01:13 PM - December 14, 2012 by thaSLAB
Kotaku's Owen Good has posted his hands-on impressions of Beginner Mode in MLB 13 The Show. After reading his article, let us know what you think about the mode.
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01:13 PM - December 14, 2012 by thaSLABKotaku's Owen Good has posted his hands-on impressions of Beginner Mode in MLB 13 The Show. After reading his article, let us know what you think about the mode.
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M.K.
Knight165
Not funny, but the Show should have alot of new players to the series this year. Its the only MLB baseball video game in the country.
Beginner's mode...for whom? People in Yugoslavia who have no idea what baseball is? See the ball, hit the ball. What else do you need?
I would first recommend it to all the people who complain that the game sucks because "hitting is too hard"
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Just don't see this being necessary. Resources that could've been used elsewhere to improve the game.
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If someone still can't hit after dropping difficulty and pitch speed to the lowest setting then they shouldn't be playing a simulation baseball game. The only problem I can attribute to a lack of hitting skill is pitch recognition, but that becomes irrelevant when pitch speed is lowered. There's also a practice mode already, which seems more practical to me than an a separate beginner's mode.
If SCEA wanted to incorporate some kind of tutorial, how about an advanced tutorial that helps beginners become familiar with the more complicated processes of the game, like when to shift, hit and run, substitute, throw certain pitches, etc? One of the ideas floated around here was an ultimate practice mode where the user could enter any kind of baseball scenario and work on it. Coupling that with something simple like a text-based tutorial seems like it would be far more helpful IMO.
If SCEA wanted to incorporate some kind of tutorial, how about an advanced tutorial that helps beginners become familiar with the more complicated processes of the game, like when to shift, hit and run, substitute, throw certain pitches, etc? One of the ideas floated around here was an ultimate practice mode where the user could enter any kind of baseball scenario and work on it. Coupling that with something simple like a text-based tutorial seems like it would be far more helpful IMO.
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sydrogerdavid @ 12/14/12 03:45 PM
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LastActionHero @ 12/14/12 03:59 PM
Although not for us die hard show players I think it's good thing.
Imagine all those mlb2k players that have to get the hang of everything in this game next year!
Imagine all those mlb2k players that have to get the hang of everything in this game next year!
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PsychoBulk @ 12/14/12 05:05 PM
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The most common complaint i see every March when the game hits stores is exactly that, hitting is too hard, and yes, if you are a newcomer to this game, it will be.
Learning to hit in The Show is something that takes a lot of time and patience, and its never truly mastered, so anything SCEA can do to help newbs get to grips with the series and hopefully stick with it is, in my book, a good idea.
No word on that new lighting engine that was promised for 2013? Last year they postponed it due to Vita release.
Hitting is pitch recognition and patience. Takes years of experience to develop it. The Show separates those that have put in the time, from those who have not. Hand and eye coordination come in handy too, but the mental game separates the men from the boys.
Hitting is pitch recognition and patience. Takes years of experience to develop it. The Show separates those that have put in the time, from those who have not. Hand and eye coordination come in handy too, but the mental game separates the men from the boys.
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M.K.
Knight165
I have no problem with this feature being added. I personally will not use it at all. However, I know from experience that in the beginning this game can be incredibly difficult. Think about when any of us first started playing video games. I was about 6 or 7 with the first Nintendo then got a Playstation when I was 8. No way in hell I could ever play The Show at 8 years old. I was lucky enough to be good at Triple Play 97 and NHL 98. The Show can't just cater to us hardcore baseball guys. They now have to think about catering a little bit to a younger population because it's the only baseball game on the market and they have the potential to make a lot of money because of it. They need to jump on the opportunity. Does this mean the game will become less sim? Not at all. Does it mean they can add a mode for beginners to get a feel for things? Ya for sure. They aren't ruining the game because of it. In fact this may be great for everyone because if it attracts even 100 more people to the game, that means more money that can be put into the development of it.
Also as far as this mode being a waste of time, that can't really be said without knowing what goes on inside the development. They have different department inside who work on different things. It's not like all of the developers dropped what they were doing and began working on this beginner mode. It's just like any other company that has a financing department, development department, HR department, etc. Obviously The Show's departments are different. People tend to forget about things like this.
Also as far as this mode being a waste of time, that can't really be said without knowing what goes on inside the development. They have different department inside who work on different things. It's not like all of the developers dropped what they were doing and began working on this beginner mode. It's just like any other company that has a financing department, development department, HR department, etc. Obviously The Show's departments are different. People tend to forget about things like this.
Reading the article, I still don't get the reason behind this. Even the author doubts it's inclusion. From his description, it sounds to me like handholding combined with the batting practice mode that's already in the game. In fact, I hope it doesn't actually replace it and remove the batting/pitching practice modes that already exist.
In short, I don't think there was really a need for this. You need help with hitting? Then goto batting practice and work it out there. This sounds more like some marketing weenie dictating what gets put into a game rather than sound judgement.
In short, I don't think there was really a need for this. You need help with hitting? Then goto batting practice and work it out there. This sounds more like some marketing weenie dictating what gets put into a game rather than sound judgement.
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That "marketing weenie" was a minor league baseball player.....and is the senior producer of the game.
I'm not sure why you can't wrap your head around the fact that most NEW players to the game say the hitting is too hard.
This was added to help newcomers and hopefully KEEP those newcomers playing the game(as they get better like all of you guys responding about this)...you know in order to grow the user base for the game.
This isn't an entirely new mode...but a new level of difficulty for the game.
Yikes.
M.K.
Knight165
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