From: Sony.
For: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox SeriesS/X, Switch
★★★★★
There really is no weakness with the extraordinary baseball series, which surely provides the most authentic representation of sport we have seen on a console.
It just oozes life and passion. Baseball is not a game that has massive currency in New Zealand, though it has some devout fans, but you can easily transport yourself to Fenway Park or into the shoes of Shohei Ohtani through playing the video game.
And it’s so playable. No sports game gives you as much control over how you play, or how much you want to be challenged.
There is also immense variety as the game modes offer a mix of realistic simulation and sheer fun.
New this year is a really well done — and historically important — mode called Storylines, where you relive the glory days of the Negro League, the remarkable travelling show that allowed black players wrongly barred from the Major Leagues to strut their stuff.
The Show sets the standard for sport again and somehow keeps getting better.
