R.B.I. Baseball 14 Hands-On Preview (Polygon, Sports on Earth)

[ThreeKing]

If they update the rosters occasionally and fix whatever bugs, this would be a nice change of pace from The Show.

I'm not spending $20 on this, but the iOS version should suffice.

[jamiegeist]

I'm guessing his "no season stats" comment was a bit of a throwaway, suggesting you wouldn't WANT to keep full season stats because the numbers could be insane.

I can't imagine they would do a 162 game season mode, and the only numbers they'd keep are W/L. That would be an insane misfire. Based on the screenshots containing "Avg: Hr: SB:" under each batter, I have to think those will auto-populate during the full season mode with actual stats. Otherwise what would be the point of them?

But if it doesn't keep stats? I've got my pitchfork ready.

[bkrich83]

Its RBI baseball. Not sure what people were expecting.

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[ricky24]

It's just going to have their stats from the previous year I'm guessing. Just like the original did.

[Rifle_Man81]

I don't think it's expecting too much for the game to have a post game box score and accumulate those for your team during season play. If it wasn't already tracking the team stats I might agree, but it's already halfway there. It looks fun & i'll still probably pick it up tomorrow. I think the name RBI is meant to bring an expectation and standard for gameplay, not as an excuse to lack a feature. It's still baseball. Season mode should always include stats. If it was called Baseball Stars 14 would that justify the expectation?

[roadman]

I understand the need for stats for baseball, but I don't remember stats in the old RBI Baseball, so, I wasn't expecting them for this version.

Who knows what the future holds?

[inkcil]

I feel like I need more clarification that the ONLY stat being recorded in the game's season mode is wins/losses.

I feel like I'm still unclear. Or maybe I'm just in denial.

[doubledeuceR6]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I understand the need for stats for baseball, but I don't remember stats in the old RBI Baseball, so, I wasn't expecting them for this version. Who knows what the future holds?

There weren't any stats other than from the previous real MLB season. I always played with the Rangers back then and without looking at their jersey number I knew who I was batting with just based on their prior MLB season stats.