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[rlsimpson2]

Quote: Originally Posted by inkcil

So what's the consensus on the game after a few weeks? Worth a buy for someone who wants a MLB-licensed baseball fix on the go?

I have it for xbox and am enjoying it. The new pitching mechanics are great. The hitting is too much all or nothing, not enough hit variety. However, the last three games in my Reds franchise have been a 12-10 slugfest (couldn't keep the ball in the yard), a 5-4 nailbiter, and a 3-1 pitchers dual on medium difficulty, so I am getting some variety that way.

Obviously, this game isn't The Show, and as long as you understand that going in, there's fun to be had, and for the price, I'm happy with my purchase.

[viper652]

Did the patch fix the CPU's laughably weak hitting.

I have played over 100 games against the Yankees and Stanton and Judge still can't hit a homer.

Or even a line drive

[viper652]

Quote: Originally Posted by rlsimpson2

I have it for xbox and am enjoying it. The new pitching mechanics are great. The hitting is too much all or nothing, not enough hit variety. However, the last three games in my Reds franchise have been a 12-10 slugfest (couldn't keep the ball in the yard), a 5-4 nailbiter, and a 3-1 pitchers dual on medium difficulty, so I am getting some variety that way. Obviously, this game isn't The Show, and as long as you understand that going in, there's fun to be had, and for the price, I'm happy with my purchase.

The game would be real fun If the CPU could hit anything but weak infield grounders and barely anything past the infield dirt

[DJ]

Starting to get the hang of hitting and have even managed to draw some walks in my last couple of games as I get better at reading pitches. It's a counterintuitive system, but I don't think it's bad and I'm glad that they tried to do something different to keep the game fresh.

[Uksam21]

I like the game too, I am however wondering why does the computer throw all fastballs and right down the middle. I haven't seen any breaking balls or anything out of the zone. I think it would be a better game with that.

If anybody knows how to change that please let me know.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by Uksam21

I like the game too, I am however wondering why does the computer throw all fastballs and right down the middle. I haven't seen any breaking balls or anything out of the zone. I think it would be a better game with that. If anybody knows how to change that please let me know.

I haven't played in a few days, but last game I recall seeing off-speed pitches from the CPU. Can't comment on the frequency of those, but they were there.

I'm also curious to see if CPU aggression at the plate has been toned down. They were swinging at everything the last few games I played, even pitches thrown well out of the zone.

[ppolanco07]

I just want to know why MLB can license games that are actually fun mechanics-wise such as the show for playstation, or even on mobile such as mlb perfect inning or 9 innings, yet their rbi-baseball iterations for both of those platforms are lacking severely every year. I understand they aren't trying to make it like a fancy sim like the show. But that should mean the mechanics are more simple and run more smoothly yet mlb perfect inning is just as, or more, entertaining to play and less buggy.

Shoot, the graphics are still so bad that you might as well just download the old 9 innings arcade style games and play that instead.

[DJ]

Bumped the difficulty up to Hard and that's where I'm going to stay. Really enjoying how the game is playing and the CPU is challenging, but not in a cheap way.

Two things I've noticed recently:

-More breaking pitches being thrown by the CPU.
-Improved CPU plate discipline

Overall, having a lot of fun with the game (Switch).