The hitting difficulty is insanely hard. Even in ROOKIE mode pitchers are painting the corners and changing speeds like it's on All-star difficulty. The PCI hitting is far too strict. If you're not dead center on the joystick it'll be an automatic ground out or pop fly even on ROOKIE mode. Power swing vs contact swing make no difference. On ROOKIE mode cpu fielders are making diving catches and slides from the left field grass and throwing out 90+ speed hitters ar first. Elimination showdowns are IMPOSSIBLE. You beat each step easily provided only 9-15 outs to complete the task and usually win within the first 4 outs. Yet when you reach the boss is impossible to get a single hit in 25 OUTS and get shutout. Mini seasons mode is useless now.. I'm two games from completing the season and I can't even continue. Try to play next game and it says "an unhandled server exception occurred". I can no longer play this mode AT ALL. Diamond dynasty I spent hours and hours creating a custom logo and probably 60% of the time my logo doesn't even load while playing online VS games so I'm left with a blank jersey and helmet. Programs are a waste of time because you spend weeks trying to progress to get the top prize and by the time you even get close the game moves on to a new "season" and everything you just spent a month earning is now useless.