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Massive improvement, I’m addicted but the game is glitchy. Using on iPhone 10; have played 35 games. Three times the game crashed after my team hits a home run and then when I bring the game back up to continue, the batter that hit the home run is back up with a new count and no home run. Also, when building power for swing, batter swings without me lifting my thumb, sometimes he swings just as I touch and hold to build power. If the batter swings before the pitch is thrown, it’s always counted as a swinging strike. On defense, the pitcher’s aim circle has wildly jumped on its own (not the bouncy move for a low confidence pitch) to where the aim is a hit batter, behind the hitter or way outside. On occasion pitcher never got a choice of what pitch to throw. On three occasions, home runs in straight away left and right fields were ruled foul balls. C’mon man!

Love playing this game in my downtime. Simple controls and quick gameplay. My only issues are that there are an insane amount of diving catches. I love a great diving catch but I’ve had hits where it looks like an easy single taken away. Even players in the infield will dive forward to make the catch. Maybe have some diving plays missed or kicked off the glove. Definitely frustrating when you square one up and it’s caught almost every time on the infield. Secondly sometimes I hit a ball on the infield with 2 outs and instead of my other running staying out he runs right into the person with the ball. Not exactly how base running should be. But definitely worth it for a mobile game. Runs well and is fun to play.

GOOD: • Improved graphics • Price Tag • Improved player likeness (looks, hair, stances etc.) • Soundtrack • New Modern pitching & batting • New “up to date” camera angles • Beautiful Stadiums • OK animations BAD: • Animations: - Any ball in the vicinity of the defender is stopped despite in reality should be a base hit. - Morphing ball into the glove is still a huge problem - Animations aren’t always fluid and still players catching balls in weird ways and angles • Lack modes (but it is $6.99 so for $23 less than console version cuts had to be made obviously, not too much complaining here) • Glitching here and there Overall Verdict: It’s improved over ‘19 and definitely ‘18 but some of the same issues are still there unfortunately, especially with animations. From a mobile standpoint as far as authenticity, graphics, good enough gameplay, and other small details it’s the best mobile baseball game on the App Store. I gave the game 5/5 stars compared to other mobile baseball games but it’s far from perfect. Worth the buy in conclusion. ~

I live this game !!! That’s first off and foremost. It’s late 2020, so I’m not asking to improve on this game but hopefully improve for RBI Baseball 2021. (#1) Stealing bases is almost impossible unless it’s a super slow pitcher. I’m ok with having to guess on which pitch to run on ( change up ), but no matter how fast my player’s speed rating is, it always feels like he gets throttled down as he gets closer to the bag. That’s a terrible glitch that needs to be fixed. (#2) On the other side, it’s hard to catch runners stealing. Pickoffs are quite easy and I think those are spot on, but to throw out runners as a catcher, it’s too hard. Even if u have JT Realmuto. The base buttons are too small and I can’t ever press them to make the throw. Perhaps increase the size . (#3) Last but not least..... add commentary. I don’t expect for it to be as extensive as MLB the Show, but definitely some basic stuff like lineup and match up introductions. Transitions between innings, home runs, doubles, triples, and so forth. Perhaps an outro when the game is done. A mention of the current standings . I mean.... there can be some commentary.

I really enjoy this game on the iPhone and my iPad. It’s fun and fair. Most of the controls are pretty intuitive. The graphics are much improved and work well on a mobile device (I prefer the iPad but the iPhone works good as well). However I do have issue with the Modern Batting. While I like the ability to hit grounders and fly balls as well as pull the ball to the field I wish, the power feature is very difficult and sometimes frustrating to use. I wish they would make an adjustment to it, maybe you could lock in your power with the first press before the pitch and then press again to swing. It’s a nice idea the way it is but it’s way too touchy to execute in real time effectively. If they were to fix the batting it would be a 5 Star in my mind.

This game is good but it could be so much better. This game has just a few main issues for me. I feel like the game needs to be more realistic, not in terms of graphics but in terms of it actually playing like the real life game. For example a shortstop should not be able to cover 10 yards of room to stop a base hit up the middle with 100 exit velo. Other examples I could give would be more realistic animations like the shortstop has his momentum going away from first base and is able to casually throw the ball 90 feet using no arm movement. Another thing would be how the game is so laggy for an offline game. In my opinion there is no excuse for an offline game to be this laggy. Speaking of offline maybe sometime you guys should make and online game mode on mobile but considering how far away you are from perfecting offline servers I would say just wait a few years first. Other than those few issues I think the game is fun and addicting. Hope you guys can fix these issues!!

The game has a great batting experience. And the pitching is not bad albeit easy. But the rest of the game is meh. Very repetitive hits...lots of pop ups, fielding is boring and the player animations are the same as you’d find on a game from ten years ago. Doesn’t show runners leading off. Doesn’t have pitchout to catch a stealing runner. Has a weird “rule” where you can’t change a pitcher sometimes who hasn’t faced “enough batters.” There are mistakes in baseball strategy that are so frustrating...runners should advance when a ball is hit to the first base side, and they should advance when the third baseman throws to first. Also there’s no list of trades. But most of all the game lacks the “data” of baseball that you would expect. Heat zones for batters, player stats, opposing player insights, etc. and most frustrating of all is player control during the play, most of all runners in motion. It is glitchy...will just randomly close every once in a while but not much gets lost so I don’t mind.

