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R.B.I. Baseball 18 is an iPhone and Android Games App, made by MLB. Today, it has gone through many interations by the developers - MLB, with the latest current version being 1.0.6 which was officially released on 2018-07-24. As a testament to the app's popularity or lack thereof, it has gathered a total of 6701 Reviews on the Apple App Store alone, with an average user rating of 4.5 out of a possible 5 stars.
delivering all-new Franchise Mode, brand new detailed player models, hundreds of new animations, high fidelity MLB ballparks, revamped crowd system, more dynamic camera angles and a stunning UI presentation. This MLB season get the baseball game that will have you wanting to PLAY IT AGAIN!
All-New Franchise Mode: Take control of your favorite MLB team! Make trades, pick up free agents or call up rookies through multiple seasons.
Authentic MLB Players: Completely redesigned player models, hundreds of new animations including unique player-specific animations bring a whole new look and feel.
Better Ballparks: Experience enhanced lighting, textures, revamped 3-D crowd system and new dynamic camera angles in all 30 MLB ballparks.
MLB Legends: Play as the greats with over 100 historic players
Roster Updates: Get the latest rosters throughout the 2018 season and use the new Import Rosters feature to keep your in-progress Franchise current without starting over!
**NOTE FOR DEVICES UNDER 2GB**
Both Franchise and Postseason modes require at least 2GB of device RAM. Other features including exhibition mode will be playable on your device. We have optimizations in development to better support these devices in the future.
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Enjoy a lot
The game keeps getting better, but I just finished the World Series ( 2019 ) in Franchise Mode and the next season will not load. The game needs another tweak. I appreciate the latest update (1.0.5), however, it’s exactly the same as 1.0.4. Therefore the issue of not being able to advance past the 2019 season has not been addressed. This is somewhat of a disappointment. Even with the latest update, the issue of advancing beyond the 2019 season has not been resolved. Please keep working.
Very buggy but otherwise awesome
Bugs: In franchise mode after each game I’ve notice it often computes my team’s ERA incorrectly, and at the end of 10 seasons the recap shows overall team ERA and BA in the wrong spots. Also, it won’t continue an exhibition game if I leave in the middle and come back later (stuck on big MLB logo loading page). Lastly, the pitcher often doesn’t cover first base; not sure what that’s about. Other than those issues, the gameplay is positively fantastic. Sure, it would be nice to actually feel more excitement from the team and fans in high stakes moments (maybe they could jump on each other after winning a game 7), or see more variety of reactions to a home run, but again, extremely enjoyable. Huge plus: no in-app purchases necessary - THANK YOU! Please fix those bugs and keep up the good work!
Good but.. bugs, unrealistic AI
Been a player of rbi for years.. Impressed with the details they managed to get into this game however Game crashes when I got to league leaders in franchise mode. And in general wish the franchise mode was a little more realistic in terms of statistic for all the other teams. Halfway through my first season Hitting stats for all teams are ridiculous, player at the all star break with 100 plus rbis and the pitching stats are horrible for all simulated games. Outside of my team I think maybe one or two pitcher have a sub 4 era. And the orioles are in first place in Al east by like 15 games. So obviously pitching doesn’t matter for anything in this game It’s the little details that make a game like this enjoyable for me. Maybe needs a tweak to the AI,
A Little Frustrating...
I was eager to try this game since I’ve heard so much about it, however, the game experience has been a big letdown so far. The biggest thing to this point is that there is no learning curve for new players, you just keep logging on and getting rocked by AI opponents that know how to use the game controls effectively. Presumably this continues until the player learns how to use the controls, which would be fine for a free game, but to have paid $2 to be frustrated every time I play is quite disappointing. Casual gamers (players who don’t have or won’t commit the time to learn this game as effectively as the masterful AI) probably won’t have much fun with this game. As for the gameplay, there is zero feedback or timing meters for the player during batting, which could be problematic since batting is entirely reliant on timing. I don’t expect to hit a home run every at bat, but I do think there should be some sort of feedback to inform the player on their timing so they can make adjustments. For example: I know I’m swinging early, but how early am I swinging so I can adjust appropriately? Pitching controls are just clumsy and moderately useless as the AI just gets the clutch hit every time anyway. Yes, it could be that I’m just not good at this game. But so far I have little motivation to get better.
