The older I get the more interested I am in the history of baseball. I love the old stadiums being included. And I absolutely love the idea of playing a "replica" season from the 30's or 50's or something. That'd be sweet!
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The classic Baseball alarm just went off and I just woke up!...This is what I have been clamoring about for years. Been reworking my 16 classic teams for 6 years including 2013. I reworked 90% of my classic players faces and added new players this year. I didn't put them on the vault though.
A friend was going to help me with the attributes but was too busy with school and couldn't finish.
my verizon air card won't let me on the vault it keeps dropping off. All I can say is that my players faces improved from last year"BigTime".
I would love to see my players in baggy uniforms in the old classic stadiums kicking some old classic dust around! The Milwaukee Braves vs the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field sounds like Baseball Heaven...
If SCEA ever decides to go this route I would like to volunteer to work with SCEA with my classic faces. What I could do is create generic faces....and it wouldn't be my fault if my created faces looked like the greats...It would be up to the people who bought the game to pick the best match out of 400-500 faces then add a name a number a stance etc. to that face....This way I would get paid you guys would get everything when you buy the game...and I wouldn't have to remake every player every year...I could play the game ....what a concept.....Love the idea.
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Great article!
One of the unique things about baseball are it's stadiums. New and old. They aren't like other sports where all the dimensions are the same. Sure some are pretty ridiculous when you look at them and you could swear a 3 year old drew the outline of field when all you told them to do was draw a diamond shape. But that's what makes them special. Everyone is different from the next. They're pieces of art.
I hope The Show can expand on this.Comment
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I would love it if Ramone would drop in a and give us the info on why this can never happen in any game based on current licensing issues.
It is a wonderful idea and it definitely has a market...it is a feature that would sell a lot of copies. But it cannot be done unless SCEA decides to open the checkbook and spend for stadiums at a minimum, and more oldtime players for likenesses and names.
I think it is cost prohibitive for any manufacturer in this day and age. Rules were different back when Oldtime Baseball and Larussa Baseball dominated. Even different back in the 1990's.
I know I sound like a naysayer and wet blanket. Don't get me wrong...I LOVE the thought and idea. I only play with classic teams and always have in any game be it baseball or football. I've created hundreds of players and teams. I want SCEA to take this on...but I don't think they, or anyone, ever will.
It is up to us a community to do it but the manufacturers have to give us the proper tools (editor, etc) to let that happen.
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I don't either actually....but when you start an online league(now franchise)...you can choose the # of teams....the # of leagues and divisions...and then select which teams are assigned to each slot(so you could put Milwaukee back in the A.L. for instance)
With the ability to load custom rosters....it is the best option we have for single season historical play this year.
Unfortunately....for the PS4 version....I EXTREMELY doubt the classic stadiums were able to be added at all this year.
This is something that would only be fully possible if SCEA makes a push for some sort of historical mode.
(also...right now you can't edit team name or city...so we are "stuck" with what is current.
(....something I wonder about...even if it doesn't involve new announcers...is if they could put some sort of static track or change the tone on the announcers to make it seem like an old time game)
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MLB The Show definitely needs historic teams. I would even be satisfied with "All time" teams in which every team would consist of the greatest players from that team. Make sense?Comment
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If SCEA came up with classic ballparks, uniforms, etc., I don't think I could give them my money fast enough. Baseball is the only major sport with a serious case of nostalgia that makes us long to play old seasons, with old teams, in old parks. Build this and we will surprise you with the results.Comment
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This feature would be epic. The show needs a game mode like this, nice post.Comment
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Absolutely love it! Oh and by the way... Thank you for the "Field of Dreams" quote. Makes me smile everytime I hear it. That and the Burt Lancaster part are simply priceless.Comment
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would pay good extra money for this feature. I think they could market it with James Earl Jones speech. I'd make up a RTTS Roy Hobbs!Comment
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I was actually thinking of ways they could do this. It college even be implemented as like a collector's edition (have an extra CD that has the historical stuff) and other goodies with it. I would no doubt pay $100 or more for it.Comment
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Okay I'm pumped! I was doing great until I read this post and my anticipation is at 100 now. All the other game do it why not America's Favorite Past Time? Man I think classic teams/stadiums would be brilliant! The Show 15 needs to make this happenComment
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