R.B.I. Baseball 14 Hands-On Preview (Polygon, Sports on Earth)

[ravens52bears54]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rifle_Man81

I expected the game to be $15-20. I can understand forgoing online at launch. A 162 game season WITHOUT stats? With so little else to do in this game the saving grace for "replayability" would at least have been trying to set & top statistical achievements. ''' "No stats. This is not a simulation: You won't be keeping season stats, which is good, because I'm pretty sure Miguel Cabrera would end up with 194 home runs." ''' When are stats ever bad? I understand it is not a simulation, but so what? Having some simple benchmarks would really fill this game out nicely. I can't see the incentive for playing more then one season now. I agree with ravens52bears54, its tough to be excited about now. I also read something about using the D-pad. I hope thats not mandatory.

You could rack up crazy stats in Tecmo Super Bowl too but it was still crazy fun. That excuse about inflated stats is ridiculous.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SIII using Tapatalk.

[ricky24]

http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/18/582...ne-multiplayer

Coming soon. Online play shortly after.

[ravens52bears54]

I still think it's hilarious that the new gen versions came out months after last gen and had online play is allegedly coming in a future update.
Is stat tracking coming as well? If not, I still don't care about this game at $20.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SIII using Tapatalk.

[ricky24]

Not sure why stats matter so much. Stats are not what made the original RBI fun.

[ravens52bears54]

Quote: Originally Posted by ricky24

Not sure why stats matter so much. Stats are not what made the original RBI fun.

Because it's 2014 and if you're going to have a single player season Mode stats are a must. Not to mention Baseball Stars had stats and that was just one of the many reasons it was a much better game than RBI way back when.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SIII using Tapatalk.

[ricky24]

This is not a simulation. Is an arcade game. Stats are not a must at all.

[ravens52bears54]

Quote: Originally Posted by ricky24

This is not a simulation. Is an arcade game. Stats are not a must at all.

No ****. Neither was Baseball Stars, Ken Griffey or tons other from that era, but they still had them. And they were better for it.

RBI 2 was one of my favorite games ever, but it would've been loads better with stats. My buddies and I ran a season in that game way back when and kept stats in a spiral notebook.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SIII using Tapatalk.

[ricky24]

I disagree. Those games didn't even have MLB licenses at the time. Stats have nothing to do with why they were better or not.