Video game review

MLB Front Office Manager brings a new aspect to the realm of sporting games. The gamer no longer plays as the athlete, but as the general manager who hand-selects the 40-man roster of a baseball club. Sounds intriguing, right? Sadly, it is too good to be true. As the general manager, the gamer is able to negotiate contracts with players, develop trades with rival teams, create the pitching rotation and make calls in a game. Front Office Manager does not lack in choices. The gamer is even able to scout in Japan and partake in bidding wars.

Though this game is entertaining in the beginning, the game’s downfall is how time consuming and complex it becomes. Playing more than 100 individual games of baseball becomes repetitive and the hundreds of players makes a trade take too long.

However, the game isn’t completely negative. Gamers can make calls in an actual game. Unlike a regular baseball game, the gamer can control how the team plays. Using knowledge and strategy could easily increase the probability of a successful season.

Though someone with infinite time and knowledge of baseball may find this to be like Christmas morning, others will realize time playing this game will never be regained. The potential was there, the execution was not.

 

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