<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Okay, I have spent an hour or so with the new MLB The Show Mobile.</p>
<p dir="auto">First off it is free so if you are ever truly bored with only your phone handy then it can't hurt to try it. That is the only reason I gave it go.</p>
<p dir="auto">Secondly - This is not a competitor for the console game at all.</p>
<p dir="auto">This plays more like a card battler where you have some control of the actual pitching, batting and fielding. You have a squad but there are no lineups and no rotations. What happens is when you are up to bat the game shuffles all of your position cards and then shows you 4 at a time and you choose which player you want to bat. You have a momentum meter that starts at 10 momentum and players have different costs to play. I had cards that cost either 1 momentum or 3 to use. If you do well (get hits, score runs, etc) you get momentum back. I never ran out of momentum so I do not now what happens if you do.</p>
<p dir="auto">Same for the pitchers - You are shown 4 pitchers and choose the one you want to pitch with. Sometimes it let me keep a pitcher in for several at bats and sometimes not. Not sure of the criteria.</p>
<p dir="auto">This means that every at bat you will usually have a new batter facing a new pitcher. The game will rank who has the advantage.</p>
<p dir="auto">I played one 3 inning Solo Season game (the only option) and won 7-3. You get rewarded stubs and XP to advance you up the "battle pass" type of reward tiers. A Season appears to only be about 6 games maybe?</p>
<p dir="auto">Another mode included is Moments. I did the first few sets to get a Nolan Arenado card  and Jeremy Burnitz card.</p>
<p dir="auto">I played Head to Head but I am not quite sure how that works. I matched up and all I did was hit. I earned four points and then it said my opponent was going and that I could do other things while waiting. I did not go back to it.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>But lest you think this is a mostly positive review. This is every bit a free mobile game with all of the negatives that come with it.</strong></p>
<p dir="auto">You have a Premium Pass available for $9.99 which allows you to earn basically 2 rewards for each level.  There also seems to maybe be some type of timer mechanic in the Season mode</p>
<p dir="auto">The Store has</p>
<ul>
<li>A $19.99 1X Seasons Mode Airplane. I have no idea what that is but I assume it may do away with timers? If a season is so limited in length that seems mighty expensive.</li>
<li>There is a $9.99 Double Diamond Pack.</li>
<li>An $8.99 1st inning Booster pack (or you can buy a box of 16 for $75).</li>
<li>A mere $99 gets you the 1st Inning 20X Booster Pack Offer.</li>
<li>$20 gets you a 89 overall Carlos Beltran card.</li>
<li>$7 lets you choose 1 of 5 86 OVR cards.</li>
<li>$3 gets you a 85 Corbin Burnes.</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">There looks to be collections for each team along with a few others. 26 Cardinals would get me an 81 Red Schoendienst. The AL Collection  is a 95 Mantle card. NL a 95 Randy Johnson</p>
<p dir="auto">And of course there is a market where diamonds are going for a ridiculous amount of stubs</p>
<p dir="auto">So that's the summary. The only other thing I will add is that yes, I got a server error. Also, the games take a few seconds to load.</p>
<p dir="auto">I can see myself jumping in when I am very bored but I will never spend a penny on it.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/topic/83003/first-impressions-of-mlb-the-show-mobile</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 07:55:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forums.theshow.com/topic/83003.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:31:05 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 05:26:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote>
<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/macdaddy-o_psn" aria-label="Profile: macdaddy-o_PSN">@<bdi>macdaddy-o_PSN</bdi></a> <a href="/post/759078">said</a>:</p>
<p dir="auto">Are XP points transferable to the console game or just specific to the mobile version?</p>
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<p dir="auto">Nothing transfers, it's a completely different game, I got a Billy Williams before my game acted up... I wish Billy Williams was in the console game still</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759082</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759082</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[samguenther1987_PSN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 05:26:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 05:17:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Are XP points transferable to the console game or just specific to the mobile version?</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759078</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759078</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[macdaddy-o_PSN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 05:17:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 05:07:25 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote>
<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/samguenther1987_psn" aria-label="Profile: samguenther1987_PSN">@<bdi>samguenther1987_PSN</bdi></a> <a href="/post/759075">said</a>:</p>
<p dir="auto">Haha, i've hit a snag, it wants me to play a head to head game but it can't find anyone to face me lol, typical MLB the show</p>
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<p dir="auto">That's weird. I had no issues earlier.</p>
<p dir="auto">I just tested and sure enough there seems to be some issues</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759077</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759077</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dolenz_PSN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 05:07:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 05:06:12 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/samguenther1987_psn" aria-label="Profile: samguenther1987_PSN">@<bdi>samguenther1987_PSN</bdi></a> same</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759076</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759076</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryancostello620_NSW]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 05:06:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 05:00:27 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Haha, i've hit a snag, it wants me to play a head to head game but it can't find anyone to face me lol, typical MLB the show</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759075</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759075</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[samguenther1987_PSN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 05:00:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 04:41:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote>
<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/thegoaler_psn" aria-label="Profile: TheGoaler_PSN">@<bdi>TheGoaler_PSN</bdi></a> <a href="/post/759073">said</a>:</p>
<p dir="auto">Working as intended, lol.<br />
That mobile game has some of you by the baseballs, just as SDS intended 🤪</p>
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<p dir="auto">What are you talking about?</p>
<p dir="auto">It's free so I figured "why not try it?". I have no intention of spending money on it. There are no ads that I see so if anything I am simply a drain on their resources</p>
<p dir="auto">I may play it a few days and then never again but for now it is free entertainment when I have a few minutes to kill</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759074</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759074</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dolenz_PSN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 04:41:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 04:36:00 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Working as intended, lol.<br />
