MLB 12 The Show Video - Exclusive Look at Diamond Dynasty (GameTrailers)

[nomo17k]

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You select one of the existing ballparks as your home stadium. I personally think it looks/works better with the fictional minor league or spring training parks, since they won't have all the real teams markings and whatnot.

Wow we can! I'd definitely be using one of minor league/spring break ball parks!

[BravesBoy]

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I love the generic players idea, seems to give you a whole new relationship with your team. You wont know these guys and you'll learn there strengths and weaknesses as you play versus playing with an MLB team where you basically know every player. Gets me really excited!!

[Tyler4]

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I think the possibilities will be endless with the customizable options! I am wondering if you will only be able to create one diamond dynasty (like when you play online one file per psn username) or you can create multiple dynasties like franchise files. I can't wait to find out more about this feature, but I don't wanna make any assumptions until I see more.

I also really would like to see the ability to create your own stadiums. Maybe like a stadium vault? Or even the possibility of playing people's dynasties online in their created stadium. Example: making a stadium the opposite of Fenway Park but putting the Green Monster in right.

[thaSLAB]

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Wow we can! I'd definitely be using one of minor league/spring break ball parks!

Don't quote me on that, as I didn't actually attempt to scroll over to the non-MLB parks... I just assumed they were there. Hopefully I didn't set us up for failure with that statement, LOL. I would never hear the end of it!

Hopefully it will all be verified soon.

[nomo17k]

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Don't quote me on that, as I didn't actually attempt to scroll over to the non-MLB parks... I just assumed they were there. Hopefully I didn't set us up for failure with that statement, LOL. I would never hear the end of it!

Hopefully it will all be verified soon.

Yeah I understand... Those stadiums were available for online games past years at least.... And it's a great opportunity for those not-so-frequently-used stadiums to see the light. You can only go so much (well very much) with 30 MLB stadiums... add a dozen more and you'll see a greater variety in gameplay.

[Knight165]

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I love the generic players idea, seems to give you a whole new relationship with your team. You wont know these guys and you'll learn there strengths and weaknesses as you play versus playing with an MLB team where you basically know every player. Gets me really excited!!

....and it is even better than just that!!
Where is that blog!?


In speaking with the devs about this....while it's been talked about and fleshed out in some ways for 4 or so years.....this is the first year of actually developing it and implementing it....so I really believe that if this mode is used a lot and there is some good feedback on it to the devs from the community....this mode can be shaped into things we would love to see in it ....that might not be there in it's initial stage.(such as a uniform/logo vault for one)
Just my thoughts.

M.K.
Knight165

[RunN1st]

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Wait! Jimmy Rollins was on my High School team.

[PhillsPhan26]

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....and it is even better than just that!!
Where is that blog!?


In speaking with the devs about this....while it's been talked about and fleshed out in some ways for 4 or so years.....this is the first year of actually developing it and implementing it....so I really believe that if this mode is used a lot and there is some good feedback on it to the devs from the community....this mode can be shaped into things we would love to see in it ....that might not be there in it's initial stage.(such as a uniform/logo vault for one)
Just my thoughts.
M.K.
Knight165

Lets hope so. I can't wait for this because I used to do all kinds of mods for MVP baseball back in the day and to a point I kind of miss it and I see this as
an opportunity to come up with some pretty cool ideas. Also what would be cool in the future if this is a hit, is to be able to add uniforms to teams. Like a sunday special, maybe an old school uniform from the past that isn't in the game already and whatnot.

[SoxFan01605]

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....and it is even better than just that!!
Where is that blog!?


In speaking with the devs about this....while it's been talked about and fleshed out in some ways for 4 or so years.....this is the first year of actually developing it and implementing it....so I really believe that if this mode is used a lot and there is some good feedback on it to the devs from the community....this mode can be shaped into things we would love to see in it ....that might not be there in it's initial stage.(such as a uniform/logo vault for one)
Just my thoughts.

M.K.
Knight165

Serious question and not meant to be critical, but why put years (according to Ramone) of effort into a separate mode to develop players, create teams, etc when many of us have been asking for this type of depth and integration into franchise mode?

It's not to say this mode won't be good on its own merit, but it seems it could hit more gamers and have more longevity as a group of features that could be used through various modes rather than a standalone mode. I guess I'm wondering what, in the view of SCEA, is the desired endgame for DD?

[Perfect Zero]

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Serious question and not meant to be critical, but why put years (according to Ramone) of effort into a separate mode to develop players, create teams, etc when many of us have been asking for this type of depth and integration into franchise mode?

It's not to say this mode won't be good on its own merit, but it seems it could hit more gamers and have more longevity as a group of features that could be used through various modes rather than a standalone mode. I guess I'm wondering what, in the view of SCEA, is the desired endgame for DD?

