MLB The Show 19

 PlayStation 4
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 216 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 147 out of 216
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 216
  3. Negative: 45 out of 216
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  1. Edwindyeywuve
    Oct 21, 2019
    0
    Es una mierda completa esta edición igual de mierda que fifa, una completa bausra la que ha hecho san diego que decepcion
  2. Djwoods23
    Apr 6, 2019
    0
    San Diego studios continues to focus on on diamond dynasty to make even more money while laying waste to franchise mode. Their big improvements has season to franchise? 3 extra blades of grass, a side line reporter and stadium music. Not fixing the fact that you could have an MVP season with 50 homers, 160 RBI bat .330 while winning the gold glove and silver slugger yet having your playerSan Diego studios continues to focus on on diamond dynasty to make even more money while laying waste to franchise mode. Their big improvements has season to franchise? 3 extra blades of grass, a side line reporter and stadium music. Not fixing the fact that you could have an MVP season with 50 homers, 160 RBI bat .330 while winning the gold glove and silver slugger yet having your player drop 20pts in every gatagory in the offseason because he isn't 28. Not fixing the fact that your team can win 100 games and the World Series yet every player drops 15pts overall in the offseason. That's where they need to focus all of their energy and efforts. Not on diamond dynasty to make millions of dollars more. Not on a stupid side line reporter or music. This series is trash. Just like Madden. All they care about is making millions upon millions of dollars AFTER release, not the actual crappy game play or how crappy franchise runs. Don't get the game. Wait 5 years... maybe they will get the hint.… Expand
  3. Errol1967
    Mar 30, 2019
    4
    This game looks stunning, no doubt. But this game turns into a pay to win franchise. People with money can buy stubs and with these stubs they can buy packs and filling their DD team full of diamond players. Players with no money are in disadvantage. No chance to compete online against players who can afford money and building a strong team with all diamond players. This is totaly unfair.This game looks stunning, no doubt. But this game turns into a pay to win franchise. People with money can buy stubs and with these stubs they can buy packs and filling their DD team full of diamond players. Players with no money are in disadvantage. No chance to compete online against players who can afford money and building a strong team with all diamond players. This is totaly unfair. I love this game, but it looks like SDS only cares about money. They should make 2 modes online... One for the players buying stubs and one without. Here rest my case.… Expand
  4. jerkface910
    Oct 23, 2019
    4
    Boy am I glad I got this installment for free. I've played every incarnation of The Show and I'm done with this series. Diamond Dynasty is pay-to-win, if you're willing to shell out the cash you can field a team of 99 rated players and even with mediocre skill that's a huge advantage. The game would be balanced (and more interesting) if you could only make trades in the card market. YouBoy am I glad I got this installment for free. I've played every incarnation of The Show and I'm done with this series. Diamond Dynasty is pay-to-win, if you're willing to shell out the cash you can field a team of 99 rated players and even with mediocre skill that's a huge advantage. The game would be balanced (and more interesting) if you could only make trades in the card market. You could propose trades with other players, like trading cards in real life. That way the only way to amass an amazing diamond-level team would be by playing a lot and doing well.
    Another huge irritant is that when the AI wants something to happen, it's going to happen. You can be closing out a game and throw a pitch two feet outside the plate and the Ai will clobber a game-winning homer. I don't mind the fluke errors in situations that make sense, but in this game it just seems lazy.
    I do like the Moments feature, it's fun to play through iconic moments and use legendary players, however success in this mode is entirely random. You may be tasked with getting X amount of hits in a game, then the AI pitcher beans you and walks you twice. I found that by simply replaying the moment over and over you will eventually just get a fat pitch to hit.
    One last issue- after a game or challenge ends, it shows you the menu screen, then cuts to an award screen showing your progress, which you have to exit from, then goes back to the menu. It drives me nuts. Just show the reward screen before the menu screen!
    As a huge baseball fan this is a realistic baseball experience overall but I'm sick of playing my butt off just to keep going up against people who spent a ton of money on the game. Imagine playing Call of Duty and there were players who were using soldiers much faster than you, with better guns, just because they shelled out money for the game. Same thing going on here.    … Expand
  5. michdb
    Apr 10, 2019
    0
    this game is getting worse every year, this year the only improve a few things, few gameplay fixes and dynasty diamond, franchise have been 3 years without adding a main feature, just small things, actually this year the franchise is worse cause they add real contract without touch the money engine so makes the budges go crazy, in gameplay the CPU still have some basic mistakes, plus CPUthis game is getting worse every year, this year the only improve a few things, few gameplay fixes and dynasty diamond, franchise have been 3 years without adding a main feature, just small things, actually this year the franchise is worse cause they add real contract without touch the money engine so makes the budges go crazy, in gameplay the CPU still have some basic mistakes, plus CPU logic during game is a joke. this game used to be the best sports sim sport, right now has been pass by the awful madden 19 and an ok nba2k19, sport games developers are getting lazy they make ton of money every year with the game and microtransactions and the game quality is not worth the price rockstar release every 4 years and the game still cost 70$… Expand
  6. cherrylarry
    Mar 27, 2019
    1
    The game is simply unplayable. If you have absolutely no priorities and want to spend hours on an individual moments challenge then this is the game for you. Its not enjoyable in the slightest.
  7. opertinicy
    May 8, 2019
    3
    Not remotely close to being on par with EA Sports (FIFA/Madden/NHL). The 'Road to the Show' mode is not enjoyable in the least. Very, very repetitive with no backing story (or any voice overs). The UI/UX is quite bad as well. Have played for 12+ hours, and the flame of amusement has just burnt out. Seems pretty low-budget relative to it's sport counterparts. Will now buy again a game inNot remotely close to being on par with EA Sports (FIFA/Madden/NHL). The 'Road to the Show' mode is not enjoyable in the least. Very, very repetitive with no backing story (or any voice overs). The UI/UX is quite bad as well. Have played for 12+ hours, and the flame of amusement has just burnt out. Seems pretty low-budget relative to it's sport counterparts. Will now buy again a game in this series again.… Expand
  8. rylangsh
    Jul 18, 2019
    3
    Once again I don't get how critics of this game overlook the flaws that make this overall an average baseball sim with limited enjoyment time.

