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  • pokerplaya
    MVP
    • Nov 2004
    • 1275

    #46
    Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne

    Originally posted by HustlinOwl
    subjective, nothing game breaking online IMO. Sure the guys in my three leagues will say the same thing
    Yeah, I've played a recorded 100 or so games in Diamond Dynasty, and I have AT&T U-Verse. I've had issues with other PLAYERS sure... but I'm sure that 95% of my games that have had a connection issue were with babies pulling their plugs. While it does need some tweaks, there is absolutely nothing wrong with online play -- especially when you have a community of sim gamers you can play with... like Hustlin said, nothing game breaking.

    And I *did* buy the PS3 just for this game, wasn't close to $400 even with the game, and it's already paid for itself in hours of sheer entertainment. Definitely not a "fan-boy" but I will tell you as a thirty-four year old man that as a budgeted entertainment purchase, I couldn't be happier with my investment, and I've barely scratched the surface of what I can have fun with on my new system.

    EDIT: gamertag is jaysdailydose if you'd like to see my online record, not sure if it will show the disconnect % or not, but figured i'd offer it up all the same.
    I'm just an old guy sports gamer...

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    • ralphieboy11
      Pro
      • Jul 2005
      • 543

      #47
      Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne

      For presentation purposes, I think it would be nice if we had optional graphics and overlays.

      I know it would probably be too difficult to have multiple announcing teams, but I think it would be cool if you had more of a regional broadcast feel for a midweek game.

      Meanwhile, the bigger weekend games or games in bigger markets would have a different look. The graphics could be different depending on who is the home team, and it may read 'Sunday Night Game of the Week', or something along those lines.

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      • sacbillsfan
        Rookie
        • Mar 2010
        • 154

        #48
        Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne

        Two things.

        1. Franchise immersion. I want a more dynamic off season and a deeper scouting/draft experience.

        2. For the love of god please let the Cubs cleats use blue as their main color and not gray.

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        • dalger21
          #realtalk
          • Feb 2010
          • 1932

          #49
          Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne

          Originally posted by truintellectplaya
          I am not buying a PS3 and spending $400 for one game that has its own online issues. Everytime I have asked a reliable Show guy they tell me it has online issues
          Actually, PS3's are down to 299.99 btw..
          est 1978

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          • go tribe
            Banned
            • Sep 2011
            • 86

            #50
            Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne

            Fix franchise - it needs an overhaul

            the playoffs are messed up - not just that they don't have the new rules, they don't do HFA the correct way

            30 team control is a crutch for them not being able to improve lineup and trade AI

            get rid of training or make it more meaningful - or hey, put out a guide as to what each session does to each attribute

            get rid of transportation

            fix the problems with throws taking forever because a fielder has to finish an animation

            add attendance to the box score so you can see if promotions worked without playing the game

            get rid of erik karros

            give campbell a ton of new lines or replace him

            add espn or mlb network presentation - do NOT add chris berman

            let us see boxscores in playoff games - wtf is up with that? i JUST noticed that

            improve scouting, especially the first year when you can only scout so many players so most of the draft is a crapshoot

            allow you to go from one player to another from within the player card screens somehow without exiting out of one player and then selecting another and hitting triangle

            adopt the MVP feature that let you cycle through the pitch sequence for each at bat for each batter while they are at the plate, not just the last at bat

            give the option to export data to a txt file on a usb stick

            give an internet based franchise portal like ncaa (except one that actually works)

            improve the player faces -this might have been their worst year yet at this

            give us a really nice way to compare two players

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            • thesillyputty1
              Rookie
              • Mar 2005
              • 198

              #51
              I have been waiting for them to change the overlay for the player card for years, to maybe something like this
              http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/6097/ryan-howard

              where you can see the team each year the player played on as well as more stats such as stolen bases and fielding stats accumulated for over their career, something similar to nba2k's player card would do.

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              • Troopershorty51
                Pro
                • Sep 2010
                • 514

                #52
                Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne

                One thing I do like about the 2k games (and one of the only things) is the breakdown of a batter's stats. It will tell you the batter's avg. hr's and rbi's in each count you get in and I also believe it breaks it down by lefty vs. righty. I sometimes see home vs. away splits in the show but as far as I know I haven't seen it split by count and handedness of pitcher.

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                • sydrogerdavid
                  MVP
                  • May 2009
                  • 3109

                  #53
                  Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne

                  Playing sports games online is overrated anyway.

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                  • truintellectplaya
                    Rookie
                    • Jun 2011
                    • 106

                    #54
                    Originally posted by dalger21
                    Actually, PS3's are down to 299.99 btw..
                    $299+$59.99 FOR GAME+$40 atleast for a 2nd controller that is well over $400. Even without the extra controller when you do the 7% TAX where I live it is $380+. Just not worth it for a game that way too many people say they have internet problems with

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                    • jripper09
                      Rookie
                      • Dec 2009
                      • 195

                      #55
                      Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne

                      i play mainly MOM mode now its amazing! i want to be able to argue calls or balls and strikes with managers or players just to be able to do it! and relieve me of some of the umpire ****ty calls that go against me! need alot more foul ball animations as well as batters actually fouling balls off ankles shins and knees instead of ball hitting ground and then hitting them. give us a few more animations to this event guys going straight down, hopping around and things like that with possible next game injury.
                      i would also like the line drives up the middle to be adressed if a pitcher gets hit, alot of times hes done. or it would affect the quality of his pitching or future injury managers dont mess around with these things.
                      anything that makes this game feel less like a video game would be welcomed. SCEA already does a great job doing this otherwise who the hell would play all 162 games!

