Mlb the Show 17 Diamond Program Easy
Fans of MLB The Show for Sony PlayStation 4 ($799.95 at Amazon)(Opens in a new window) won't be disappointed by the latest version of this time-honored franchise. New features, such as player and coach interactions in Road to the Show mode, updated hitting and fielding physics, streamlined gameplay options, and the new Retro mode, give MLB The Show 16 owners plenty of reasons to upgrade. However, if you're expecting an entirely new game or an abundance of revolutionary features, you won't find them here.
Road to the Show
Road to the Show fanatics will be intrigued by the amount of choice involved in your character's ascent to the Hall of Fame. In this story mode, you interact with coaches, agents, and managers in order to advance (or hinder) your career. For example, your responses to coach queries ("Are you willing to switch positions?") impact your attributes and performance just as much as training does.
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As someone who prefers gameplay and franchise management more than Road to the Show, these additions are problematic: They're just additional role-playing elements that get in the way of hitting, throwing, and running. However, for the huge contingency of fans who are rabid Road to the Show diehards, these elements surely deepen immersion into the real-life elements of a Major League Baseball career. Do you want to be an arrogant diva superstar or are you just happy to be in The Show? These elements help shape the professional that you become in an interesting and refreshing way. Just be prepared to press the X button over and over and over again between gameplay scenarios.
New Game Mechanics
The game's updated hit physics will immediately jump out for anyone who's played a significant amount of previous versions of The Show. The Show's creators said they've changed how the game perceives bats striking balls. As opposed to past seasons, which The Show's creators said mimicked a ball hitting a flat surface, this year's version provides a more realistic curved ball-on-curved bat simulation. This results in a more realistic representation of how balls are struck.
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The types of hits you could achieve were limited—they were either straight line drives to the gap, hard grounders in the hole, straight pop ups, or line drive home runs. This year, the creators said they've provided hundreds of thousands of different hit reactions. I don't know if that number is true, but it's immediately apparent that the hit trajectories are much more realistic than they were last year. I saw many slicing line drives that looked like lineouts to an outfielder, but actually became doubles in the corner. Or curving line drives that looked like lineouts, but bounced 3 feet in front of an outfielder. The new ball physics is easily my favorite new addition.
What's even cooler is that all of these realistic hits are supposedly tracked by a new feature called Showtrack, which gives you statistics for all of your favorite hits and plays. Your homers are tracked by launch angle and hang time, your defensive plays are tracked by how much distance you covered and throw speeds, and your baserunners are clocked at their highest speeds from base to base. For The Show players who also watch live baseball games, these stats bring a bit of modern baseball reality into this age-old franchise. Unfortunately, I never once saw a Showtrack replay in eight hours of play, even in Broadcast mode, which was a huge bummer. I'm hoping that software updates increase the frequency of Showtrack presentations.
A big MLB The Show 16 pet peeve of mine is how often medium-speed runners were able to beat out ground balls in the 5.5 hole, or double-play balls hit to the first baseman. Instead of crisp game mechanics that delivered speedy throws from multiple arm angles, players delivered stodgy, unhurried lobs, especially when ranging left or right. The Show's developement team has stated that this has been tweaked a bit in MLB The Show 17, but the issues still linger. However, you'll find crisper fielding mechanics that make receiving and throwing balls more fluid and realistic than in previous MLB The Show titles.
Quick Modes
Updated Player Lock lets you pick one player on your team and only play his at-bats and fielding opportunities, similar to what you have been able to do in previous iterations of Road to the Show. So, if you're a bummed out Angels fan who doesn't want to waste time playing with anyone but Mike Trout, simply lock onto Trout and try your best to win a Triple Crown.
If you're really short on time, or if you hate the slog of a full Franchise season, you can now play in Critical Situations mode, which lets you jump into the most important moments in your games without having to play through all 54 outs.
Diamond Dynasty
Diamond Dynasty is pretty similar to what you've been getting in The Show 2016, except that you can now add more players, including legends, and nearly infinite customizations to your team's uniforms and gear. Unfortunately, getting to a game still takes way too long, and making sure your internet connection is steady is still way too important to this game than it is to other online sports franchises like NBA 2K17 or FIFA 17 , both of which allow for at least some form of choppy gameplay when the connection gets wonky. For example, hitting an Aroldis Chapman fastball with a moderate connection is still impossible.
As per usual, you can blow your allowance building your ultimate team using Sony's online store, if you're so inclined.
Retro Mode
Fans of late 1980s and early 1990s Nintendo Entertainment System baseball games will love Retro Mode. This quick-and dirty-version of The Show lets you play hurried arcade-style games that require very few buttons and even fewer in-game strategic decisions. Like old-school games, such as Bases Loaded or RBI Baseball, you simply press the X button to swing the bat or throw a pitch. You can choose pitch speed and direction using the direction stick, and adjust your player's batter's box location prior to pitch delivery. Nostalgic baseball fans will love using legendary and retro players, such as Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Yogi Berra, and Jorge Posada.
Although Retro Mode is a fun way to spend an evening with friends (especially if you've had a few and your coordination has waned), diehard Show fans won't find the same level of complexity and real-life strategy in Retro Mode. As someone who has played thousands and thousands of hours in the various The Show games, I can't imagine playing Retro Mode in any serious, consistent fashion. However, like Home Run Derby, Retro Mode is killer for parties and hangout sessions, or any time you're not prepared to deliver the same level of intense focus you'd need to give your Franchise and Diamond Dynasty games.
Odds and Ends
In Franchise mode the game automatically ranks and lists top prospects from 1 to 50. This is a nifty screen that offers you a handy cheat sheet for rebuilding your aging franchise with young studs. The new Morale window in Franchise mode lets you look at your players' emotional state in one window rather than having to click into each player profile individually. You even get a breakdown of how many players are ecstatic, happy, satisfied, unhappy, or angry, which is useful for trying to determine your team's overall morale.
On a more somber note, when you transfer your MLB The Show 16 Franchise to MLB The Show 17, Jose Fernandez, who died tragically this offseason, transfers over with the name Morris DuPree. This is either a weird coincidence or a subtle homage to Marcus DuPree, a former college football player who was highly touted and projected to be one of the best running backs in football history. Unfortunately, Dupree suffered several severe injuries and his career never took off. ESPN ran a 30 for 30 documentary about Dupree called The Best That Never Was.
For those of you who crave a video game experience that mimicks live TV broadcasts, you'll be happy to know that this edition features a broadcast mode that uses the MLB Network's graphics and overlays, as well as commentary from MLB Network broadcasters Harold Reynolds and Dan Plesac. You won't be able to trick anyone into thinking you're watching a real game, but the experience is incredibly close.
Not a Homer, But a Solid Double
There's very little here you haven't seen before. Sony has made tweaks, streamlined game modes, harkened back to the olden days, and added depth to The Show experience. However, if you're looking for a brand new experience, a revolutionary mode, or something that dramatically differentiates The Show 17 from the rest of the franchise, you're out of luck. As a result, this is a fine upgrade for series fanatics and an excellent introduction to the franchise for those who've never played The Show. But it's not a must-have title, especially for casual Show fans who aren't tired of playing last year's version.
MLB The Show 17 (for PS4)
The Bottom Line
If you love The Show franchise, you'll love this new edition, too. It's worth the upgrade for fanatics clamoring for new features. That said, casual fans need not upgrade if they're happy with last year's iteration.
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