MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

[agentlaw13]

MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

I agree with most here in wishing franchise had gotten a little more love in a few areas. But player quirks, quick manage options, critical situations, ball physics, stadium tagging, new commentators/presentation, new faces/body types, CAP improvements, etc. are plenty new features to make my favorite mode better in 17.

I play/played the hell out of 16 and you can bet I'm gonna play the hell out of 17!

Thanks for the improvements and hard work SCEA and hopefully franchise will evolve to be even better in 18. Bring on release day!


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[DamnYanks2]

Re: MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

Can I ask why? I don't get why people think this is a much-needed feature that would probably require the focus of the entire dev team.

It's just something I've wanted for a long time. Unlimited options, and the ability to create ballparks of the past.

I can add my own advertisements, to reflect the real ads in current stadiums, this would go a long way to add to the realism.

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[HustlinOwl]

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"Online Franchise guys.. we will keep you posted."

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[Willis135]

Re: MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

Let's not forget that all the game play and attribute changes effect franchise. Ball physics, human AI, secondary position attribute hits, graphics, and so many other things. There are things that I too would have liked to see in franchise, but I don't feel disappointed in the least. 17 is a huge upgrade from 16 if you ask me.

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[Caulfield]

Re: MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

If the numbers tell them that more casual gamers are playing, will that just lead towards more being dumped into casual modes? Not an actual gain to the hardcore audience.

If the number of units sold inreases significantly, and sony inreased the budget, I have to believe SDS would work to increase both things for casual gamers as well as hardcore gamers.

[grangdj77]

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Because it's astronomically difficult, again we are a small dev team relative to other sports titles. We have one programmer for Franchise mode 1. And he's amazing but its one body.

The first thing we looked at this cycle back in April of last year for franchise mode was rotating schedules I want this feature, Luis, wants this feature Daniel the programmer wants this feature.

He looked at the code and told us we can't do this in 8 months it's too much code, too risky, and that would be the only thing we got. So we choose to work on Quick manage and critical situations. We love these features, our SVT wants these features and they took all 8 months to implement correctly.

Nothing is as easy as it might seem on the outside.

I know you guys are a small dev team but only 1 guy doing franchise is pretty crazy. Especially with an in-depth mode like that. Any plans in the future to add to the franchise team to focus more on it?

[@legendm0de]

Re: MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

No indication has been given, but for obvious reasons, player quirks will need to be dynamic not something that is assigned for a whole career. I don't at all mind the enhancements to simulation even though I won't take part in it. It is nice to know that it's there incase I ever did need it to be a more sophisticated version like it is now.

My most interesting takeaway from the new info was the alteration to team budgets bringing it more urgency making it a weekly tab. The problem I have with that is attendance never has been dynamic enough so it would need to be addressed too.

[redsox4evur]

Re: MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

This is how I feel, I may just stick with OOTP this year, I got bored with the show last year after a couple of months. I am not too optimistic about next year also. Its close to being the perfect mix of sim and gameplay, but DD rules all I guess.

You could not be more wrong about that.

[Armor and Sword]

Re: MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream is LIVE - Franchise Mode

Not much of a Deep Dive. Same stuff as the Franchise Mode Tour videos posted the past 2 days.



Quirks are cool, Top Prospects list is nice (wish it also showed season stats)



No mention of Inter-League Schedules Rotating.



No mention on how Critical Moments work in 30-team Franchise.



Weekly Cash Flow is nice but does it really change that much during a season? Unless you make trades/play well it will be the same each week.



No mention of Improved Free Agency/Scouting/Drafting/Progression, Editing Coaches.



As mentioned by a lot of us, they are really catering to Casual/New players which is understandable don't get me wrong. Just wish they also took some time and considered the experienced and die hard Franchise players.



I'd be very surprised if the mode doesn't get a lot of love next year.

As far as critical moments inside 30 team franchise.

I am 99.99% sure you can toggle critical moments on and off for all 30 teams so you can pick and choose which teams you want that for when you sim games on the schedule.

Pretty cool.


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[BlacknBlue]

Re: MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

I gotta say, even if I would feel inclined to try the simming aspects that are featured in this I probably wouldn't anyway based on how they look and work.

