No Season Mode?

[EnigmaNemesis]

Re: No Season Mode?

They should have definitely communicated this, mainly for the save transfers reasoning.

While 80% of my time is spent in RttS, I did pluck around in Season Mode in the past over Franchise as I got older and time became an issue, for just having the least amount of overhead to worry about. I really do miss the Live rosters for the actual MLB games of the day they used to have as well.

[tnixen]

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If SDS wants to remove something how about removing your god awful Play by play? Yes it still sucks in 18!

In my 10 plus years buying MLB The Show this is the first time I have been so mad!!!

[TheWarmWind]

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I've got to ask the franchise guys one very important thing.

Is it possible to use franchise mode 100% like season mode?

What I mean is just play 1 season without having to worry about all that extra stuff like running a team and on?

All I want to do is play a season and sometimes make trades or what ever and that's it!

Honestly running a franchise is not that much more difficult. And yes, much of the process can be automated.

There are some confusing rules at particular moments in time, but the new phases and ui update make it very easy for newcomers, and again most of it can be automated.

For me, the big issue with removing season mode is the removal of the option to play less then 162 games a season, and the inability for players to carry over their old season. If you want to have a 162 game season that plays like old season mode, that is very possible.

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[hyacinth1]

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Jeez I'm upset and I'm a franchise only player. All I can think now is "what are they going to take away next year?".

I don't have the game yet but went last night on twitch to see people playing when it came out at midnight. Every broadcast was people opening packs. When I was viewing, there was not one person playing an actual game.

So that shows you where they are concentrating on. Our beloved offline modes are going to be a thing of the past.

[tnixen]

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I don't have the game yet but went last night on twitch to see people playing when it came out at midnight. Every broadcast was people opening packs. When I was viewing, there was not one person playing an actual game.

So that shows you where they are concentrating on. Our beloved offline modes are going to be a thing of the past.

Talk about boring I could care less about those darn card packs! If I want baseball cards I want real ones that I keep in binder like when I was much younger

Remember years ago when Russell said they never take anything away only add to the game?

What a crock of you know what

[xNeurosiis]

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I don't have the game yet but went last night on twitch to see people playing when it came out at midnight. Every broadcast was people opening packs. When I was viewing, there was not one person playing an actual game.



So that shows you where they are concentrating on. Our beloved offline modes are going to be a thing of the past.

Exactly this. It’s what I noticed in my original comment - it’s all pack openings. Who gives a **** about playing the actual game anymore, or the nuances that come with baseball sims, when you can open packs and have people smash that like button and subscribe? Either offline stuff will be gone, or it’ll be such a watered-down, diluted version, that it won’t even be worth playing.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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Exactly this. It’s what I noticed in my original comment - it’s all pack openings. Who gives a **** about playing the actual game anymore, or the nuances that come with baseball sims, when you can open packs and have people smash that like button and subscribe? Either offline stuff will be gone, or it’ll be such a watered-down, diluted version, that it won’t even be worth playing.

It's funny...I like playing DD, but watching videos of people opening packs sounds ridiculous. It's essentially like watching a person sitting at a slot machine, pulling the handle on that one-armed bandit for hours.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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It's funny...I like playing DD, but watching videos of people opening packs sounds ridiculous. It's essentially like watching a person sitting at a slot machine, pulling the handle on that one-armed bandit for hours.

Now I know what elders meant when I was a kid, "I will never understand the youth, and their interests", since every generation it seems to shift.

[MrGrease]

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Yeah I've always played season mode. I don't want to deal with all of the franchise mode garbage. But I also do a fantasy draft every year & play as 1 team all 162 games. It makes the teams more balanced & games more competitive, IMO. With a franchise mode fantasy draft, I think the AI will draft younger players over higher rated players for all other teams, because of future seasons (which I won't be playing).

Fantasy drafts are still in the game.....RIGHT????

[jada855]

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Fear

It sucks that you have to be fearful of buying a game each year wondering if a feature you like has been removed or not. I personally had that same fear when I put that $59.99 into my cart.

I don't think this fear should be dependent upon people who buy the game early. And sure some will say well don't buy it! But that's beside the point.


MLB The Show

MLB The Show is not a bad game! SDS is not a bad studio! But it's the only MLB game on the market. With that said I don't think people's frustration is directly with developers.

I feel it's more of legacy issues that get overlooked while a new mode pops up and a classic mode is removed. Each iteration the hope is that those legacy things will get fixed or something will get corrected from the previous year!


A Numbers Game

Towards the end of the developer stream yesterday. Numbers were read out in the amount of seconds equal to playing time. So the goal and focus is clear.


Unfortunately this mode was removed so I completely understand how everyone feels! To open up a box of the only item on the market and a key piece of why you brought it is not there without a note! Just leaves a empty feeling inside of you.

I am trying to hold out until next week in hopes there is a patch that will get released to fixed to turn off the slow motion on defense as stated or otherwise I just lost $59.99 unfortunately!

[kaptainkarl76]

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All I can think now is "what are they going to take away next year?".
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Nothing that makes them more money in addition to the 60 bucks people have already paid.

Season mode doesn't make them loot...Packs/Stubs are pretty useless in that mode..

[Dannyray64]

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Each year, I play a lot of season mode. I didn't want to deal with the minor leagues, and other aspects of franchise mode.

I am definitely disappointed in this decision, and it seems strange that season mode would be removed when there has been an emphasis on catering to the casual players. I think season mode would be more inviting to new players.

I still love the game, but I think this will hurt the reputation of the game and the studio. Not cool to just remove a mode that has been in the game for years without any mention of that possibility at all. It's clear that they knew there would be a backlash, so they withheld the information until launch.

[My993C2]

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It's funny...I like playing DD, but watching videos of people opening packs sounds ridiculous. It's essentially like watching a person sitting at a slot machine, pulling the handle on that one-armed bandit for hours.

I got click baited into a YouTube video last night before the game unlocked. The title of the video made it sound important. But what was the content of the video? Some dude walking from the parking lot of the mall and into the mall. That's as far as I got before I said WTF am I doing watching this crap. But I assume the rest of the video was the dude walking into the video store and buying a copy of the game. The world is getting more and more messed up every day with narcissism. But I am happy that at least many of us here on these forms care about actually playing the game of baseball versus this nonsense of opening up card packs.

[JayD]

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I assume it was removed as it was probably the least played mode in the game. chopping block.

Also, if you want to just play games in franchise without all the worry of contracts, minors, etc. then just set all of it to auto and the CPU will handle everything for you. I honestly enjoy everything franchise has to offer. Give it a go,

[extremeskins04]

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I assume it was removed as it was probably the least played mode in the game. chopping block.

Also, if you want to just play games in franchise without all the worry of contracts, minors, etc. then just set all of it to auto and the CPU will handle everything for you. I honestly enjoy everything franchise has to offer. Give it a go,

Not the point. Also, people want to just select 28 or 56 games in a season which you can't now. The main point is that they did it without even saying anything which is pretty shady.