The MLB The Show franchise is known to be one that is relatively easy to acquire the platinum for, but this year's trophy for MLB The Show 23 will be almost impossible for some. This next iteration of the hit baseball sim added many new features to the game, and many of those new features will be a part of the trophy hunt. These trophies aren't so difficult as they are time-consuming, and may require a little bit of luck. So any fans looking to platinum the game will need to be ready to dedicate a reasonable amount of time to the title.
MLB The Show 23 is adding many of its new features to improve the title and separate itself from other baseball sims. The franchise's great attention to quality, especially compared to the other big-name sports games, has continued to keep it above its competition. Though additions like the playable docies about the Negro Leagues and the new World Baseball Classic events and cosmetics are never a bad idea.
MLB The Show 23's Platinum Trophy Will Take A Long Time
It will take fans time to get the platinum trophy due to the luck and time needed to complete MLB The Show 23's gold trophies. In comparison, the silver and bronze trophies are much easier and can be completed in the first days of playtime. These trophies are also spread across the multitude of game modes in the title. This helps players experience everything MLB The Show 23 has to offer while helping showcase that the title is truly much more than just a baseball sim.
Every Gold Trophy In MLB The Show 23 & How To Complete It
MLB The Show 23's first gold trophy is titled Quick Turnaround and will require fans to achieve a five-star offseason from March to October. This can be done quickly in franchise mode and is judged on how well a team improves. It is best to focus equally on acquiring highly rated players and improving areas of the roster that need it the most. However, a little luck may come into play on how the game rates a an off-season. Overall this trophy may come quickly to some while being elusive to others.
Gold trophy number two is Here Comes The Paint and is completed by acquiring a Diamond level Pitcher card. A Diamond level card is any player with an overall rating higher than 85. These cards can be found by purchasing or receiving card packs in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty game mode. From there, it falls into luck's hands on whether someone will receive one of the cards they need. This trophy isn't necessarily hard but will take time for some, as RNG is the chief rival.
The third gold trophy in MLB The Show 23 is Unparalleled Pro, and will task fans with leveling up a parallel player card to level three in Diamond Dynasty. The first step to this is acquiring a parallel player card, which is a player card that can be leveled up over time. After that, one has to use that player card in events and games to gather experience for it. Eventually, this experience can be used to level the card up to the required level three, improving its stats.
Gold trophy four is NLB Historian and is completed by playing through all the Negro League Baseball storylines. Depending on how long the in-game, playable docies is, this may take some time, but it won't necessarily be a difficult trophy. Fans will play through set storylines in the game mode, getting a mix of stories that need to be told and the gameplay mechanics they are used to. As well as being an informative experience for baseball fans, this mode offers new players an excellent opportunity to learn an important part of the game's history.
MLB The Show's fifth gold trophy is called Back To Back Jacks, and is awarded for hitting two home runs in back-to-back at-bats. To some, this may be one of the easier trophies, as hitting a home run is not as challenging as one may think. Others may find this a bit tricky as even the slightest difference can change the outcome of an at-bat. This trophy will genuinely come down to how skilled one is at MLB The Show 23 and its hitting mechanics.
The final gold trophy is titled Make The Dance and requires fans to make the playoffs. This is arguably the easiest gold trophy, as making the playoffs is the overall goal for all who play and will be done at some point. The difficulty chosen also doesn't matter, so fans at any level of experience will be able to make the playoffs at some point. The best game mode to accomplish this in would be Franchise mode, but Diamond Dynasty would still count if that is the chosen path.
The rest of the trophies in the game are of silver or bronze level and, as previously stated, are much easier to complete. Some examples of these are winning a game inside the retro mode, creating custom jerseys in Diamond Dynasty, and playing a game with a team's City Connect jerseys on. Some of these will require a specific action for them, but at the core, they are not challenging to complete. This is good for completionists as it gives them a clear path toward their goals and everything they need to accomplish.
Trophies and achievements may be digital awards, but to many players, they are proof of accomplishments and huge factors in games. The harder the challenge, the more likely one is to rise to it and the more gratified one will feel when completed. For many, there is no better feeling than seeing that platinum trophy or achievement for accomplishing everything that can be done in a single game. MLB The Show 23 may not be one of the most challenging games when it comes to acquiring the platinum trophy, but the title is undoubtedly more demanding than its previous incarnations, and will be impossible without a significant time commitment.
