Apple Arcade review #37: Ballistic Baseball

It’s baseball. Like cricket, but comprehensible.

If you’re into baseball (I’m really not) this ticks the boxes, I guess. You’re either pitching or…batting. You tap the screen at the right time to pitch or swing the bat. You can pick the, uh, the type of pitch you want to…pitch, from a grid of nine…boxes? Which signify something.

Look, I’m struggling here, because: a) not American, b) not into sports in general, c) not into baseball specifically. I don’t think I’ve ever watched an entire baseball match, though I have watched all the good movies about baseball, except Field of Dreams. There are more good movies about baseball than any other ball-sport.

I don’t want to be flippant about it, because someone made this game, and put time and effort into it. It looks good. I played it for a while and didn’t hate it. There’s no running or extensive strategy elements, unless I missed all that, which is a distinct possibility. Ballistic Baseball is all about timing and hitting and throwing, and if you’re a baseball person, this might be a decent pastime. I honestly don’t know. I probably won’t return to it, but I’m also not the target audience.

So: if you’re a sports person and you like the base-balls, give this a shot. Games are hard to make, and every game deserves a fair shot.

(And at least the screenshot proves that I didn’t totally suck at this one. Perfect timing, ma!)

Link: https://apps.apple.com/no/app/ballistic-baseball/id1453534391