Some MLB The Show 17 Franchise Mode, Critical Situations, Pave Your Path RTTS Details

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The official website has posted some MLB The Show 17 Franchise mode and Pave Your Path RTTS details. A lot of it is stuff we already know, but we should start hearing much more about the modes soon, more specifically on March 7, 9 and 14.

With that said, another livestream on Twitch is scheduled for Thursday, going over presentation and commentary improvements.

PAVE YOUR PATH IN ROAD TO THE SHOW

• For the first time, Road to The Show takes you beyond the walls of the stadium with Pave Your Path.
• Take your character on an epic odyssey through the world of a professional MLB player. Control your career and write your own Hall of Fame story both on and off the field.
• Interact with coaches, managers, representatives and more as you make off-the-field decisions that can affect your career in unpredictable ways.
• CHOOSE WISELY. Anything is possible on the Road to The Show, but nothing is promised.

FRANCHISE MODE - MORE CONTROL, LESS TIME

• Make your moves and plan your perfect strategy as you take control of an entire MLB franchise. Choose what tactics to employ and where. Take over Coaching, Player Development, and GM duties. Or easily have your staff auto manage them with the flick of a toggle.

FRANCHISE LAUNCH PAD PUTS YOU IN CONTROL OF HOW MUCH TIME YOU SPEND PLAYING AND HOW YOU RUN YOUR TEAM.

• CRITICAL SITUATIONS prompts you to take the plate in late-inning, critical situations so you have a direct effect on the standings even without playing full games. You’ll also get prompted to complete statistically significant games like hitting for the cycle or no-hitters.
• QUICK MANAGE puts you in complete control of all managerial decisions during a game, while finishing full games in a short amount of time. Jump back and forth between gameplay and Quick Manage and only play in what you decide are the most important at-bats.
• IF YOU’D PREFER TO SHUN RESPONSIBILITY AND JUST HIT SOME HOMERS, the updated Player Lock makes it easier than ever to pick a player on your team and play short Road to The Show style games in Franchise Mode.

[SilverBullet1929]

This is gonna be so good

[bcruise]

Timing is interesting....feels like we might be reaching an embargo deadline very soon (like, perhaps within hours).

I'm not a huge fan of NBA2k's career mode, but anything involving off-field stuff in The Show RTTS was long overdue.

Critical Situations sounds like Play the Moment, which was one of the better features of this year's Madden.

Curious to hear more about Franchise Launch Pad (maybe some kind of wizard for people to select a certain type of gameplay experience sim/casual etc?) and the updated player lock.

[Trackball]

Don't get me wrong, I'm hyped and preordered off Amazon, but I don't see anything in that link that we don't already know.

Especially for that whole Pave Your Path thing.

...By the way, surely I'm not the only one that keeps thinking of that old heavy metal tune "Bang Your Head" with that name, am I?

[MetsFan16]

That sounds awesome. RTTS sounds cool, I'm curious to know how in depth it goes. I'm hoping it's not just Manager Interactions with cut scenes tied to them.

Critical Moments sound like a great addition. I've said in previous threads, and it sounds like I was correct. This is a feature where if you are simulating a game in franchise and a big moment arises, for example 9th inning down a run with men on base, it gives you a notification and you can play that situation. If a big moment does not happen during that game, it simply simulates the whole game.

This adds a lot to the mode because even when you play every game for a team, you only get 10-15 walk-off situations a year. And if you simulate games you easy simulate these moments all the time.

And unless you play all 162 for all 30 teams you miss out on a lot of fun, intense situations.

With this feature, I hope it applies to all the teams you control. So if you do 30-team Franchise you get critical moments for all of these teams.

It acts like an MLB Tonight broadcast. During MLB Tonight on MLBN(the new presentation package) they drop you into all big moments during a night of real MLB baseball. And show highlights of all big moments that happen throughout the night. It's a great way to get all the action of the MLB in one show.

I love what this could bring!


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[Mitchrapp]

Quote: Originally Posted by bcruise

Timing is interesting....feels like we might be reaching an embargo deadline very soon (like, perhaps within hours). I'm not a huge fan of NBA2k's career mode, but anything involving off-field stuff in The Show RTTS was long overdue. Critical Situations sounds like Play the Moment, which was one of the better features of this year's Madden. Curious to hear more about Franchise Launch Pad (maybe some kind of wizard for people to select a certain type of gameplay experience sim/casual etc?) and the updated player lock.

I hate NBA2K career mode. I don't really need a story mode but I hope it's not similar to NBA2K, where they basically lock you into one life and one personality.

[zman2392]

Quote: Originally Posted by MetsFan16

That sounds awesome. RTTS sounds cool, I'm curious to know how in depth it goes. I'm hoping it's not just Manager Interactions with cut scenes tied to them. Critical Moments sound like a great addition. I've said in previous threads, and it sounds like I was correct. This is a feature where if you are simulating a game in franchise and a big moment arises, for example 9th inning down a run with men on base, it gives you a notification and you can play that situation. If a big moment does not happen during that game, it simply simulates the whole game. This adds a lot to the mode because even when you play every game for a team, you only get 10-15 walk-off situations a year. And if you simulate games you easy simulate these moments all the time. And unless you play all 162 for all 30 teams you miss out on a lot of fun, intense situations. With this feature, I hope it applies to all the teams you control. So if you do 30-team Franchise you get critical moments for all of these teams. It acts like an MLB Tonight broadcast. During MLB Tonight on MLBN(the new presentation package) they drop you into all big moments during a night of real MLB baseball. And show highlights of all big moments that happen throughout the night. It's a great way to get all the action of the MLB in one show. I love what this could bring! Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

Cool thoughts! I personally hope critical moments works for AAA and AA games. I play all MLB games but never minor league games for my franchist team. If I could be thrust in to important AAA and AA moments I would play these as well. This would be awesome with OFSM. Then I would get to use all the awesome prospects!

[MetsFan16]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mitchrapp

I hate NBA2K career mode. I don't really need a story mode but I hope it's not similar to NBA2K, where they basically lock you into one life and one personality.

I agree the NBA 2K career mode is the same storyline for every player. From what they've said about RTTS PYP, it isn't the same for every player. Your decisions take you down a different storyline. Which is definitely a big deal. Off the field stuff has been missing in RTTS for a long time.