Super Mega Baseball 3

fun

Fun Game with a lot of ability to modify players. Great stat keeping

Game is absolute crap I don't understand how they charge money for this. The batting is ridiculously stupid. The way the players look, ridiculous. The fields look like crap. Its like a free mobile game with no enjoyment at all. The wish.com version of MLB the show, but worse.

This is a game I constantly find myself coming back to when I'm bored or looking for something to play. As a fan since SMB1, it took me a bit to get on board with the slight gameplay tweaks, but after a while I've come to appreciate the fact that the game largely perfects what has drawn me in to the series in the first place. Both the hitting and pitching mechanics are superb, and it's still incredibly satisfying to crush a pitch or paint the corners, even after hundreds of hours played across PC and console. Franchise mode is a really fun framework around the gameplay as well - I didn't think I would enjoy playing it without custom rosters, but the game does a great job getting you attached to key players and being a bit disappointed when they decide to walk in the offseason. Resource management is great as well, giving you the ability to use your budget to sign great players, or invest in improving your existing players. There is a bit of RNG at play, only allowing you to improve players based on random upgrades you're able to purchase after every franchise game. I'm not a HUGE fan of this and would appreciate a little more freedom with how I choose to develop my team, but I can appreciate the restriction of not being able to dump all my funds immediately into a single attribute such as power for my entire roster. My biggest gripe with the game is the lack of improvement in customization from SMB2 to SMB3. Customization is a fantastic part of this game, should you choose to devote your time to it. The emblem editor allows you to create some pretty great logos, and there are tons of uniforms to choose from. The issue though is that it can get a bit annoying to see the same 6 or 7 faces and expressions across an entire custom league with 32 or even 16 teams. There's enough here on an individual player basis to get you close enough to what you were hoping to build, but some more options would have gone a long way for me. Overall, as a long time fan of the series, it's fair to say I have some gripes and issues with a few minor aspects of the game, but it's easily my favorite baseball game of all time, and is definitely on my Mount Rushmore of greatest sports games ever.

SImple, Fun, with always something new to learn. What more could you want? I would recommend this game to anyone looking to kick their feet up, crack a bear, and send a few over the fence. 8/10

Good game for the price.