MLB The Show 23
SCORE: 84
Hopefully you were able to watch the live
stream of Noah and myself playing MLB The Show 23. Noah had been playing
MLB The Show 23 for weeks at that point. That live stream was my first
time playing this sports video game. I have played other sports video
games in the past. I have played other games in this franchise before as
well. Due to a concern over copyrights we turned all of the music off
for this game. At this point I am not even sure why these video game
companies are paying for music in their games since they cannot be
played in live streams and we generally turn them off anyways due to
offensive lyrics in too many songs. I noticed the heavily industry
worshiped ESRB missed that yet again. How is that anyone has any respect
for them?
MLB The Show 23 looks nice and it plays well if you pay attention to the
controls. Noah had some issues since he was spamming the button and he
needed to press it at the right point. I had slightly different controls
that let me hold the button before throwing it to a bag to try and get a
runner out. I tried to explain this to Noah but his temper tantrum
shield was up. We keep instructing him to deal better with adversity.
There are plenty of teams to play with in MLB The Show 23. We can even
play a season or a franchise with a ball club. The cool thing we found
in our live stream is we can pick two different teams and a completely
different city to play in. I like how the different stadiums look in MLB
The Show 23. Commentators can be helpful at times. I noticed the
commentators were tied to the stadium the game is in. So for example I
had Tampa Bay, and Noah had Toronto in our game. We played in Boston.
The announcers talked about Boston as if they were the home team when
Boston was not even playing.
Batting and pitching are generally decent in MLB The Show 23. I ran into
issues getting a pitch to go at times. I would select a pitch, select a
location, and press the button. Nothing happened. I had to press the
button multiple times sometimes to get the pitcher to throw. Batting is
mainly about timing and deciding if you should swing at the ball or not.
At times I would place the ball as the pitcher in the lower right hand
corner going away from the batter. The pitch went to the upper left hand
corner toward the batter. Batters can be hit with the ball in MLB The
Show 23.
- Paul
Graphics: 93%
Sounds: 78%
Replay/Extras: 89%
Gameplay: 79%
Family Friendly Factor: 79%
System: Nintendo Switch/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Developer: San Diego Studio
Rating: ‘E’ – SIX and OLDER ONLY
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