R.B.I. Baseball 15

Considering this game is free, I give it 4 stars. Simple mechanics, just enough pitching and hitting control that it's not an arcade game, full stats, real rosters. It needs some improvement in the AI, sometimes the infielders take horrible routes to the ball. It has occasional fielding errors, needs to add throwing errors once in a while. Also needs to allow substitutions when you're on defense, as it is you can only pinch hit or bring in a relief pitcher, there's no way to make defensive substitutions. With a few small improvements this could be a great game.

The gameplay here is true to the original games on NES. The biggest differences are the updated rosters and improved graphics. One thing that would be the icing on the cake would be the ability to play with legendary players (Dennis Eckersley with the sidearm on the A's; the Bash Brothers, '92 Blue Jays, Mark Grace, etc.). Atari RBI Baseball did this in the past where you could play as the team that won each division from the past 4 years or so, and you could trade with those teams to make somewhat of a dynasty roster. I understand that there are limitations because of how much memory this game takes up already, but such features are really all that is lacking from the current game.

This gets 5 stars not because it's perfect, but because, of the other baseball games I've played on iOS (and PC) it's by far the least frustrating. You can adjust the difficulty down substantially and then crank it up as you get better. I like the fact that making contact with the ball is not overly difficult, but still challenging enough to be fun. One day someone will make a truly great baseball game for iOS, but in the meantime, this one is pretty darn good. And it has the potential to be even better if they continue to tweak it. Nice!