Baseball Superstars 2011, currently on sale in the Android Market, is free in the Amazon Appstore. I get a chuckle when situations like this occur. People are buying up this app in the Android Market because its cheap and on sale and they liked the free version enough to merit an upgrade to eliminate the ads. And yet one day later its absolutely free on the competitor's app store.
Reading some of the reviews leads me to believe a lot of people don't understand how to play this game. Some are complaining about the graphics, about the performance, about the permissions, and about nothing. Man I hate it when people post a 1-star review that doesn't say why they gave it one star. And what's worse is if the review was posted from the app on their phone it requires minimum 20 words so they just typed random crap. I've decided to write a piece on why people abuse online rating systems yet don't vote in state and national elections.
In my experience playing the game, I have had a lot of fun. I enjoy the graphics and presentation because it reminds me of my NGP-c. No, not the Next Generation Portable from Sony, read PSP2. The Neo Geo Pocket Color games all have this character look to them. From SNKs baseball and tennis games to Capcom vs SNK and King of the Fighters. This is definitely where Gamevil got the inspiration, or maybe the artists, for this series of games.
The first time I saw this game was on my buddy's iPhone about 3 years ago. It has changed enough over the years, including new game modes outside of the standard Exhibition and Season Play. In Baseball Stars 2011, you can play in My League mode as either a Batter or Pitcher. If you've played MLB The Show 's Road to the Show mode then you can guess what My League mode is about. Plus, after you create a character in My League mode you can use that character in the games home run derby, HR Race. There you can earn G points that can be used in My League mode to enhanced your player's stats.
The secret to hitting home runs may sound really common knowledge, but you'd be surprised how bad about 90% of you are at video games. Having been part of an elite group of professional video game testers for the better part of 7 years, I have an innate ability to tear apart a game's meaning without knowing a single line of code. Much in the way a programmer forward thinks a programs functionality and design as the code is being written, and without testing every single command line for the desired effect. I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that the secret to home runs in this game is to... wait for the ball to cross the plate.
Considering you have a decent phone with some memory reserves go and download this game. Sports fans and SNK fans alike will enjoy the experience Gamevil has created.
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