While the real baseball season has been in full swing for quite a while now, the digital season can begin anytime you want. If there has been one particular spot where the iPad has fallen short it is offering a really good baseball sim for those users who want to be able to play like they are on a console or even the computer without having to pay the high price or have to be at home in order to play. An app known as 9 Innings Baseball might finally be filling that bill.
While the game itself is not new, there have been a couple of recent updates that make it 10 times better than when it was first released and for people like myself who were desperate for ANY baseball sim games on the iPad it was pretty good back then. It appears that the developers of this particular game just noticed on day that they were really the only players on the market and knew that if they could improve their product just a little bit they could gain some seriously popularity. The main upgrade they made was updating the rosters to reflect the current, real Major League Baseball rosters without forcing fans of the game to buy a whole new edition as is the case with almost every sports game that is ever produced for the console or computer gamers. This means that had you laid out the meager $0.99 to buy the game for the iPad last year, you get to play the game as if you bought it this season.
The game has actually updated the rosters a couple of different times, with the latest update being from July 5th, meaning you truly do have some of the most up to date rosters around. Of course, being able to play with the real player’s name and the teams being able to have accurate rosters is nice, but if the game play isn’t remotely realistic or the graphics are bad, you’re still not going to have a real popular game. Fortunately, Com2Us kept this in mind and while the graphics certainly aren’t going to blow you away, they aren’t so basic that you’ll be disgusted either.
The game play itself is both fun and not so in depth that you will have to spend half an hour trying to figure out how to get a hit, or strike out a batter. On the mound, you are able to pick the kind of pitch you want, and the general location you want it. Timing when touching the screen then comes into play as to how close to the zone you chose the pitch ends up. Batting is simplified to either swinging away or bunting and again timing comes into play as to whether or not you make contact and how good that contact actually is.
If you are looking for an ultra realistic baseball sim along the lines of “Out of the Park Baseball” then you will be sorely disappointed with this particular game. If, on the other hand you are looking for a great time waster and a game that will allow you to play a full season from opening day to the World Series on your iPad, then this is most definitely the game for you.
App Store: $0.99
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