MLB 15 The Show Wishlist, Ours and Yours

[PitholeCreek]

1) Retractable roofs are essential for me. 20% of major league teams play in stadiums with retractable roofs, and some of those teams play with the roof closed more than 50% of the time. Even if The Show doesn't get in-game roof closures, having the ability to start a game with a roof open or closed is a must-have. Not having a closed roof at Minute Maid Park is like not having the centre field scoreboard at Kauffman Stadium. A closed roof is an essential feature of some ballparks.

2) The ability to select the difficulty level that dynamic difficulty starts at. An experienced player shouldn't be required to start at Rookie.

3) Uniform accuracy. I realize that the developers are bound by the style guide, but there are some pretty clear errors that I have a hard time believing are attributable to the style guide.

It would also be nice to edit uniform combinations used by AI-controlled teams. If there are erroneous combinations, giving users the ability to fix them would resolve a lot of user gripes. As users aren't bound by specific combinations, the AI shouldn't be either.

If the game is going to have pullover uniforms, it should have a pullover model, rather than just reusing the button-down one.

4) A return of the classic batting practice. I loved having the ability to select specific pitches to see. I don't care for the RTTS practice modes.

[headzapp]

I've read before that people don't know why we would need rain out's and then double headers.
I think it would be great. Having a game rescheduled a week or months later. Up to that day if your players are tired you have to decide who gets a break before the doubleheader and after you play the day game your players are tired and you have to split the team up for the night game.

[DemurOnion]

Uniform Accuracy is a huge issue with this game. I don't care about the style guide. I base my decisions on buying this game with how accurate of a sim they are. You can talk and use the excuse of the style guide all you want. Don't care. Either make your game accurate in such an easy way--and let's be honest no one would actually do ANYTHING to the team if they corrected the uniforms it's just an old, stupid, and tired excuse for corporate handling--or people like me don't have an interest in the game anymore.

We have been dealing with numbers that need to be modified on jersey templates for years now. It's amateur hour at this point. Fix it. It makes your game look embarrassing in 2014 let alone 2015 when the new game hits.

The Twins just announced new jerseys with some gold in them. I suppose the away jerseys that have no stripe on the grey pants, despite the Twins having that stripe since five years ago, will still have no stripe and looking completely stupid. Other teams have mistakes that have not been corrected even remotely. for just as long

F the style guide. Get some dude to draw a line down the pants and to hell with it. 100% chance no ONE EVER CONTACTS because NO ONE CARES. Show guys need to stop this BS about the style guide like it's some kind of police battalion contract or something. Please tell me who is going to condemn or punish you if you make uniforms correct? Which lawyer is going to sue you because you made a uniform correct? It's all a bunch of crap and some exec doesn't want to push a little rule a bit even though there is literally zero chance of anything ever coming from it.

Wait, let's follow the rules guys and have our jersey's look 5 years old or just completely wrong. YAY! for the fans that pay 60 dollars for this stuff every year.

[redsox4evur]

Quote: Originally Posted by DemurOnion

Uniform Accuracy is a huge issue with this game. I don't care about the style guide. I base my decisions on buying this game with how accurate of a sim they are. You can talk and use the excuse of the style guide all you want. Don't care. Either make your game accurate in such an easy way--and let's be honest no one would actually do ANYTHING to the team if they corrected the uniforms it's just an old, stupid, and tired excuse for corporate handling--or people like me don't have an interest in the game anymore. We have been dealing with numbers that need to be modified on jersey templates for years now. It's amateur hour at this point. Fix it. It makes your game look embarrassing in 2014 let alone 2015 when the new game hits. The Twins just announced new jerseys with some gold in them. I suppose the away jerseys that have no stripe on the grey pants, despite the Twins having that stripe since five years ago, will still have no stripe and looking completely stupid. Other teams have mistakes that have not been corrected even remotely. for just as long F the style guide. Get some dude to draw a line down the pants and to hell with it. 100% chance no ONE EVER CONTACTS because NO ONE CARES. Show guys need to stop this BS about the style guide like it's some kind of police battalion contract or something. Please tell me who is going to condemn or punish you if you make uniforms correct? Which lawyer is going to sue you because you made a uniform correct? It's all a bunch of crap and some exec doesn't want to push a little rule a bit even though there is literally zero chance of anything ever coming from it. Wait, let's follow the rules guys and have our jersey's look 5 years old or just completely wrong. YAY! for the fans that pay 60 dollars for this stuff every year.

How about the MLB suing SCEA for $750 million? And then MLB winning the lawsuit and as part of the deal the MLB makes it so SCEA can never make a baseball game again. And then there will be no baseball until someone decides to pick it up. This is all very plausible to happen, it just happened with EA Sports and former NCAA players. EA used player likeness without their consent. So it is a big deal no matter how much you don't like it.

[DemurOnion]

Suing for what? Please make your scenario anywhere near not a fantasy. Who is going to sue them and why? What are the foundations of the lawsuit?

That a coder made the uniforms more accurate than the style guide because the guide itself was misrepresenting the team?

I'll tell you how much of a chance you have of winning major money from this lawsuit..... ZERO.

Player likeness goes through Player Unions and major organizations. Not so with the jerseys and minor corrections. You don't have anywhere near the power of a player union to address. I would go so far as to say that unless you make a large color change to one of the jerseys there is not one person with a dedicated job who would notice or care.

You honestly think some dude is paid to go..... OMG they added that real life stripe to the Royal's jerseys in the right color. I'm calling the lawyer now guys! This is preposterous.

Right, you people have been drinking the Koolaid excuse for too long. This is why The Show is falling behind. Because people just accept what they are given with this game.

