Re: The Future of Franchise Mode in MLB The Show 21 and Beyond
That is the bottom line right there. So we gotta make the most of what we get. Been doing that and having that philosophy about sports games since we went to the PS4 for The Show.
It’s funny I went back and played MLB 11 on the PS3 yesterday. Yes there are things I miss. Little things like the newspapers....I loved those. The marketing and stadium/facility up keep. Just little touches....not that it really was super important. But it was nice.
The real time presentation.....folks it took me 3 hours to finish just one game. Letting every single animation, scene whatever play out. All the batter steps outs, all of it.
3 hours.
On MLB 14-20 it takes me on average....1.5 hours to finish a full 9 inning game playing every pitch, every inning and letting all the cut scenes play out etc. Yeah....I will never finish a full 162 on MLB 11 playing 3 hour plus games.
However.....the fact you could “x” through it was nice for those who did not want all that.
But SDS made a decision to streamline presentation. And it has been streamlined more and more every year. It is what it is.
Back to MLB 11. For it’s time....it was amazing. Compared to todays MLB 20....not even close. Gameplay is simply far better today than yesteryear. We tend to always romantisize about older games....especially on PS2 and now PS3.
The only game IMO on the PS3 sports wise that plays better than today’s offering is NBA 2K11. It was and still is the best basketball game I have ever played. I stopped at NBA 2K18 (which is a damn fine game).
My entire point is....I would not trade the gameplay of MLB 20 for the franchise features of say MLB 11 or MLB 17 (the user interface on 17 was the last one I loved).
I hate when little things are taken away. But I make it all work with MLB 20 because the gameplay is simply that incredible.
It is a giant give and take with sports games folks. And it has been for over a decade now.
That is the bottom line right there. So we gotta make the most of what we get. Been doing that and having that philosophy about sports games since we went to the PS4 for The Show.
It’s funny I went back and played MLB 11 on the PS3 yesterday. Yes there are things I miss. Little things like the newspapers....I loved those. The marketing and stadium/facility up keep. Just little touches....not that it really was super important. But it was nice.
The real time presentation.....folks it took me 3 hours to finish just one game. Letting every single animation, scene whatever play out. All the batter steps outs, all of it.
3 hours.
On MLB 14-20 it takes me on average....1.5 hours to finish a full 9 inning game playing every pitch, every inning and letting all the cut scenes play out etc. Yeah....I will never finish a full 162 on MLB 11 playing 3 hour plus games.
However.....the fact you could “x” through it was nice for those who did not want all that.
But SDS made a decision to streamline presentation. And it has been streamlined more and more every year. It is what it is.
Back to MLB 11. For it’s time....it was amazing. Compared to todays MLB 20....not even close. Gameplay is simply far better today than yesteryear. We tend to always romantisize about older games....especially on PS2 and now PS3.
The only game IMO on the PS3 sports wise that plays better than today’s offering is NBA 2K11. It was and still is the best basketball game I have ever played. I stopped at NBA 2K18 (which is a damn fine game).
My entire point is....I would not trade the gameplay of MLB 20 for the franchise features of say MLB 11 or MLB 17 (the user interface on 17 was the last one I loved).
I hate when little things are taken away. But I make it all work with MLB 20 because the gameplay is simply that incredible.
It is a giant give and take with sports games folks. And it has been for over a decade now.
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