Baseball Kings 2015

Give it time, and I think you'll be suprised at this hidden gem of an app. At first, you are not upgraded enough to see how fun it gets. So stick with it, and you'll se that it is an extremely fun baseball app, and by far my favorite one of its type. I just wish they would update it (been 2 years), or made (or are already making) a sequel. Either way, it'd be a great thing if at least one of these two things happens. Anyway - in summary, it is my favorite baseball app, and is one of my favorite apps.

I fail to see the point of this game. First off, the idea of playing only the ninth inning is kind of lame, but when it's next to impossible to perform even the simplest task, it gets old really fast. The pitching tutorial makes it seem pretty straightforward, but that bears no resemblance whatsoever to the actual game. Unless you pitch in a perfectly straight, 6-to-12 o'clock line, the ball goes all over the place, usually hitting the batter or going completely wild. But does the catcher ever set up right behind the plate? Maybe one pitch in five, which means it's not possible to pitch the ball straight, which in turn means the bases are constantly being loaded, and you force runners home like they were coming off an assembly line. I will refrain from going into depth on the the idiotic, slow-moving infielders, as others have already covered that aspect. At bat, unless you hit it out of the park, you will most likely ground out. Even if you spank one into right field, your chances of being thrown out at first are about 50-50. As everyone knows, this is exactly like baseball in real life! Not. Unless Andre Dawson is playing, and there's no way he would agree to play for these lousy teams, certainly not for the league-minimum salary (that's a Cubs joke). The only consolation is that the runners are just as slow-moving and poorly animated as the fielders. Wait, is that a consolation? Hmm, guess not. Luckily, this game is free, so I did not waste any money on it... Although, there is the wasted time to consider. Don't waste yours.

This game can be fun. Pitching can be a challenge, but there is a practice mode for pitching and hitting. Graphics are well-done. What makes it unrealistic, and stupid really, is the fielding. The infield RARELY ever gets a ground ball, outfielders don't move to catch the ball, runners are so slow it's laughable, and worst of all throws bounce before they reach the base (as if adults can't throw hard enough to reach the basemen!). Also, the players have no sense of the game: e.g, if a ball is hit to the shortstop and there's men on first and third with one out, the shortstop will throw to second allowing the third base runner to score. If they fix these aspects of the game, it would be great.