While Road to the Show in MLB The Show has become stagnant over the years the career mode has remained compelling for many because it has always executed the basics well and the structure has simply been a natural fit for baseball. Last year a documentary style presentation was added to bring in some story elements but it wasn’t the dramatic change that some other sports games have made turning their career modes into story modes.

For MLB The Show 18 there again won’t be a shift to a story mode but Road to the Show is changing up some of its fundamentals. Performance-based progression means the removal of the ability to distribute skills where desired and attribute caps will limit the ratings of players based on their archetype models. The mode is becoming more restrictive by taking many of the decisions out of the player’s hands. That may reduce some of the tedious nature along the way and prove more realistic but could disrupt the satisfaction players get of building their player up they way they envision to be best.  Read more

This week the promotion for MLB The Show 18 is centered on Road to the Show, and while the blog that was to detail the improvements for this year is overdue to arrive (was scheduled to be out yesterday) there is a video that has been released going over the basics. There isn’t too much new to glean from the trailer with the exception of what would appear to be progression taking on a more results-oriented approach. Previously mentioned changes for RTTS that will be gone into more later this week in a developer stream is the player progression overhaul, the removal of training points, and new “short term focus decisions.”