This is my first review til some updates (if any) are implemented. First the fielding animation where the ball disappears for a split second and rubber bands into the player glove. Hey! we’re in the age where we have the very best programmers! Cmon I know you can do better. Second.. the modern batting is a bit interesting to me. I see what you’re trying to do, it seem backwards to me. I do like how you can pull the ball etc. On a bright note.. the graphics are a major improvement and looks good though the after home run plate animation for every player who does the same celebration gets old real quick. I give it a 3 1/2 stars. The pitching menu and actions are great. I up my stars if the developers continue to update the game. They have everyone’s attention cause we’re stuck at home and there’s no baseball on now.

Why can we only play 10 season. Why not just keep play forever. Where is the draft, you make what look like new players in FA so why can’t you do a draft without scouting even just see there skill and draft the players or if you can there can be scouting. FREE AGENCY!!! I get that there no salary cap but could you make a formula for team record and playoff spot and team popularity and make a salary for each team the have contracts for each player. Home run derby would be great, during franchise mode the all stars should change year by year by how each play does. One last thing, can we have even just make your players and put him on a team but I’d love a career mode where you can start from high school or college and only play as your player and get drafted then make your way up in the minors the go to the MLB and can we make an expansion teams and make your jerseys, stadium, city etc. I really hope you read this review and everyone else’s and work on it in rbi 21. There are some more complaints, so I heard an advertisement for rbi 20 on ESPN radio and it said there was a home run derby and I looked today and there was no home run derby, so please update that ad. So I wish you could have a custom amount of starting pitchers and if you skip a rotation spot it should go to the pitcher that pitches after him, this is more an ask but can you please add all of the stats that are in the app and have the MVP, gold grove, etc.

For starters, the graphics are pretty top notch for a mobile platform. The concept is fantastic, and is fun to play. Unfortunately, the problems with this game are exponential. I literally downloaded this game two hours ago. Playing a single 9 inning game will burn through 30% of your battery. I’m going to play with the settings, to see if there is a fix for that. Sporadically, scoring is wrong; for example, I was playing a game, and suddenly the opposition had a run, when there was no score. Other issues I’ve experienced (again, within the past two hours) are having an outfielder catch the ball, the game calling the batter out, and the runner continuing to the next base, no tag-up, and actually got to third base from first. On half-a-dozen occasions, while mid play, the screen goes dark. Nothing happens, regardless of where you touch the screen, and you have to restart the app to go back to where you started. If the glitches are fixed, this game would be worth the $3.99 and way more. As of now, it’s not worth paying anything for, until they work out the glitches.

This game is incredible ... that is until the screen just goes black about three to ten times per nine inning game. In order to get it back, you have to close the game/app and pick up wherever the last auto-save took place. I’ve hit a homerun or two that got erased and struck out because the pitch was about to be delivered and I suddenly couldn’t see the screen. The other bug is when you got to swing (holding down for power) and it just does a quick swing without you letting go and so you swing way too early and can’t recover in time to swing again. Still counts as a swing and miss, though ... fix those two things and this is a five star game for sure. If I had my unnecessary wants fulfilled, I would also allow owners in season/franchise mode to adjust players’ jersey numbers so that when I trade to bring Machado back to Baltimore, he isn’t forced to wear #62, but I can change it back to his rightful #13. That’s all.

Overall, this game looks sleek and is very fun to play at any level. I really like the updated rosters we get throughout the season even if some people are still missing. Here is my biggest gripe. After the IOS went to 14, the game could not keep up. Not sure how many users had the same issue but kept losing my franchise after three to four seasons. You read that correctly, after those few season, the game stops working as you cannot SIM a game to proceed. Also, you can play that game but it’s the last one you get to play for that franchise. Not sure what happened to the game with the new IOS but it seems like the developers aren’t going to fix the error or are even trying since the real baseball season is about to be over. Anyway, that’s my two cents on this and hope that RBI ‘21 will have a better run than this one did.

UPDATE, MAY 1: The developer (thanks for getting back to me) tells me that the issue is not with my iPad. Apparently, the “Modern” mode is set up so that NO ONE is able to move a batter around in the batter’s box, and the batter will automatically move based on the pitch location and swing timing. The absence of this feature is still a significant design flaw in the program. I’ve raised my rating to 2-stars and will re-evaluate if and when subsequent updates to the program include the feature. ________________________ There is a serious bug with the program if you are playing on an iPad 4, namely that, when you are batting in the “Modern” mode, you CANNOT move the batter’s position in the batter’s box. So, batting performance suffers in addition to the quality of play. THE DEVELOPERS NEED TO ADDRESS THIS IMMEDIATELY. IN THE MEANTIME, IPAD ISERS SHOULD AVOID THE GAME. I will re-review when and if the bug is fixed.

When you pinch hit for the pitcher in National League games without a Designated Hitter, you can’t “swap position” to replace someone playing a defensive position. You can only replace with a pitcher in the bullpen. This means any pinch hitter cannot be a defensive replacement when you go back on defense. Similarly, I can’t find a way to double-switch, so in National League games without a Designated Hitter, if you want to replace the current pitcher in the middle of the defensive half of the inning, he will always bat in the part of the lineup as the original lineup set. It is critical in NL games to allow for double switches and swapping positions with whoever is the pitcher at the time so you can make sure your relief pitcher is close to the end of the current batting rotation. If you’re going to make people pay for this game, at least following basic rules and strategies would be appreciated.