@jonblaze2424_psn said in It's honestly amazing how good this game is:

The graphics, the gameplay, different modes, the different moments, all of the legends, RTTS......this game seriously has it all. Never in all of my years did I think I'd see video games come this far, and this game is the best sports game out there at the moment by a country mile.

A major pat on the back to SDS for what they have done, I hope they continue this for years to come.

Sounds like sds is accomplishing exactly what they want. Get ya all worked up with flashy 99 cards, good graphics and then lay a steaming pile when it comes to actual gameplay. You must be new, and exactly the type of kid this company feasts on

Pretty much just chuck and pray. Unbelievable that a fastball right over the middle is usually the best pitch in this game. Forget about working corners. The foul balls are still atrocious as well. Just keeping people in at bats until the game decides to bail them out with a "missed" spot

Its not the speeds as much as the timing window is jacked

No. The timing window is trash in this game

@ComebackLogic said in tried coming back to the game...:

Yeah, ‘20 was the last straw for me, I won’t be playing ‘21 at all. This franchise has been in decline for a while and I don’t have any realistic hope for improvements in the coming year. Yes, the show is the best baseball game available, but when the only other game is RBI that’s not saying much. I’m tired of it all now, SDS can’t make a realistic baseball game to save their lives and the deliberate tactic of taking away full user control and replacing it with....... whatever you call the weird gameplay - Has really killed my desire to ever play the show again. Pitches that don’t locate with perfect input, batted ball outcomes that make no sense, losing games to a clearly inferior opponent who has no idea how to play baseball correctly and just pounds buttons arcade style etc. All you can do is express your dissatisfaction, which I have done many, many times, both on the forum and in emails offering feedback to SDS and hope they realise they’re killing the franchise with these terrible decisions.
All I can do is vote with my wallet and I’m not returning for ‘21 due to the hugely disappointing games SDS have churned out in the past few years. ‘16 and ‘17 were the pinnacle of gameplay, due to the absolute control afforded to users when pitching. ‘17 had the best pitching of any MLB the Show game because it was accurate when you were accurate with the controls. Later editions may have surpassed ‘16 and ‘17 in terms of content and availability of content to all players but the gameplay has been in a severe state of decline, every year I feel like I have less and less control of outcomes in game and everything feels more scripted and out of my hands.

It’s actually pretty sad as I would regularly play for thousands of hours and play thousands of H2H games each year, but this franchise is no longer worth the investment for me, be that the financial investment of a PS5 and copy of the game plus stubs, or indeed, the time and effort invested to improve at a game that doesn’t offer any incentive to do so, instead being ruled by nonsensical and seemingly random outcomes. The final concern is that the content last year was horrible, if SDS see fit to continue down that path, giving legitimate legends like Griffey and Babe Ruth worse cards than some minor leaguer who has yet to play a game, giving multiple high diamond cards to the same player with slightly different stats and handing out 99s to anyone and everyone who don’t deserve them, then ‘21 will be just as garbage as last year. SDS really need to get a grip and think about the sport of baseball in a realistic manner, in every aspect from what happens when you throw a pitch, to how a ball should behave when making contact with a bat, to the comparison between Jacob Stallings and Jorge Posada and how that should affect the ratings of their best cards. I just can’t go through that nonsense again. Not this year, maybe ever.

Games tailored to kids who just slam buttons. It's painfully obvious. Takes zero skill level. Just as sds would want it. There bringing in a new fanbase by doing so.

Agreed. Anything low is destroyed actually. This is what happens when dudes who have no real baseball knowledge make a video game. Pitching is [censored] backwards. The high sinker abuse is comical. Never seen a mlb pitcher throw a high and in sinker on purpose. Hell, never seen a high school pitcher do it either

Had no issue hitting tanks with him

You both sound like children. It's a video game. Grow up

Is there a reason you couldn't just quit? You had to spend the time to let the timer run all the way out?

The number one issue is that even if you do get a good pitch to hit your spot its fouled off with early or late timing. On all star level this is the biggest problem in my opinion. Foul ball after foul ball until the game decides to groove your opponent a meatball.

