Wii

The BIGS

With its simple, yet exciting gameplay, The BIGS has gotten off to a good start. It's a bit shallow, with some room for improvement in regards to how it plays in the field and on the base paths, but if the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions aren't an option, anyone looking for a fun, arcade-style baseball game would do well to give The BIGS a shot on the Wii.

The Bigs is generally a fun experience, but is extremely shallow. The game can be fun, but the entertainment value may wear off by this year’s All Star Game, and that’s not a ton of bang for your buck. Whether you’re a sports nut or not, we suggest a rental before purchase, as The Bigs is very hit and miss.

The graphics are modest at best. The stadiums look jaggy, and the non-blinking, expressionless players look like zombies. Once we grasped the controls, my friend Steve and I had some fun with The Bigs, but I don't know if it had more to do with the gameplay or the sheer absurdity of it all. There's a fun, arcade-style game buried here somewhere, but good luck finding it under the smoldering mass of misguided controls and last-generation graphics.