Does MLB 10: The Show Belong in the Text-Sim Hall of Fame?

[findinghomer]

not even honorable mention. Even if the show were a text sim, it would fail. Not even close. Have you played a text sim? They are unbelievably realistic and very very in depth. Closest to real baseball managemen you could get.

[NAFBUC]

The one area that The Show is lacking: STATS!!!

Until they improve the stat overlays, historical stats and boxscore, I would not even consider the text sim angle.

[Two Seamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by srudoff

Friday - How does the Show stack up against other first person shooters?

+1

[findinghomer]

Quote: Originally Posted by NAFBUC

The one area that The Show is lacking: STATS!!! Until they improve the stat overlays, historical stats and boxscore, I would not even consider the text sim angle.

totally agree. even the layout of those stats, to be presented more realistic, like sim games. but honestly since sim games are ran on CPU they have ALOT more space avail, and the fact graphics dont consume any space , text sims have tooooooons more room to add stats/ history.

i dont think a console games will ever compete to this standard. baseball video games are meant for human skill interaction, sims are based on baseball wits and knowledge. i think we are lucky console games have come as far as it has franchise wise.

[findinghomer]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwolin

Text sim presentations are just boring, just a few steps above reading a spread sheet.

depends on how you play them. try playing an ootpb online league. its very appealing. personally i even like "playing" out texts sims, but it does get a bit easy playing vs ai. but building a franchise against human owners in 10 plus years is really fun, and challenging.

[srudoff]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwolin

I dont think its such a crazy question. A combination of OOTP and MLB would be close to the perfect simulator; ?

uhhhh what part of mlb would make this combination the perfect SIMULATOR?

i think what you meant to say was that a combination of these two would make this the perfect baseball game - mlb brings nothing to the table that ootp doesn't cover and do better from a simulation stand point

[findinghomer]

Quote: Originally Posted by srudoff

uhhhh what part of mlb would make this combination the perfect SIMULATOR? i think what you meant to say was that a combination of these two would make this the perfect baseball game - mlb brings nothing to the table that ootp doesn't cover and do better from a simulation stand point

would imagaine he meant graphics/gameplay of the show , mixed with ootpb sim, progression, and stat tracking

[HiNeighbor]

I noticed a pretty glaring oddity when simming a few seasons in Franchise. In one season, I had a pitcher win the league MVP award but not the Cy Young. How would this be possible? He's the best player in the league, but not the best pitcher? This made absolutely no sense to me.