MLB 06: The Show

In MLB 06: The Show, you can manage players, their salaries, the team’s business, and the players’ team morale, and keep them happy to keep your team in contention. Control everything in your business, from the prices of tickets to the costs of vendors. It has a career mode where you can create yourself using the game controls or pasting your face on with EyeToy. You can track your progress in career mode and choose which teams you want to play for, but you must earn the right to compete in the big leagues by working your way up from the minor leagues. Keep track of your accomplishments as you progress, and you can even skip parts of the game to your at-bats or pitching appearances, making the game much more streamlined and personalized. The players act very realistically because they used motion capture for almost every major player, giving it untold amounts of realistic animation and almost giving them real emotions, such as if a pitcher gives up a big home run, you can see the disappointment on his face, or if you hit a game-winning home run, your entire team goes crazy celebrating. The game also includes a variety of mini-games, such as the classic Home Run Derby and a new King of the Diamond, which has multiple levels, a timer, and is constantly adapting to keep you guessing. The rosters were even up to date, with 2006 rosters instead of the previous year.