Overall, this game, despite some flaws, hooked Operation Sports from the onset. If you go in knowing you are playing an arcade baseball game that's not attempting to re-create a sim game, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the layers of strategy that appear. Switching between the various game modes, especially playing with others or online, will delay some of the repetitiveness that can plague arcade games. And turning up the difficulty once you have learned the controls will help make the Be a Legend games more challenging (although you may have to turn it back down for the HOF games).
A fan of The Bigs 2, Flynn from Leviathyn.com talks about how much he'd love to see the return of an arcade-style sports game in The Bigs 3.
Justin Lacey offers up some historical video game examples of how to improve the sport of baseball.
The only worthwhile addition to the game is "Become a Legend" where you take a slugger from obscurity to the Hall of Fame. This is great for a while, but after the 26th time your potential home run is caught by yet another 30ft diving catch you'll be left in controller-throwing frustration. It's then you realise The Bigs 2 is excellent against mates or for a blast online, but its arcade style means it's not best suited to longer game modes.
