The old create-a-scenario mode is reborn here. It tracks your tendencies and can give a virtual scouting report of your game to potential online opponents. This functions as a gameplay identity of sorts for each gamer.

You have to pay close attention to every pitch. It’s pretty cool, but it takes some getting used to. By generating a count before each at bat, the game is sped up dramatically. This feature allows you to play a game in about 1/3 the time it would take you normally. You can even switch the player you’re controlling during the game.īaseball games take a long time. Player lock gives you control over one player for the entire game you’re playing. For those who aren’t aware what RTTS is, it’s the single-player experience that lets gamers play as one player throughout an entire career. The feature doesn’t kick in until next year, but it's still very cool.Įssentially, this feature allows you to play any mode as if it were Road to the Show. You can now take your season from MLB 14 The Show, and import it into MLB 15 The Show next year. For years, sports gamers have been playing through one or two seasons, building a little sports universe of their own, only to wipe the slate when the new version comes out. Unless you’re a hardcore sports gamer, you don’t understand how great that is. I wanted to chant “this is awesome!” For the first time in sports video game history a franchise is allowing you to carry your saves over from one version to the next. I feel like I should have been a part of a WWE crowd when this feature was announced. There are a good number of smaller changes that I'll delve into with the full review, but here are the biggest ones.

Thus, the minor tweaks will probably be fine for most fans of the series. When it comes to gameplay, I’m a big proponent of the old adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” For the most part, there wasn’t any thing broken with The Show’s gameplay. That’s the case with any technological industry. Similarities to last year's version could be a downer for some fans, but if you liked the visuals and gameplay as much as I have for the last five years or so, it may not be that big of a deal to you.Īt some point, if fans want a huge increase in visuals, they’re going to have to upgrade their hardware. You can watch the release trailer and preliminarily be a judge for yourself. Crowds are more well-defined, players look more realistic.' 'Even on the PlayStation 3, MLB 14 looks vastly improved from the last year’s title. Jacob Siegal of BGR.com wrote this after seeing the PS3 version: Not everyone agreed with my assessment about the graphics.

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