After 9 editions of this series on 3 different platforms...

[BlueJayPower]

Re: After 9 editions of this series on 3 different platforms...

I watched baseball for 25 years and they still make the same plays they always have. when will players come up with some new ways to throw to first...and the commentary they still describe the same situations the same way...weird. Every time I listen to my home team commentary I hear the same things. I can easily predict what they say..and even when I watch away commentary same stories. Hell every time I watch an O's game I hear how Adam Jones was acquired. Almost every time he bats. Ive heard the same story from at least 6 different commentary teams. Its a common thing in baseball. The game doesnt change much..except the names.

Come on dude. Seriously.

[MLB Bob]

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seriously. Any game people mention has bothered me as much or more with repetitive and boring commentary. I dont mind MLBTS. Baseball commentary is repetitive. I listen to a ton of it. Its not just my home announce team that repeats everything. And most announce teams are absolute crap. Homers like their announce team cause its generally what they know but its so bad. Its a hard thing to do and 2K wasnt great..it was different. I cant stand listening to the guys they had. FIFA its a conversation with play by play mixed in..gets very very repetitive. Its not live. Thats my opinion, I dont mind it and it doesnt bother me...at all. Lots of other announcing in other games does. I was one of the people that wanted commentary back in RTTS

[BSUFAN]

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More banter would help alot , IMO and everytime I hear he swung it like a garden hose I scream inside my head , again !!! Please put them all in a booth together watching someone play the Show and record the action.

[rjackson]

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Or maybe it should be renamed "Top priorities for rjackson in a sports video game"

Did you not understand that it was illustrating how unimportant commentary is in this game? Watch a local broadcast game and see how long they actually spend talking about the game compared to upcoming promotions, interviewing local people, etc. Even national games like ESPN they focus more on someone sleeping in the stands.

[BlueJayPower]

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Did you not understand that it was illustrating how unimportant commentary is in this game? Watch a local broadcast game and see how long they actually spend talking about the game compared to upcoming promotions, interviewing local people, etc. Even national games like ESPN they focus more on someone sleeping in the stands.

Do YOU not understand how important commentary IS in a game? Wow! Let's play this game now! Who are you to say what's important to me in a video game? Ever heard of a thing called OPINION? Yeah! It's a thing!

Btw what games are you people watching? Talk about people sleeping in the stands and upcoming promotions MORE than the game? Really???? And even if that were the case (which would be so weird to watch) why can't they incorporate a little bit of banter like that in the game? Matter of fact include a lot of it so that it doesn't get repetitive.

Baseball's back today. Watch a game. See if it sounds like MLB The Show. See if they talk about upcoming promotions and people sleeping in the stands more than they talk about the game. Interviews with local people happen OCCASIONALLY, maybe someone organizing a charity or baseball camp once in a WHILE. It's usually coaches, managers, ex players at the park, things like that. That maybe takes up 10% of the total banter, and I'm being generous here.

The Show's commentary hasn't evolve in 9 years. For the record I don't find 2K any better. They say the same things a lot too, and I can tell that from just watching a few YouTube clips of the game. This is not a thread to compare the two games. It's about the (lack of) evolution of an important aspect of the game. To some people at least.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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There are a few minor things I'd like SDS to change, but in the grand scheme it's like me wishing Emilia Clarke would just weigh 3 pounds less.

[rjackson]

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Bluejay, you aren't the only one that can have an opinion. You were the first to bash mine.

But it is fact that if this game had great commentary but played like Earl Weaver or High Heat which were amazing for their time or even the first and original PSOne version, they would not be able to continue this series because nobody would buy it. So no, I guess I don't see the importance of commentary.

I am oldschool. I find younger people who didn't witness EWB, activision, Atari, RBI Baseball, etc put wrapping in front of quality. I don't just mean commentary, I also mean graphics and brand name shoes as well.

[nick_sr]

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in my 2016 season and heard "here's the new acquisition, jacoby ellsbury" smh

[BlueJayPower]

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Uh huh. And jackson, you are allowed to reply without using condescension. You were the first to use that tone. I responded accordingly.

Why does it matter who's older? I played RBI baseball as a kid too; 1, 2 and 3. I also played Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball, High Heat, MVP, and a few others I can't remember right now. Times change. With that so do expectations. At the time those games were awesome. Now we've seen better.

Not sure in what world you live, but I live in the one where more than one aspect of something can be good, even great. Where in this thread is someone asking for great commentary in lieu of mediocre gameplay. Show me somewhere where someone said "Forget about blank (aspect of the game), SCEA should focus ONLY on having top notch commentary". That would be pretty stupid don't you think?

I've never asked for specific shoes, or hats laces or gloves, so let's try to stay on topic please and thank you.

9 years of the exact same commentary is pretty amazing, not in a good way.

[rjackson]

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You are right, I can see how I seem condescending. I'm just tired of hearing the same gripes continuously. I entered the thread knowing from the thread title what was coming, hence the reply. I can't agree with the rest because you are arguing things I never stated. For instance, I don't know or care who is older. I just stated I have noticed what I perceive as a generational gap.

[Bobhead]

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You are right, I can see how I seem condescending. I'm just tired of hearing the same gripes continuously. I entered the thread knowing from the thread title what was coming, hence the reply. I can't agree with the rest because you are arguing things I never stated. For instance, I don't know or care who is older. I just stated I have noticed what I perceive as a generational gap.

So let's review here:
- You are tired of these types of threads
- You knew what type of thread this was before entering
- You entered anyway

Whose fault is that exactly? If you don't like the thread, stay out.

I'm not really heartbroken over the commentary, but then again I haven't been playing The Show as long as other people here. I also don't pay attention to half the things they say, in the first place.

But I can definitely tell you the difference in quality between the commentary in The Show, and the commentary in NBA 2K. So there's no question The Show has a long way to go here.

[Mrmagoo]

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Just for the record, I guess I'm old school too... "your out" in that lovely old intellivision voice.... Lmao!!!! Anywho.... No doubt announcing can get repetitive, but I'm with ya on.... it hasn't hardly changed in forever!!!
Nba2k is also a great example on at least the general direction this title could head in regards to commentary!!!

[rjackson]

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A more proper review would have been that I commented I could care less about the commentary and if the thread was titled properly -- which would have led him to other threads already created on the topic -- I would not have entered or commented at all. I will stay out though, no reason to continue to defend myself to random strangers on the internet.

[Clarityman]

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My priority list:
1 gameplay
2 AI
3 Franchise options
4 graphics
5 something I haven't thought of yet
6 RTTS
7 tie online and commentary

I dont buy this game to hear people talk. Thread should be renamed to more complaining about commentary.

But since you hear the commentary in every single game you play, just like you hear commentary in every real game of baseball you watch on TV, maybe it's understandable how some people would like some new commentary.


Personally, I really want them to take a page from NHL and implement brand new commentary personalities. I've had enough of Vasgersian and his ho-hum approach to homeruns.

[Shaffer26]

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Maybe you wouldnt if it was better.

If you play a game long enough, it'll get repetitive. I enjoy listening to music or podcasts when I play. So, no not sure I would if it was better.