It's probably because "new and improved franchise mode" doesn't sell as well as a "brand new custom made Diamond Dynasty." Besides this, there have been improvements made to franchise mode as stated by the dev day guys.

[nomo17k]

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It's probably because "new and improved franchise mode" doesn't sell as well as a "brand new custom made Diamond Dynasty." Besides this, there have been improvements made to franchise mode as stated by the dev day guys.

I bet this is partly the reason... but a lot of the work put into making DD into fruition perhaps can be transferred to the "regular" franchise mode, so I suspect this isn't an all-or-nothing affair.

[bigdaddykraven]

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Serious question and not meant to be critical, but why put years (according to Ramone) of effort into a separate mode to develop players, create teams, etc when many of us have been asking for this type of depth and integration into franchise mode?

It's not to say this mode won't be good on its own merit, but it seems it could hit more gamers and have more longevity as a group of features that could be used through various modes rather than a standalone mode. I guess I'm wondering what, in the view of SCEA, is the desired endgame for DD?

I have a feeling that this is just step one to introduce it...next year when they are overhauling Franchise mode I can see an expansion team mode (since the leagues will have 15 teams a piece it would make it easy to do schedule wise) or even just a create a team mode where we can do our own custom season/franchise.

In my mind this is just them dipping their toes into the water.

[SoxFan01605]

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It's probably because "new and improved franchise mode" doesn't sell as well as a "brand new custom made Diamond Dynasty." Besides this, there have been improvements made to franchise mode as stated by the dev day guys.

Yeah, I'd imagine "Brand New Create-a-Team" comes to about the same thing too though, in terms of attention grabbing, but I highly doubt SCEA's primary reasoning is simply bullet points for the back of the box. They plan very well (as evidenced by them taking a few years to think about this before implementing it), so I'm sure they have a long term goal with it...which is why I was curious as to what that might be (since Knight mentioned depth and shaping it in the future, etc that got me thinking about how the mode would shape up over the years).

As for franchise mode improvements, I'm aware and looking forward to them, though that's a separate topic.

I have a feeling that this is just step one to introduce it...next year when they are overhauling Franchise mode I can see an expansion team mode (since the leagues will have 15 teams a piece it would make it easy to do schedule wise) or even just a create a team mode where we can do our own custom season/franchise.

In my mind this is just them dipping their toes into the water.

Well, I'd be careful with expectations of them overhauling franchise mode next year. I don't believe they've ever said that. I know Knight and others have intimated it will be a focus, but people seem to read too much into that stuff. Not getting on you or anything (so please don't take it that way )...just pointing that out as people sometimes get their hopes up based on promises never made (it happened this year, in fact).

You may be right on implementation of Create-a-Team next year (I hope for this as well and think it's a plausible "next step" of sorts). I see a lot of people guessing things like this, and it makes perfect sense.

I guess I'm wondering though, beyond what it can (and hopefully does) mean for other modes in the future, what the long term hope is for DD as its own mode. Like I said in my other response, Knight's comment got me thinking about it. It seems a lot of people are looking at DD as a means to an end when it seems (from comments by CD guys and devs) like it was designed to be more than that. I'm just curious to see how it will aim to hold attention on it's own long term. I'm also curious as to how the focus will work when split between 4 dedicated progressive modes of play vs the 3 we are used to (Online Leagues, Franchise/Season, RTTS).

I guess it will be easier to understand (and perhaps speculate) when we see the blog on it and/or try it for ourselves though.

[Knight165]

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Serious question and not meant to be critical, but why put years (according to Ramone) of effort into a separate mode to develop players, create teams, etc when many of us have been asking for this type of depth and integration into franchise mode?

It's not to say this mode won't be good on its own merit, but it seems it could hit more gamers and have more longevity as a group of features that could be used through various modes rather than a standalone mode. I guess I'm wondering what, in the view of SCEA, is the desired endgame for DD?

Like I said...they haven't actually been WORKING on it for years.....

I think what Ramone meant was...
Inception: Someone said..."you know what would be a great addition...XXXXXX XXXX ...XXX"
Things were discussed and ideas fleshed out with a lot of going back and forth with discussions for quite some time now.
I don't think any effort as far as DEVELOPING....writing this section of the game actually happened until this year.
I just think they have the opinion that developing this mode was important to further the brand....and the time was right.
Hopefully we see some crossover from this and custom online league into franchise mode.

M.K.
Knight165

[Willis135]

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Knight or any of the community day guys,

Since you guys can't yet provide much info on this mode, I am just wondering if you think DD will be your go to mode, or will you still focus mainly on what ever mode you played most in the past. DD has really peaked my interest, but I'm struggling to think that my Tigers franchise addiction could take a back seat to DD.

In other words do you see yourself playing DD more than your preferred mode from the past?