Originally posted by: Stryphos
Originally posted by: Webhead123
Honestly, Ken Griffey was one of the most excrutiating experiences I've had with a video game in a long time. There are actually one or two video-baseball games that I like (one of my personal favorites being Baseball on NES).
We all have our own opinions on videogames. While I agree that Ken Griffey doesn't hold up as well as it did when I was a teen, Baseball on the NES was mind numbing. That is hands down my least favorite game we played during the NES contest so far. I absolutely love the game of baseball. I love to play and watch the game. That game made me question my love of that sport.
To be fair, my opinion on Baseball for NES may be a bit skewed for a couple reasons:
a) Baseball was one of the first games I had on my NES, back when I owned only a handful (SMB/DH, Contra, Ice Hockey, Donkey Kong Jr., Baseball). As a result, it got played quite frequently back then and I probably adjusted to any of it's shortcomings.
b) While I have booted it up for an occasional 5-minute jaunt, I must admit that I haven't actually played through a full game of it in many years. I'll have to give it another serious play and see if my opinion has drastically changed.
I like the sport of baseball quite a bit myself. I don't follow the season, teams, players or stats but I do enjoy watching the game itself being played, playing the game with my kids and even the occasional video or board game implementation. Actually, I'm currently loving a really neat 2-player board/card game called
Bottom of the 9th, which is an amazingly fun game that takes only about 30 minutes to play and costs less than $20. Anyone who has even a little interest in baseball ought to check it out.
Also, Ken Griffey nearly made me curse the day video baseball was invented. If it wasn't for the fact that I've seen proof that video baseball can be good, I'd swear it was less a game and more a form of self-flagellation.