October 11, 2014

Rusty's Real Deal Baseball

Date played: October 10th
Platform: 3DS
Session fun rating: 2/10

What?
What the fuck is this? After 10 minutes of chatting with an old dog running a sports shop, I was given a demo of a baseball mini-game where the objective is to hit the balls at the right time. I played through the 6 demo events and while it was sort of fun, it's not something I would ever buy.

That's when I discovered what the deal is with this game. It's insidious, sneaky and kind of dirty to be honest. I learned that I can haggle with the shop owner to lower the REAL LIFE price of the mini-games available! I gave him a donut and a nose hair trimmer and he agreed to lower the price of one mini-game from 4$ to 2$. If the games seemed more fun, then maybe I would have bought one, but at a minimum price of 2$ each, it seemed like a real ripoff, even with the haggling. There is no way I will ever play this again.