Great addition to the Mobile franchise!
EDIT: A couple small bugs/issues caused me to put the game down. For one, the game gives some of my players in franchise modes imaginary stats. Played about 6 games, hadn’t recorded a hit with Gleyber Torres, but suddenly he had a home run in his stats? Not a huge deal but extrapolate that out over a season/franchise & who knows what numbers are real. I also am finding the computer putting up 25 hits on me per game, on medium. I’m fine with a game being difficult but I mean has any team ever even gotten that many hits? Could be a bit more realistic.. just frustrating when the rays string together 10+ singles in a row off a good pitcher. I downloaded the game on its release date, & it was very buggy. Impossible to play, so I stopped. I’ve seen them push the rough a few updates in the meantime & decided to jump back in. Glad I did because the game is great! Haven’t experienced any of the previous bugs, just a solid baseball game. The best baseball experience in the App Store for sure. Glad to see it in the top 12 on paid apps. Wish it had multiplayer or home run derby, like the console version, but maybe in a future update!
Long game and has frustrating bugs
Bought this baseball game because I wanted a good time filler and was sick of ads in other games. The graphics and game play are great overall. There are a few issues that become very frustrating including: 1. When the ball is pitched to you and disappears right before the plate and it reappears, this happens more frequently than not, not sure how you are supposed to hit the ball?? 2. If you try a double play from 1st to 2nd and back to 1st, the 1st baseman is off the bag and you can’t move him to tag the bag or the runner. This has made me not play the game alone but the season games must be played out all 9 innings and you can’t skip anything, which makes the game seem like it is never going to end. I shortened the season to 52 games and I have completed 3 in a week. Game has potential but needs to have a few updates.
Bug
Really like this game, but I recently found a bug, and I don’t know where else to report it (it would be great if all apps had a “send feedback” feature to report issues to developers). When I’m in franchise mode, and I win a game due to the mercy rule, the game freezes and won’t end. I’ve tried closing and restarting four times now, so I think this is a persistent problem that’s affecting many users. I’m using an iPhone 8 with iOS 11.3.1. EDIT (31 May 2018): The issue described above where the game will not end is now also occurring in postseason mode. Also, the above comment states that this was only occurring when the game would have ended due to the mercy rule, but now the issue is occurring when the game should end due to the end of the ninth inning.
Disappointed but not bad
Overall I wish the pitching was more controllable and allowed for chosen pitches not just fast/normal/slow. I wish the pitches that hit the ground were more obvious. Currently the ground makes it very hard to tally whether it is a low pitch or not. Batting is okay. Bunting is bad. I would prefer a contact swing, power swing button option. Figures are pretty bad too. Animation is low grade. Base runners for some reason only steal on occasion rather than on command. Hopefully with the money they can spend some of it to upgrade the gameplay a bit. In this current state I cannot recommend it. Definitely has room for improvement and I will keep it until I run out of space on my phone.
Perplexed
I like the changes this year as some of the hang ups resolved themselves. Liked that roster finally over write the lineup and let you use them. I have found that my players won’t steal when I press the man to steal. There is still no pickoff. The substitutions were a problem I could not get them to substitute early in the year as there was no good tutorial on how to make them so between what must have been a fix it has resolved itself. Injures would not resolve and return to active roster even though it said originally it was for 10 games. But once again I have lost a season of play. It happened at the game that should have on the schedule for 5/28. My franchise team is Atlanta Brave so I’m playing the Mets and on e lat out in the 9th the game froze. I have killed the app and opened it back up and continued the game 3 times recorded the last out and it froze again on the last out in the 9th also replayed the game and yes it froze on the last out in the 9th. I deleted the app and reloaded and lost the whole season. Would like a refund this continues to be a problem on a regular basis every year. Come on man it’s time to get this app right.
