Sony San Diego’s baseball simulation series is notorious for its launch week server woes, but a bigger-than-ever player pool means that MLB The Show 21 is really dropping the ball right now. Server timeouts are frequent, leading to lost progress in both online and offline modes. The most common error that occurs is the “unhandled server exception” message, which we experienced at least a dozen times yesterday.
As a result of the issues, the developer is extending the title’s current double XP period “until further notice”, meaning you’ll have more time to complete your 1st Inning Program – assuming you can stay online, of course. “Our priority is to improve our server stability and performance,” the studio said. “Thank you all for your reports and your continued patience.”
While we enjoyed the game in our MLB The Show 21 review, there are a number of issues that the studio needs to address. Progress in Road to the Show is glacial, for example, and the team has already committed to improving that with a patch. There are also a number of mind-boggling bugs, like the fact that your Ballplayer’s overall level will remain stuck at 65 overall regardless of their stats. Here’s hoping the team can tidy things up promptly.
[source twitter.com]
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Sounds familiar, great looking game with good gameplay but an astounding number of bugs.
If I’m CD Projekt Red I’m pointing at The Show and asking why my game gets pulled from the PS store and The Show is continuing to be sold.
That's what happens when you release a game day 1 on Game Pass. Outriders suffered the same fate.
@Grumblevolcano And it’s also why Outriders has been such a massive success. I didn’t have any interest in the game, but I gave it a try, and I love it.
I guess it means it’s popular at least. I love The Show but I’m happy to just wait for this one to go down in price. Not a lot of good press about this one.
@aj102404 Cause they didn't lie about features, runs at very solid performance on every platform... Something that not even Cyberpunk could muster on next generation platforms.
Cyberpunk wasn't just a game full of bugs. It was a bad game from every standpoint... From gameplay, story, and performance.
@Floki
Maybe they didn’t lie about how bad their changes to RTTS mode would be but they certainly didn’t discuss how bad they were nerfing it prior to release and then those changes screwed up the rest of the mode.
Check out any message board on the game and the overwhelming feedback is RTTS mode is unplayable.
@aj102404 No is it unplayable cause you don't like the changes, or is it actually unplayable... Like the RTTS mode won't start, or repeatedly crashes every hour, or player wig out and fly across the map, or objectives don't show up.... etc.
@Floki
Both..... have you actually tried playing it? Pretty apparent you haven’t.
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/04/mlb_the_show_21_dev_responds_to_road_to_the_show_criticism
@aj102404 Actual I have, but that only cause I got it for free with gamepass. But that link you posted is a stupidity poor example. Just cause the progress is slow doesn't make the game unplayable... Not once in that article mention something that actually makes the game actually unplayable. That clearly is difference between this and Cyberpunk. Cyberpunk was straight up a broken game, and no amount of patch can fix that. MLB the show is very much a playable non broken mess. Slow progression can be fix.
@Floki
I call BS, you haven’t played the RTTS mode or even read feedback from players who actually have. I’m betting you’ve never played it in previous iterations of the game either.
That mode is ALL about progressing your player through the MLB system and when it’s broken it’s unplayable.
I’m sure you’ll have an “edgy” and “cool” response but it’s pretty obvious you’re just looking for a fight on a subject and game you know nothing about.
@aj102404 But here you are being “edgy” and “cool” saying that game need to removed from the store cause it unplayable... MLB The show issue aren't even in the same ballpark of the issues that Cyberpunk had.
@Floki
So I’m right, you haven’t played the mode and don’t understand it. Come back to me when you can have an educated discussion on the topic. Also I never said it needed removed from the PS store, I said CD Projekt Red should use The Show as an example.
Reading comprehension doesn’t appear to be your forte either.....
@aj102404 No matter how many time I said I played the game... You would continue to say I haven't played it. So why continue to waste my time saying I've played it?
You was basically implyed that if you were CDPR that you would use this game as an example. So either you feel that Cyberpunk shouldn't have been removed, or the MLB The Show should be removed as well. But who in their right mind doesn't think that Cyberpunk shouldn't have been removed from sale.
@Floki
You haven’t played that mode, your lack of knowledge about it in your comments proves that as you have nothing to come back with on it.
I implied nothing of the sort, nice strawman argument. It must have really got to you not getting a refund for cyberpunk on Xbox one. I had a great time with it on Series X.
Road to the Show is a horrific grind. Diamond dynasty isn’t fun. Calling a mode battle royale when it’s clearly not. Runs like every EA sports title but it’s missing style and fun. On the verge of deleting it.
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