Our All-Star Baseball 2004 Interview

[RustedWalleye]

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Thing that stood out the most for me is the in-game saves. More games need this feature. I feel cheated if I get so far into a game (Especially a good one) and then have to shut it off for whatever reason (usually life gets in the way) and then have to go back and start over. (I do play every game. I dislike simming)

That feature alone pushed ASB to the top of my list. I will be getting this one first and concentrating on it (I think it comes out first anyways doesnt it?!?!). WSB is #2 the this is based on impressions only since I did not play last years version. HH is starting to give me a bad feeling...... so who knows where I will stand with that. MVP is right up with WSB.

I havent wanted to agree with BaseballGuru and his love for ASB but he may get a little more support this year.

[brendanrfoley]

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As for the behind the pitcher view... what difference does it make? When was the last time you played with a behind the pitcher view in a console baseball game?

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This is the point exactly. We haven't been able to because companies won't supply it. For as much as you tivialize it, this is an important issue to some.

As for atmosphere, I agree. ASB is very solid and pretty. But there is no "oomf." The closest thing to style the game has are the home run cuts. For crying out loud, the replays of each play are from the SAME camera angles they occured at.

If the game was flashier, it would be more exciting.

[BaseballGuru]

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I'm not trivializing it... I'd like to see it as much as the next guy. But c'mon... game killer? That's taking it a bit too far. With the improved franchise mode, better control of rosters, pick-up game mode, better fielding and baserunning..... to pass up on this game because it doesn't include a gameplay camera that none have included in the past 3 years is silly. Saying it kills what could be the deepest baseball game to ever hit the shelves is silly. Calling any feature or lack there of a game-killer before you even put the game in your machine is silly.

[brendanrfoley]

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I agree it should not be deemed a game killer.

I think at issue here, however, is the tone PJ took when addressing the issue of the pitcher view. It was a position of total defiance of what many people - including those such as myself who did enjoy last year's game - would like to see.

Standing in direct opposition to customers on any issue is not smart. He either should have tip toed around the answer ("we didn't have time") or chosen not to answer that question. Instead, he answered like he and his team know best.

[BaseballGuru]

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Good lord... it's not like he said "Anyone who wants a behind the pitcher view is dumb and should be Pete Rosed from baseball video games". Get over it.

Games, I'm sorry to say, aren't made for the fans... they are made to make money. That is a big mistake alot of gamers make... they take it personally when a developer doesn't cater to their wants. Do you know how many people who frequent OS bought ASB last year? Me neither, but I'd guess it is under 1000. Now, would you put a feature in the game because 500 of those 1000, which equals up to about .1% of your final sales, asks for it? Maybe... if it were a good idea that would further the product, then sure, why not? But it all comes back to the bottom line, which is sales. Would they make more money by having a novelty camera or by having the deepest franchise mode available? Just my guess, but I'd go with deepest franchise available.

[CMH]

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you are right, they aren't for the fan, they are to make money.

and thanks to his one sided thinking, Acclaim won't be gettin any money from me.

Oh, I'm sure that won't hurt their pockets. They can afford hurting the few fans that want a behind-the-pitcher view b/c the numbers are small. And like someone said, it's not about them not having it. It's about how he answered the question. YOU may not have been bothered by it, but it was enough to tell me that our ideas, our effort in handing in a wishlist is really for nothing. They only listen to what THEY wanna listen to. If they see an idea that they have always liked and considered then they'll put it in. But since THEY never wanted a behind-the-pitcher view, it didn't matter that a few people were asking for it as an OPTION. I mean, in the world of 3D, how hard is it to change the camera angle? Not hard really. Not with what these guys get paid to know.

I don't think anyone here said it was a game killer. The game killer was the guy's attitude to the question. Obviously, someone else should answer those questions next time.

And maybe you only play 2 seasons in franchise mode, but the reason I only played 2 seasons in franchise mode last year is b/c the schedule got annoyin and boring. I don't like always knowing that I'm playing the Orioles the first series of the season.

EA, and i'm not tryin to defend them b/c I really hate EA, had it right when they realized that a majority of the console gamers CAN NOT play every single game if they wish to play 10 seasons in franchise mode. So they built an engine that works around that. I like that. That's listening to what people want.

And don't say, "well they released that piece of crap Triple Play every year." B/c like you said, the object is to make money, not the fans. MVP is enough proof to me that they were working on a better product that listened to what people wanted and would hopefully, for them, make a lot of money.

Hey, ASB is still a great exhibition game. Could be worth pickin up just for the pick up games.

[BaseballGuru]

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Again I ask... how much did you really think our little OS wishlist was going to matter? Did you think we'd all get credits in the game as designers or something? Not everything you ask for is going to make it in, good idea or not. EA has more ability to accomodate people because they have a team with 70+ people on it.... Acclaim last year made ASB with just over 20 if I remember correctly. Big difference.

All this talk about a camera and nobody even cares about the improved gameplay or franchise modes... sad. You can please all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but more than 4 people on OS none of the time.