MLB The Show 18: Four Upgrades We're Thrilled About

[Steve_OS]

One's relationship with the MLB The Show series is akin to one of a long-lived family...

Written By: Elliott Jenkins

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[LastActionHero]

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Great read! I’ve been asking for better tags for years so I’m also very excited about them finally addressing this! Also can’t wait to hit!


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[wisdom less13]

Dynamic crowds made it move for me. The audio changes with them will be nice. No more walk off cheers when I make it a 12-1 game to avoid the shut out...

[johnnyg83]

judgment has one E ... not judging

[KGIY94]

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Swing animation upgrades are always welcome. Some of the newer ones in this game look smooth and sexy, but there's still that unsightly left-handed level swing where the bat falls vertically. And of course the disappearing bat swings...

[My993C2]

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I welcome the "out of position penalties" changes in MLB 18 under one condition and that is I hope they changed to code to prevent your CPU opponent from subbing in a non-catcher into the catcher position. It does not happen every offline game you play. But it did happen in MLB 17 and it totally spoiled the result of the game when it did happen. They need to either stop doing this, or they need to tone down the performance penalty when it does happen.

[wisdom less13]

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I welcome the "out of position penalties" changes in MLB 18 under one condition and that is I hope they changed to code to prevent your CPU opponent from subbing in a non-catcher into the catcher position. It does not happen every offline game you play. But it did happen in MLB 17 and it totally spoiled the result of the game when it did happen. They need to either stop doing this, or they need to tone down the performance penalty when it does happen.

I didn't even think of that. Great point.

[Padgoi]

Unnecessarily wordy. You don’t need to use “big” words just for the sake of using “big” words.
The point of a video game article is to get your point across to multiple people with various levels of education. It is not to look smart or articulate.* Try to relate to your audience, it makes for better quality articles.

[p00p1]

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I like penalties for out of position, but dropping throws at 1B seems excessive. I'd be fine with them missing most ground balls, bad reaction times, and missing throws in the dirt, but dropping throws that are easily catchable is a little silly.

[ty5oke]

Wish they would take off the cap for offline guys as well then. Some of the current players have attributes that could be compared to some of the greats.

[ozcore]

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man i had lots of games in 2017 that it happened to me. i really hope that its fixed this year. im talking about non catcher players playing catcher. always dropping the balls

[jripper09]

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do you really think ted williams would drop 9 of ten balls thrown right to him at first base??? wwwwwaaaayyyyy overdone!!

[MetsFan16]

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It may be way overdone but it’s somewhat realistic in that a manager in real life wouldn’t say “eh just put teddy at 1st base so we can get this guy in our lineup” no they think, well Ted has never played first base so we’re gonna leave him in Left. It’s not a matter of IF Ted Williams can play first base. Of course he could catch the ball more than 1 out of 10 times. But it’s more about him never being put in that situation.

This was done with DD in mind. I once played a guy who had Carlos Beltran at first base.. that shouldn’t happen. There’s a reason why players have positions and secondary positions. But in ‘17, it meant nothing.

In offline play, it shouldn’t matter unless you’re the guy who would put Carlos Beltran at first base during your franchise game.


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[Caulfield]

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Unnecessarily wordy. You don’t need to use “big” words just for the sake of using “big” words.The point of a video game article is to get your point across to multiple people with various levels of education. It is not to look smart or articulate.* Try to relate to your audience, it makes for better quality articles.

Elliott knows that; he said you can't teach an old dog new tricks

[drugsbunny]

?"One’s relationship with the MLB The Show series is akin to one of a long-lived family pet."

Terrible... just terrible!!
Great article, but that line, Swiiing, and a miss... LOL?