MLB 14 The Show

The Vita version of MLB 14 shares many of the same features and, fundamentally, all of the gameplay of its big brother on the PlayStation 3. The one that matters most is Road to the Show, which a riveting mode on the PS3, but an even better fit on the Vita thanks to its quick five-minute rounds. Create your amateur and get him drafted by a pro team, then work his way up through the minors and make it to the major-league club. The hook is that, like always, you’ll only ever participate in plays that involve you. So for stud Houston Astros (sigh…) 2B prospect Ryan McCaffrey, that meant 4-3 putouts, pop-ups, and double-play balls, as well as my at-bats. And to this end, Cross-Save support (but not Cross-Buy) means you can take your same budding RTTS star with you no matter which version you’re playing.