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  • BigOscar
    MVP
    • May 2016
    • 2971

    #16
    Re: MLB The Show 17's Offline Franchise Offers a Slight Upgrade

    Pretty disappointed with what I've seen so far. I get that they didn't have time to implement new features, it's annoying, but I get it. But to not fix existing problems is just pretty unforgiveable imo. Then to add in new ones like the computers new found love of pulling starters really early and letting relievers stay in when they are getting slaughtered is just, urgh. I like the idea of the new money system, but it's poorly implemented and doesn't give you anywhere near enough information. That at least has potential going forwards.

    I'm still going to play the hell out of it, because I'm all about franchise, but I'm hugely disappointed with their efforts this year in this mode. They need to fix the pitcher logic, particularly with quick counts pretty sharpish but I have no expectations that they will.

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    • ARoid1313
      Pro
      • Mar 2009
      • 859

      #17
      Re: MLB The Show 17's Offline Franchise Offers a Slight Upgrade

      Originally posted by HenryClay1844
      Franchise mode in MLB the show is miles and miles ahead of the other games I play, EA's FIFA and NHL.


      Ummm no way

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      • cch99
        MVP
        • May 2003
        • 1435

        #18
        First off I haven't bought this years game yet. I do have last years so reading what I have it's no much different this year but I have to agree with what someone else said that the biggest issue with all these franchise modes is immersion in the League.

        To me they make these games so hard to really get a good feel for what is going on in the rest of the league and how you fit into it. The radio show is fine and all but in my opinion these really need to do a better job of headlining great performances during the day/week. Cut in's from other games. Highlight shows at the end of a week and Playoff Preview Shows. Right now yeah you can check out league leaders and look at boxscore but I personally don't want to scour all the boxscores to find out someone pitched a one-hitter.

        In my opinion the two best at this were College Hoops 2k7 & College Football. 2k7 had the weekly review, and then the selection show which were great. Added so much and kept you involved more. College Football, even though it didn't have highlights, the score cut ins in big related games were great and I loved the Sports Illustrated stuff. Because it brought out the best performances and other things around the league without having to go through menus to find all the stuff, it was in a nice convenient package.

        NBA 2k does an ok job with this with the sidebar stuff but it repeats with three stories about the same thing that I end up just not even bothering with it.

        Baseball is a perfect sport and I would think the easiest to make a highlight package from but then again I am not a coder. Also would love to cut to a no-hitter going on or a replay of someone getting the game winning hit especially with division teams and they could allow the opportunity to turn it off if you wanted in the menus so it didn't have to cut away. That to me is the best way to get that immersion factor is to remind you that these other things are going and not make you search to find it and the visuals would make it more real.

        To me this is the biggest thing missing from all the franchise modes.

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        • Mike Lowe
          All Star
          • Dec 2006
          • 6304

          #19
          I asked a question in my OOTP review last year:

          What will come first? A baseball text sim that adds in modern graphics, or a baseball console game that gets the finer details for franchise mode, etc. right?

          Every year, it seems we're creeping closer and closer to the former, surprisingly...

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          • bonannogiovanni
            MVP
            • Oct 2004
            • 1339

            #20
            I don't understand how to enter a critical situation, Do you have to sim the game first from the calendar page?

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            • pagkerguy8
              Rookie
              • Jul 2004
              • 37

              #21
              if your a game company that's only worried about money money and more money....what are you gonna spend more time on a game mode where someone pays 60 bucks and that's it or a game mode where someone pays 60 bucks and then hundreds and hundreds(if not thousands and thousands) more???

              if the very near future you will be lucky to see any improvements in this game or madden now that these more profitable game modes are around

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              • @legendm0de
                Pro
                • Dec 2012
                • 764

                #22
                Re: MLB The Show 17's Offline Franchise Offers a Slight Upgrade

                Originally posted by pagkerguy8
                if your a game company that's only worried about money money and more money....what are you gonna spend more time on a game mode where someone pays 60 bucks and that's it or a game mode where someone pays 60 bucks and then hundreds and hundreds(if not thousands and thousands) more???

                if the very near future you will be lucky to see any improvements in this game or madden now that these more profitable game modes are around
                I have solution to that, make a hardcore edition of this game and instead of the solid gold steelbook edition we'll buy their hardcore 'franchise lovers' edition for top dollar.
                Red Legend

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                • 335TDC
                  Rookie
                  • Aug 2016
                  • 355

                  #23
                  I love the Show and will play it to death, exclusively in RTTS and Franchise modes, but I too am disappointed with the lack of improvements -- REAL improvements -- in Franchise mode. I like the idea of quirks, and I LOVE quick manage -- otherwise known as "multiple player lock" -- but scouting and player progression NEED to be addressed next year. It should say something that NO prospect created by the cpu will ever have a Corey Seager/Carlos Correa/Bryce Harper trajectory -- they're too damn old and progress too damn slowly. I've never gone decades deep into a 'chise, but I've heard that this ruins the player pool eventually.

                  Also, I noticed that my bank was overflowing at the end of a season, but it was wiped clean at the start of the next season -- are yearly funds use it or lose it? That would SUCK.

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                  • MakaveliLPC
                    Rookie
                    • Mar 2005
                    • 356

                    #24
                    Re: MLB The Show 17's Offline Franchise Offers a Slight Upgrade

                    My dream game is a fusion of OOTP+MLB The Show. OOTP for the General Manager side of things and The Show for gameplay side of things. Oh man, just thinking about it makes me so sad because I know we'll never have anything close to that

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                    • LikMyNutz9
                      Rookie
                      • Nov 2002
                      • 46

                      #25
                      Re: MLB The Show 17's Offline Franchise Offers a Slight Upgrade

                      I would like them to take a lot of aspects from NBA2K. Mainly the start today feature (almost a must with how long the baseball season is), customizable draft classes, and the player card that lists all of the players accomplishments (all stars, league leaders, awards, etc).


                      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                      • asu666
                        Pro
                        • Jul 2008
                        • 701

                        #26
                        I always here the development team saying they have limited resources, but then they spend them on things like Retro Mode and more ways to not actually play the game. I would prefer they spend them adding in Owner and player interactions like 2K or putting back the Owner mode features stripped out after MLB 12, like ticket prices, etc., which since 2K, Madden, and NHL implemented. Even FIFA, which is covering hundreds of teams globally, implemented a version of per game financial tracking. Cash flow is okay, but it is pretty basic.

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                        • 335TDC
                          Rookie
                          • Aug 2016
                          • 355

                          #27
                          Re: MLB The Show 17's Offline Franchise Offers a Slight Upgrade

                          Originally posted by asu666
                          ...more ways to not actually play the game...
                          Well said, my friend. A verbal judo flip of the highest quality.

                          For franchise addicts like me, it's sad but all too expected to see the dev team spend almost all its "mode efforts" on DD -- their big moneymaker. Perhaps now that we all have more ways to not play the game, the devs can address missing or substandard aspects of Franchise, like the following:

                          Finances (tickets, concessions, rebuild stadium, etc.)

                          Scouting (should be year-round, and most prospects are over-aged)

                          International Signings

                          Progression/Regression (I like how it's done in-season, but prospects MUST develop more quickly, and players who blow up should progress more)

                          Easier access to stats/analytics (especially R/L splits for batters -- seriously, have to scroll forever to the right to find these? For a sport that's stat-crazy, The Show needs to be better at this.)

                          A GM perk system like in 2K (buffs to fatigue, progression, etc.)

                          The Show is an awesome game, and in many ways the best sports title around, but Franchise is dying and needs a Cubbie-style rebuild. Who's gonna be the Theo of SDS and make us happy?

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