2024 is the worst iteration since I started playing in 2016
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I can't believe how incredibly bad it is...
Starting with the most obvious thing that impacts every single game, every single play... the new font. The new font makes nearly every number in the game illegible. I never know what speed any runner has, it looks like a blur, and that's on a 4k gaming monitor. This is the most egregious design screw up in the game, like how did something this careless and dumb happen???
Sounds effects are horrendous as well. I'm no longer able to completely mute the game with the exception of game sounds. If I do that now, I get a annoying white noise, and then I hear nothing but a ton of footsteps.
Last season finally got me to stop grinding because there was just no way I was going to do every program and mission and team affinity instead of play the game for competition and enjoyment.
Even though I bought '24, I've decided I'm going to stick with '23. The moonshot event is so much fun and I don't have to deal with facing 99 pitchers. I've got an incredible team built, the game play is excellent, I'm not grinding '24 at all.
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@a761506 said in 2024 is the worst iteration since I started playing in 2016:
Starting with the most obvious thing that impacts every single game, every single play... the new font. The new font makes nearly every number in the game illegible.
Oofff. I'll agree with you here. Every time I enter an online game, I have to squint and pray that I can see my opponent's record when it flashes on-screen for 1.5 seconds.
Also, I have to stop for a minute to think "Does that say I have 11 Standard Packs or 77?" It's always 11 though
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@MarioMendoza935 said in 2024 is the worst iteration since I started playing in 2016:
@a761506 said in 2024 is the worst iteration since I started playing in 2016:
Starting with the most obvious thing that impacts every single game, every single play... the new font. The new font makes nearly every number in the game illegible.
Oofff. I'll agree with you here. Every time I enter an online game, I have to squint and pray that I can see my opponent's record when it flashes on-screen for 1.5 seconds.
Also, I have to stop for a minute to think "Does that say I have 11 Standard Packs or 77?" It's always 11 though
11 or 77, you're still not getting a diamond lol
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Guess I shouldn't be enjoying '24.....
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Sadly, until another game developer steps in and provides some competition, SDS gets free reign to release half-a$$ed junk every year without consequence
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@a761506 there isn't no 99 pitchers in the game, you don't have to play offline to complete team affinity, you can just play online, clearly you bought the game and never played it...I do agree the white screen is annoying
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The UI is definitely a struggle, but I think gameplay’s at the best spot it’s been in years. And I’ll second the return of the power creep. It’s fun to build a squad up over time again. I look forward to Topps Now and Monthly rewards as well.
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@BJDUBBYAH oh god no, 937 moments and stat missions that puts you behind in every other program.
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@yankblan lol. Fair point. I’ll rephrase, I’m excited for the cards from those programs.
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Most of the bad things are things that they can fix.
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Please tell me you're all joking and just need glasses or something?
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The potential is there for it to be really good. I do agree about the fonts and white screens. Not sure why they went that way with so many discussions elsewhere about eye damage from staring at white and bright screens. I think a darker background would also look better. I mean, this is also coming from someone (me) that hates white-soled shoes too.
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It seems almost exactly like last years game but you can't use last seasons players you grind for in the next.
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@Brando-TheGreat1 I don’t see the comparison to ‘23. Gameplay is considerably better and there is the potential for four wild card spots as opposed to one from ‘23. What do you mean you can’t use your cards in the next season?
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@Honor_The_Game44 I'm loathe to praise '23 for anything, but being able to use set cards in the current season and the next is better than '24 having locked season cards. Yes, they said you can get up to 4 WCs, but we have no idea when you can unlock 4 (my guess is the last season) nor how they are unlocked at all.
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Agreed. Been playing since 18 and this is by far the worst one. We really need a new company. SDS has ruined baseball gaming sadly.
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@Honor_The_Game44 your one of the few people who think the abiur gameplay. It’s copy and paste from last year. It appears better because you aren’t facing 95 OVR plus pitchers to start off like last year.
Also the wildcard slots this year are obtained via the reward path. They said on the launch stream it’ll be at the end of the reward path of set 2. Considering 15,000 is the XP path, you won’t more than 1 wildcard until about the last week or 2 of the season.
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@KingJonEric I completely agree this game plays better now than it will later in the year, due to the lack of high overall cards. But I don't think I am the only person who thinks gameplay is better...actually I know I am not. It is far from copy/paste...fielder urgency is different, balls blocked by the catcher are different and more realistic, pitching is more challenging, hitting seems to provide more realistic outcomes based on PCI location and timing (I am not talking about hits/outs...but EV, launch, etc.) I guess some might not find it better, but definitely not a copy/paste.
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@crash447 ehhh I respect your opinion but I’ve read more people call it copy and paste then anything else. I also feel the same.