The fast play stuff is just too straightforward for my liking, creating even more of a disconnect. There are only about 5 options for each pitch or play and those lack many of the nuances that make up situational baseball.

But mostly, the biggest issue I have is the lack of information on the manage screen. And I should include a screenshot here, but in the meantime...

-You have the batter and pitcher interface and then like 60% of that is just wasted space and blank screen. Why not put some more stats or attributes in there?

-The play result indicator is way too simplified. I would like more information than lined-out, struck out, single, walk, etc. How about a line showing where the ball was hit and who made the play in the field, etc? Teams track where every ball is hit now to use for their defensive setups and shifts, or even how to pitch a batter based on situations. All of this is moot in this mode, and pretty much within the game in general.

-This is a perfect place to have personal historic matchup stats on the screen. Say it is late in a game and one of your players is a bad matchup against a pitcher, tell us that!

-It seems way too hard to keep track of personal during the simming. Getting a reliever loose or knowing what a pitch count is seems to be overlooked. What about tracking where a pitcher's pitches are going for each at bat so we can see if our simmed pitcher is erratic or not having his stuff on a certain day?

I could go on. I don't know, I am glad they included this stuff because apparently people were really wanting it to be in the game. But I feel like even these are severely limited and lacking.

Often we here "If they could just combine the text simming of OOTP or Strat-o-matic with the game play of MLBtS we would have a perfect game!" That would probably be true in a lot of people's minds. But I feel that this just misses the mark pretty hard as to what should be in a quick sim mode at this point. Like everyone else seems to be saying, I feel like we are getting further away from what real baseball is all about and more about button mashing and highlight stuff that purists don't care as much for.

I guess I am just a believer that if the game of baseball can't sell itself because of what it is to begin with, then there isn't much that can be done to make someone interested in a game that is supposed to represent it.

And as it always needs to be stated, this company does a tremendous job with this game. There is no taking anything away from them, or what they have accomplished. Just what scares me is the trend of how all sports games are going these days, with more focus on Ultimate Team modes, and because they drive so much income.

SCEA had my money at the new hit physics alone for this year, but I can echo the sentiments of a few others in here already; if the priority isn't shifted back to making the actual game play better and the franchise mode work better and behave more like real life with all of the options that almost should be in, then they may lose me soon, as well.

[Russell_SCEA]

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As far as critical moments inside 30 team franchise.

I am 99.99% sure you can toggle critical moments on and off for all 30 teams so you can pick and choose which teams you want that for when you sim games on the schedule.

Pretty cool.
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If you're controlling multiple teams and you sim you will get notified of critical situations for the current team you are on in the front end.

[MetsFan16]

Re: MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream is LIVE - Franchise Mode

As far as critical moments inside 30 team franchise.

I am 99.99% sure you can toggle critical moments on and off for all 30 teams so you can pick and choose which teams you want that for when you sim games on the schedule.

Pretty cool.


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Yeah I'm sure you can turn them off, but I want them all!

I'm gonna play it like an MLB Tonight program. Throughout each day in my Franchise I'll sim each game (in time order) and if a Critical Situation arises, I'll play it with MLB Network Broadcast. Then play my full 9 inning game with the Mets.

So much excitement. So many opportunities for big moments. I can't wait.




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[underdog13]

Re: MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

Maybe it's just because of year to year saves, but I'm 95% sure I've played vs every team in rtts and I've been on the same teams for the whole time.

Whoops forgot to quote the person that mentioned this.

[DukesofHazzard]

Re: MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

Hey ramone I've asked this question several times during the live streams including today but got no answer. Are there more ALLTIME MLB records this year. There's only like 12 or so right now

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[MetsFan16]

Re: MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream is LIVE - Franchise Mode

If you're controlling multiple teams and you sim you will get notified of critical situations for the current team you are on in the front end.

So if I'm on the Mets front end, then go to View Today's games and simulate the Dodgers vs. Giants game, I can't get a Critical Situation?

That is workable. Though it seems you could miss out on some throughout the season. If you go to Dodgers front end, you'd miss out on a Giants Critical Moment.


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