What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Needs?

[assclown25]

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cincy baseball - i agree totally on your 1,2,5,6 and 7 those are my biggest wants

[ps3issweet]

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I'm a franchise nut and for a long time I have always wanted another level or 2 for minor league teams. Better yet would be a rookie league team. This would allow expansion of the draft. I absolutely hate that there are only 4 or 5 rounds in the draft. It really bothers me that there are more rounds in the NFL games currently than in an MLB game. Even if the draft were amped up to 10 rounds I would be satisfied.

[Jakeness23]

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For the Braves, I'd like to see Milwaukee Braves throwbacks and the 1970s jerseys (I always associate those jerseys with Hank Aaron, so that'd be nice).

And I'd really LOVE to be able to relocate teams or create a new franchise, would really like to get North Carolina an MLB team on there.

[lw22]

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1) Pitchers' 2nd and 4th pitches can be shown clearly. The colours are too similar. I can't differentiate on TV.

2) CPU batters' timing and contact are shown. They were shown in previous versions of the Show but not this one.

Thanks.

[jtboy27]

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For a few years I stayed away from MLB The Show but after playing the 2K series for two years. I think MLB the Show provides a realistic experience in my opinion.

[payton425]

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Generated pitch counts would equal a purchase...

[seanjeezy]

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So I'm watching the Red Sox/Twins game right now, and when the Sox shifted on Morneau, Middlebrooks was playing shallow left... I don't believe this is possible in the show since the "extreme right" position for 3B puts them at SS, so maybe custom shifts (outside of an actual game that can be saved) and hopefully a player tendency option next year? The Mariners employ a similar shift (Seager in shallow right, Ryan right behind second base, and Ackley normal).

[DickDalewood]

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Some post-release Vita support would certainly be nice.

[debauchlord]

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Personally, much more depth would be nice. Sure, you can choose ads for the stadium, but it doesn't visually do anything. Add a hot tub on paper, but not visually. Field degradation looks fancy as a slide bar but, visually, means nothing. Make these things visible. Stop using the same "ad companies" that you've had for 4 years. How hard is it to invent new ones? It'd literally take an hour to throw in 20 more, especially because it is all text. Give greater control over team and stadium functions with a visible element. Move teams, divisionally and physically, if you want. Add a new team, start from scratch. Edit uniforms. have more awards, and, again, a visual element, other than text. Also, hair that isn't creepy (hello Joel Hanrahan).

[blueduke]

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-Would like for it to be a tad easier when diving for a ball to be able to come up with it. Too often my infielder dives for a groundball and it goes under his armpit. Maybe it's just my slow reflexes though (it probably is)

-Would like to see a different atmosphere from the crowd in regards to game score and game importance. Would like for a crowd witnessing a 3-2 game or a playoff game to have a lot more excitement

-2K's announcing team

-Would like to start a season and plug in a roster without going thru the "spring training work around" to keep lineups intact

[analogdan]

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1. Commentary

Everyone has said it. It doesn't need any explanation. I won't buy next year's game unless there is new commentary. I've bought the last 4, but that's where I will draw the line. I don't have as much free time as I used to.

2. Rookie leagues, fall leagues, instructional leagues, etc.

Young, developing players don't sit around during the off season. There should be more to do in RTTS (and even Franchise) than watch a calendar go by. None of those leagues need special stadiums or uniforms. Just have the players wear training uniforms, and have some generic minor league stadiums as the locations. The point is to let your player develop his skills.

3. Injury rehabbing

This is one of the biggest issues for players in baseball. Players, especially pitchers, go down for years at a time left and right. Many of them never return to their old ways. Some of them come back even better.

4. Endorsements

Let me unlock special cleats and gloves with my RTTS progress. ROTY or Gold Glove? You get an endorsement! That would give players some sense of progression. There should also be a prominent "trophy room," of sorts. Note: this doesn't mean give players fewer options to begin with

5. Pitch editor

Neftali Feliz's 4-seam fastball and Cliff Lee's 4-seam fastball move in different ways. Give us customizable parameters for every kind of pitch. It doesn't need to be unrealistic or ridiculous, just subtle tweaking.

6. Snapshots / Baseball cards

If I pour time into a player who I play over 15-20 seasons, I want to be able to look back on his rookie year. I would love to have pictures or baseball cards alongside my statistics where I can look at how young and thin my pitcher looked at age 18 compared to age 50. I want to be able to see my pitcher playing for his old teams with his old equipment. Currently, your player has absolutely no sense of history or career progression.

7. Realistic crowds

I realize SCEA doesn't want to hurt any feelings, but the crowds are completely unrealistic in the current game. Not only the number of people, but the way they're dispersed in the seats.

8. Player roles

Team leader, consistent veteran, power hitter, utility specialist, lefty-only specialist, opposite-field hitter, pitcher-handler (for catchers), etc. See Madden.

9. Draft position

1st round draft pick (high expectations), later round (lower expectations). Again, see Madden.

10. Improved "Hall of Fame" Prediction

It's virtually impossible in RTTS to make a mediocre, journeyman reliever. The game assumes you want to be an ace, and treats you as such. Not all RTTS players should have that expectation. There were numerous times when my mediocre, soft-tossing left-handed pitcher (playing on the hardest settings) was given the opening day start over players with much better stats, much better careers, etc. The game shouldn't baby you into those positions. If you're the 3rd best pitcher on the team (measured by both performance and your player rating), you should be in the third rotation spot.

After 8 or 9 seasons playing on the hardest settings, I had never posted an ERA below 4 (my average ERA was above 5) or won more than 10 games in a season, but the game said I would make it to the Hall of Fame. Some people want RTTS to actually be a challenge. That means it should be possible, if you don't perform well, to fail.

[Galvatron]

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Reduce the frequency of double plays. 3-4 a game on average is way too many.

Not to mention the ricochets off the pitcher, which has been a thorn in my side for far too long, especially when they are NEVER injured as a result. I smoked a line drive directly off of Chris Capuano's nose which sent him writhing in pain and clutching his face on the mound, only to get the cutscene of him hobbling on one leg then continuing to pitch! Needs serious attention next year.

[RoyalBoyle78]

For me.. Just add all the cut scenes and all the bells and whistles and I'm will be happy... This is vita of course

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[rjackson]

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I would be thrilled with only a few things:
There are too many double plays due to the delay from the batter's box.
There are too many times the pitcher gets hit by a batted ball.
When I choose 'sim season', sim the damn season. Don't ask me if I want to stop for all-star games, minor league playoffs, etc.
Trade logic--teams in it are not trading for prospects and teams out of it are not trading for stars...A potential players do not get traded often but they do in this game.
Edit player--PLAYER POTENTIALS NEED TO BE EDITABLE

[EmmdotFrisk]

If the show could deliver the depth of OOTP in franchise mode and mix it with the same multi user functionality that's in NCAA Online Dynasty or the new Madden CCM, it would be GOTY.