04-20-2017, 12:31 PM
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The Lama
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Re: Armor & Sword & Marino's MLB The Show 17 Timed/Classic Simulation All-Star Slider
Keep our love fest going in here gentleman.
I can't say enough of how massive of an achievement this game is in the genre.
I don't know what's going on over in the general forum......but I am pretty stunned at how placebo'd it is getting. Perception will become reality if you keep reading and start just looking for every little minute thing wrong with a......wait.....here it comes:
A video game.
It will become a self fulfilling prophecy if you want to convince yourself the game is broken, ruined, not right blah blah blah.
Folks, this is supposed to be joy, stress relief, whatever the reason you play video games for.
I can tell you for me, I have been a sports gamer for 37 of my 47 years of life on this planet. Never in the history of my gaming life have I ever let a sports video game cause me anger, grief, despair, stress....anything like that.
So let's talk about MLBTS 17 here. I don't even want to wade in the pool of the general forum anymore. It's just chaos, panic and utter agenda positing. Every other thread is complaints, problems and nonsense. Buried in there are your RTTS and Franchise progress threads which are filled with stories and joy of peoples franchises. Buried in there are some great threads helping and guiding people on how to experience this game to the fullest.
But it is buried in the sea of negativity and downright venom.
Yes....maybe the game is not for some people, maybe they don't like the direction the franchise is taking.
I am not one of those gamers. For me this game is one solid patch from being the pinnacle of sports gaming.
Yes there are some bugs, and issues. Just like every single solitary year. And just like every single solitary year the SDS team releases a thorough game patch 4-6 weeks after release and historically it cures 99% of the issues reported.
The game is not perfect. But boy did they go for it on the field.
This is baseball!!!!! This is the game I see being played today IRL every night when I sit back and watch a ball game with my son.
The game has changed. Pitching habits and strategy has drastically changed over the last 4-5 years. Most starters are lucky to go 7 innings in the Majors these days. Regardless of pitch count and score. There are specialists now for inning 6, 7, 8 and 9. Bombs are hit nightly. And more frequent then ever. Again The Show is replicateing how this game is played....NOW!!!
Yet....yet for those who follow me on Twtich and watch my franchises and various test games.....have you seen anything odd or wrong with full count games?
A resounding NO!!!!!!
Is there a problem with QC and simulated games? Certainly with QC's.
I have reported a few bugs myself that I have seen in the games. But nothing has been so horrific for me that I can deem the game broken. Online....a whole other story.
But how do we know anything about a simulated games? We are not seeing the game. How do we know the pitchers pitch count, maybe he is getting banged around, maybe he got in trouble early? Maybe, maybe, maybe.
Yet when I simulated stats in a test they looked great. Every single sim I did. I had no real issues with it.
Quick Manage games do have some minor quirks and hiccups. it is a new feature and I expected some growing pains with it. But nothing that would make me outraged LOL!!!!
Guys.
Play the game. Enjoy your franchises. Create your baseball universe, create your storylines.
HAVE FUN and relax and enjoy. Because that is all I am doing and have been since 3/28. And I am far out of the so called "honeymoon" phase and I can't get enough of this game. It is all I will be playing till The Show 18 comes out. I am skipping Madden this year (yep you heard me right taking a pass on it for sure as 17 is all I need for another year of football). NBA 2K? LOL no more for me this gen. This last one is more than enough to satisfy my B-Ball fix for several years to come.
It is The Show for me. Every year without fail. This is the sports game I can't get enough of. And why?
This community. The roster community here is second to none. Cujomatty and Lowlight are pure gentleman in providing the SOTS packs for everyone to enjoy and love. This community needs to stick together and help each other enjoy these toy's we purchase as much as we can.
My only goal here each and every year to help all of you folks enjoy this game in ways you never thought of. Simulation style sports gaming is a passion of mine and I love sharing it.
But I refuse to become part of the mob mentality that has infested the general forum and I refuse to allow it to come into this thread.
I am not here to diagnose bugs in the game. I am not here to "fix" the game with sliders.
I am here to develop sliders and use those with settings that enhance the game for myself and to share that with all of you. That is it. Simple as that. I am not here to discuss theory's on what each and every slider does (boring Zzzzzzz). I am here to simply give you the settings I use that help me enjoy this game to the max. And those of you who have used my sliders for years know what it's all about. Fun first and foremost, followed by realism and and clean screen approach to sports gaming.
Those of you who have interacted with me on Twitch know exactly what I am all about and my true personality. I tell it to you straight. It's not rocket science. It's sports video gaming.
Nothing but baseball bliss thus far and after patch 1.04 comes out we will be even happier (SOTS fix, OSD fixes and some minor gameplay tuning that will be done and fixed).
The game needs a good patch.....again like it always does each and every year. This is nothing new!!!
There are some that simply don't like how the game feels.....that's cool. Go back to 16 and be done with it. But don't continue to have an agenda because I can assure you there are hundreds of thousands of players who are enjoying the game they made this year. OS is merely 1% of the Shownation.
1%
O.K. My rant is over.......
And remember.......
BASEBALL IS BETTER
Last edited by Armor and Sword; 04-20-2017 at 12:36 PM.
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