Mom mode for Ps4

[Cavicchi]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

Yes it's available in both.

Good to know, thanks!

[tessl]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

Just finished my first MoM game using the PS4 version and the game play was pretty much identical to the PS3 iteration. All the good and less than good features of the PS3 MoM mode play pretty much the same in the PS4. Of course the graphics in the PS4 version are superior and the graphics really comes alive once the sun goes down. It almost felt like I was there at Coors Field this evening.

A couple of things I noticed in my MoM game:

1) While the sun was still sort of up (game started at 6:40 pm), I had a real hard time picking the ball up on fly balls to the outfield from the Dugout view. In the PS3 version, picking the ball up from the Dugout view didn't always happen either. But in the PS3 I would pretty much always locate it before it landed. But in the PS4 there were times where I could only watch the fielder to wait and see where the ball would land. Of course in MoM I am just a spectator so not locating the ball on pop flies is not a show killer and of course once the sun went down picking the ball up was easy.

2) In the PS3, from MoM's Dugout view my batters would never warming up from the On Deck circle while you would always see the opposition batters warming up from their On Deck circles. With the added memory of the PS4 I was hoping this would be fixed. But it wasn't. Maybe next year. Of course having your batter appear in the On Deck circle warming up is just eye candy. It has no effect at all on game play.

3) The crowd is a nice improvement. But the heads on some of the Kids look a little too big. Once again nit picking.

All in all I am very happy with the MLB 14 PS4 game. I played on of my most enjoyable MoM games ever this evening, even though I did lose the game 4-2 to the Rangers in 10 innings.

I haven't tried dugout view but in press box view with high fielding camera I see the on deck batters and haven't had a problem picking up the ball.

[tessl]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

Yes it's available in both.

Has anybody checked online franchise to verify MoM isn't available there?

[My993C2]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

I haven't tried dugout view but in press box view with high fielding camera I see the on deck batters and haven't had a problem picking up the ball.

I figured these issues are isolated to just the MoM Dugout view and neither of them are show stoppers. The Dugout view has it's warts. It's not perfect. But at least for me the pros of the Dugout view outweigh the cons. It would be nice to see the on deck batters issue fixed, but that fix can wait a year or so. There are definitely bigger fish to fry than an eye candy issue that has no effect whatsoever to the game play of MoM.

The issue where the base runners not leaving on the pitch with 3-2 counts, 2 outs and a force on the base path is something that should be addressed. But if I am not mistaken from my MLB 14 PS3 games, the CPU runners leave on the pitch. It's just our own base runners who wait until contact and of course the workaround is to pay attention to the game and proactively call for a steal or a hit and run in these scenarios. In my PS4 MoM game last night, there were hardly any base runners until the late innings and I don't recall even being in a 3-2 count, 2 out with base runners in a force scenario (I might have been distracted with the awesome PS4 graphics). But I will try to keep my eyes open for this issue in my upcoming games.

[miamikb2001]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

Has anybody checked online franchise to verify MoM isn't available there?

Ramone confirmed no Mom in inline chise.At least if i understood him correctly.

[tessl]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

I'm curious whether other MoM players are seeing a lack of runs in their franchise. I was out of town last week and haven't had time to play enough games for a proper sample size but I'm seeing an average of 6.5 hits per game per team and an average of 2.5 runs per game per team. This is significantly under the MLB average.


I had a "discussion" in another thread a month ago about the change in discipline to induce more swings at bad pitches. I'm definitely seeing more of that and I wonder if that is causing a lack of offense.

[nonoirie]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

I'm curious whether other MoM players are seeing a lack of runs in their franchise. I was out of town last week and haven't had time to play enough games for a proper sample size but I'm seeing an average of 6.5 hits per game per team and an average of 2.5 runs per game per team. This is significantly under the MLB average.


I had a "discussion" in another thread a month ago about the change in discipline to induce more swings at bad pitches. I'm definitely seeing more of that and I wonder if that is causing a lack of offense.

Are u using default sliders?

[tessl]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

Are u using default sliders?

Yes
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[Knight165]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

Actually....anything but so far.
Mets franchise
vs Wash L 6-9
vs. Wash W 10-1
vs. Wash W 7-6

vs. Cin L 3-11
vs. Cin W 6-4
vs. Cin W 6-2(Gee pitching.....13 K's 7 innings....Farnsworth 4 K's 2 innings )

Small sample....but those games are all played...none simmed.

M.K.
Knight165

[nonoirie]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

Yes
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I recommend for u to read nomo17k's slider thread and his google doc. Just don't get slider arthritis.

[miamikb2001]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

Actually....anything but so far.

Mets franchise

vs Wash L 6-9

vs. Wash W 10-1

vs. Wash W 7-6



vs. Cin L 3-11

vs. Cin W 6-4

vs. Cin W 6-2(Gee pitching.....13 K's 7 innings....Farnsworth 4 K's 2 innings )



Small sample....but those games are all played...none simmed.



M.K.

Knight165

Is that regular Mom or with Quick Counts?

[Knight165]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

Is that regular Mom or with Quick Counts?

A mix.

M.K.
Knight165

[miamikb2001]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

A mix.



M.K.

Knight165

Nomo's sliders?Just curious i've mostly used Qc but some regular

[Knight165]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

Nomo's sliders?Just curious i've mostly used Qc but some regular

No....default for now with a few adjustments....RP stamina...pickoffs(which it looks like they shut off in response to the cries that players were getting picked off too much ) and injury.

All the mainstays are the same.

....and I would say that most of those games are using Gen Counts. Perhaps two are full games.

M.K.
Knight165

[tessl]

Re: Mom mode for Ps4

No....default for now with a few adjustments....RP stamina...pickoffs(which it looks like they shut off in response to the cries that players were getting picked off too much ) and injury.

All the mainstays are the same.

....and I would say that most of those games are using Gen Counts. Perhaps two are full games.

M.K.
Knight165

Quick counts may be different, I'm playing full games. I'll wait for a larger sample size to draw a final conclusion but I'm seeing a lot of swinging strikes at pitches outside the zone and the most frequent animation is swinging strike three at a ball in the dirt which the catcher throws the batter out at first base.


At the moment it appears the change to discipline in an effort to generate more swinging strikes at bad pitches has had a spill over impact on the rest of the game. In mlbts13 I adjusted zero sliders other than wind and after around 500 games I had very realistic results.