MLB The Show 24 Impressions Thread

[baconbits11]

Quote: Originally Posted by DarthRambo

Does the cpu swing and miss a ton, and easy to get 12+ Ks against them nearly every game? Sliders away still near guaranteed chase swing and miss? Really trusting guys who had this problem last year to let me know. Are the "extra long bats" from 2022 back? Really hoping so! Literally the only thing holding me back from purchasing. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

Much better at default, so you should be able to tune it more easily to your liking. Guarantee if you start at HOF and use dynamic difficulty you won't be striking out too many.

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[DFS_loser]

Quote: Originally Posted by bronxbombers21325

At it again this morning. May have to bump hitting difficulty up a notch. Offense has been sort of effortless for me so far. Lots of home runs and lots of high scoring on the offense for me this year so far. I’ve lead off 4 games with a HR and my lead off hitter isn’t a HR by any stretch of the imagination. Seems like the ball comes off the bat harder and faster than last year.

I agree. Even on HOF. Has seemed easier to make solid contact with less pitchers duels.
Side note.... why is Gleyber wearing #4?

[bronxbombers21325]

Quote: Originally Posted by jcar0725

What are you set at currently? I'm on HOF, no slider adjustments.

Default Allstar hitting default HOF pitching. Bumping hitting up to HOF is much better.

[sportdan30]

The white UI screens are absolutely horrid. Whomever signed off on that should be questioned.

Foul ball frequency slider has little to no effect. I turned it down all the way after Sonny Grey threw 52 pitches through two innings. One at bat had at least a dozen foul balls.

Player faces indeed look very good. Quite impressed.

Oh how I would love a pitching interface similar to Super Mega Baseball. Until then, it's either meter or classic (classic being my preferred method).

The catcher's suggestion "glove" is too faint imo. I can see the location but it should be darkened a bit.

Jerseys and player models need an upgrade badly. The uniforms just don't "flow" and the sleeves have looked the same for years.

Default accessories on the ball players look nice. Love the differentiation in personality styles.

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportdan30

The white UI screens are absolutely horrid. Whomever signed off on that should be questioned. Foul ball frequency slider has little to no effect. I turned it down all the way after Sonny Grey threw 52 pitches through two innings. One at bat had at least a dozen foul balls. Player faces indeed look very good. Quite impressed. Oh how I would love a pitching interface similar to Super Mega Baseball. Until then, it's either meter or classic (classic being my preferred method). The catcher's suggestion "glove" is too faint imo. I can see the location but it should be darkened a bit. Jerseys and player models need an upgrade badly. The uniforms just don't "flow" and the sleeves have looked the same for years. Default accessories on the ball players look nice. Love the differentiation in personality styles.

FYI

The Foul Ball Frequency slider has a strong affect on balls landing fair vs foul not how many or how less they "foul off".

This is from 1000's of hours of playing The Show and testing sliders.




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[jcar0725]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportdan30

The white UI screens are absolutely horrid. Whomever signed off on that should be questioned. Foul ball frequency slider has little to no effect. I turned it down all the way after Sonny Grey threw 52 pitches through two innings. One at bat had at least a dozen foul balls. Player faces indeed look very good. Quite impressed. Oh how I would love a pitching interface similar to Super Mega Baseball. Until then, it's either meter or classic (classic being my preferred method). The catcher's suggestion "glove" is too faint imo. I can see the location but it should be darkened a bit. Jerseys and player models need an upgrade badly. The uniforms just don't "flow" and the sleeves have looked the same for years. Default accessories on the ball players look nice. Love the differentiation in personality styles.

Funny to me how players are different, if I'm pitching and a batter is fouling off pitch after pitch, the last thing I think of is a slider setting. What I think is, this guy is ON everything that I'm throwing, which means I need to go far out of the zone or I'm going to get crushed if I go in the zone, I'll gladly give up the walk and go to the next guy.

[FBeaule04]

Almost been a week with MLBTS 24 and now ready to post some impressions of the game. I'm playing 99% RTTS so my impressions are based on that mode.

Positive :
I've seen enough improvements overall that the game feels as much fun, if not more, than MLBTS 23.

The lighting, the colors, but mainly, the sky, looks unbelievable this year. I know it's not a deal breaker for most, but I kinda have almost as fun watching the game than playing it!

I've seen more animations from players, making me smile a few times. Rolling the dice, bowling, etc. is fun and just add to the experience.

The combine is nice but geez that the ambiance is worse than when we we're 1800 in the Olympic Stadium for an Expos game.

The interactions with the agent, the coaches, etc. is also a nice touch.

Negative :
Only one thing. The menus (color and font) are not great on a visual standpoint. I know, maybe I'm old, but the handwriting font makes it unpleasant, let's say it that way.

Overall, while there's no wow factor, that game is fun. I've already played it 40 hours and I will surely have the same kind of year I had with MLBTS 20.

[sportdan30]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor and Sword

FYI The Foul Ball Frequency slider has a strong affect on balls landing fair vs foul not how many or how less they "foul off". This is from 1000's of hours of playing The Show and testing sliders. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

Interesting. I never knew that after all these years! Thanks for the clarification.