    First of all, Road to the Show is laughably poor. The "archetype" system is meaningless and the dialogue cut scenes repetitive and terrible for a AAA game. Put that with the fact that you can't ever call your agent, you have to spend the same    Once again I don't get how critics of this game overlook the flaws that make this overall an average baseball sim with limited enjoyment time.

    First of all, Road to the Show is laughably poor. The "archetype" system is meaningless and the dialogue cut scenes repetitive and terrible for a AAA game. Put that with the fact that you can't ever call your agent, you have to spend the same amount of time in the minors regardless of your stats, you'll inexplicably ride the bench when performing well and it's a laughably poor and boring simulation. The training scenes and attribute upgrades and very boring and repetitive, and overall this mode is horrible.

    Franchise mode was slightly better this year, but once again features trades that make no sense (CPU will often sign a FA and trade them in same offseason) and the prospect system needs a complete overhaul. Player you draft are just arbitrary and have no personality and after a while no high player ratings (once all "real" players retire, there is just a bunch CPU generated players with 75-85 ratings and no elite players) Also the draft is a meaningless crapshoot where scouting does you no good. The mode is horrible frankly and offers no simulation into actually running a franchise. But hey, you get to pick if you want Nike or New Balance displays in your stadium!

    Also, the game pushes ultimate team crap at every possibly opportunity. If you have interest in this mode, I guess that's good.

    Now here's the good- the game looks amazing. Defense is a bit better. You can actually bunt. Hitting feels a bit better. That's it. Everything else with this game is just wonky trash. I would only buy it if you like the Ultimate team mode, since they are focusing on that and only that. Otherwise keep last year's version. Or the one before that.    … Expand
  9. Qizqpt
    Oct 31, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s by far the worst game I’ve played in my life. So unrealistic. Rare to even get a homer, it’s like they don’t allow you to hit one. The gameplay is awful. Major baseball fan but it’s awful. Wouldn’t buy it ever. After buying I realized why they let you play it for free.… Expand
  10. DrLuigi
    Jun 14, 2020
    4
    Any pre-May reviews don't include the worst patch a game has ever had, please disregard them. The game started strong this year, then they introduced the first patch. I'm writing this in mid-June and the game has gotten little attention, hitting is mediocre at best as it has been since '17 (though '19 was an improvement) and there disaster of a hitting engine that was introduced. AddAny pre-May reviews don't include the worst patch a game has ever had, please disregard them. The game started strong this year, then they introduced the first patch. I'm writing this in mid-June and the game has gotten little attention, hitting is mediocre at best as it has been since '17 (though '19 was an improvement) and there disaster of a hitting engine that was introduced. Add in this year pitching is horrible, it is beyond RNG and there is no point in user input, this is the first year I've felt that I have no impact on the outcome of my pitches. Fielding also has went into the dumpster, last year there were some issues with no agency of outfielders getting to the ball, we have that this year AND players not responding to balls. I had a game yesterday where a gold fielder (second only to a diamond fielder) let a routine infield fly ball hit him in the face.

    This franchise has taken a HUGE step backwards from what '19 gave us; the content improved a bit but the gameplay is a giant dumpster fire from last year. At this point this franchise's devs have already moved on to '21 and they dgaf about this year. At best this is worth a $20 purchase    … Expand
  11. syn_tax
    Sep 12, 2020
    0
    It's more irritating to play than anything, I'm not getting The Show 20.

