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Road To The Show is the mode for me

Posted on July 22, 2009 at 01:30 PM.

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I've had MLB 09: The Show (PS2) since release. I've played over 100 games and my winning percentage is terrible. I've tried adjusting sliders and difficulty levels and I still just can't seem to win consistently.

The biggest problems I've had is on the mound. I use meter pitching and even with my control and consistently near-max, I still find that my pitchers would leave balls over the plate or up in the zone when I was calling for a low, outside pitch and I'd hit the meter perfect. That would lead to big innings for the CPU and then lead me to start pressing at the plate to try and catch back up.

So, I've finally accepted my shortcomings and have made the transition to Road To The Show. This really is a great mode for me in a lot of ways. First and foremost is time. With my work schedule, it's sometimes tough to get in 1-2 full games a day and with no in-game save feature on the PS2, once you start a game, you better be able to finish it. With RTTS, I can zip through a week or more in the same amount of time that it would take me to finish just 1 game of Franchise.

Second, I can be much more disciplined at the plate. Since I'm only controlling my player, I can really focus in on pitches I want to swing at and not try and force the issue. Third, I don't have to pitch anymore

It's not that I minded pitching. In fact, there were plenty of games where I dominated the CPU. But overall, pitching was frustrating to me because of the lack of control. With the ball now out of my hand, I can just focus on fielding my position.

I created myself and am playing 3B for the Houston Astros. I'm in the first week of Spring Training and so far am hitting .243 with 1 HR and 3 RBIs. I'm on Veteran mode for now.

Comments

# 1 tommyboy @ Jul 22

Hey great,I am also a Mets fan and try to play sim.With all the guys injured I have turned to this mode as well.Lets sure hope the mets beat the nats tonite.

# 2 teebee @ Jul 22

RTTS is eternally broken, wasted way too much time on it this year; no continuity between seasons, kept getting sent down to minors and had to grind thru 2 months there after hitting 350 at MLB level

# 3 Yankees_CT @ Jul 22

I agree with you a 100%, not on your choice of teams, but on your assessment of RTTS. I think this is the greatest mode ever made in sports gaming especially for people with not a lot of time on their hands.