Overall 8.3 Graphics 5 Sound 5 Addictive 6 Story 2 Depth 4 Difficulty 6
6.6
NES Classic Baseball Game Ghostbear1111
RBI Baseball is a classic NES game, known by the cover art as one of the first well-developed sports games available for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Graphics: We're talking a game created in the 1980s. Don't expect state of the art graphics, individual faces of people in the crowd, and so on. The field is nice-looking with well-done lines. There are flags waving in the wind and fireworks, similar to Super Mario Brothers, that go off when either team hits a home run. Some of the game physics work well with balls that curl away hitters when certain pitches are thrown. That added element makes the baseball game more dynamic. Lastly, the technology may not have been around but there are no African-American players. Everyone, including Ozzie Smith, is white. Lastly, there's a timer at the top of the scoreboard keeping track of the time of the game. It's surprisingly accurate.
Sound: The sound is average at best. There are only a few needed sounds, pitches, fly balls, cheering, sliding, and hits. That limits the ability of the game to develop good sound since it is simple to execute.
Music: The music is repetitive. Turn the sound off and enjoy music, YouTube videos, anything else. You have main menu music, you have regular music, and you get slightly anticipatory music when the bases are loaded. After that.... it's the same. The music is not important for a sports game and it works fine as filler or dead silence but the score is nothing to enjoy.
Story: There is no story. Pick a team and beat all the other teams, including the American League and National League all-star teams to see ending animation. Beyond that, there's nothing there.
Depth: The game has a mild amount of depth for a sports game. You have a bullpen and pitchers are unavailable the next game if they pitch a large number of innings. They also get 'tired' as the game progresses and their control and velocity slow down, making them easier to hit. You also have bench players to hit. Luckily, everyone plays every position so there's no need to sub infielders for infielders and outfielders for outfielders. You have an added option to pinch hit for the pitcher and then
replace him on the mound the next inning. Beyond that, you win games. If you lose games, you just play again until you win them. It's very simple.
Difficulty: Once you learn the style of running featured by the computer and you understand fielding fly balls, it is not a difficult game. Defense is hard because you barely miss a grounder and you're punished by giving up a triple or an in the park homerun by the other team. There is no buffer for fielding. The computer does not miss flyballs, unless they commit errors but ground balls often sneak through fielders.
RBI Baseball is an average game, notable for its use in the reproduction of the 1986 Mets/Red Sox World Series.
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It is worth your time for a check-off list of "NES Games I've played" but beat one team and you know exactly what the whole experience is. You should be done in about 10 minutes or so.
Graphics 5 Sound 5 Addictive 6 Story 2 Depth 4 Difficulty 6
Review Rating: 4.5/5
Submitted: 07-22-16
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