It's posts like this that have this fear mentality that are crazy. 750 million lol. You wouldn't make a dime if it came down to it. A corrected stripe on a jersey is worth no one's time. A player likeness where that player was not being paid or misrepresented? Completely different case.

Just saying. I'm not a garden gnome that buys this game every year because. If this team doesn't improve aspects of their game significantly then why bother. 60 bucks plus is a waste of money when I can't unsee these easily corrected errors. Who the hell wants to play with a baseball team all year with totally messed-up uniforms lol?

Somehow every other game gets around this style guide. 2K did it. Other sports games do it. At this point sticking to the ridiculous rules is hurting their game.

I won't even buy 15 if they still have outdated jersey templates. I'm just sick of this amateur stuff sorry. And that IS what it is. Amateur stuff. Stuff that is fixed by modders on PC within weeks not months or, rather more appropriate for this game, YEARS.

[Sco291]

Let's be real, this has been the best sports sim of the last however many years now, and we have the best dev team in the sports gaming world creating a game that has mightily improved every single year with a few big leaps. HOWEVER, with next gen hardware (talking strictly PS4 gaming standpoint here), I feel that many of the issues nd gripes us fans have had for years now should, with some time, be completely addressed.

1.) Franchise - Like others have said, this mode lacks the most important thing with any sports sim - LIFE! I never feel engaged as if I'm in control of a team or trying to build a dynasty - there's nothing pulling you to go this way or that way, and no true rewards to the user or organization as a whole in the mode.

Aside from your basic off-season and winter events like free agency, draft picks, contracts (which is limited) - etc, Franchise is basically pick a team, spring training, start the season, play your games, maybe make some trades, play some more games,call some young people up, postseason, world series, offseason.

I just feel like there is nothing TRULY making me want to come back for another season, being that its franchise, and do it all over again. There's not a whole lot of immersion. I want to be able to do things like change field patterns at home, decide which advertisements are being displayed in my stadium as well as getting to decide WHERE THEY ARE PLACED, incentives included in contracts for players, some sort of pre-game and post-game show...

...show the commentators in the booth or some cheesy studio going over highlights nd show those fake interviews in the clubhouse where its just the players mouth moving and talking into the microphone...things like this which im sure others could add to would be massive step in the right direction with a mode thats been stale and lackluster for a couple years now.

2) Presentation and Commentary - I like Vasgersian, but how about dumping Karros and gettign Harold Reynolds. Regardless who is in the booth though, the flow of the commentary needs to be RE-DONE. Throw out all the old lines used in past variations and start fresh for a new console and those who still play on PS3. This severely needs to be worked on and the devs know this, maybe their resources are an issue or whatever but this would make the game feel brand new.

In terms of presentation....THE FRAME RATE DROPS ON THE CUTSCENES NEED...TO...STOP. Please, its PS4. Would be lovely if the entire game could at one point be 60fps. Oh damn. Other things such as national anthems with a big american flag in center field (after all it is americas past time), REAL FLY OVERS...(please?), flash bulbs in the crowd, how about an on field reporter?



These are some of the thoughts I've shared with others on here for years now and with the power of the PS4, I feel it's about time this brilliant and community-centered dev team should be able to accomplish sooner rather than later. More to come I'm sure haha, Cheers

[redsox4evur]

Quote: Originally Posted by DemurOnion

Suing for what? Please make your scenario anywhere near not a fantasy. Who is going to sue them and why? What are the foundations of the lawsuit? That a coder made the uniforms more accurate than the style guide because the guide itself was misrepresenting the team? I'll tell you how much of a chance you have of winning major money from this lawsuit..... ZERO. Player likeness goes through Player Unions and major organizations. Not so with the jerseys and minor corrections. You don't have anywhere near the power of a player union to address. I would go so far as to say that unless you make a large color change to one of the jerseys there is not one person with a dedicated job who would notice or care. You honestly think some dude is paid to go..... OMG they added that real life stripe to the Royal's jerseys in the right color. I'm calling the lawyer now guys! This is preposterous. Right, you people have been drinking the Koolaid excuse for too long. This is why The Show is falling behind. Because people just accept what they are given with this game. It's posts like this that have this fear mentality that are crazy. 750 million lol. You wouldn't make a dime if it came down to it. A corrected stripe on a jersey is worth no one's time. A player likeness where that player was not being paid or misrepresented? Completely different case. Just saying. I'm not a garden gnome that buys this game every year because. If this team doesn't improve aspects of their game significantly then why bother. 60 bucks plus is a waste of money when I can't unsee these easily corrected errors. Who the hell wants to play with a baseball team all year with totally messed-up uniforms lol? Somehow every other game gets around this style guide. 2K did it. Other sports games do it. At this point sticking to the ridiculous rules is hurting their game. I won't even buy 15 if they still have outdated jersey templates. I'm just sick of this amateur stuff sorry. And that IS what it is. Amateur stuff. Stuff that is fixed by modders on PC within weeks not months or, rather more appropriate for this game, YEARS.

Yea what happened to 2K's baseball game, stopped being made. EA probably did the same. Are they still making a baseball game, nope. If you don't follow what the MLB says they can pull the license from you and no more game being made. And actually people would care if that stripe was not the way the company wanted it because they own the license for everything. That's what it is coming down to. SCE San Diego is scared that if they do something that MLB doesn't approve then they will lose the license.

[Sco291]

In addition, I would like to see the return of an actual playercard where their picture is on the front, then you press triangle to see the back. Seeing their real pictures....i dont know, it just makes me feel happy lol.

Also, bring back the newspaper or online article.....immersion was taken out of the game , bring it back!!