Summary
With MLB’s spring training in full-swing,MLB The Showdeveloper San Diego Studio has been pulling back the curtain onMLB The Show 24with each passing week. AfterMLB The Show 23tried a lot of new things with regard to single-player content and Diamond Dynasty, hopes are high among many fans thatMLB The Show 24will continue to push the envelope.The Showhas long been considered one of the best baseball games on the market, and with the franchise’s expansion to Xbox and Nintendo consoles a couple of years ago, more gamers than ever are able to partake in SDS' immersive baseball sim.
As is the case with many yearly sports franchises,MLB The Showhas experienced only marginal changes to certain features over its last few entries. Game modes like Franchise andRoad to the Showare largely the same inThe Show 23compared toThe Show 20, for example, but SDS has recently revealed that it’s adding much more immersion toThe Show 24through a frankly staggering amount of new animations. If the developer is putting this much effort into ensuring ballplayers move exactly like they do on the field, then it could mean they’ll look exactly like they do on the field in futureThe Showinstallments.
MLB The Show 24’s New Animations Explained
In a recent blog post, SDS revealed thatMLB The Show 24would feature about 400 new animations. Many of these animations will apply to fielding, with the blog post including a brief clip that shows a first baseman stretching for the ball. Fielding animations have been improving year after year inMLB The Show, as SDS has gradually added more dynamic movements for players based on reaction time, movement of the ball, and more.Fielding has always been an important component ofThe Show’s gameplay, and 400 new animations will likely make fielding feel more realistic than ever.
The Door For Better Graphics In MLB The Show May Be Opening
With SDS putting so much effort into refiningThe Show’s animations, fans may have their first sign that a graphical upgrade will soon be in order. ThoughThe Showhas been on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S for a few years now, it has yet to make a major graphical leap befitting the consoles. Many face models look the same they have for years, with some verging on uncanny, and textures for things like infield dirt and stadium decor often appear flat. While it’s not usually an outright distraction,The Show’s graphics have hardly been on par with its contemporaries.
Now that SDS is taking care to ensureThe Show 24’s animations are as accurate and detailed as possible, the developer may have more opportunities to work on graphics in the future. SDS has had a few years to get acclimated to this generation’s hardware, however, and players could start to see noticeable improvements to graphics starting withThe Show 25. The developer’s recent blog post also featured a brief clip of enhanced hair physics forMLB The Show 24cover athlete Vladimir Guerrero Jr., which could be taken as an additionally encouraging sign of future graphical improvements.
MLB The Show 24is shaping up to be an important entry for the franchise, as SDS takes many of the lessons it learned fromThe Show 23and applies them to this year’s entry. Like a major league team who fell just short of a championship,The Show 24currently looks to be enhancing what worked, and revising where it fell short to provide a better overall product. Time will tell ifMLB The Show 24meets many of the lofty expectations fans have for it.
MLB The Show 24
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