Operation Sports MLB 13 The Show Community Impressions Thread

[Majingir]

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Good news:
I had complete game, 4 hit, shutout with Morrow against the Rangers!

Bad news:
Power went out like the second after the game ended, so I didn't get to check out all the stats for the game(like I do for all my other games to see where I'm at in terms of strike %,early swings and all that),and XP points I don't think saved either.

[Heroesandvillains]

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I can't quite place it...but that guy in your avatar looks vaguely familiar.


M.K.
Knight165

He sure does! He was the guy raking at the desk next to me...while Charles was giving me the old head-to-head beatdown (though I blame Knight for thinking there was a fire in the room and turning the air conditioning down to 34 degrees).

Hey...by chance, do either of you know which team I'm on? I honestly cannot find myself.

[Blzer]

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Good news:
I had complete game, 4 hit, shutout with Morrow against the Rangers!

Bad news:
Power went out like the second after the game ended, so I didn't get to check out all the stats for the game(like I do for all my other games to see where I'm at in terms of strike %,early swings and all that),and XP points I don't think saved either.

Speaking of which, where the hell do those save to? Are those only for online games? Because nothing is ever showing up for me.

Do I have to be in franchise mode?

[Cavicchi]

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Your talking like this is something unheard of. Declining players hit HRs off the bets of them. It happens. Then you give your Adrian Gonzalez example. Understand what you experienced is a small sample size. If this was just the norm for the game declining players power happy while actual sluggers only getting singles then you would have a point.

Dude, Tuffy Rhodes hit 3 HR on Opening Day in 1994. He hit 13 in his illustrious career, 8 of them that season.

Do you want everything to work out to exact percentages, or do you want the game to be realistic. This stuff happens.

I wouldn't be bothered by it so much if I got those kind of home runs hitting balls in my cold zone, but I don't, and with guys having more power than Wise.

[tanchl]

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There is something comforting about familiarity. It is what I love about this franchise. The game doesn't change monumentally but the implemented improvements take the game to another level; a level that isn't imagined impossible from where the game had risen from the year before.

Before unwrapping 13, I played a game on 12 to soak it in one last time. Fired up 13 and oh my goodness, SCEA did it again. The game is sharper, tighter, and of course, expanded. 13 is the same game, which is great, but better.

With virtually no competition, SCEA continues to raise the bar. Another great year of video baseball awaits us!

[NYJin2011tm]

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Anybody else think speed guys bunt too much?

[Majingir]

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With virtually no competition, SCEA continues to raise the bar. Another great year of video baseball awaits us!

Cause SCEA is realizing what most companies(in this case, sports video games) hopefully do realize. Doesn't matter if there's competition or not, you still need to put out great stuff each time to retain current fans and bring in new ones.

That's big problem with companies. They think that once they bring in fans/customers, those people will stay no matter what.

It's reason some companies have failed big time(most recently in video game world, THQ, a company which basically released same game every year in numerous series they made,thinking that fans would just buy and buy every year)

[zukes]

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I wouldn't be bothered by it so much if I got those kind of home runs hitting balls in my cold zone, but I don't, and with guys having more power than Wise.

But you will. Plus, if you are using zones, you will automatically throw the majority of the pitches in the cold zones and the game will pick up on that. I never even look at them. I go after each at bat one at a time and try to mix locations and speeds. Mixing means not only changing, but sometimes throwing the same pitch in the same spot 2 or 3 times in a row, throwing a high changeup, or a hanging breaking ball after 3 straight fastballs etc.

I don't care if you hit .134 in a certain zone, if you have a good idea that someome will be throwing there a lot, you will hit it. This is a non-issue.

[SoxFan01605]

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Speaking of which, where the hell do those save to? Are those only for online games? Because nothing is ever showing up for me.

Do I have to be in franchise mode?

The XP? It saves to the universal profile which is found in the help menu (the one on the bottom of the screen that you hit "select" to access).

[woody2goody]

No thought to download digitally? I couldn't wait that long to play.

Well I normally pre-order and get it before release, but was undecided until last week. Plus I wasn't aware of the ability to digitally download until a few days ago.

My copy arrived about half an hour ago so just installing now.

The only problem is I have no idea which game mode to do first! OSFM is so good that I'd struggle to do a franchise without it these days.

[ManiacMatt1782]

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Hard hit grounders actually have some get up to them and can get through the hole. It's comforting to see ground ball hits that aren't infield singles or balls just knocked down by the infielder. I am not saying this never happened before, but last year I had more groundball hits like that instead of grounders getting through.

[slthree]

The only problem is I have no idea which game mode to do first! OSFM is so good that I'd struggle to do a franchise without it these days.

Congrats on getting your game.

It may seem strange but while I wait for the rosters I just play exhibition games using teams I find interesting or match ups I find interesting or uniforms I want to see.

I don't use my favorite team until I'm ready to start a franchise or season. Its like torture not using them but I figure, heck, I'm gonna play enough games with them anyway.

[Cavicchi]

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But you will. Plus, if you are using zones, you will automatically throw the majority of the pitches in the cold zones and the game will pick up on that. I never even look at them. I go after each at bat one at a time and try to mix locations and speeds. Mixing means not only changing, but sometimes throwing the same pitch in the same spot 2 or 3 times in a row, throwing a high changeup, or a hanging breaking ball after 3 straight fastballs etc.

I don't care if you hit .134 in a certain zone, if you have a good idea that someome will be throwing there a lot, you will hit it. This is a non-issue.

Well, it is an issue for me, Wise hitting 2 homers against Kershaw, which is not realistic, all things considered.

[zukes]

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Congrats on getting your game.

It may seem strange but while I wait for the rosters I just play exhibition games using teams I find interesting or match ups I find interesting or uniforms I want to see.

I don't use my favorite team until I'm ready to start a franchise or season. Its like torture not using them but I figure, heck, I'm gonna play enough games with them anyway.

This is the first year that I am doing the same thing. I used to just start with the Jays right away, get about 30 games in and then OSFM come out and even though I tell myself I won't, I always start over. It's depressing losing all of the stats and having a guy who was tearing it up, slump to start the new season.

So, I've been playing exhibition games with random teams to get a feel Then I read someone doing a fantasy draft franchise so I figured I'd do that with an NL team to get to see the parks I rarely get to see. I drafted a Nationals team and am going to do that until the rosters come out.

[tvman]

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Well, it is an issue for me, Wise hitting 2 homers against Kershaw, which is not realistic, all things considered.

I agree 100% that it's not realistic at all but what we have to remember is this is a "video game" and unlike what some on here think that's all it is.