MLB 15 The Show: A Look Back At What Worked and What Didn't

[redsox4evur]

Re: MLB 15 The Show: A Look Back At What Worked and What Didn't

Aside from the blatantly obvious needed change in commentary and presentation, I've compiled a list of things (more or less smaller things) to add/change in MLB 16:

1. New Brands:
-New Balance
-Easton
-EvoShield

2. Add more pieces of equipment per brand.

3. Allow starting pitchers to be used in relief when all relievers have been used.

4. Add the possibility to get "Create-a-player" cards with different tiers in Diamond Dynasty packs. These tiers give the user a certain overall you can train that player up to. (i.e. Bronze 69-77, Silver 78-84, Gold 85-92, Diamond 93-99)

5. Add option to wear different types of socks for day and night games. (Ex: David Wright wears high socks during day games, but pants during night games.)

6. Get the license to add real minor league players.

7. For fake players, too many of them look like unnatural baseball players. Too many of them wear turtlenecks, low socks, have no or only one batting glove, etc. Many of these players are also very small in height, especially for their positions. (i.e. 5'10" first basemen)

8. Add ability to change editable position players to pitchers and vice versa. (Ex: If I create a player as a SS, allow me to change that player to a pitcher if desired after creating him.)

9. Bring back the classic stadiums for PS4. Their cards are useless if the stadiums aren't playable.

10. Bring back Sounds of the Show for PS4. (Personalized walk-up music, chants, etc)

11. Add ability to play in standard game views for fielding in RTTS (Medium, High, Broadcast, Dynamic)

12. Bring back RTTS goals and coach signs. It provides a much more realistic feel as a singular player.

13. Add checkmark boxes for secondary positions instead of giving preset positions. (For example, being a 3B and wanting to play 1B, 2B, and RF as secondaries)

14. When a player returns from an injury in Franchise, add the option to place them on the roster where they were before their injury. (Instead of auto-utilizing them back into the lineup and screwing up your entire lineup order.)

15. Add the ability to scan your face into the game.

16. Make scenery outside the stadium more realistic.

17. Add rehab stints for injured players.

18. Bring back King of the Diamond.

19. Don't remove any players from the game when adding new ones in, keep them off the 40-man roster on the teams they play for and place them on the AAA affiliate of that team. (Multiple players were taken out of the game to make room for new players. Their cards are still available for purchase in the community market, so make them available to play with.)

20. Add a trade option to Diamond Dynasty.

Umm there is no license for this. There is no MILBPA. So they can't use their rights.

And for 10 please go call Sony...that's there issue not the Shows.

[ozcore]

id like to have coaches challenge other than just 1st base. i got robbed so many times at 2nd & 3rd lol

[JayD]

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I would love to see custom draft classes, tweaks to the AI for every aspect in Franchise mode and fixes to all legacy bugs.

PS: retractable roof stadiums being able to close.

[jawgee]

How about a MMORttS (while still keeping an offline RttS)?

The face-scanning feature would be cool, too.

Was the PS3 camera actions thing too gimicky or troublesome to use? It should work technically work better with the PS4 camera, no?

[Lisac]

Re: MLB 15 The Show: A Look Back At What Worked and What Didn't

I would love to see custom draft classes, tweaks to the AI for every aspect in Franchise mode and fixes to all legacy bugs.

PS: retractable roof stadiums being able to close.

Tired of seeing wind gusts at the Roger Centre

[Bobhead]

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I dearly miss the newspaper. It made me feel relevant.

When you're a Mets fan before the year 2015, that relevance is hard to come by.

The new radio thing is a nice idea but it still needs a ton of work. It just sounds like a robot at this point. I'd prefer fewer facts and more analysis/commentary. Maybe even pull an ESPN and only talk about teams relevant to me. If I'm the Mets, who the hell cares what the last place White Sox are doing? Instead, talk about what the Nationals are doing, could do, and were doing, that threatens my position in the east. Talk about wildcard leading teams, etc...

But I digress.

Other things The Show needs not mentioned in the review:
- better ball physics
- better AI (particularly situation specific AI, baserunning, bunting, bullpen management, etc...)
- better fielding

Disappointed that the review leaves out some of these most critical things that currently aren't working.

And in fairness, I'm equally disappointed about the great things that were also left out, such as the streamlining of the scouting system, the greatly improved trade logic AI, and the new menu systems for the main menu and franchise mode.

[Russell_SCEA]

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[Knight165]

Re: MLB 15 The Show: A Look Back At What Worked and What Didn't

What(who) you lookin' at Willis?
(you can't come in here giving us the look when we are already fiends for any new info!!!)

M.K.
Knight165

[mkilcNYR]

I don't mind the training system. If anything I never got the need to burn off valuable gameplay time doing drills with my player to gain XP. I trust that they are really working in the bullpen without me having to be in a pen screen throwing with Corey Kluber. In most other series I just automate that anyway. The franchise mode is really great as is right now. Exceptions to this would be the commentary and the fact that my minor league players still don't jump fast enough in skills but if they go on cold streaks they instantly drop points in a category (had a minor league player hit .348 at AA with 34 HR and 127 RBI in the Southern League. His power and contact numbers went up +5 but only after 5 months in the minors. Had another guy go on a cold streak and within 2 weeks he was -1 across the board on contact and power and -2 to vision)

[TattooedEvil]

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The top 3 things id love to see... #1 - Relocation and Create-a-Stadium - At the very least give us Montreal as an option. I dont want 50 options that are trash like Madden. Make it realistic. If this means only Montreal for 2016 then so be it...can always add later on in 2017 and beyond. #2 - Bring back financials - Not everyone can take it, so make it a enable/disable type of thing. #3 - More emphasis on minors - I wanna know who the Top 100 prospects are plain and simple. We all know who they are when custom rosters are made but what about after?

[sydrogerdavid]

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I agree on the animations. I would love to see the pitchers stop taking off their hats after, nearly, every pitch.

Also, I really hope they finally fix the helmet ear flap for left handed hitting baserunners. I can't stand it when I see Jason Heyward or Jon Jay running around with earflaps over their left ears. It's so annoying to me.

Fielding still needs to be tuned. I'm fine with the concept, but there is something wrong when I have Heyward get 15+ errors during the season and then have it happen in the World Series, costing me a game. Animations need to kick in at more appropriate times.

[BravesBoy]

Been asking for it for years. Expansion mode (offline franchise please but maybe can still play with team online) would just blow this game up. Create team, jersey, location, stadium and expansion draft. Even if the team logos and stadiums are pre-created by SCEA I would be fine to start out with. All-Star did it that same way and I was very deep into that mode and played it all year round.

[dalger21]

Re: MLB 15 The Show: A Look Back At What Worked and What Didn't

more stats and stat overlays. Pretty much what I would want added.

[Lisac]

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I know the team said it takes alot of room for create a stadium or add retrackable roofs and I understand this, but than at least get rid of the 12 or so minor league Stadiums and make Major league Stadiums so we can at least use diff stadiums as our home Stadiums if we wanted.

[Bullit]

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I know the team said it takes alot of room for create a stadium or add retrackable roofs and I understand this, but than at least get rid of the 12 or so minor league Stadiums and make Major league Stadiums so we can at least use diff stadiums as our home Stadiums if we wanted.

Completely disagree with this. As someone who plays franchise mode and RTTS exclusively, yes I play my minor league games as well, I would stop buying if the minor leagues were pulled out. I love the minor league stadiums and for me they add immensely to the game. If anything I would like to see more minor league stadiums. Bring the count up to 30 so each team can have their own park to play in.