MLB The Show 18 First Impressions

[jaiman]

Re: MLB The Show 18 First Impressions

What the hell happened to the Play by Play screen? It goes by so fast and is so badly designed you can't even tell whats happening.

I'd like to know whats happening in the game even though im not part of the specific play, without using watch mode.

You guys had it right years ago when you had multiple speed options for plays.

And why is Showtime plastered on my screen all the time when its turned off?

I agree. This would solve a few of my gripes. At least give us the option to slow it down.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB The Show 18 First Impressions

Darryl Parker is a horrible, horrible, umpire.

[miamikb2001]

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Darryl Parker is a horrible, horrible, umpire.

Haha!!Agree completely


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[jvalverde88]

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I've been messing with franchise mode and I gotta say I really like franchise phases. Makes it much easier to do what you have to do in the offseason without being completely lost. Now I won't forget to sign someone by mistake.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB The Show 18 First Impressions

Had my first rain delay. Took place in the Top of the 6th with one out. Lance Lynn was at 85 pitches so I decided to pull him as he wasn't going to pitch beyond the 6th due to it being his first outing.

Padres left Matt Barnes in who had came into the game in the 5th. He was at 18 pitches

[countryboy]

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I see people mentioning "rocket bunts" but I've probably done 5 or 6 sacrifices in my 3 games played of my season and not once did I bunt into a double play.

[CujoMatty]

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This years game has me feeling like Willie Mays Hayes
..........I hit like #%$@!!!!!

[countryboy]

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it can't be stated enough how much the ability to have custom broadcast theme music during games. Love hearing Fox Sports theme music being played at the end of innings.

[ty5oke]

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I see people mentioning "rocket bunts" but I've probably done 5 or 6 sacrifices in my 3 games played of my season and not once did I bunt into a double play.

The CPU doesn't typically go for the double play but as a user you can get it on them pretty often. I've seen like a 75/25% split of rocket/deadened bunts so far.

[fatleg3]

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I haven't seen an appeal on a check swing called a strike. Every single one has been a ball.

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[cubsdrv]

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I love the new quick way catchers get up after a ball thrown in the dirt, but the runner still advances way too often. With some testing in the new practice mode, over 50 percent of the time the runner advanced on a ball in the dirt because it got by the catcher.

Major league catchers keep the ball in front of them the majority of the time, the runner successfully advancing on a dirt ball should be much rarer and needs some tweaking in game.

[BOSKY!]

Re: MLB The Show 18 First Impressions

Downloading now. Haven't played since 14. I'm gonna be blown away.

[ItAllFades]

Re: MLB The Show 18 First Impressions

Just got it today, been playing for a bit. I've gotten the game every year since they've been pumping them out, and '17 lost my interest (for the first time ever in the series) because of how glitchy the presentation was and the fact that they did not bother to fix any of them. At all.

Sadly, this game has already been a pretty big disappointment. I'll just throw some things out there that I've noticed on the negative side. Some aren't that big a deal to most, but are things that bother me.

1. While I'm glad that some guys who didn't break the bigs last season, but did previous years, have their face scans back, it's incredible the number of new guys who have generic (and mostly poorly done) faces. I know that face scans are "optional" but I can't remember the game ever having this many second year players without scans in it. Feels like I'm just playing OSFM from last year still.

2. Some players with face scans have humongous heads that don't fit their body type. This was an issue with Tommy La Stella two years ago (which caused me to create him and dump the actual guy) and seems to be an issue with a number of guys this year. The one's I noticed were Hildenberger and May on the Twins, Hendricks on the Cubs, and some others. I don't see this being fixed, because La Stella wasn't and neither was the "orange- tint skin" Marlins from a couple years ago.

3. Audio is all over the place. Ian Happ hits a home-run in a test franchise and the announcers say it's his first career HR. He hit 24 last season. I sub in a guy to play RF after a double switch and the stadium announcer says "Now playing Left Field." I pinch hit for a guy with Zobrist, and the stadium announcer says "Pinch hitting for so-and-so, Number 6, Ben Zobrist." Zobrist wears #18. For all the talk about the presentation being worked on, the audio has really taken me out of games with the goofs. And I don't expect anything to ever be done about this, because they didn't touch the weird rubberband mouth pitchers or lagging bats on replays last year.

4. Barely touching Franchise other than the silly "Phases" thing. Did people really have trouble with the way it was before that it took all your focus on adding what I consider to be a waste of time addition? And to cut Online Franchise and Season mode without saying anything is hilarious. Did they just not think anyone would notice?

5. Some of the worst graphical objects on PS4 that I've ever seen continue to stay in the game without being touched on. I'm talking about those Nintendo 64-era vehicles beyond the wall in the Spring Training stadiums, the wooden brick handle bats in the dugouts, etc. And before someone says "You don't even see those things" how about when you hit a home-run and you get the joy of seeing those god-awful trucks twice (during the actual hit and replay). I'm sure the excuse is "We can only do so much on the PS4" and yet I can pop in GTA V or The Witcher and not see anything even close to that bad. If it's something that the game engine can't handle, maybe it's time for a new game engine?

6. Jerseys are weird looking, and when guys step up to the plate and bend over to pick up some dirt before an AB, their pants clip through the bottom of the jersey. This wasn't an issue last year.

7. This one is pretty minor, but two years ago they decided to change the pause menu info for pitchers and hitters during Franchise. They took out the ability to see guys stats up-date as the game when on (meaning you could see a Pitchers ERA and see it change when he gave up a run in game). Last year they added it back. This year, it's gone again. Nitpicky, sure, but annoying nonetheless.

8. The hitting feels really flat. You don't get a sense of contact in the bat off the ball.

9. I've noticed a strange stutter during fielding and between fielding cut-scenes. It's like the game freezes for a split second, but long enough to be noticeable and disrupting to see so much during a game.

