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MLB The Show: More Improvement Still Needed With Franchise Mode Menus

01:12 PM - June 29, 2014 by RaychelSnr

Let’s just get one thing out of the way: the menus in MLB 14 The Show’s franchise definitely went in the right direction from where things were previously.

I honestly just wanted to sound positive before this next paragraph which will sound less than positive.

The menus in MLB 14 The Show’s franchise mode menus are still some of the most poorly organized user interfaces you can find. Want to know how many years you have left with your all-star pitcher? That’s about 3-4 button pushes away on average from the main home screen in franchise mode. Want to know who is leading your team in batting average? That’s really not as easy to find out as it should be.

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# 21 Bobhead @ 07/07/14 11:08 PM

I actually like the core franchise menu system a heck of a lot... It's so much easier and more natural than it's ever been

I do agree about the wrong information being given on sub-screens though, especially with the lineup screen. (The roster management screen is another bad one).

Another pet peeve is that we can't use L1 or something similar, to scroll between players after opening up the player card. So if I want to see who has the higher batting avg between two players, I have to open the player card, click over to the relevant stats, then close it, and scroll to the next player, and do it again. This is an issue both in lineup management and in roster management.

Ideally I'd be able to leave the card open and still be able to cycle through my roster.

Even more ideally, the stats that matter would be on the first page, but you made that point already.

# 22 nomo17k @ 07/08/14 01:44 PM

One thing I do dislike about the new user interface in general, not specifically in franchise mode, is that the location of menu items are no longer consistent. Depending on which (sub)mode you are in, the location for the same item varies which makes it harder to browse menu.

I know it's a fad to replicate the touch-screen style UI these days, but other than things looking cooler, it hasn't really helped navigate...

# 23 Yankees3133 @ 07/08/14 04:22 PM

I agree that the lineup screen needs a major overall to be more of a one stop shop for setting your lineup without going into your player card or even having to highlight that player.

Two Changes I would like to see to the player card;

-Careers Stats with Team Affiliation!
-Average season stats

# 24 Blzer @ 07/08/14 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Yankees3133


	I agree that the lineup screen needs a major overall to be more of a one stop shop for setting your lineup without going into your player card or even having to highlight that player. Two Changes I would like to see to the player card; -Careers Stats with Team Affiliation! -Average season stats

This might be overkill, but if they took a page out of what Baseball-Reference also does including where they placed in the MVP/Cy Young voting in past years, if they were All Stars, Silver Sluggers, or Gold Glovers... would really be something special.

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