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A Quick Look at MLB 12: The Show

10:57 AM - January 5, 2012 by RaychelSnr

While the snow might be piling up across the land (or not), things are heating up at the SCEA studios. Info regarding MLB: The Show 12 is steadily starting to trickle out day by day.

But if you are looking for wholesale changes, look elsewhere. SCEA follows a strict policy of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” This is certainly not a bad thing. Instead of trying to re-invent the wheel, we consistently see building blocks, but this isn’t to say there is no innovation.

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# 101 decga @ 01/09/12 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by thevaliantx


	The consumers and critics may have over-whelmingly backed this series for a time now, but unless SCEA added a bit of life to its product this year, and added features that improve the MOM mode, there are going to be a lot of folks heading over to 2K's product.

I think people have tried both products. I think people has given their money when both games drop. You will do that if you are baseball fan. Both games are baseball and different as h##l.

I personally bought MLB 2K two or three years ago over the Show. I quickly traded it in because I had opened it. I will never buy, download or put a MLB 2k game in my PS3....

# 102 bigDah7 @ 01/09/12 11:19 AM

.... is that the same Ramone Russell on the Rays? Nice shoes.

# 103 Knight165 @ 01/09/12 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thevaliantx


	The consumers and critics may have over-whelmingly backed this series for a time now, but unless SCEA added a bit of life to its product this year, and added features that improve the MOM mode, there are going to be a lot of folks heading over to 2K's product.

Why?
How is 2K's Manage only Mode?

M.K.
Knight165

# 104 SoxFan01605 @ 01/09/12 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by LastActionHero


	MOM players are supposedly only a handfull so I don't think 2k will be welcoming lots people from the Show.

Well that...and the fact that MoM players would probably be looking for the mode to at least exist before making a switch...lol.

# 105 Money99 @ 01/09/12 03:52 PM

How has the online Dynasty mode worked? I know a couple other guys that get The Show so it would be fun to play them in an online league.

# 106 Pared @ 01/11/12 08:45 AM

They declined last year, not the last two years. And all console sales are up due to price drops and system refreshes.

Still doesn't change my point.

# 107 Videogamenerd @ 01/15/12 01:13 PM

I am excited for this game, I really hope they've revamped the frachise mode though, its been untouched in a long time. One feature i'd like to be in the game is a pre/post game show where they talk about the game before it starts and talks about the pitching matchup and then after the game they talk about the hero of the game and even have interviews. That would be cool

# 108 Videogamenerd @ 01/15/12 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Videogamenerd


	I am excited for this game, I really hope they've revamped the frachise mode though, its been untouched in a long time. One feature i'd like to be in the game is a pre/post game show where they talk about the game before it starts and talks about the pitching matchup and then after the game they talk about the hero of the game and even have interviews. That would be cool

Oh and they should talk about a trade tht might have happened before the game or during the game. Also, they should include highlights of games that happened during the postgame.

# 109 zerothorn @ 01/16/12 04:59 PM

I'm guessing that there still isn't gonna be a NBA 2k style trade finder in Franchise mode?

# 110 derekjeter76 @ 01/21/12 02:11 PM

"This year, one of the early features we know about is Pulse Pitching, which is loosely based off of classic pitching. After selecting your pitch, and location, you then press X to start the pitch. A large X on the screen will appear and you must press X again at its smallest point. This is certainly a new and welcome take on pitching in this series."

Sounds to me to be a lot like the pitching in 2K6...

# 111 Blzer @ 01/21/12 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by derekjeter76


	"This year, one of the early features we know about is Pulse Pitching, which is loosely based off of classic pitching. After selecting your pitch, and location, you then press X to start the pitch. A large X on the screen will appear and you must press X again at its smallest point. This is certainly a new and welcome take on pitching in this series." Sounds to me to be a lot like the pitching in 2K6...

Pulse pitching is rhythmic, so it just oscillates in size from a larger circle to a smaller circle over and over, and you choose to time when you pitch it.

2K6, on the other hand, only shrinks once after slowly growing (when you're choosing how much effort you want to put on the pitch), and you have to time when it shrinks that one time. No continuous oscillation.

They're similar, but not identical.

# 112 JonahLomu @ 02/24/12 08:37 PM

seems like there could be some way to download our game stories/box scores/rosters/team stats directly to operation sports and other sites ... then it will be a complete game.

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