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Because I tried speaking about this in another thread and it turned into an echo chamber of how much I sucked at the game. People have a hard time sticking to observations only

I’m not talking about HR’s or making it a Midway game or anything like that. Objectively, the hitting has changed. Those who’ve playedThe Show for the last decade notice a difference as there hasn’t really been a major leap in hitting dynamics like this from one year to the next in a while. The change has added to the difficulty to score runs. Again, I don’t want to play Slugfest, but I also want to stretch my teams legs a bit

There’s entire threads on here about the change in perfect/perfect hitting. It’s the biggest difference in gameplay

Settings are locked during DD play. I’ve hit 1 home run during conquest play in almost 10 games with a stacked squad, and I swear it Jose Canseco’ed off the guys head

They made every difficulty harder by changing the hitting. Squares balls aren’t squared. Perfect timed will be rolled over or popped in the infield. In the off chance you square one, it’s a deep fly out

I’ve played every installment of The Show since 15’ and while I do enjoy some of the changes (bat noise, added animations, more DD content), the nerfs to hitting have unfortunately made the game less enjoyable. If you want realism at every level of the game, you play on hall of fame/all star. For a more arcade like experience, you play on veteran/rookie/beginner. This is no longer the case with MLB The Show 23 and you will fight and claw for every run you need to manufacture, regardless of difficulty. I’m not sure why they felt the need to change something that had been a great experience for the last decade.

Still doesn’t work and we’re about on Wednesday now. iOS app hasn’t even updated to the current game

Nerfed both power and contact. Makes scoring above 1 or 2 runs in a 3 inning game near impossible, regardless of team strength or opponent difficulty. You have about enough time to react to an 89mph slider in this game, as you did a 95mph fastball in the last game.