    If you're the type to leave honest reviews, they have access to your game and can make your game play experience unfavorable. This company is no different than EA.
  12. BenTheBeast
    Mar 19, 2020
    1
    This game is utter garbage. It’s a real shame the MLB The Show series would stoop this horrendously low, when for the most part, they’ve usually put out good games. MLB the show 19 is an atrocity. From the gameplay, to the countless bugs, to the garbage controls, this game is everything a baseball game shouldn’t be. It’s clunky, boring, and after a max of around 3 weeks the desire to playThis game is utter garbage. It’s a real shame the MLB The Show series would stoop this horrendously low, when for the most part, they’ve usually put out good games. MLB the show 19 is an atrocity. From the gameplay, to the countless bugs, to the garbage controls, this game is everything a baseball game shouldn’t be. It’s clunky, boring, and after a max of around 3 weeks the desire to play it ever again will most likely be completely diminished. If MLB The Show 20 is anything like this one, we’re in for another trash game.… Expand
  13. malabarista42
    Apr 25, 2019
    2
    There has been no advancement in this game since I started playing in 2014. It has become lazy and an absolute grind with no real road map on how to build your player collection. Buying packs is ridiculous as the drop rate for anything worthwhile is roughly nil. Shame on the critics for rubber stamping reviews of this franchise. 86 Metascore at time of writing, meanwhile the playerThere has been no advancement in this game since I started playing in 2014. It has become lazy and an absolute grind with no real road map on how to build your player collection. Buying packs is ridiculous as the drop rate for anything worthwhile is roughly nil. Shame on the critics for rubber stamping reviews of this franchise. 86 Metascore at time of writing, meanwhile the player base has been loudly complaining about the lack of development and the atrocity that are moments. This is the last one I'm buying, because that is literally the only thing that will make San Diego Studios get off of their ass and actually spend some time developing this series.… Expand
  14. tedlee9
    May 20, 2019
    1
    The game itself is fine, but it had no improvements from the previous game, The Show 18 and added some annoying features.
    On my favorite mode RTTS, some small missions keep on appearing, even in the middle of the game. It stops before you get to bat or pitch and makes you select absurd accomplishments like, "Hit a homerun in this at-bat" It stops your game play and makes you keep thinking    The game itself is fine, but it had no improvements from the previous game, The Show 18 and added some annoying features.
    On my favorite mode RTTS, some small missions keep on appearing, even in the middle of the game. It stops before you get to bat or pitch and makes you select absurd accomplishments like, "Hit a homerun in this at-bat" It stops your game play and makes you keep thinking about that random mission. This ruins what I liked the most about The Show 18's game play, realness.
    Also errors are continuously happening on My Franchise mode, and although I think that is isn't a common issue, I blew up my save file that I worked on for 4 hours and totally quit this and went back to The Show 18.
    Most important of all, I can't see much of a difference in the game's graphics or mechanics and things just got **** Just go buy 18 instead. I don't play Diamond something, so you can consider that.    … Expand
  15. zackt
    Dec 22, 2019
    2
    this game is garbage. it tried to make it to where less homeruns were hit and that didn’t work because no matter where the ball is thrown you hit out and a guy could have 0 power and hit one out. GARBAGE
  16. Gregulator
    Jan 26, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is so unrealistic and way more difficult than 16. Pitching on every level from veteran to hall of fame is around the same. Once the team your pitching for gets ahead, the other team magically starts hitting really good pitches u throw. I threw a couple strikes at 100 mph high and inside and the other team hit them for homeruns. Is that realistic? Batters can’t see a pitch that’s at that speed. Also I threw really good off speeds in really difficult locations to hit and they still hit them. This is on veteran so I can’t imagine how hard the other levels would be.… Expand
  17. CommunistBook
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    I really wish Sony never got there hands on the MLB license..................

Awards & Rankings

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#15 Best PS4 Game of 2019
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#67 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2019
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#20 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2019

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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. New York Daily News
    Jun 2, 2019
    80
    While Madden and NBA 2K give you increasing amounts of control over individual player progression and continue to incorporate role-playing managerial elements into their gameplay, The Show 19’s Franchise mode remains stale.
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  2. Gameplanet
    May 9, 2019
    80
    MLB The Show 19 is another fine entry in the series, with Sony San Diego doing what they do best. The new Moments and March to October modes offer some dynamic new ways to play, while the rest of the game finds a strong balance between engaged control for the parts that matter, while offering an autopilot for the things that aren't for everyone.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    May 3, 2019
    80
    Swing and a hit. Contemporaries such as NHL 18 have caught up with Sony’s big bopper of late, but The Show’s myriad modes and authentic feel keep it among the elite. [Issue@162, p.92]
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