MLB 15 The Show Is the Series' Magnum Opus

[RaychelSnr]

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It happened when my 35-52 Philadelphia Phillies were shut out for their third game in a row. It’s a rebuilding year and no one is expecting the playoffs, of course, but three shutouts in a row? At this point in the season, Hamels, Lee, Ruiz, Harang, Williams and Revere are no longer Phillies - so why I’m still playing every game and acting like it's the World Series is beyond me.

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[Armor and Sword]

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I could not have said it better myself. Offline MLB The Show 15 has been a joy. I have never played the game as much as I am right now. It literally has not left my PS4 since 3/31/15 I can't bring myself to take it out and pop in another game. Every time I finish a game, whether it is one of my offline franchise games, a Diamond Dynasty game or an online franchise game, I find myself always saying.....one more. The game has made so many under the hood refinements this year that have brought it to a new level of realism on the field. Playing the CPU is unlike any other sports game experience in my history of playing the genre. The CPU will exploit your weakness as the OP pointed out in his article.

Crazy thing is they are going to continue to refine and build off this solid soul. My hope is more advanced and deeper statistic tracking comes (which is priority one) in MLB 16 and online franchise is refined to play like offline franchise. Also Diamond Dynasty has been the mother of all surprises for me. 40% of my game time has come playing that superbly fun fantasy baseball mode. I love it.

But I always come back to offline franchise. It is the heart and soul of the game for me personally. Couple that with our incredible roster community, I have never had more fun playing console baseball than right now. I feel like I am 15 all over again.

Thank you SCEA!!!

[Bullit]

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I am so glad someone else shares my opinion on this. With all of the negativity in this forum this year, I truly felt that I was just about the only one that loved this game.

Honestly for me it doesn't get much better than this. I have never had so much fun with this title as I am having this year. I usually play one Franchise and one RTTS every year. Well now I have 3 franchise teams going. Two RTTS and I just set up a play off grid with the worst teams in baseball to decide who my next franchise is going to be.

I truly do love this game more that I have ever loved it before.

Thank you

[Turbojugend]

It's refreshing to see a purely positive, non-critical piece every now and then. I'm sure you'll be getting counter points about everything that is absolutely "broken" with this game, but we sometimes we just need to step back and appreciate what we have. MLB 15: The Show deserves praise, it's a tremendous sports game. Thumbs up.

[ASUBoy93]

I really like The Show 15, but taking away last year's pure analog holds it back from me for being a truly all-time great game. The graphics are terrific, pitching/fielding is great, and the franchise mode is much deeper than any other respective games'.

I was annoyed the other day though when I had a perfect game going with Felix Hernandez in the 8th and the defense gave up 5 unearned runs to give him a lose with a 0.00 ERA. But that's my own personal hangup and not the game's fault.

[AvengedAgainst]

So your not getting line drives hit right at your shortstop and him ducking like a coward?

You start a paragraph with "The core gameplay is perfect." I completely disagree. While it is great from a hitters and pitchers perspective, the fielding and throwing is atrocious.

Don't get me wrong, I love this game but if somebody bought a PS4 and The Show just by reading this they would be highly disappointed.

[BenGerman]

Thanks for the praise, everyone. I'm usually like the lone critic of The Show on OS, but I'm marveling at how organic the gameplay feels this year. I've played 100+ games already and haven't gotten sick of it at all.

I've changed my position that the game needs an overhaul to that I think it just needs to keep piling on the new animations where it can. The ones they added this year have really helped keep the game fresh, for me.

[RogueHominid]

Exactly right. This game captures the variance of the sport with amazing fidelity. It's hard to overstate how right they got this aspect of the game that is so central to the baseball experience.

[Bullit]

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So your not getting line drives hit right at your shortstop and him ducking like a coward?

You start a paragraph with "The core gameplay is perfect." I completely disagree. While it is great from a hitters and pitchers perspective, the fielding and throwing is atrocious.

Don't get me wrong, I love this game but if somebody bought a PS4 and The Show just by reading this they would be highly disappointed.

Or they could be absolutely delighted. You cant deal in absolutes here. Just because you have issues, doesn't mean everyone else will or does.

As much as people say they keep seeing the Vets and Show supporters bashing everybody who doesn't like something in this game should really take a step back. i am certainly not speaking for everybody but a lot of us have tried to help anybody with issues with this game find solutions that help with the situation. I think we can find just as many cases of us being shot down and told we are fanboys and obviously this game is wrong and so are you.

So if you want to say someone who buys The Show and a PS4 from reading posts on OS is going to be disappointed, I will gladly stand on the opposite side of that argument.

[SDwinder]

No doubt, the PS4 version is the very best baseball game I have played in 30 years. Big step up over last year. Love the Diamond Dynasty mode too.

[Armor and Sword]

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No doubt, the PS4 version is the very best baseball game I have played in 30 years. Big step up over last year. Love the Diamond Dynasty mode too.

Right on man. I have been saying this about each iteration since 2009. That is the sign of a great product.

It get's better and better and better.

Did they remove some things I want back? Yep. But that happens in sports games. But as long as the core game play keeps improving I am cool with some subtle changes to certain things and I typically learn and adapt to other ways to getting the info I want in-game. Some presentation elements missing now? Yeah...but I got past it already. I have played far too many games to even think about it anymore. The game is too much fun.

But no question for me this was a big leap from MLB 14 on the PS3....huge leap for me on the field and online. I also played 14 on the PS4....same thing a big leap for me this year. It feels and looks next gen now.

[Padgoi]

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Is it a great game? Yes.
Are there shortcomings? Yes.

[sactown_13]

Been my favorite Show so far and I, like many of you, pick it up every year. I've had such a good time with it I can't bring myself to play the witches or elder scrolls yet and I love those series. Thanks for a great game SCEA

[ManiacMatt1782]

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So your not getting line drives hit right at your shortstop and him ducking like a coward?

You start a paragraph with "The core gameplay is perfect." I completely disagree. While it is great from a hitters and pitchers perspective, the fielding and throwing is atrocious.

Don't get me wrong, I love this game but if somebody bought a PS4 and The Show just by reading this they would be highly disappointed.

That happens much more with 1st Baseman, even guys like Adrien Gonzales.

[DJ]

I'm in agreement. Having a blast with this game (changed things up a bit and am using all Analog controls and manual fielding). This and NBA 2K15 have made my PS4 purchase in January well worth the investment.