MLB 11 The Show Hands-On Preview - Major Overhaul in RttS Mode (GameInformer)

[Hapshoops32]

Very psyched about the RTTS overhaul... I've never been a big fan of the goals system... especially because some of them are either silly - or get in the way of playing the game. One thing I also hope they fix/change - the baserunning system! I didn't play MLB 10 at all... but in 09 - A. it was too easy to get picked off or caught stealing (even after I got my guy to be a 99 speed), and B. trying to run after the ball was hit was very frustrating - half the time, i'd end up going back towards the base first. The controls for running shouldn't change based on a vantage point - advancing to the next base should always be one direction, and going back to the base should be the other direction - Always! It gets too confusing otherwise - and you end up going back to a base when you don't mean to.

[ripwalk]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA

If you want to create a powerful player who is fast crank up the power and speed sliders. The slider sets are just how your player starts out once your in the mode you can dump points into any category. You can't make a monster in the first year.

I thought power and speed were on one slider, where you can either move your player towards being faster or stronger, but it will be at the expense of the other? That's not the case? They aren't tied together?

[jpup]

Hope they add the ability to add your own face into the game using the PSEye. That would certainly make the mode much more enjoyable.

[metal134]

Quote: Originally Posted by ripwalk

I thought power and speed were on one slider, where you can either move your player towards being faster or stronger, but it will be at the expense of the other? That's not the case? They aren't tied together?

I could be wrong, but I think the means the gameplay sliders.

[Lewis160]

So this mean that for example if i create a pitcher i wont need to upgrade his batting abilities and it will just show pitching attributes or its something different?

[Jdurg]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hapshoops32

Very psyched about the RTTS overhaul... I've never been a big fan of the goals system... especially because some of them are either silly - or get in the way of playing the game. One thing I also hope they fix/change - the baserunning system! I didn't play MLB 10 at all... but in 09 - A. it was too easy to get picked off or caught stealing (even after I got my guy to be a 99 speed), and B. trying to run after the ball was hit was very frustrating - half the time, i'd end up going back towards the base first. The controls for running shouldn't change based on a vantage point - advancing to the next base should always be one direction, and going back to the base should be the other direction - Always! It gets too confusing otherwise - and you end up going back to a base when you don't mean to.

I agree! I hate how easy it has been to be picked off in the past couple of games, as well as the suddenly changing directions just because the camera angle changed. We should be able to have the option to keep the baserunning controls static regardless of the camera angle.

Another thing I'd like them to do is get rid of the "Only show the signs once in your career and that's it." When you are traded to a new team, or are called up to a new level, there should be an out-of-game menu that shows you what the signs are. Too many times last year I would get penalized because they would flash the signs but I had simmed a few games earlier where they showed what the signs were. As a result, I failed those goals and it hurt my progress.

[Yankees_CT]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpup

Hope they add the ability to add your own face into the game using the PSEye. That would certainly make the mode much more enjoyable.

I think this is a great idea, I would definitely second this.

[Russell_SCEA]

Quote: Originally Posted by ripwalk

I thought power and speed were on one slider, where you can either move your player towards being faster or stronger, but it will be at the expense of the other? That's not the case? They aren't tied together?

The sliders for position players are speed vs. strength, power vs. contact, and glove vs. arm.