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

[fanofikedavis]

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

An online vault for Sounds of the Show.

[EnigmaNemesis]

An online vault for Sounds of the Show.

This can not happen due to licensing issues.

[billythekidd]

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

The commentary needs to be tweaked if not changed. How about having more of a bantar (see Michael Kay and Paul O'neill).

Have them talk about up coming promotions or talk about the promotions on the day they happen.

I would love to go back to 2003-2004 when they had the national anthem before the game, and put in take me out to the ballgame for the seventh inning.

Opening day and all star game announcements. One of my favorite part of these days is when they announce each players.

Have managers get ejected.
Bring back the brawls

Have the weather play more of a factor (i.e. sweat in the summer)

How about letting us know about a nagging injuries before the game like a hamstring or sore shoulder so we can rest the player or pitcher and use spot starters.

How about fast warm ups so if a pitcher starts to get into trouble the reliever can come in no problem

Have pregames like madden does.

Better animations for walk offs and clinches.

Add champange for clinches

Do a madden esque type of celebration when you win the world series the presentation of the trophy the parade meeting the pres and in franchise mode getting the rings

Less incredible diving catches and more bloopers.

And I think having a Show moments would be cool

[fanofikedavis]

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

This can not happen due to licensing issues.

Oh Darn...

[Chalky White]

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

A couple things:

1. They need to add and implement official licenses. Nike, Franklin, Rawlings, ESPN, etc; The more you can get, the better, and I know it isn't too much to ask as every other sports title features official licenses on some level. Be it with apparel and equipment or broadcast presentation. Some titles have both. It's past time.


2. Re-record the commentary completely. Hell, give us an entirely new broadcast team if necessary, but do something. The commentary is lagging behind other aspects of the game, and at this point, has become excruciatingly stale.

[Ollienyy]

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

I'll leave the gameplay suggestions to people who know better than me but for presentation;

Commentary: (not gonna beat a dead horse on this one)

A 'Virtual' Network: I think it's time to change the whole "MLB on the Show" presentation. I know one of the Devs threw around some BS about how they have to constantly remind people they are playing the show (despite the fact it's plastered around the entire ballpark) it just sounds so odd. I think it's time to do a "EASN" style network such as SCEA Sports or the Sony Sports Network or something. Would really help suck you into the presentation IMO.

Oh and this doesn't relate to just the Show but people who keep asking for ESPN Presentation in non EA sports games, ESPN and EA Sports have an exclusive agreement till 2020. It just gets frustrating reading this request in almost every thread.

Overlays: The Show has made a huge leap in this since the earlier days of next gen but it can be improved so much more. Taking a page out of 2K's book would really help here. Also fun little things like "The following is presented in HD and 5.1 Surround Sound (where available)" and perhaps after coming back from commercial "Baseball on the SCEA Network is brought to you by, Sony..."

In Game Studio Updates: NCAA Football 13 laid down the foundation for what could be a truly great and immersive feature for dynasties and franchises of the future. A quick look in to a division rival or a no no would be amazing. Again this would work better with a Virtual Network presentation as Matt (or who ever may replace him could say) "And we have a game break with ... in the SCEA Studio..."

Postseason:

The World Series is one of the most amazing spectacles in the world of sport. The hype and intensity to Game 1 is immense and no video game has been able to replicate that. My suggestion for the presentation for Game 1 is...

1. Have a video introduction talking about World Series past and mentioning the two teams that have made it to the fall classic, maybe showing MLB Archive footage of earlier appearances in the World Series.

2. Player introductions. This isn't that hard, surely you can do this.

3. National Anthem (in fact this should be added to Opening Day, All Star Game and the 4th of July) Sacrifice your budget for a track during the menu and pay a star or stars to sing it.

And when the World Series is over, a 1 minute cut scene is not really a reward for the all the effort the player has put into the season, it should have MVP Trophy presentation, WS Trophy Presentation and perhaps a wrap up from the studio (like 2K did with their NCAA Basketball series)

I know people will say "I'd just skip over this" but I have always found this to be a selfish reason, so what if you'll skip over it, at least it's there for those with the patience to watch it.

Anyway, just my 2 cents.

[rman]

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Pennant chase mode, MLB 2K5 had a mode that had the divisions set up like in real life for that year in the final month of the season. I would love to play this mode allowing me to set the team records for the final month. Oh the hours I would waste off my pathetic life.

World series mode, this one should have been in the game a long time ago. Allow me to set the teams in the playoffs...enough said.

Get rid of all picture portraits use 3d portraits. The player likeness on the field is pretty good, use that as a portrait. I'm tired of seeing players with mix and match caps on the jumbo tron. It kills the immersion for me.

More fluff the better, I want the World Series atmosphere...nuff said.

[Unit303]

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Make proper grass that looks decently real and improve lighting and realism. Less jaggies and 1080p native would not hurt but that is a pipe dream.

World Series atmosphere all the way.

[PhilliesFan13]

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Player walk-up stat overlays don't show when a player has RBIs in that game.

For example, if Ryan Howard hits a 3-run home run in his first at-bat, his next at bat would only say 1-1 HR.

It would be nice if in future game at-bats it shows everything a player has done in that game.

For example: Ryan Howard 3-4, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI.

[fanofikedavis]

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

Player walk-up stat overlays don't show when a player has RBIs in that game.

For example, if Ryan Howard hits a 3-run home run in his first at-bat, his next at bat would only say 1-1 HR.

It would be nice if in future game at-bats it shows everything a player has done in that game.

For example: Ryan Howard 3-4, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI.

Or what they show after a RTTS game, how you mark the scorecard (diamond, line to show how far they got, etc...)

[Tweeg]

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The thing I would like to see improved most involves stat tracking and the player pages.

First I can't believe how limited the stat tracking is for previous years in the player cards. We should be able to see key stats like steals, runs, walks, holds, whip, etc.

Other things I would like added to the player page are previous awards won. It'd be nice to count the number of All star appearances, batting titles, WS wins, etc in a player's career. I would also really like to see a transactions history of the player. It would be pretty beneficial to check out a player and see what teams he has played for, or what trades he was a part of in the past.

[Culture Rot]

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Body Sliders are a must, Tattoos are a plus

[Scooter3]

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Instead of using sliders for attributes like power and contact give some of us an option to use players stats to achieve the same thing.

Ab......H........Hr...... Sb......So......Ba......Slg
607...185.....37........12......68.....305....555. ....etc...............

And let the computer figure it out. It seems simple and straight forward.

scooter...BigKlu...

[pistolpete]

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

Here are my suggestions, definitely things I'd like to see:

1. Count generation. One pitch at bats were on Earl Weaver baseball. This could revolutionize the way franchise mode is played. This would have to be done with intelligence though. Imagine playing every game in a season, for more than one season. It just is not feasible if a game takes an hour.

2. Deeper stat tracking. The stats are there, all they have to do is log them permanently.

3. Draftee talent. This should be easy to improve. Just make more A's and every now and then have some of them programmed to fast-track to baseball. To get it right though, if may be necessary for a Madden-like approach to draft classes, rather then have them generated. I don't know.

4. Let us work for that hispanic talent. Look at all the hispanics in MLB? Where do they come from? Are they all drafted, or is there another method to get them.

5. Allow us to change teams in franchise.

[Scott]

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They had one-pitch mode on High Heat, I loved that feature.