![]() ![]() There were also no hiccups in fielding, so the online experience is excellent. Latency is virtually non-existent when in the batters box and that bit of surging while pitching seems to be alleviated. The online component seems to the best that it has ever been in this game, but the servers aren’t fully populated yet and that may change things. Co-op was introduced last year and that has returned for this year, but it requires inviting a friend rather than matchmaking with multiple randoms. There are still a wide variety of games to play and earn rewards, but there just isn’t anything new. I’m not sure if this is intended to make the player think they need better cards to improve their team, but this happens much more than in typical single player games. It feels like too many games, either against online opponents or AI in single player modes, end up going to extra innings. It doesn’t take long to take until you battle online opponents who basically have the same roster as you, or you play someone that has spent a lot of money to get top cards. ![]() Nothing of note has changed with Diamond Dynasty outside of new card tiers and the requirement to start over from last year. While I enjoy the Diamond Dynasty the most out of these microtransaction-based card modes, the entire game once again dribbles rewards that go towards this mode. The payoff for completing the stories is receiving a special card for Diamond Dynasty, which once again ends up being the main focus of this game. So the same trial and error exists with the challenges and some are much more difficult than others to achieve. Progressing through the stories brings over the Challenge Mode that has been seen in the series in recent years (and also returns this year). ![]() The stories are narrated by Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and these stories are complete with short videos that offer some deeper information. It seems like there will be more on the way as the mode is titled with Season 1. Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson and Hank Thompson highlight the stories as players will learn new things about these eight players as they progress through each story. The Negro Leagues Season 1 will have players celebrate the careers of eight of the league’s greatest players. The biggest update to come to MLB The Show 23 is the inclusion of the Negro Leagues, but this is limited. 500 as not much has changed from last year and the game is starting to show its age. Being good at fundamentals is important, but champions go above and beyond to bring home the gold, and right now, the series is hovering around. Much like a four game series in the middle of June during the baseball season, however, there hasn’t been much on the line for The Show in some time. The latest release, MLB The Show 23, continues to define solid and fundamental baseball as once again the game offers various modes to play and improvements in gameplay. Baseball has always been a game that defined by fundamentals and no one has been better at replicating this than the team at San Diego Studio and its MLB The Show series. ![]()
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