Feels outdated..way better games that are free
I love the fact that it’s actual rosters and honestly that’s what drove me to getting this game but as soon as I started my first game I regretted my decision to purchase this app immediately. Some of the animations are pretty cool but the pitching and batting!? Absolutely horrible. The baseball game I played before (which is FREE!!!) the camera angles for pitching/batting actually made you feel like you were part of the game. Pitching in the other game was also a lot more realistic due to the fact that you chose your pitch (based off pitches the pitches can throw), and the location of where you wanted to throw. There are many other things that I can call out but I don’t even know if anyone reads these so I don’t want to waste my time. Bottom line here is playing the other game (that I have re-downloaded) people always said “wow that looks so real!”, and I would gladly tell them about it and how it’s FREE...this game people see it and think it’s a super old game that I’ve been hanging onto for years and I absolutely feel embarrassed when I tell them I just paid for this...
Pretty annoying >:(
When I got this game I looked at a lot of reviews and a lot of them said the game was bad but I didn’t trust them so I spent five dollars and then I figured out I used five dollars on a trash game when you’re playing a game you can’t even hit the ball and pretty much every pitch you throw the opponent team hits it, also pretty much all the time the game takes forever to load. So I recommend do not get this game and waste five dollars but on the bright side you can get players like Ted Williams Tom Seaver Joe DiMaggio so that’s why I gave it a two instead of a one. Oh another bad thing is that you only can play 10 franchise modes and then you can’t play it ever again for you people That don’t know what franchise mode is it is a season either of 162 games or 52 gamesI recommend don’t get this game fellow human beings
TERRIBLE
Hitting is a joke! The strike zone is terrible! I got balls in the other box being called a strike! A joystick!? They throw 102! You have no time to decide where you want to go! And if you don’t use it you ground out! But, how many MLB players move before they hit? Realistic!? Please! This game is a joke! Pitching!? You have 3 pitches! A breaking ball that ends up in the dirt or clobbered 500 ft! A I guess change up? It’s a slower fastball! And a fastball! They have a 4 pitches! One of which starts off as a fastball, then breaks! So you move the stupid joystick, get ready to hit, and then it breaks! It’s ridiculous! Fielding!? Apparently everyone is a gold glove winner! The game glitches and the buttons stop working for a second! An average runner beats out a ground ball to shortstop! I loaded my team up because trading is a joke to! But I just wanted a game where I can put a beating on a team! Just for fun. Kill time! I can’t even do that! I have an all star at every position! Even the rotation and bullpen! But I can’t hit because the hitting controls are a joke! And if you do hit, it’s most likely a single! I have to steal 100 bags a game just to get runs! And base running? If you want to send a runner, you have to send both! Meaning that you basically give up an out to score a run! This game needs to be fixed! It’s ridiculous that people aren’t mad right now!
I so want this game to be good but...
This game has so much potential but good golly did anybody who worked on this ever play or watch a baseball game. First of all, for the most part if there is a runner on base with two outs and a ball is put in play, then the runner should take off immediately. Not so in this game. Also, even more frustrating is when I hit the command to advance a runner, many times the game will not. Lastly, all fielders have an arm like Bo Jackson. No way to score from second on a ground ball to the outfield. There are several other gameplay issues which make you scratch your head, that others have mentioned. Given the fact that this is a fairly substantial paid game, I have only one choice but to give it one star. Hopefully these issues are addressed soon. The game really shouldn’t have been released with these issues.
This game is terrible
I gave this game a try. In franchise mode I created a super team just for giggles. All my players are the best at their position. In reality they’re amazing hitters. I can’t hit to save my life. It’s all grounders or pop flys. I did hit a few homers but it seems the other team has the advantage. Also the whole joystick thing with batting and pitching, it’s horrible. Why can’t there be just simple buttons for what pitches u wanna throw with some kinda target circle to pick where u wanna throw it like in 2K. I kept giving this game a try. But I kept getting beat by crappy teams like the Marlins and others. And the scores were not even fair. 10-0, 7-0, 9-1. This game is bull and until they fix their crappy game, I’m not playing it or taking this review down. Also it was a waste of my money and if could get a refund I would definitely do one
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