@kdclemson_psn said in Field of Dreams Derek Jeter?:

SDS gonna drop a big one fingers crossed

I'll still role with Xander. Thanks

@imbeater_psn said in The worst sports gaming experience:

Facts! Where are the patches? They did great in fixing contact swing? I think? Right? At this point the game couldn't really be messed up more than it is at least try to make it better. You forgot to mention that literally 9/10 balls hit up the middle are fielded by the pitcher.

In my gameplay experience contact swing is still very much a thing. But I agree with you

@shawnzinator13 said in It's honestly amazing how good this game is:

@jonblaze2424_psn said in It's honestly amazing how good this game is:

The graphics, the gameplay, different modes, the different moments, all of the legends, RTTS......this game seriously has it all. Never in all of my years did I think I'd see video games come this far, and this game is the best sports game out there at the moment by a country mile.

A major pat on the back to SDS for what they have done, I hope they continue this for years to come.

I just got done defending the game from someone who said the game gets worse every year but the graphics were slightly disappointing on next gen which will hopefully see more of a true next gen upgrade with 22. Outside of the fluky non squared up homeruns and bloop [censored] hits which have been an issue since they switched to the ball physics hitting engine, this years game saw some great improvements especially with check swings and pinpoint which they actually improved with the patch.

How have check swings been fixed? I get it, check swings last year were an absolute disaster, but this year its just as bad except flipped. Please explain to me how this company can't figure out what constitutes a checked swing in baseball? You barely flinch now and it's a checked swing.

@jonblaze2424_psn said in It's honestly amazing how good this game is:

The graphics, the gameplay, different modes, the different moments, all of the legends, RTTS......this game seriously has it all. Never in all of my years did I think I'd see video games come this far, and this game is the best sports game out there at the moment by a country mile.

A major pat on the back to SDS for what they have done, I hope they continue this for years to come.

Sounds like sds is accomplishing exactly what they want. Get ya all worked up with flashy 99 cards, good graphics and then lay a steaming pile when it comes to actual gameplay. You must be new, and exactly the type of kid this company feasts on

@maskedgrappler said in please fix the sinker for the 1000th time:

It's not about being hard to hit, it's about sinkers not acting like s sinker would, aka, high sinkers should be a BP fastball, low sinkers should induce ground balls.

@maskedgrappler said in please fix the sinker for the 1000th time:

It's not about being hard to hit, it's about sinkers not acting like s sinker would, aka, high sinkers should be a BP fastball, low sinkers should induce ground balls.

This guy gets it. I don't know who at sds thinks high sinkers should ever be viable. Whoever it is, never played past middle school baseball and should be fired immediately

@go4stros25_psn said in Game update 14 (wish list):

Dmiamond dynasty

• Possible end locations for pitches using pinpoint pitching increased by 30%

• Foul balls reduced by 80% and will no longer be able to foul off pitches bouncing in the dirt or off the screen.

• contact swing is completely removed

• baserunners will whipe the [censored] off their ears from having their heads lodged up their asses.

• no more, way late, off target, out of the zone, bullshiit bloop singles to the opposite field.

• pitch speeds will be turned down, so an Adderall prescription will no longer be needed to hit.

• people who freeze the game will be publicly shamed in town Square. Along with bunt cheesers, bunt dancers, the people who jump up and down before catching a fly ball, and the people who still try to r2 even tho it's been patched.

• 99 ohtani is now at LF with a SP secondary that will allow him to pitch every 5 games.

Good luck with this

Who cares? Gameplay is still atrocious, contact swing is still very much alive, and forget about pitching when every good pitch is just foiled off, awful timing is still rewarded to the newbie who just slams buttons. This is what sds does. They flash all these pretty cards in your face, have you buy packs for 30,000 stubs to get a 10k card and get you all worked up over all there "content". Just masking the awful gameplay that they put out

@lewisnadasurf1_psn said in MA Content:

@tyrusthebull_psn said in MA Content:

@superpumper1_psn said in MA Content:

It says on twitter 10 min ago that noon content today will be delayed due to technical difficulties and that they will po provide updates.

Shocking

Don’t be shocked. Every day this company turns a little bit more into €A.

Unfortunately.

I hear you

@superpumper1_psn said in MA Content:

It says on twitter 10 min ago that noon content today will be delayed due to technical difficulties and that they will po provide updates.

Shocking

This game is so bad