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The Bigs
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From: 2K Games
Category: Video Games

List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $19.54
You Save: $0.45 (2%)
Buy New from $19.54

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars(4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4851

Platform: Sony Psp
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0

MPN: 33176
UPC: 710425331763
EAN: 0710425331961
ASIN: B000NZX5SQ

Release Date: June 25, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Play to win and see if you can make it to the World Series
  • Train your players in action-oriented mini-games
  • Earn power-ups trigger special effects, like a massive windstorm to prevent sluggers from belting a big home run
  • All kinds of mini-games and Exhibition modes
  • Jump into the game yourself with create-a-player mode

Accessories:

  • PlayStation: The Official Magazine (1-year)
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly
  • Play
  • Tips & Tricks Magazine

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Bigs elevates America's favorite pastime to new heights with the larger-than-life ballparks, heroic gameplay, and incredible player models. Setting this MLB experience aside from anything you've ever seen before are spectacular power-ups, stunning special effects, and a totally unique career mode. Featuring fantastic pitching, batting and fielding animations, The Bigs brings new meaning to the term highlight reel. Multiplayer online support for up to four people Pinball-inspired action mode lets you mix things up a little


Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A lot of fun - my favourite sport game   December 29, 2008
This is one of my favourite games. Playing the rookie scenario is a lot of fun.


5 out of 5 stars Just plain fun   December 15, 2008
Let me make this clear, I hate baseball. I don't watch it, I don't follow the latest news on it and I definitely don't own any baseball games...until now.

I picked this up on black friday because of its great price point and favorable reviews on game websites. I primarily use my psp to pass the time during train commutes. I got this game, put it in, began playing on a train ride and almost missed my stop! I was so engrossed with the game. I forgot I was even playing on the PSP..the game play is right up there with its console counter parts.

It's definitely worth a try...I'm not sure of the lasting value just yet, but I suspect I'll be playing it often for months to come.



4 out of 5 stars Fantastic MLB Action for your PSP   August 21, 2007
This is a fantastic game, that provides an arcadey approach to an old favorite. The game does offer some sim functions, but it's the arcade aspects that make for an exciting and innovative approach to portable baseball gaming. The game is cool, in that it will add "kudos" points to your score, on top of your regular scoring of runs. You can use these Kudos points to play off stupendous plays and even steal "types of pitches" from the pitcher on the mound of the other team.

Most pitchers start with their regular assortment of types of pitches, but pull a slick move, and Barry Zito of the SF Giants loses his curveball. Do it again, and say goodbye to his slider.

I recommend this game for anyone suffering through the end of the season of your favorite team, when they didn't get as far in the playoffs as you may have wanted. I'm suffering the off season now, and this game will help to bring me through football season, into the Spring next year!

MC White said: This game is awesome! Check it out!



4 out of 5 stars Fun Arcade Title While It Lasts   July 10, 2007
  4 out of 4 found this review helpful

True Story: As I was playing MLB: The Show '07, I tried to load my 7-year career in "Road to the Show" just to find out that my data is corrupted!(Those of you who are reading this, I guess I should recommend that you should back-up your data every year while playing games like this, but that's another story.) Obviously peeved, I felt it woould be too much to go back and re-do the whole thing over again, so I decided to pick up this title for PSP. The Bigs is an arcade-style title for PSP that is fun, simple to control, great graphics game that emphasizes big hits, great plays and crushing homeruns. While it doesn't have as much realism as "MLB: The Show" series, it is still very much fun. Instead of "Road to the Show," there is basically a Rookie Challenge mode, where you build your own character, hit spring training, compete in a series of fun mini-games such as on-field obsticle course, fielding and hitting. After that, you earn points based on your performance and add attributes to your guy. Instead of traditional 9-inning games, the games are 5-innings. You go from city-to-city, completing tasks, such as, Hit a HR, come back from a 2-run defecit in the late innings, you even get a chance to steal players from other teams! The commentator often refers to you as "The Rook" whenever you come up to the plate and he always embelishes on how your team invested a lot into you and that you have to improve yourself. About a third way into the season, you will earn respect of your teamates and you will pick a nickname for yourself. Since that point, commentator will refer to you by that nickname. Later on, you will have to select your walk-up-to-the-plate theme and the coolest feature of all, pick a baseball bat that matches your attitude(your nation's flag, flames, skulls, even pink hearts hehe.)

Pros:

Simple batting and pitching controls

Great Graphics and video: the game enters into slow-motion whenever a fielder is trying to make a catch or an outstanding throw.

Great contact action: Whenever there is a play at the plate, there is a tug-o-war style graphic and you have to mash your X button in order to win a tug-o-war. If runner wins, he will steamroll the catcher. If catcher wins, he puts his shoulder down and runner bounces halfway to third for a loud OUT.


Cons:

Fielding and Running controls could use a tune. Very difficult and needs time to get used to.

Value- Once you beat the Rookie Challenge, you can probably start over and play in another league and see what challenges the other league(NL/AL) has to offer. After that, you have seen it all and I'm not sure if you'd play this game again. Unlike MLB: The Show, there is very little replay value here.


Bottom Line: If you are a baseball fan, you will love it...but not for a long time.


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