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Zavalonius · 08-05-2012, 06:26 AM

I hope next year's game will have more freedom with its rosters now that there is no exclusive MLB contract with a rival developer, which I understand is why there is no MLB Today-like feature in The Show. But what I'm thinking of is a lot more interesting than just the ability to play today's matchup with correct rosters, something that takes a lot of painstaking preparation to do accurately in The Show 12.

Next year, if The Show is going to take a serious step forward, feature-wise, here is what I MOST want to see:

A Time Machine mode.

Something I think both players AND devs would love. Go back in time to pivotal moments in games throughout history. How about that marathon game last year between the Pirates and the Braves that ended with a heartbreakingly bad call at the plate? Who knows what that season could have been for the Pirates had they not completely collapsed in the games immediately after that moment? In MLB The Show 13, step into the time machine and replay that final at-bat of the game as either team and change the course of history. After a brief recap of the game/season so far to give it some context, either with video or (more intriguingly) in-game cutscenes which mimic what happened in real life, the player takes over from that critical point with the exact same roster, ballpark conditions, and gameplay situation as occured in real life.

Other possible "what could have been?" moments that could be included in this mode might be the Bartman ball incident, or the day the 1994 season ended for good (with the Mariners having to play every game on the road after the Kingdome started to crumble, and the Montreal Expos as close to a World Series as they would ever get). Obviously specific commentary, cutscenes and research would need to be done for a time machine mode, but I would pay for new DLC "episodes" a hundred times more quickly than for a historical stadium or Challenge of the Week.

Just the briefest look into the roster building section of this forum, where just hundreds of hours of free time is devoted to recreating rosters from particular time-periods and playing "What if?" should be enough to convince anyone how much demand there would be for this kind of feature in a baseball sim. If that's not the next step in sports simulation, I'm not sure what is.

08-05-2012, 06:26 AM	#410
Zavalonius Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Mar 2011	Re: What Does MLB 13 The Show Need to do Next Year to Satisfy Your Baseball Gaming Ne I hope next year's game will have more freedom with its rosters now that there is no exclusive MLB contract with a rival developer, which I understand is why there is no MLB Today-like feature in The Show. But what I'm thinking of is a lot more interesting than just the ability to play today's matchup with correct rosters, something that takes a lot of painstaking preparation to do accurately in The Show 12. Next year, if The Show is going to take a serious step forward, feature-wise, here is what I MOST want to see: A Time Machine mode. Something I think both players AND devs would love. Go back in time to pivotal moments in games throughout history. How about that marathon game last year between the Pirates and the Braves that ended with a heartbreakingly bad call at the plate? Who knows what that season could have been for the Pirates had they not completely collapsed in the games immediately after that moment? In MLB The Show 13, step into the time machine and replay that final at-bat of the game as either team and change the course of history. After a brief recap of the game/season so far to give it some context, either with video or (more intriguingly) in-game cutscenes which mimic what happened in real life, the player takes over from that critical point with the exact same roster, ballpark conditions, and gameplay situation as occured in real life. Other possible "what could have been?" moments that could be included in this mode might be the Bartman ball incident, or the day the 1994 season ended for good (with the Mariners having to play every game on the road after the Kingdome started to crumble, and the Montreal Expos as close to a World Series as they would ever get). Obviously specific commentary, cutscenes and research would need to be done for a time machine mode, but I would pay for new DLC "episodes" a hundred times more quickly than for a historical stadium or Challenge of the Week. Just the briefest look into the roster building section of this forum, where just hundreds of hours of free time is devoted to recreating rosters from particular time-periods and playing "What if?" should be enough to convince anyone how much demand there would be for this kind of feature in a baseball sim. If that's not the next step in sports simulation, I'm not sure what is.