The Ultimate Baseball Game

[RaychelSnr]

As gamers we like to bemoan that fact that our choices in games are consistently dwindling, and for good reason. I would like to see more than one NFL title each year. College hoops fans are now completely out of luck. We have lost the wide range of quality arcade titles, like NHL Hitz or NBA Street. Essentially, your favorite sport now has one, maybe two, significant options each year to play.

Baseball is not really an exception. I say "not really" because our sim-style choices have consistently been two: MLB: The Show or MLB 2K. But dig a bit deeper, and baseball, more than most sports, has recently offered a wider range of choices for fans. Games like MLB Power Pros, The Bigs and even Out of the Park Baseball offer more options for baseball gameplay than those that exist in the football and basketball genres (probably combined).

What if, though, these choices start to dry up as well? Well, here is what I would want to keep from these games if given only one option -- one "ultimate game" if you will.

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[rudyjuly2]

One thing I would love to see added is customizable camera angles. I'd love to somehow replicate Star League Baseball's sideways camera (not sure if I'd like it anymore but I would like to try). I'd love to see a camera that would zoom out enough for me to actually track flyballs rather than just follow shadows or cursors.

[Hitman3315]

For my dream MLB game, I'd take everything from The Show and allow unlockables to transform the gameplay into The Bigs (moonshot homers, ridiculous defensive plays, power meters, super powers, etc.), and each of those elements could be turned on or off. I could play that one game forever.

I too would love to see more of a storyline added to RTTS, or at least some more cut scenes involving the player during some pivotal moments in his career. It'd help keep it moving.

Nice post.

[Splitter77]

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the shows graphics and gameplay, with everything else from the high heat pc series.

[nemesis04]

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If I could take a little bit from past and present it would be:

Graphics: Mlb The Show

Franchise Mode: All Star Baseball

Gameplay: Mlb The Show

AI: Mlb The Show

Pitching Mechanics:
-Meter: The Show
-Classic: The Show
-Analog: MVP NCAA

Hitting Mechanics:
Button Press: Mlb The Show
Analog: MVP NCAA

Throwing:
Button: MVP
Analog: MVP

Base running: Mlb The Show

Hit Variety: Hybrid cross between the Show and MVP

Presentation: MLB The Show

Sliders: Hybrid cross between MVP and High Heat

Statistical information: Inside Edge 2k series

[jim416]

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Dang Nem, make us a game. That's a good list.

I'd like to see more atmosphere with fan shouts/cheers/music and the ability to really assign just about every atmospheric sound to just about everything. I actually enjoy the game without announcing and would love it to be even more involved.

No more three man booths, there's no reason to have a three man booth.

[Knight165]

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For me...allow everything to be edited.
EVERYTHING.
...and allow custom leagues and league structure.

That's all.

M.K.
Knight165

[CPRoark]

Nemesis, great list.

I kept mine to next gen, just to keep it simple; but I dig the love you give to the MVP series. After The Show, it's my favorite baseball franchise. That game just played so well.

[nemesis04]

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Nemesis, great list.

I kept mine to next gen, just to keep it simple; but I dig the love you give to the MVP series. After The Show, it's my favorite baseball franchise. That game just played so well.

Thanks!

I have enjoyed a lot of baseball games but one of things that impressed me with the MVP series (mostly MVP NCAA) was their strides towards innovation. Especially developing a system that was aimed at mimicking some of the specific steps of the actual function e.g. hitting, and pitching.

[nemesis04]

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Dang Nem, make us a game. That's a good list.

LOL, that would be a feat!

[bp4baseball]

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Ultimate baseball game? ... MLB 16 the show

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Great list Nem.

Also just like Knight said, everything customizable... everything.

Even choices to replace the stadium ads via uploading photos to the game.

[gilbostank]

Would I be correct in saying that I'm the only one who really really disliked the commentary and cutscenes in the show? I mean i love the gameplay but it gets old real quick. The commentary I just can't get into it. Doesn't seem to flow naturally. Although the play by play is good just repetative.

[Stroehms]

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Stole Nem's layout to this:

Stadiums: MLB the Show

Player Models: TBD

Player Faces: MLB the Show

Batting Stances: The Show + MVP

Pitching windups: MLB the Show

Atmosphere: MLB the Show

Franchise Mode: All Star Baseball (EXPANSION along with the in-depth color scheme in the Show 10! Just wow, right?)

Create-a-Ballpark: MVP NCAA 07 + MVP 05's upgrade system + MLB the Show 10's color scheme.

Gameplay: MLB the Show

AI: MLB the Show

Pitching Mechanics:
-Meter: MVP
-Analog: MVP NCAA (07 was awesome!)

Hitting Mechanics:
Button Press: MLB The Show
Analog: MVP NCAA 07

Throwing:
Button: MVP 03-05
Analog: MVP NCAA

Base running: MLB The Show L1 & R1

Hit Variety: MVP + MLB the Show

Presentation: MLB The Show

Announcers: Ability to chose Play by Play: Gary Thorne or Matt Vasgersian. Color: Kiper or Cambell.

[zukes]

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The Show with OOTP 10's sim engine and attention to eveything in baseball would be the ultimate. More easily attained as well. Just adding OOTP's engine to this game would be much easier than combining 4 or 5 games.

It could only improve The Show and I doubt that Markus and OOTP would lose much in sales as OOTP's followers are loyal, plus OOTP would still have advantages such as customization, relatively quick games and historical leagues.

What a great game that would be.......