MLB The Show 17 Adds MLB Network with Harold Reynolds, Dan Plesac & Matt Vasgersian

[EdReedFan20]

I think it'd be neat if, before each game, they have an MLB Network studio host (maybe Greg Amsinger) doing a quick overview of the match-up and throwing things over to the broadcast team, and the broadcast team acknowledging it.

[isherdish]

The new announcers are certainly a welcome addition, but if the commentary isn't more dynamic or varied then it will get stale quickly.

I hope references to home runs that happened earlier in the game have more varied commentary as well as the highlight package at the end of the game. As it stands now the commentary in those areas is stale and repetitive.

[Impetuous65]

Quote: Originally Posted by isherdish

The new announcers are certainly a welcome addition, but if the commentary isn't more dynamic or varied then it will get stale quickly. I hope references to home runs that happened earlier in the game have more varied commentary as well as the highlight package at the end of the game. As it stands now the commentary in those areas is stale and repetitive.

NEWS FLASH!!!!

All Videogame commentary is and will become stale. It is the nature of "recording". People champion NBA 2k but they don't play franchise, if you play franchise for longer than 5 games you will know, this game suffers from what all sports games suffer from stale old repetitive lines.

There is no Holy Grail, dynamic commentary, just play and slay.

This is why I don't understand videogame makers not doing the obvious.

Make commentary around fundamentals/animations, general OSD's. Leave the stories to the story tellers.

[isherdish]

Quote: Originally Posted by Impetuous65

NEWS FLASH!!!! All Videogame commentary is and will become stale. It is the nature of "recording". People champion NBA 2k but they don't play franchise, if you play franchise for longer than 5 games you will know, this game suffers from what all sports games suffer from stale old repetitive lines. There is no Holy Grail, dynamic commentary, just play and slay. This is why I don't understand videogame makers not doing the obvious. Make commentary around fundamentals/animations, general OSD's. Leave the stories to the story tellers.

Hence the word dynamic. If it is dynamic and refers to numbers or situations that happened earlier in the game then it is less likely to get stale.

[kaptainkarl76]

Quote: Originally Posted by thaSLAB

That, and actual manned TV cameras throughout the stadium, lol.

Now that's actually a "little thing" I would love to see after all these years of no cameramen..

[Impetuous65]

Quote: Originally Posted by isherdish

Hence the word dynamic. If it is dynamic and refers to numbers or situations that happened earlier in the game then it is less likely to get stale.

Dynamic, was a sarcastic statement, there is nothing dynamic about "recording".

[Caulfield]

If dynamic is defined as constant change then maybe the only real way to replicate that in sports video games would be to have the commentary done the same way as those dynamic roster updates. Even if its paid-for DLC

[nomo17k]

Quote: Originally Posted by thaSLAB

... That, and actual manned TV cameras throughout the stadium, lol. ...

I think this is a very interesting idea... though I'm not sure .

I like the idea of being able to replay some highlights using those different (preset) camera angles and simply stitch them together to create realistic broadcast style movies.

You could try to do this with the existing camera feature but it cannot be moved off the field into the stand and also it's quite a chore to create them without using preset.