MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

[WillGio]

Quote: Originally Posted by bcruise

Have to admit I was a bit disappointed with the direction that stream took. I know they had to show off their new features but I was hoping we'd get more of the obscure, smaller things that the videos earlier in the week didn't cover. The closest we got to that was the PCI size comparison on Player quirks (which was nice to see, granted - it was something I was curious about and it's good we'll be able to see the difference in-game).

Dude I'm worried there aren't any differences. They bankrupted their resources on graphics and RTTS, and completely said "screw it" to Franchise mode. If they made changes to AI team trading/signings, in-season extensions, player progression, ect., their headline for their stream would be "In-depth look at GM/Team AI overhaul as rival organizations attempt to outwit and outplay your franchise"...

Something tells me the mode is nothing but Quirks with a couple knew game progression features.

[I3RIS3H]

Quote: Originally Posted by extremeskins04

Anyone know if mid-season contract extensions have been put in?

I am going to say with 99% certainty the answer is no.

[extremeskins04]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayD

From the looks of it, no.

Ugh I just don't understand.

[tessl]

I'm disappointed create-a-team wasn't included in franchise but I do like what they have added to the game this year and plan to play the heck out of it.

Quirks were better explained although there are still questions.

Only some quirks impact attributes, others are simply a visual display of what the attributes reflect.

Examples of those which impact attributes are guys who hit better home/road and guys who hit better day/night. And, importantly, a guy who gets a boost during day game will get an accompanying decline in night games. That should keep the game balanced.

Something I wonder about is guys who play better 9th inning or later - do they play worse prior to the 9th inning? Also there is a quirk for guys who hit better with men on base - is that already in the game with clutch rating or do they get a boost in attributes with men on base and an accompanying decline with bases empty?

Different topic - graphics are phenomenal. Players look the real guy is standing there.

Overall I like the changes but I'm disappointed create-a-team didn't make it into franchise.

[underdog13]

Quote: Originally Posted by underdog13

Did they touch at all on player progression? I missed some parts Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

I skimmed back through, didn't see anything.

I'm not really sure how they could not touch player progression, I'm sure they have their reasons though.

This feels a lot like Madden 2011 ... maybe worse as I like this series more.

[WillGio]

Quote: Originally Posted by extremeskins04

Ugh I just don't understand.

Right? If their focus is on letting the player build, contend and sustain their franchise that they've grown, why not let them lock players into deals to build a core?? Unrealistic for it to be out. Instead of us having a chance to extend a 27 year old Anchor for our team, or an All-Star leadoff hitter, you must wait til the 5 day grace period or whatever after the Postseason, and that can be a crapshoot if it's a player like Machado, Harper, Syndegaard, DeGrom ect.

[Russell_SCEA]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayD

Wooooooooow. Thats a massive disappointment. How has this not been addressed?

Because it's astronomically difficult, again we are a small dev team relative to other sports titles. We have one programmer for Franchise mode 1. And he's amazing but its one body.

The first thing we looked at this cycle back in April of last year for franchise mode was rotating schedules I want this feature, Luis, wants this feature Daniel the programmer wants this feature.

He looked at the code and told us we can't do this in 8 months it's too much code, too risky, and that would be the only thing we got. So we choose to work on Quick manage and critical situations. We love these features, our SVT wants these features and they took all 8 months to implement correctly.

Nothing is as easy as it might seem on the outside.

[ArchitectsMetalcore]

A lot of you need to remember that the casual base makes up more than the "hardcore" player base. They will always shift towards the former because it makes them more money. No different from them focusing on DD more because it makes them more money and casuals would rather collect cards than manage budgets.