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

[Jr.]

Quote: Originally Posted by WhiteM5

Quite a few negative Nelleys posting. I get it, the Franchise players are a die-hard bunch. Most of you, like me, have been on the OS forums for a long time. You want to see some bigger leaps forward on the mode you covet. But keep in mind, for every one of you that wants interleague schedule stuff or some of the other items being brought up, there are 3 or 4 guys like me that don't really care. I enjoy the game for what it is, and not because the correct shade of turquoise is on some 8 year old alternate home jersey. To me, if the schedule is 162 games, and I have a few jerseys to pick from, I'm good. I just want great gameplay. Before you focus on what you didn't get too much, consider the following: The graphics look incredible. I have to think the stream was on a ps4 pro. Looks amazing. I didn't realize that player faces could improve the game that much, but the game does look a lot better. Grass too. Stadiums have looked good for a while, just need more camera options to show them off. :-) The ball physics got a MAJOR improvement. This alone is worth a day one purchase IMO. For guys with responsibilities or an intrusive home life, the ability to have different options to get more games/seasons completed (critical moments and quick mng) is a welcomed addition. I'm surprised more people aren't really happy with these. I'll likely be able to get through a couple of seasons and still feel like I got to have input throughout the year on games I didn't play every inning. Cleaned up menus. I am really liking what they did this year. They also fixed some stat stuff. Quirks. This seems like it's a small addition, but I like the under the hood aspect. Only mild buffs and penalties so that it doesn't take over the game in a negative way. I like it.

I definitely understand, and I know I'm going to have a blast with 17. I've played probably 200 games on 16 and am 7 years into my franchise and still enjoying it. It's more that the game is getting to a point where it's not different enough year to year with what I want to make it worth buying new.

[dutchy25]

Without reading through all the comments:

Can anyone tell me how to quickly see the pitch count in quick manage?

I honestly might use the mode but it's a lot less likely if I can't see the pitch count. I'll even take pressing a few buttons to get to it. But if I have to load up the game to see it every time then I won't be using it much. Hard to manage a bullpen when you have no idea how many pitches your starter has thrown.


Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

[douggoud]

As someone who plays a lot of franchise (and by play I mean sim and play the playoffs) I love the critical moments thing I'll feel more involved with my team. And the quirks will make playing more fun and I can make use of my bench players more, when in the past I honestly didn't care who I had on the bench.

I think I will say this, more speculation than anything but, they have a stadium artist or two or more (who knows), now that sun trust park is finished and I don't know of any new parks on the horizon. Maybe, just maybe, create a park/team will be next years or the year afters big thing, that's just me being hopeful.

That said, people that were honestly expecting that this year are crazy. If memory serves me right Ramone said that it would be about a 2 year process if they were gonna do it the proper way (I imagine this means more like adjusting dimensions like ncaa 06 and 07 and then the extra off field stuff like mvp 05, meaning nothing like we've seen before). And i think he said that last year so if anything, that'd be next year. People tend to forget this is a small team compared to the 2k group. People also forget how easy it is to make a stadium creator for a closed stadium that's dark with only 20000 seats as opposed to an open air stadium with 40000+ seats with a city often in the background. People expect unrealistic stuff in an unrealistic time frame and get mad when they don't get what they want. Unreal.

Sure, I wanted that so much this year. I've wanted it for years. But I'm not gonna get upset because it isn't in. People need to calm down honestly. There's being constructive with your criticisms and being a huge baby about it. Just my 2 cents.

Bottom line is, most people don't understand how difficult coding is. As someone who has taken coding that stuff ain't easy. Take c++ coding sometime in college, have fun.

[jw9036]

I understand the development team. But I miss MLB The Show 12 - franchise mode.

[MatrixTN]

French Fries? Keyword should've been Rally Fries!

[batflip666]

I would love more franchise stats, how much cash made in a week, month, year and monthly attendance numbers.

If thats in the game already I'm going to feel stupid, I know yearly money stats are there.

[ARoid1313]

Quote: Originally Posted by jw9036

I understand the development team. But I miss MLB The Show 12 - franchise mode.

Losing this stuff very much impacted the immersion.. really surprised and disappointed it wasn't added back this year

[My993C2]

Quote: Originally Posted by douggoud

Bottom line is, most people don't understand how difficult coding is. As someone who has taken coding that stuff ain't easy. Take c++ coding sometime in college, have fun.

LOL ... I am a seasoned 30+ year software developer presently working on a commercial auto insurance application (which has it's challenges but is likely a lot easier than coding this game would be). I have to laugh at what is written above, and at the same time I agree with it. It's true. I only laugh because of this scene from Money Ball.

I just imagine I am the guy saying "It's incredibly hard", because it is.