RBI Baseball 20
SCORE: 78
Another year and another RBI Baseball
video game. RBI Baseball 20 improves upon the past games in a great many
ways. It still has room to grow. Even though MLB The Show 20 took some
steps back it is still a better baseball experience than RBI Baseball
20. That gap is narrowing as RBI Baseball continues to get better.
The parks and atmosphere of RBI Baseball 20 feels like a baseball game.
Maybe a minor league park in many aspects. The lack of entrance music,
and other crowd interactivity hurts RBI Baseball 20. The game play in
RBI Baseball 20 still lags greatly. More on that later. RBI Baseball 20
looks better and it sounds better. There are some frame rate drops on
the Nintendo Switch.
We can play 162, 52, or 81 game seasons in RBI Baseball 20. We have
modern controls or the classic controls. Modern is tricky to learn
unless you want to fully charge and wait. I found it impossible to half
charge ever. Fielders will sometimes throw to the wrong bag which will
put a runner on base. We must anticipate the ball with our swings. So we
are late, and then the ball goes into the dirt on a change up for a
strike out. Expect to strike out a lot in RBI Baseball 20.
The modes in RBI Baseball 20 are Exhibition, Franchise, Post Season,
Home Run Derby, Manage Rosters, Controls, Gameplay Options, and Settings
& Extras. Assisted Fielding is helpful at times, and not so on others.
NPC characters will dive for the ball on what should have been hits.
Small ball is almost gone as we must rely on home runs. In fact most of
my runs were on home runs.
Noah and I had a fun Twitch stream of
RBI Baseball 20. The computer is
hard in RBI Baseball 20 even on the easiest setting. Collision detection
is questionable in RBI Baseball 20. Characters five feet away were
somehow tagged out. I like the pitching camera. I hope next year
improves in the gameplay.
- Paul
Graphics: 85%
Sound: 76%
Replay/Extras: 86%
Gameplay: 63%
Family Friendly Factor: 82%
System: Nintendo Switch/PS4/Xbox One
Publisher: MLB Advanced Media
Developers: MLB Advanced Media
Rating: ‘E’ - Everyone SIX and OLDER ONLY
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