MLB THE SHOW 18 - FOR A FAN LIKE YOU: PLAY AS LEGENDS

[countryboy]

Check out the latest MLB The Show 18 trailer, showing off quite a few Legends in...

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[ty5oke]

Man I wish I had the kingdome for Griffey.

[MetsFan16]

Piazza Confirmed


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[bcruise]

Wow nice, Ozzie's somersault...would love to know who mocapped that!

I like seeing that they're making this a selling point and advertising it - I have fun messing with the legends in a fantasy draft franchise sometimes. I hope they fixed the fantasy draft bug that caused CPU teams to not have enough bench position players though (it evens itself out as players get called up due to injury, so it didn't flat-out kill that way of playing).

[EnigmaNemesis]

Came to see "Teddy Ballgame", "The Splendid Splinter", "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived", left satisfied!

[TripleCrown9]

List of legends as they appeared

Spoiler

Carlton Fisk
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Reggie Jackson
Ozzie Smith
Wade Boggs
Bob Feller
Orel Hershiser
Jason Giambi
Ted Williams
Babe Ruth
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Luis Tiant
Goose Gossage
Frank Thomas
Nolan Ryan
Rollie Fingers
Jorge Posada
Luis Aparicio
Joe Morgan
Jackie Robinson
Mike Schmidt
Fergie Jenkins
Mike Piazza
Roberto Alomar
Albert Belle
Dennis Eckersley
Johnny Bench
Gary Carter
Jeff Bagwell
Don Sutton
Bruce Sutter
Ryne Sandberg
Larry Doby

Not bad for a 1-minute video

[coolguy51]

I have not been able to play the show since the year before the legends entered the picture. I hope to play this year. Are all the legends available from the start for season/franchise play? Or do you have to unlock some, or do some come later in the season?

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by coolguy51

I have not been able to play the show since the year before the legends entered the picture. I hope to play this year. Are all the legends available from the start for season/franchise play? Or do you have to unlock some, or do some come later in the season?

You don't unlock them for offline play - the ones that are in the game should be immediately available. I can't verify whether all of these guys were in the roster when '17 launched, but there are over 70 playable legends in the game right now. I'm guessing they were all there at game launch, but can't say for sure since we're almost a year removed now.

"Legend" designation is used rather liberally since Karros (81 OVR) and Reynolds (86) are considered as such by the game (and I'm including them in the 70), but I'm not counting the developers' players who are no better than 60 OVR.