming hours.

Now I'll admit, that when Madden first dropped, I took a hiatus from the Show to play Madden. But now that the "new" has wore off, I find myself drifting back to the Show. And NCAA, well, I just picked it up this week, and its still fairly "new" and has gotten some gaming love this weekend. But even as I write, the Show is waiting for me to confirm a save command that I just prompted it to do. I guess I'd better wrap this up.

Perhaps next weekend once the college season kicks off, I'm tailgating at the UofL game, and feeling that college atmosphere, I'll get into a huge football kick. And that feeling will only grow greater when the NFL season kicks off a week from this Thursday, and the Show will find itself in my gaming cabinet with the rest of my collection of games, only to be brought out once the MLB playoffs start up and I get that kick baseball buzz. But then again, maybe not. Maybe, just maybe, the title of this blog is true, and the Show '09 will truly be the game that stands the test of time.

-CB