This years version of The Show

[LoneBlackMan_XBL]

I've played The Show for almost a decade now and have gotten to see how the games evolved. I loved last years version and felt it was the best SDS had put out in the last 5 years. So obviously I was looking forward to this year. I'm very surprised sbout how unpolished this year's version feels after how much I enjoyed last year.

1. Hitting seems to have regressed. It's like the timing and contact windows are miscalibrated. Tons of fluke hits and foul tips. Terrible flail animations on "good" timed pitches with good pci placement.

2. Pitching is erratic. I thought the switch to L<>R pinpoint would be awesome, but inputs on pinpoint are erratic when registering (online at least). Good pitching is seldom rewarded as even perfect inputs can have suboptimal results. At bats are prolonged due to constant foul tips. It's not fun pitching right now

3. Regarding content it simultaneously feels like their is abundance of things to do, but not really anything you'd want to do. The grind is especially stale this year. I don't even care about rewards. I think I'm just over the same grind modes, like conquest and showdown, after 4 years of them

Lot more but the ramble is long. After how much I enjoyed last years version its disappointing to see the product this year. I trust SDS over the long haul. They might wanna bring back the tech test next year. My general feelings on this years game are that it's just "off".