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The subtle gameplay changes that make fielding more than just a crap shoot helped me get into playing on both sides of the ball. Couple this with the cheesy documentary style narration that tells your story and the Pave Your Path addition makes you feel like you’re taking part in an episode of BBC’s Planet Earth rather than the interesting story of a Major-leaguer.Īside from the pitfalls in the storytelling department, the changes made to the gameplay and makeup of the mode are solid. Making choices about position changes and other bureaucratic decisions isn’t compelling with no voice acting, no real character development from your player, teammates or executives around you. In MLB The Show 17, Sony San Diego has tried to spice this up with the Pave Your Path system, but it all seems like an inferior version of the NBA 2K series’ M圜areer and FIFA 17’s The Journey. In 2017, however, that magic is lost after years of basically revamping and retooling the same basic system. In 2006 it was a novel and inventive idea to take a user-created player through the trials and tribulations of a team’s farm system and finally make to the big leagues as a September call up. The biggest and most hyped mode in The Show has and will always be the Road to the Show since the game’s introduction way back on PS2.
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This isn’t to say that there isn’t a good game of baseball to be had in The Show because there is, but its peers, from NBA 2K to Madden and recently the FIFA series are doing better and more creative things in the sports games ecosystem and are beginning to lap The Show as the shining bastion of sport franchises that it once was. As the only major simulation style baseball game on the market, Sony San Diego has been asleep at the wheel in terms of innovation when compared to its sports genre competitors. When it comes to video games these comparisons are really one in the same. There is still, however, a large and dedicated fan base (which I’m certainly apart of) that loves to watch their team for 162 games a year and all of the history and ambience that it brings.
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No longer is Major League Baseball the force that is was during the last century, with the flashier NFL and NBA brands having usurped baseball as the most popular sports in North America. America’s pastime is long past its glory days.