It seems like the game is becoming more and more about just the online stuff, which I don't bother with at all. Offline modes get minor updates that don't really provide much of anything of value (like those repetitive and lifeless RTTS cutscenes that bragged about last year). I understand that people like online, but I personally don't get any joy in playing laggy online play against people's collectible card teams. But it's also the only other real way for them to keep getting money out of people in buying packs, so I'm sure this trend won't be changing any time soon.

I also see no benefit from "Speed up your games!" because I don't play baseball to rush through a game. I want to enjoy the process of playing, and if I'm short on time, then I'll just simulate to the 7th inning and take over.

There's a lot to dislike for me so far, but I don't see any of it being fixed, so I'm kind of just stuck with it for another year, I suppose. Sucks that there isn't really another option for me in terms of baseball and I have to keep buying this series if I want game with actual gameplay (OOTP isn't a replacement because of this.) I liken this series to the WWE, in that when WCW died, they had no competition. So they don't feel the need to "be better" and just coast on being "kind of good, with lots of bad."

It's nice to see others enjoying it though for what it is, wish I was able to.

[RogerDodger]

Re: MLB The Show 18 First Impressions

Just got it today, been playing for a bit. I've gotten the game every year since they've been pumping them out, and '17 lost my interest (for the first time ever in the series) because of how glitchy the presentation was and the fact that they did not bother to fix any of them. At all.

Sadly, this game has already been a pretty big disappointment. I'll just throw some things out there that I've noticed on the negative side. Some aren't that big a deal to most, but are things that bother me.

1. While I'm glad that some guys who didn't break the bigs last season, but did previous years, have their face scans back, it's incredible the number of new guys who have generic (and mostly poorly done) faces. I know that face scans are "optional" but I can't remember the game ever having this many second year players without scans in it. Feels like I'm just playing OSFM from last year still.

2. Some players with face scans have humongous heads that don't fit their body type. This was an issue with Tommy La Stella two years ago (which caused me to create him and dump the actual guy) and seems to be an issue with a number of guys this year. The one's I noticed were Hildenberger and May on the Twins, Hendricks on the Cubs, and some others. I don't see this being fixed, because La Stella wasn't and neither was the "orange- tint skin" Marlins from a couple years ago.

3. Audio is all over the place. Ian Happ hits a home-run in a test franchise and the announcers say it's his first career HR. He hit 24 last season. I sub in a guy to play RF after a double switch and the stadium announcer says "Now playing Left Field." I pinch hit for a guy with Zobrist, and the stadium announcer says "Pinch hitting for so-and-so, Number 6, Ben Zobrist." Zobrist wears #18. For all the talk about the presentation being worked on, the audio has really taken me out of games with the goofs. And I don't expect anything to ever be done about this, because they didn't touch the weird rubberband mouth pitchers or lagging bats on replays last year.

4. Barely touching Franchise other than the silly "Phases" thing. Did people really have trouble with the way it was before that it took all your focus on adding what I consider to be a waste of time addition? And to cut Online Franchise and Season mode without saying anything is hilarious. Did they just not think anyone would notice?

5. Some of the worst graphical objects on PS4 that I've ever seen continue to stay in the game without being touched on. I'm talking about those Nintendo 64-era vehicles beyond the wall in the Spring Training stadiums, the wooden brick handle bats in the dugouts, etc. And before someone says "You don't even see those things" how about when you hit a home-run and you get the joy of seeing those god-awful trucks twice (during the actual hit and replay). I'm sure the excuse is "We can only do so much on the PS4" and yet I can pop in GTA V or The Witcher and not see anything even close to that bad. If it's something that the game engine can't handle, maybe it's time for a new game engine?

6. Jerseys are weird looking, and when guys step up to the plate and bend over to pick up some dirt before an AB, their pants clip through the bottom of the jersey. This wasn't an issue last year.

7. This one is pretty minor, but two years ago they decided to change the pause menu info for pitchers and hitters during Franchise. They took out the ability to see guys stats up-date as the game when on (meaning you could see a Pitchers ERA and see it change when he gave up a run in game). Last year they added it back. This year, it's gone again. Nitpicky, sure, but annoying nonetheless.

8. The hitting feels really flat. You don't get a sense of contact in the bat off the ball.

9. I've noticed a strange stutter during fielding and between fielding cut-scenes. It's like the game freezes for a split second, but long enough to be noticeable and disrupting to see so much during a game.

It seems like the game is becoming more and more about just the online stuff, which I don't bother with at all. Offline modes get minor updates that don't really provide much of anything of value (like those repetitive and lifeless RTTS cutscenes that bragged about last year). I understand that people like online, but I personally don't get any joy in playing laggy online play against people's collectible card teams. But it's also the only other real way for them to keep getting money out of people in buying packs, so I'm sure this trend won't be changing any time soon.

I also see no benefit from "Speed up your games!" because I don't play baseball to rush through a game. I want to enjoy the process of playing, and if I'm short on time, then I'll just simulate to the 7th inning and take over.

There's a lot to dislike for me so far, but I don't see any of it being fixed, so I'm kind of just stuck with it for another year, I suppose. Sucks that there isn't really another option for me in terms of baseball and I have to keep buying this series if I want game with actual gameplay (OOTP isn't a replacement because of this.) I liken this series to the WWE, in that when WCW died, they had no competition. So they don't feel the need to "be better" and just coast on being "kind of good, with lots of bad."

It's nice to see others enjoying it though for what it is, wish I was able to.

There is, it’s called RBI Baseball and is available now.

[ItAllFades]

Re: MLB The Show 18 First Impressions

I'm not interested in arcade-style sports games, so no RBI Baseball for me. Or the silly Retro-mode in this game.