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MLB The Show 17 Franchise Improvements Include Player Lock, Quick Manage & More

  10:04 AM - March 6, 2017 by Steve_OS

GameStop has just posted another MLB The Show 17 video. This one features some of the improvements in Franchise mode, including more details on Critical Situations, player lock, quick manage and more.

More details will be revealed in the vlog scheduled for tomorrow and the Twitch stream on Thursday.

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# 81 JohnDoe8865 @ 03/06/17 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Bullit
One thing I just noticed that makes me a little more than anxious. I noticed on the menu it listed the choices of how to play a game. It listed a play full game as 45 minutes? IF they have taken out so much of the "little things" that a full game with Broadcast presentation takes only 45 minutes to complete, I don't think I will be happy.

This is the first time I have ever said something like this, and I will wait until tomorrow and Thursday to form an opinion. But this could be a deal breaker for me even with all of the new stuff added. I don't want or need a quicker gameplay experience.

I made an earlier post along the lines of this concern of the game becoming to fast play for the masses. I was hoping we had a few more years before it became an issue for me. Well I will just cross my fingers and hope it all turns out well.
Completely agree. Having that much presentation and ambient time cut away to speed up the game would be one of the extremely few things that would be a deal-breaker for me too.

I want at-least the option to play a full two-hour game on my console if I want to. It's great to include options for people to speed up the game, but don't take away my option to play every second of a long, drawn out, full baseball game with full batter walk-ups, between pitch animations, foul ball tracking, etc.

I honestly don't think they'd do that to the sim community but I'll await Thursday as you do for clarification.
 
# 82 Russell_SCEA @ 03/06/17 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnDoe8865
Completely agree. Having that much presentation and ambient time cut away to speed up the game would be one of the extremely few things that would be a deal-breaker for me too.

I want at-least the option to play a full two-hour game on my console if I want to. It's great to include options for people to speed up the game, but don't take away my option to play every second of a long, drawn out, full baseball game with full batter walk-ups, between pitch animations, foul ball tracking, etc.

I honestly don't think they'd do that to the sim community but I'll await Thursday as you do for clarification.

Nothings been cut from Broadcast presentation everything is there. We default the game to Hybrid like last year hence the 45 minute or so avg. base time for completion.
 
# 83 JohnDoe8865 @ 03/06/17 04:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA
Nothings been cut from Broadcast presentation everything is there. We default the game to Hybrid like last year hence the 45 minute or so avg. base time for completion.
Thank you for the clarification Ramone. I know you didn't have to reply at all so it is much appreciated.

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# 84 ShowTyme15 @ 03/06/17 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA
Nothings been cut from Broadcast presentation everything is there. We default the game to Hybrid like last year hence the 45 minute or so avg. base time for completion.
Cleared that right up.
 
# 85 jw9036 @ 03/06/17 05:02 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bullit
One thing I just noticed that makes me a little more than anxious. I noticed on the menu it listed the choices of how to play a game. It listed a play full game as 45 minutes? IF they have taken out so much of the "little things" that a full game with Broadcast presentation takes only 45 minutes to complete, I don't think I will be happy.

This is the first time I have ever said something like this, and I will wait until tomorrow and Thursday to form an opinion. But this could be a deal breaker for me even with all of the new stuff added. I don't want or need a quicker gameplay experience.

I made an earlier post along the lines of this concern of the game becoming to fast play for the masses. I was hoping we had a few more years before it became an issue for me. Well I will just cross my fingers and hope it all turns out well.
I am worried too. I like MLB The Show but it's terrible to cut away some game scenes for quick play. Various options please, SDS~~
1. Broadcast Mode (Full Game - No Cut Away)
2. Hybrid Mode (1hour)
3. Fast Play Mode (30 ~ 45 minutes)
 
# 86 ShowTyme15 @ 03/06/17 05:03 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jw9036
I am worried too. I like MLB The Show but it's terrible to cut away some game scenes for quick play. Various options please, SDS~~
1. Broadcast Mode (Full Game - No Cut Away)
2. Hybrid Mode (1hour)
3. Fast Play Mode (30 ~ 45 minutes)
Look 3 posts above.
 
