MLB.com Line Drive

I almost didn't download this app due to the negative reviews saying it was just an app trying to make you spend money. I don't know what they're talking about. So glad I didn't listen. It's fun, not as hard as some people make it out to be and I haven't spent a dime on it. It's a great little time killer when you just want to play a game.

The gameplay in Line Drive is both fun and addictive. The developers did a remarkable job at creating an app that seems to reward the user in the first few games at each stadium with more accurate and powerful swings and penalize them in later games forcing them (us) to pay for boosts. Many boosts and card packs require ‘bucks’ which are rewarded by achieving higher stars. Because of the aforementioned gameplay issue, this is much easier in the early games and very difficult in later games. I very quickly found myself purchasing cups of coins and stacks of money to move to additional stadiums. I would be less aggravated if the cost for bucks and coins wasn’t so unnecessarily high. I feel that the developers got a little greedy and that it would frustrated the users much less if they would reduce the cost of coins and bucks. I don’t mind making in-app purchases but the price feels very high. I continue playing but generally quit when I find myself in a situation that requires me to buy something. Unfortunately, this happens much to often and much too quickly.

I had a lot of fun playing at first. Quickly was able to advance through levels, then I figured out you can use credits to buy enhancements to score more points to get more stars to open more levels. Right now I’m stuck in Detroit trying to access the Rangers ballpark. It’s literally impossible to pass the point I’m at with out enhancements, and almost impossible to pass this part with enhancements. If you’re trying to find a fun game to stay busy for a half hour or so, this works fine, but don’t keep with it too much or you’ll be spending actual money to try to win.

Straight forward game, quite entertaining, but getting stuck on a level seems more frustrating than other games, perhaps because it seems so simple. The simplicity has its merits, but also its drawbacks. I for one wish it the ball would rise/carry for longer if you hit just slightly down on it and through the pitch, as it would in real life.

This is actually a pretty fun game, except, when you are playing in the car. If you hit a bump, your finger moves, and you miss the freaking ball. This pretty much costs you the game if you dont have boosts. It makes me want to throw my iPod on the ground and stomp on it repeatedly. And also, if you dont hit a home run, you lose.😡 I suggest for whoever likes throwing their ios device on the ground and breaking it (not like I have ever done that).