#MLB THE SHOW 17 REVIEWS PROFESSIONAL#

The newly added animations into check swings look a bit awkward, as batters are flailing the bat wildly and the calls of what is and what is not a check swing are rather inconsistent.

In my opinion, one of the most inconsistent parts of MLB The Show 17 thus far has been check swings.

#MLB THE SHOW 17 REVIEWS PROFESSIONAL#

Hopefully, the large hops the balls have been taking upon contact with the ground will be patched in the coming weeks, as the number of ground-rule doubles and balls hoping over the wall in foul territory is way beyond a realistic number from real-life professional baseball. Sure, ground-rule doubles are not that rare of an occurrence in Major League Baseball, but they do not happen every game. InВ the 20 or so games IвЂ™ve played thus far, IвЂ™ve seen a multitude of ground-rule doubles because of this. However, MLB The Show makes it seem as if every MLB stadiumВ has concrete in replacement of dirt out on the fieldвЂ™s warning track. Some stadiums in Major League Baseball have harder field surfaces than others (Toronto, Tampa). Luckily, these bugs were fixed before MLB The ShowвЂ™s original standard copies were available on console on Tuesday, but, those who received pre-ordered copies or played the BETA received a significantly horrible surprise. But holy hell are these absolutely horrifying or what? Straight out of a horror movie. There are bugs and glitches in every video game, so IвЂ™m not going to hold this one against SDS and Sony too much. Unlike most job reviews where things start off positive before you get into the negatives, weвЂ™re going to start out with what has to be fixed and then work our way back up the latter from there. However, that is not to say that the graphics and animations in this yearвЂ™s version are without their flaws. Obviously, a big element to any sports videoВ game is the graphics and animations display, and MLB The Show 17 does a great job of giving its users a realistic look into the game of baseball. The gameвЂ™s developer made some significant improvements in this yearвЂ™s version of the game, but there is still a lot of work to be done to make MLB The Show the complete package. Even while spring training games and the WBC have been taking place for well over a month now, many baseball fans and video gamers alike mark the annual release of The Show as the beginning of baseball season, as MLB The Show is currently the only baseball video game available on console.

Sony and San Diego Studios released their newest edition of their MLB The Show franchise on Tuesday, March 28.

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