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                      • JerseySuave4
                        Banned
                        • Mar 2006
                        • 5152

                        #56
                        In all honestly it doesn't matter what they do i probably won't buy it. Not because the game is not good but because i don't need to buy a new baseball game every year when the game i got is already amazing.

                        I bought MLB 10: The Show but didn't buy MLB 11: The Show. First, it takes too long to do a franchise if you want to play every game for your team (i don't like to sim games for my team). By the time MLB the show 11 came out i was only at the All Star Break in my 1st season so there was no reason for me to buy a whole new game and start over.

                        Second, these games have been amazing the past few years. They are hands down the best baseball games made and possibly the best sports games around. So because the quality is so good for a game like MLB the Show 10 i didn't NEED a new baseball game that bad.

                        I bought this years game and think it's once again great. But i don't play it as much because of time and because i still play NBA 2k12 because i'm almost done with my season and i play Call of Duty at night to stay in touch and talk to my friends that live in other states. So MLB the Show hasn't been getting much burn lately.

                        So chances are that when next year's game comes out, i won't even be to the All Star break in this years game so it doesn't make much sense for me to just throw away any time i put into this years game to buy a new one.

                        They are victims of their own success. They put out such a good game that the need to buy a new one every year just isn't as strong.

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                        • JerseySuave4
                          Banned
                          • Mar 2006
                          • 5152

                          #57
                          Originally posted by go tribe
                          Fix franchise - it needs an overhaul

                          the playoffs are messed up - not just that they don't have the new rules, they don't do HFA the correct way

                          30 team control is a crutch for them not being able to improve lineup and trade AI

                          get rid of training or make it more meaningful - or hey, put out a guide as to what each session does to each attribute

                          get rid of transportation

                          fix the problems with throws taking forever because a fielder has to finish an animation

                          add attendance to the box score so you can see if promotions worked without playing the game

                          get rid of erik karros

                          give campbell a ton of new lines or replace him

                          add espn or mlb network presentation - do NOT add chris berman

                          let us see boxscores in playoff games - wtf is up with that? i JUST noticed that

                          improve scouting, especially the first year when you can only scout so many players so most of the draft is a crapshoot

                          allow you to go from one player to another from within the player card screens somehow without exiting out of one player and then selecting another and hitting triangle

                          adopt the MVP feature that let you cycle through the pitch sequence for each at bat for each batter while they are at the plate, not just the last at bat

                          give the option to export data to a txt file on a usb stick

                          give an internet based franchise portal like ncaa (except one that actually works)

                          improve the player faces -this might have been their worst year yet at this

                          give us a really nice way to compare two players
                          Don't think they can add ESPN since EA has a deal with them and i don't mind that at all because i would hate it if they had ESPN's broadcast team, they are brutal.

                          I would like to see an additional announce team added but thats a request ive had for all sports games lately.

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                          • dutch4404
                            Rookie
                            • Apr 2012
                            • 100

                            #58
                            Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne

                            - been mentioned a couple times but i also would like to see which teams a guy played for in past season. all i play is rtts, and when i run into a superstar player on a different team i like to know where they have been going through the years.

                            - endorsments for rtts. even if its made up brands, maybe i sign a contract to wear someones cleats or use a brand of bat(please add a logo to the bats since every bat used in baseball has a brand logo, made up brands are fine)

                            - would like new variety for equipment in rtts(liked how there was 3 choices of cleats this year as opposed to 1 last year, lets add more). the idea to customize webbing of gloves is great

                            - is it possible to age the player in rtts? my guy ends up looking the same when hes 36 as he did when he was 18

                            thanks for asking for ideas

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                            • RunningTheNight
                              Rookie
                              • Apr 2012
                              • 170

                              #59
                              Step 1: New commentary

                              I am all but sick of the current commentary. I've been hearing the same repetitive, frustrating, old garbage coming from the likes of these outdated commentators for years now. They could bring in anyone (literally anyone with a half-decent voice: think Vin Diesel), and it would be an upgrade, in my opinion.

                              Step 2: I cannot stress this enough! EXPANSION MODE. Everyone has been requesting this every year, yet SCEA has failed to deliver. You're getting close with Diamond Dynasty, however, expansion mode would be one of the greatest improvements you could add to the game.

                              Edit:
                              Step 3: Player Ratings removal

                              Give us the option to hide/remove player ratings. We should (as it is in real life) be judging players by their stats, not their attributes. It would make it a bit more realistic, and perhaps more challenging, to those of us who want a statistical challenge.
                              Last edited by RunningTheNight; 05-25-2012, 06:38 PM.
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                              • Philly07
                                Rookie
                                • Mar 2012
                                • 45

                                #60
                                Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne

                                I pay a bit too much attention to stuff like cleats (props to the new styles this year, it would be cool if there were even more added next year such as one similar to the ZigTech cleats some players like Bautista and Bell wear) and batting stances. That being said, I would like to see batting stances and pitching motions be customizable for MLB 13. I would love to have my RTTS player have, say, Adrian Gonzalez's stance with Danny Espinosa's leg kick. Also, I would like to be able to have every pitching motion be available for use exclusively from the stretch. 2K was able to do this, and if they could, then so can The Show.

                                These additions would certainly help out with those either looking for the perfect stance for their RTTS player, or those responsible for roster creation.

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