MLB '14: The Show Just Saved Thousands of Careers

[SoxFan01605]

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I dont think people realise how revolutionary this is...this has been needed for years...One of my biggest gripes with sports gaming in general. HAving to start over when in only 2/3rds through my season on last years version...

More sites should be praising this, but the show always gets ignored mainly, despite its impeccable quality.

Well, it's early for one. Baseball season just wrapped up, the game doesn't come out until March/April, and other sports will be launching with the system, making them more "up front" at the moment.

Plus, while it's definitely a big feature, it's also difficult to truly measure its impact until we can see it in effect (which really won't be until MLB 15). Currently, we don't even know how it's intended to work, let alone that it does work.

[Braincramps]

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I don't think The Show gets ignored at all. It's consistently rated one of the best games of the year by several gaming outlets. People always complain how boring and stupid baseball is, and those same people always talk about how revolutionary and amazing The Show is. They get it, even if they don't specifically like the particular content of the product.

This is one of those features that will raise the attention of several other developers in sports gaming. Gamers will demand it even more. And now that one game can do it, no one will ever understand why the other could not.


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I disagree. the show, never wins for best sports game of the year, when it has deserved it by a wide margin many years this gen. it went to NHL a few times, not exactly a popular sport outside canada either.

[Braincramps]

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Well, it's early for one. Baseball season just wrapped up, the game doesn't come out until March/April, and other sports will be launching with the system, making them more "up front" at the moment.

Plus, while it's definitely a big feature, it's also difficult to truly measure its impact until we can see it in effect (which really won't be until MLB 15). Currently, we don't even know how it's intended to work, let alone that it does work.

True, but The devs behind the show, I have a lot of faith, they have earned the benefit of the doubt. I cannot see them announcing this and it not working well. They track record is impeccable.

[dingleberryfinn]

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[QUOTE] MLB '14: The Show Just Saved Thousands of Careers[\QUOTE]

But how many careers will be ruined now that more ppl will lay off work
to play a new improved Show? lol

[Jimbo614]

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I love you

[JerseySuave4]

Wonder how it will work if a guy retires so his player model is no longer in the next version of the game, but he's still in your roster file. So if in MLB 14, i don't finish and Jeter is still on my team but retires in real life and isn't in MLB 15, will his player model still be in MLB 15 when I load up my MLB 14 file?

[bp4baseball]

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Wonder how it will work if a guy retires so his player model is no longer in the next version of the game, but he's still in your roster file. So if in MLB 14, i don't finish and Jeter is still on my team but retires in real life and isn't in MLB 15, will his player model still be in MLB 15 when I load up my MLB 14 file?

I have no idea how it works so take this for what it's worth, but I imagine every player model has a bunch of code in the background that creates him. So every feature, from eyebrow color to nose length has a value assigned with it. If you feed the game all the values together, it can spit out the same model.

[Teigh Cubs Teigh]

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I have no idea how it works so take this for what it's worth, but I imagine every player model has a bunch of code in the background that creates him. So every feature, from eyebrow color to nose length has a value assigned with it. If you feed the game all the values together, it can spit out the same model.

I have no idea how it works technically either, but I imagine that you're right. I would guess that it could work similarly to the custom rosters like the OSFM where each player's model is represented within the roster even though they technically do not exist naturally on the disc.

[Majingir]

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Probably already asked, but is the carry over stuff a PS4 exclusive or will it be possible on PS3 as well?

[24]

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The Show never fails to impress. Features that I only dreamed of are becoming a reality.

[MrOldboy]

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I just hope this means that all pitching motions and batting stances might get carried over year to year now instead of being replaced. Every year I miss some of the ones that get removed from the previous year. For instance this year it was Cano's stance from 12, I thought it was pretty good and disliked the new one. If they carry over that would be fantastic.

But I can also just see them giving any player that has a stance/motion that is not in the new game (i.e. they change Pujols' stance from 14 to 15 and you had the 14 stance on another player) the generic one. It might make the editor extremely cluttored if it had every stance ever from MLB 14 MLB 18 or beyond.

[FBeaule04]

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If I was Darryl Sheets, I would just say : "This is why I do it, the WOW Factor!"

Amazing news, just plain amazing!

[nuckles2k2]

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MLB '14 just saved thousands of careers, and it looks like SCEA is doing their damnedest to get me to neglect my business, go under, and destroy my career...

Cause man...this is lovely.

[moose616]

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned another major benefit of this feature:

The time spent on the annual OSFM project will be slashed into a fraction of what it takes on PS3. Those involved won't have to start from scratch every year, which means those of us who hold off on starting RTTS or Franchise for the OSFM release won't have to wait nearly as long.

The Show just keeps getting better and better.

[MLB Bob]

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned another major benefit of this feature:

The time spent on the annual OSFM project will be slashed into a fraction of what it takes on PS3. Those involved won't have to start from scratch every year, which means those of us who hold off on starting RTTS or Franchise for the OSFM release won't have to wait nearly as long.

The Show just keeps getting better and better.

So you are assuming they will share their franchise file? I guess thats possible. Someone could take the time to start a franchise file in different set ups for people who dont play 30 team control etc, but I assume as well that people will want SCEA created faces players and stats true to life and not someones franchise file thats a few years in. Maybe Im missing something?