R.B.I. Baseball 14 Announced For Current and Next-Gen Consoles, Mobile Devices Too

[THESHAMISASHAME]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheMatrix31

Here's hoping this game is simple and fun as hell. Sports games have gotten way too complicate in recent years. Haven't bothered playing them in a while. Just too overwhelming.

Exactly !!! alot of sports games try to mimic a sport to the T and while it can be accurate its little to no fun as theres no true interaction at key times as the AI/programming overrides things to force a sim like result so at that point why even play ?

[Motown]

Quote: Originally Posted by THESHAMISASHAME

Exactly !!! alot of sports games try to mimic a sport to the T and while it can be accurate its little to no fun as theres no true interaction at key times as the AI/programming overrides things to force a sim like result so at that point why even play ?

Most people prefer Sim over Arcade tho...& I'm one of 'em

[lhslancers]

I don't really need 2 baseball games do I?

[Will I Am]

Quote: Originally Posted by THESHAMISASHAME

Exactly !!! alot of sports games try to mimic a sport to the T and while it can be accurate its little to no fun as theres no true interaction at key times as the AI/programming overrides things to force a sim like result so at that point why even play ?

I hear you. I like to actually control the onscreen action. PYS is perfect in this regard! Here's to hoping RBI has some of that!

[boomhauertjs]

Quote: Originally Posted by falcons2003

Ya time can be a factor in games, especially if you don't have alot of video game time to play. One of the things I really liked about the High Heat console series and the PowerPro / Bobblehead series, was the ability to play a very good game of realistic baseball in around 25 mins.

Agree 100%.

[fistofrage]

All this sim talk has me a bit confused. If you want a true sim, you are going to have to play OOTP or text base because otherwise results are going to be dependent on the players skill. Or sim would be a 1 button mechanism for pitching and hitting where the results were determined by the players actual stats and ability.

I think a baseball game is the easiest video game sport to get realistic results in and play sim. From my experience, It really comes down to can the pitchers walk batters while trying to throw strikes, outfielders can't get to every ball, the power/homerun frequency where it needs to be, the stats fall in line.

The original RBI baseball for the NES, my friends and I played the heck out of it. I remember we had a tournament amongst all of our friends and the finals it was the Astros beat the Cardinals 1-0. There were some blowouts along the way and some other lower scoring games. I'll always remember the final game(which I was just a spectator at that point) because the ball appeared to go through the wall instead of over and it was a highly contested incident. But that being said, the stats at the end of the day seemed sim.

If RBI baseball has fun gameplay and the season stats are relatively decent that will be fine with me. I just want a fun game to play where running the bases isn't over complicated and pitchers actual pitch to their ability(meaning walk batters when actually trying to throw strikes for the mediocre pitchers.)

[THESHAMISASHAME]

Quote: Originally Posted by Motown

Most people prefer Sim over Arcade tho...& I'm one of 'em

Me too but I rather play then just watch something sim unfold I have little say in I mean or why even play right ? unless your just a watcher try mom

Quote: Originally Posted by Will I Am

I hear you. I like to actually control the onscreen action. PYS is perfect in this regard! Here's to hoping RBI has some of that!

Yes I heard great things about it but we will know soon enough about RBI 14 and even if not hard core sim it can still be great fun without being arcade y I hope .

[pistolpete]

Anything new will be good enough for me. 2k has turned into into a disaster, and the Show has been the same thing over and over for a while now.