Man was I excited for the 2021 installment of MLB The Show! This is our first season on the next-gen consoles, so what?s not to be excited about" With my PS5 at the ready, I fired up the game and was greeted by the ever-familiar glow of my favorite franchise in all of sports. However, herein lies the problem: MLB The Show 21 seemed too familiar. Where was my new console pomp and circumstance" This felt like the same goddamn title I?ve been playing for the last decade. Now, if that is a good thing or not, I will leave for you to decide.
MLB The Show 21 Review – Next-Gen Game, Last-Gen Tech
Right off the top, we should probably have a serious heart-to-heart about the visuals on the PlayStation 5 version of MLB The Show 21. This should have been the biggest home run in the history of sports gaming. Why not make use of all that fancy new technology and deliver an experience that puts the previous generation to shame" Instead, we are treated to watered-down visuals, seemingly handcuffed by the decision to support the previous generation of consoles.
Don?t get me wrong. This most recent iteration in the franchise looks excellent. The series always has been a visual powerhouse. The issue was that it doesn?t look that much better than the PS4 version. Sure, there are certainly some jaggies that have been smoothed out and animations that may run a bit smoother, but there was legitimately nothing here that set the higher-priced PS5 installment apart from its ...