MLB '09: The Show Preview with Screenshots (ESPN Videogames)

[bluengold34_OS]

Wow, I have not been on here a lot lately and I just spent the last 45 minutes reading through this whole thread. I actually have to sit down and wipe the tears from from eyes. My Wife walked in and I was in the fetal position in the corner with tears of joy( she didn't understand). I hope all the guys from SCEA understand how good it feels to have things implemented, that we actually want, instead of just what they think we want. I would travel to Dayton, back to Cleveland, back to Dayton, and back to Cleveland , just to get this game early.........oh wait

Time to dust off the PS3..................and maybe retire MVP05(pc)

[dat swag]

I'm really most concerned about online play...Last year online play was extremely frustrating...If it were not for the spotty to terrible online play I would probably vote this game as best sports sim of all time...But in this day and age with Hi Def and online being so vital Sony and all companies need to do alot more to ensure that the online portion of the game is robust, playable and offering more reasons to play this game.

I'm not a dude thats gonna sit around and play a franchise by myself and stare at stats...Online and Head 2 head is what I play games for and with a buddy list of 70-80 people I know who don't act idiotic I need this game to be on point with online play

[Heisman316]

This game is going to be Crack for me on so many different levels.

[ARMORALLL]

Quote: Originally Posted by kt-od

Sorry I didn't read through this whole thread. A little overwhelming. With the addition of fans wearing weather related clothing, that must mean that weather was added. Any body know of heard if there will be retractable roofs?

I have my heart set on rain and retractable roofs atleast in the future!

[green94]

Quote: Originally Posted by kt-od

With the addition of fans wearing weather related clothing, that must mean that weather was added.

I wouldn't necessarily correlate the two.

[slyfox]

The fact sheet states an unrivaled player creator, does this mean the roster-makers won't have to jump through hoops anymore to create a new roster set? I'm sure Knight and Jim would appreciate this, as well as the rest of us.

[Crash Davis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

One thing I hope they expanded, or will eventually expand is the scouting and coaching area of the game. Major league managers and GM's rely heavily on scouts and coaches to help them sort out just what kind of players they have(this is much more true for GM's.....but if you are the MLB manager.....you really don't have a great feel for the players in the minors you might eventually get on your squad) One important aspect is the scouting reports...they are very generic and repetitive. I would really like to see your scout put a more precise opinion of that players abilities in regards to not only your system but league wide. For instance....in a scouting report you might get the lowdown on his hitting and fielding....but I would also like to know...does my scout think he's the best fielding SS in the league?.....does he consider him the 30th best? It should go something like what OOTP has now....I would request a status report on a player....if I want to see something more specific than his generic scouting report(which would always be available)...and a couple of days later I would receive the report. Obviously this would take a certain amount of time and I would be limited in just how many I could ask for at one time. Another thing I think would flesh out players is what I think of as modifiers. Player A is a above average hitter...and excellent fielder and an average baserunner. At age 24 he gets a hidden modifier of +10 to his hitting for a random amount of years which boosts him to an excellent hitter. But his viewable rating remains the same(for that year...it might increase in subsequent seasons...and the modifier would still add to that number...if it decreased..the modifier would be gone)....It would be up to you and your coaches/scouts to see that he is playing at an elevated level. Other managers/GM's/coaches would notice his elevated play at the plate and they may or may not take a chance to trade for this player, hoping to get him while he remains hot. You won't know when this modifier "expires" and the modifiers can go in both directions.....(in other words...a guy could be in a funk for a year or two and a team may look to trade him....and then he "snaps out of it" and goes back to his rating. I would limit the amount of players this would happen to in order to try and replicate that "lightning in a bottle" player you see every year. I say this....because as it stands now.....you get a player like Fernando Tatis...who kind of came out of nowhere to have a pretty plus game for the Mets.....but you would have to give him inordinate ratings to replicate this in the game. With my system...I could make Tatis a 45 power....55 contact and then give him a +15 to power and a +10 to contact as a modifier and he would play at a 60 power and 65 contact for a year...a year and a half or two years...then drop back down to his real ratings.(I'm just making up the ratings.....as an example...before someone says "Tatis should have nowhere near a 60 power) My scout might say something like "He's an average hitter, who seems to be playing above his level right now".....or something to that effect. On the scouts....we definitely need more variety in what they say about the players regardless..... M.K. Knight165

Although I can respect this request I dont agree, keep that stuff in OOTP/Front Office Manager/Baseball Mogul.
Some aspects could be a little more detailed in the show towards scouting, but it shouldnt be a main focus. Personally I'd like it alot but think about the people who just want to "play the game" this would turn them off by being overwhelmed.
Plus personally I'd rather them focus and work on other things first such as the new player models theyre working on.

However all in all its a great idea, for 09 at least i hope they made it a little easier to see players potential ratings as opposed to only having it on the back of there player cards...

[jim416]

Quote: Originally Posted by slyfox

The fact sheet states an unrivaled player creator, does this mean the roster-makers won't have to jump through hoops anymore to create a new roster set? I'm sure Knight and Jim would appreciate this, as well as the rest of us.

Man, other than the throws from SS to 2nd, this would be so great. You have no idea how much not being able to edit all the fake guys slowed us down. Unrivaled....says a lot, doesn't it?