The Bigs features "outrageous visuals and intuitive gameplay mechanics", focusing on stylistic rather than realistic design, and gameplay featuring power-ups and turbo. It has also given the game of
baseball a more "street" feel to it. The game features online play capability for up to four players on most of the
seventh generation consoles, though online play is not compatible on the Wii. The
St. Louis Cardinals'
first baseman,
Albert Pujols, is on the cover.
Minnesota Twins first baseman and former
MVP Justin Morneau was featured on the cover of a limited edition Canadian version sold exclusively by Future Shop and Best Buy. Radio host
Damon Bruce provides play-by-play commentary. When the first trailer was released, gameplay bore a striking resemblance to
Midway Games'
MLB Slugfest series, but in an
IGN interview, producer Dan Brady stated that "the Slugfest design team made a lot of choices that really made it difficult for a fan of baseball to take the game seriously. Punching on the base path was just one of many of those decisions.
The Bigs is authentic baseball taken to arcade proportions". == Game modes ==