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[Twigg4075]

Quote: Originally Posted by thelounger456

At the half way point with 81 games played. Here is where some starts are at currently - focusing on those that are a bit out of whack to see if it matches up with anyone's findings since I am just a sample size of one. Batting Average - after struggling with hitting I have gotten better and Votto is on a roll. He is now hitting .338 leading the majors. A good number to be leading the majors at. However only one other player - Bryce Harper is batting over .300 and he is hitting .308. Everyone else is below .300 and only 41 players are hitting over .250. Seems the CPU had as much trouble hitting as I did. I would except about 100 guys to be hitting over .250 HR - Votto in his hot streak has his HRs up to 15. Again a decent number for him but he is leading the majors 2 clear of Mike Trout and Chris Owings (bit of a surprise) with 13. So at least in my season HR are a bit too few. Triples - Votto leading the way again with a whopping 3. Dee Gordon has 3 as well 2 of which I know he hit against me. Other than Gordon any other player with 2 is on my team. 6 non-Reds are the only other players to have hit 1 triple through 81 games Doubles - Billy Burns has a good number of 24 but a drop of from him to a group at 17/16 OPS Votto dominating with a .900 no one else is above .800 Not a surprise with the low XBH stats so far from all teams. Pitching - I am dominating with the Reds staff so I throw most of their odd numbers out. I will probably finish this season out on medium then increase to hard if I run another one so I don't have the top ERA and WHIP guys from my below average starters. One thing is Lance Lynn is on pace for 90 relief appearances 240 Ks and 260 innings. He seems to be the only really odd one in terms of innings

Hitting seems to be way low compared to last year. I'm not buying the whole "you need to hit the sweet part of the bat" stuff. There are tons of times where I get great contact on the meat of the bat only to get a soft dribbler or a weak pop up to the infield. There is a significant change from last years game as far as hitting and I don't think it's for the better. RBI is an arcade style baseball game. I had no issues with a few of my players hitting over .400 and one having 50 RBI on my 51 game season (or how ever many games it was). I'm using the Orioles and they are full of sluggers. Through about 10 games in my 162-game season I have a total of 4 homeruns. That's crazy. And it's not like anyone can use the "you're just out of practice" excuse. I literally went from finishing my season in RBI '15 one minute to playing a few Exhibition games in '16 and then starting a season. I've only had one game where there was a good amount of scoring. The rest have been 4-0 (CPU), 3-1, 2-0, 2-1 type games. It's like they were trying to get more 'realistic' this year but in turn just made it really boring by seriously nerfing the hitting.

Overall though, I'm still enjoying the game quite a bit. I'm just really bummed about the lack of offense. I really enjoyed '15 but just felt some glitches and quirks needed to be fixed.

[Twigg4075]

Quote: Originally Posted by kac

Quick fun game my only issue is i cant judge were the ball is going when its hit in the outfield. Sent from my LGMS631 using Tapatalk

Do you have the static target on? There really shouldn't be any issues with the fielding whatsoever if that is on.

[MLBGames]

Quote: Originally Posted by donkeydrop

Playing on Xbox One and the game freezes during the All Star game; you can't sim the All Star game either so my season is dead. The game had the same issue last year although this time it freezes in the middle of the 1st after the AL bats and before NL bats.

Sorry to hear you encountered this issue. It was a problem with 16-man rosters in the roster update (only affected ASG in Classic 16 Season mode). If you download the latest roster update, this problem is fixed. But unfortunately you will need to restart your Season with the new roster.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Twigg4075

Hitting seems to be way low compared to last year. I'm not buying the whole "you need to hit the sweet part of the bat" stuff. There are tons of times where I get great contact on the meat of the bat only to get a soft dribbler or a weak pop up to the infield. There is a significant change from last years game as far as hitting and I don't think it's for the better. RBI is an arcade style baseball game. I had no issues with a few of my players hitting over .400 and one having 50 RBI on my 51 game season (or how ever many games it was). I'm using the Orioles and they are full of sluggers. Through about 10 games in my 162-game season I have a total of 4 homeruns. That's crazy. And it's not like anyone can use the "you're just out of practice" excuse. I literally went from finishing my season in RBI '15 one minute to playing a few Exhibition games in '16 and then starting a season. I've only had one game where there was a good amount of scoring. The rest have been 4-0 (CPU), 3-1, 2-0, 2-1 type games. It's like they were trying to get more 'realistic' this year but in turn just made it really boring by seriously nerfing the hitting. Overall though, I'm still enjoying the game quite a bit. I'm just really bummed about the lack of offense. I really enjoyed '15 but just felt some glitches and quirks needed to be fixed.

I understand what you are saying and agree somewhat with my experiences so far, but wouldn't adding more hitting make it more arcade? RBI is trying to recreate what the game was 20 years ago, a 20 minute in and out game.

My first game of the season and I went into extra innings and won 1-0 on two consecutive singles and a gapper. Those are more exciting games to me than 9-5 games.

Just my opinion, my heart was racing in that first game.

To each their own.

[Twigg4075]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I understand what you are saying and agree somewhat with my experiences so far, but wouldn't adding more hitting make it more arcade? RBI is trying to recreate what the game was 20 years ago, a 20 minute in and out game. My first game of the season and I went into extra innings and won 1-0 on two consecutive singles and a gapper. Those are more exciting games to me than 9-5 games. Just my opinion, my heart was racing in that first game. To each their own.

I was getting through games on '15 in 20-25 mins and there were way more hits, runs, etc. It was still a challenge and it came down to the wire as far as qualifying for the playoffs, so it wasn't like it was overly easily just because of the increased offense. Are 1-0 games that end in extra innings exciting? Sure, they can be. But games like that are exceptions, not the rule in MLB.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Twigg4075

I was getting through games on '15 in 20-25 mins and there were way more hits, runs, etc. It was still a challenge and it came down to the wire as far as qualifying for the playoffs, so it wasn't like it was overly easily just because of the increased offense. Are 1-0 games that end in extra innings exciting? Sure, they can be. But games like that are exceptions, not the rule in MLB.

I get that, but RBI has never laid claims as being a sim baseball game like TheShow. It's a replica of the same game that came out 20 years ago on the Nintendo system, and back then, it was a 20 minute fun arcade game.

1-0 games are exciting if you are on the winning end.

For me, it's a great 20 minute escape.

[Twigg4075]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I get that, but RBI has never laid claims as being a sim baseball game like TheShow. It's a replica of the same game that came out 20 years ago on the Nintendo system, and back then, it was a 20 minute fun arcade game. 1-0 games are exciting if you are on the winning end. For me, it's a great 20 minute escape.

I fully realize that, which is why I enjoy it so much, and why I think it was much better last year as far as offense was concerned. Scoring a total of ONE run in extra innings is far from an 'arcade' experience.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Twigg4075

I fully realize that, which is why I enjoy it so much, and why I think it was much better last year as far as offense was concerned. Scoring a total of ONE run in extra innings is far from an 'arcade' experience.

It's also a one game sample size.

As I mentioned above, to each their own.