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statnut · 07-30-2012, 08:38 PM

The Show does such a great job immersing you in the game with stats galore that it's a shame the announcers come up short. They inject next to no life in the game, and that's a shame. So new announcers are a must.

I'd also like to see the removal of bar ratings, or at incorporate a numerical value. Make it 20-80, like the scout scale. It's frustrating trying to figure out things like who is the better defensive player, or comparing two different hitters against left-handed pitchers.

Making the discipline rating mean something. This is one of those things that 2K got right. For guys with a high discipline/plate vision rating, like a Dunn or a Votto (guys who draw 100 walks a season), you'd get a "sneak peek" at the pitch (i.e. the game would show a little line indicating what area the pitch would be in and what type of pitch). It wouldn't happen every pitch, and lesser hitters wouldn't get that advantage very often. It really helped those ratings mean something, IMO.

07-30-2012, 08:38 PM	#383
statnut Pro OVR: 12 Join Date: Jul 2004 Blog Entries: 2	Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne The Show does such a great job immersing you in the game with stats galore that it's a shame the announcers come up short. They inject next to no life in the game, and that's a shame. So new announcers are a must. I'd also like to see the removal of bar ratings, or at incorporate a numerical value. Make it 20-80, like the scout scale. It's frustrating trying to figure out things like who is the better defensive player, or comparing two different hitters against left-handed pitchers. Making the discipline rating mean something. This is one of those things that 2K got right. For guys with a high discipline/plate vision rating, like a Dunn or a Votto (guys who draw 100 walks a season), you'd get a "sneak peek" at the pitch (i.e. the game would show a little line indicating what area the pitch would be in and what type of pitch). It wouldn't happen every pitch, and lesser hitters wouldn't get that advantage very often. It really helped those ratings mean something, IMO.