What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

[dj will]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

Realistic Fan Attendance, I Don't Want to See All my Yankees Home Franchise Games always packed, the game lists the Fan Attendance, sometimes around 42,245 but yet the Stadium seems like its Sold Out, Plus not everyone goes to the bleachers like the game puts it

[athomp113]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

non roster invitees in spring training

[Yankees2009Champs]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

For create a player - long hair, big afro, dread locks

[myghty]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

New & Greatly improved Franchise. Also a more modern look to the Franchise UI. The layout looks very outdated. (crossing fingers)

[Doran]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

More than just ten uniform options. The best addition this year, for me as a uniform buff, was the ability to individually choose hat, jersey and pant combos. Please keep this up. However, only having ten "slots" for uniforms -technically only four for regularly worn ones - is hindering the options. A few teams are missing fan favourites in the game because of this (Brewers blue home alternate, Astros red home alternate, Rockies purple alternate). I would love this. I wouldn't mind getting rid of throwbacks, ESPECIALLY the duplicating ones, if this was implemented. I know other people here would cry foul, however, at their precious throwback jerseys being removed.

[Sco291]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

PLEASE...PLEASE!..STOP CATCHER DOUBLE CLUTCH! SO ANNOYING!

Sorry that was all in caps, but double clutch is realistic, but more times than not, some pitchers you use are the direct result of the catcher double clutching. Just...get it out of the game, it's a cool animation I guess, but I just want the ball back.....I mean honestly....

Franchise needs complete overhaul almost. I'm sick and tired of the newspaper thing...Make it a laptop or computer already, maybe a little easier to read, more manager quotes..

MORE realistic stat overlays, or just overlays in general, in franchise. Rain delays, show a tarp from time to time, for games that are inside, like Rogers Centre have the guys in the booth say something like, "Well it's a good thing we're inside today folks, as downtown Toronto is experiencing torrential downpour out there." ...Just fix the commentary already, PLEASE!? First step it complete, Karros is here, now just make it dynamic. MORE lines, I play almost all 162 games, game gets really stale by month 2 because you've basically already heard every line. Sometimes more than 3 times in 1 game.

Create-a-team? I don't know I'm sure more will come to me,but for now Franchise is all I want to be really worked on this, as it deserves some work for once! RTTS...eh, whatever, never got into it, boring.

[theaub]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

Emotion. All of the stuff in the video below (Braun, Hart, the crowd, the celebration at home plate)...that's what I'd love to see.

http://tinyurl.com/braunhr

[crains13]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

Hopefully the "glitchy" pitching deliveries wont be in '12. The ones where the ball comes out of nowhere. Most of them are with relieving pitchers. But they are damn near impossible to hit.

[keymax]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

Looking forward to get rid of the E2 for every walk on a ball in the dirt. I am a "stats guy" and it's pretty annoying that my Catchers lead the league in errors every year...
And the presentation/commentary should be improved, it's not Madden bad but still pretty stale when compared to FIFA or NBA 2k.
But otherwise I just look forward to play in the new ballpark in Miami. Hopefully Ozzie Guillen will be their manager

[stcloudgopher]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

-no fake players on any team or organization Too costly. If not in the MLBPA, Sony would have to pay individual players to use likeness.
-all updated retired numbers in each stadium Agreed. And not being able to use those numbers for respective teams.

When doing a fantasy draft id like the players by each team to display the teams uniform type and cap have been drafted by. When they show the batting order before the game and the hitters that are due on deck it looks weird to see the players playing for that certain team to all have different jerseys and hats. Harder than you think. ESPN simply photoshops the hat. They have logos, and can simply color replace the fabric. To do it in a game would likely require each current player to be edited. 30-plus hats for each player mug ain't gonna happen. (Would be cool though.)

A few other things I thought of:
1. Foul tips caught by catchers.
2. A Baseball America-type list of top prospects. Every now-and-again have a "can't miss" type of guy in the draft, an obvious No. 1 if you will, that is mentioned as such. I don't care if there is a corporate tie-in or not, but it would be a nice feature.
3. A better arbitration system. Have an agent tell me what the player wants so I can counter. Also, a list of past salaries so I know what 80 percent of previous contract is. (I've mentioned it before, but it's important.)
4. I believe this was mentioned elsewhere, but a way to set playing time percentages so players don't have to be completely gassed before they take a day off.
5. Fewer 10-plus pitch battles when the matchup is not worthy. Halladay vs. David Wright is fine. Cliff Lee vs. Coco Crisp is not.

That is all.

[zippy2212]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

All of these are great. Other than the ones listed here, and maybe this was and I missed it but, please allow us to edit coaches!!!!!! Everything - name, number, race, attributes, etc.

I hate watching real hitting coaches end up as a pitching coach my second year in Franchise mode. Also as a cubs fan it's really bothersome to sign a new base coach only to find out he wears number 10 or 23. If I can't have a player where a retired number my coaches shouldn't be able to either.

Lastly it was already said but worth mentioning again. Allow us to fire coaches in season. It is a huge part of baseball, why can't I do it?

[NAFBUC]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

STATS!!!!! The more the better. Baseball is a game of true numbers, more than any other sport. Please include more stat overlays along with extended boxscores.

[fanofikedavis]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

the ability to edit someones potential. and turn potential into a number. i hate trying to determine whether the player is going to be a pretty good player (high B) and an average player (low B)

[adfletch71]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

The gameplay is good in MLB, but the commentary and presentation is just awful. They need more stats overlays with different categories, maybe a in-game side announcer for player interviews. The commentary will put u asleep, so they really need to have the audio team work on the flow of the dialog and back and forth between each commentator. More analysis and game insight between them, with presentation stats to visual see what they saying.

[Sco291]

Re: What are u looking for in MLB the show 12 ?

The gameplay is good in MLB, but the commentary and presentation is just awful. They need more stats overlays with different categories, maybe a in-game side announcer for player interviews. The commentary will put u asleep, so they really need to have the audio team work on the flow of the dialog and back and forth between each commentator. More analysis and game insight between them, with presentation stats to visual see what they saying.

THIS...

How can 2K be so good with commentary and The Show be so inferior? Wish they'd take some time and work on this, this year. If franchise is getting the most attention this year, then commentary NEEDS an overhaul, seriously. Presentation is another thing....it's old and bland and very much outdated compared to other games. Feels too cartoonish, haha if that makes sense... needs to be crisper!!