That mobile game has some of you by the baseballs, just as SDS intended 🤪</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759073</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759073</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[TheGoaler_PSN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 04:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 04:20:55 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote>
<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sbchamps17_nsw" aria-label="Profile: sbchamps17_NSW">@<bdi>sbchamps17_NSW</bdi></a> <a href="/post/759069">said</a>:</p>
<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/dolenz_psn" aria-label="Profile: dolenz_psn">@<bdi>dolenz_psn</bdi></a>  so in your opinion is it worth the download or no</p>
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<p dir="auto">I don't really know how to answer that. I have enjoyed it in my couple of hours playing.</p>
<p dir="auto">It is not a mobile version of the console game.</p>
<p dir="auto">Moments seem pretty straightforward. I did 5 or 6 moments to earn Jeromy Burnitz. So it was like a little program.</p>
<p dir="auto">Head to head is interesting. Your not actually competing live against another player. There are three rounds. Each round a wheel spins at the beginning of a round and it is basically a list of challenges that determine what the challenge is for that round. Each round is scored and the person with the most points win.</p>
<p dir="auto">Season is more of a tournament with a potential of 15 games across 4 rounds. Win the goal number of three inning games and you advance. There are also other little activities where you can send players to an autograph session and earn stubs.</p>
<p dir="auto">Both head to head and seasons awards trophies which is the criteria to advance down the inning path. After 1 day I am like 60% complete.</p>
<p dir="auto">But again be aware this is a typical free to play mobile game. There are extremely expensive packs. There are some timers in the modes. Everything costs stubs. Even when you earn enough pxp to level up a card it can still cost you stubs to gain that level. And if you don't like the pxp bonus you received then you can reroll to try and get a better boost, but that will cost stubs too</p>
<p dir="auto">Just approach it as a mobile MLB game and don't expect it to resemble the console version. It's free to download but it is a few gigs of space. If you try it then get past all the onboarding tutorials and try each mode and see what you think</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759071</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759071</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dolenz_PSN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 04:20:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 04:14:26 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote>
<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/dolenz_psn" aria-label="Profile: Dolenz_PSN">@<bdi>Dolenz_PSN</bdi></a> <a href="/post/759065">said</a>:</p>
<p dir="auto">Okay, I have now played the mobile game more in the past week than the actual game</p>
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<p dir="auto">You have also played the mobile game more than I have the regular game in the past week</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759070</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759070</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[PAinPA_PSN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 04:14:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 03:57:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/dolenz_psn" aria-label="Profile: dolenz_psn">@<bdi>dolenz_psn</bdi></a>  so in your opinion is it worth the download or no</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759069</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759069</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sbchamps17_NSW]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 03:57:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 03:56:00 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">O it's free, ok downloading now and ready to eat my words if it's fun</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759068</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759068</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[samguenther1987_PSN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 03:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Wed, 27 May 2026 03:43:17 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Okay, I have now played the mobile game more in the past week than the actual game</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/759065</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/759065</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dolenz_PSN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 03:43:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Tue, 26 May 2026 21:04:47 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Update on seasons. They seem to be a mix. I just played the A's where the game started in the 10th inning. I lost.</p>
<p dir="auto">It now looks like it is structured this way</p>
<p dir="auto">Regular Season - 6 total games and 3 wins needed to advance<br />
Quarter Finals - 3 games and 2 wins needed to advance<br />
Semi Finals - 3 games and 2 wins needed to advance<br />
Championship - 3 games and 2 wins needed to win</p>
<p dir="auto">Winning it all gets you 2,500 stubs and 11,000 XP<br />
There looks like there are also card rewards for each level except regular season. I could not tell who those cards were though</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/758999</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/758999</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dolenz_PSN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 21:04:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:50:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I’m sold! Gunna go download it right now and have so much fun!</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.theshow.com/post/758996</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.theshow.com/post/758996</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[DeleteyourTTVBTW_MLBTS]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:50:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to First Impressions of MLB The Show Mobile on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:49:14 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/dolenz_psn" aria-label="Profile: Dolenz_PSN">@<bdi>Dolenz_PSN</bdi></a></p>
<p dir="auto">Did pretty much the same as you and while there’s still a few other things I’ve yet to look at, you did a great summary.</p>
<p dir="auto">Take it for what it is, a free mobile game that you can waste time on when you’re not on your console. I can’t see spending hundreds of hours a month on it, but I’m sure there’s some who will.</p>
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<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/mariomendoza935_xbl" aria-label="Profile: MarioMendoza935_XBL">@<bdi>MarioMendoza935_XBL</bdi></a> <a href="/post/758990">said</a>:</p>
<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/dolenz_psn" aria-label="Profile: Dolenz_PSN">@<bdi>Dolenz_PSN</bdi></a> thank you for doing this so I don't have to <img src="https://forums.theshow.com/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f603.png?v=9d817eb5b4c" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--smiley" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😃" alt="😃" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">I actually kind of enjoyed it. I have not played other mobile baseball games but the Hitting, pitching and fielding seemed fun enough and easy to grasp.</p>
<p dir="auto">That won't make me spend money on it but as I said I could see myself playing some more.</p>
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