# 87 bcruise @ 03/06/17 05:04 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jw9036
I am worried too. I like MLB The Show but it's terrible to cut away some game scenes for quick play. Various options please, SDS~~
1. Broadcast Mode (Full Game - No Cut Away)
2. Hybrid Mode (1hour)
3. Fast Play Mode (30 ~ 45 minutes)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA
Nothings been cut from Broadcast presentation everything is there. We default the game to Hybrid like last year hence the 45 minute or so avg. base time for completion.
Stop worrying.
 
# 88 PVarck31 @ 03/06/17 05:04 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jw9036
I am worried too. I like MLB The Show but it's terrible to cut away some game scenes for quick play. Various options please, SDS~~
1. Broadcast Mode (Full Game - No Cut Away)
2. Hybrid Mode (1hour)
3. Fast Play Mode (30 ~ 45 minutes)
Nothing is changing. Ramone just confirmed it a few posts ago.
 
# 89 Rocket32 @ 03/06/17 05:04 PM
While I'm sure theirs more to come this video was definitely disappointing. Obviously I didn't expect them to come out and spill all the franchise mode improvements/info today before the stream but I did expect at least one notable thing to be in the video which would leave me excited to hear more on the stream on Thursday. Not that I'm not already excited for the stream, hopefully you guys get what I mean.


This is probably the only sports game where the dev team has never left me disappointed at all. Every year the improvements are great and easily warrant a yearly purchase for reasons other then roster and rating updates. Don't expect them to disappoint with franchise this year either. I'm confident theirs many good things to come but I just expected a bit more from this video.
 
# 90 jeffy777 @ 03/06/17 05:11 PM
As someone who usually plays a few then sims a few, I love the new additions. I've always wanted something like Quick Manage so I didn't have to sim. Critical Situations makes it even better.
 
# 91 Bullit @ 03/06/17 05:12 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA
Nothings been cut from Broadcast presentation everything is there. We default the game to Hybrid like last year hence the 45 minute or so avg. base time for completion.


Thank you sir!
 
# 92 jw9036 @ 03/06/17 05:15 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ShowTyme15
Look 3 posts above.
Sorry, i missed it!! Ramone, thanks~~~
 
# 93 RLB @ 03/06/17 05:19 PM
I am one of those every pitch of every game type guys......including spring training. I do however think there will be some real value in the ability to use the situational play in some minor league games. Also, I think they have made the screens ( the ones I have seen ) much easier to read, big cudo for that. Improved ball physics and a sense of urgency was greatly needed and has been addressed as well....fantastic. Now if the wall signage as far as dimensions are correct it will be awesome.
 
# 94 batflip666 @ 03/06/17 05:19 PM
Honestly they sold me with the ball physics vid, I'd love to be able to build a new stadium in franchise but its not a must.
 
# 95 Lovesports @ 03/06/17 05:36 PM
That's it???
 
# 96 Lovesports @ 03/06/17 05:38 PM
As someone who who only plays franchise mode...I'd be lying if I said I wasn't terribly disappointed
 
# 97 Caulfield @ 03/06/17 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Lovesports
As someone who who only plays franchise mode...I'd be lying if I said I wasn't terribly disappointed
That was just put out by gamestop, I'm sure they are under embargo and can only reveal so much. That was just really an appateaser, the official meat and potato still yet to come.
 
# 98 jada855 @ 03/06/17 05:47 PM



Based on the previous post confirming that the presentation modes affect the average time(s) to complete a option.

I think the screen from Monday's Game Stop video is the replacement UI to this screen from MLB 16 before you start the game.

Hopefully this is the case and if I choose broad cast as my presentation option. I get to play a full 2hr+ broad cast presentation/season with a player locked from the start of a game! Hopefully!
 
# 99 lil_bomber_713 @ 03/06/17 05:47 PM
Will Keuchel's Korner still work with a created player? I know his last name isn't among the names in the audio-available ones. Have new names been added to that?

It would also be nice to be able to use a first name for a last name or last name for a first name. I hate that a name is available but I can't use it. Also, being able hyphenate name would help. Then I could have Gary Guy-Eddy as the audio.
 
# 100 Ronoko @ 03/06/17 05:50 PM
The problem is the game like many others these days has a multiple of modes. Franchise is not the "main" mode that it used to be- they clearly spent a lot of time on diamond dynasty and in past years they focused more on Road to the Show. They are due to put their focus on franchise soon but doesn't seem like it will be this year. With so many popular modes though- it's difficult to make big changes in all of them in one year.
 


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