RTTS speedrun
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Decided to reinstall TS21 to get the platinum trophy to keep the streak alive (since TS17). Managed to start an RTTS and make it to the majors in under an hour to get the Welcome to the Show trophy. Gotta be some kind of record
Incidentally, my 2021 PlayStation wrap up showed 100 hours of TS21 time (more than half of which would have been idle menu time). Down from 800 or so for each of the last five games. Hopefully 22 will turn that around.
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I remember the sharp disappointment I felt when I first played this trashed mode. I realized so many good features were taken away from RTTS either because of the DD/Ballplayer being shoved inelegantly into the game mode or the poorly implemented two-way player thing.
(what do you mean no multiple characters, why can I choose my starting pitches only once, why is Ballplayer so bad, why is equipment resetting/not working at all, why are there so many archetypes that seem so similiar but almost none of them have any good combination of perks at their primary to get to a 99 ovr, why is the knuckleball gone, where are my recorded stats for every game oh they took that out, why is progression so crappy and forced online in a singleplayer mode especially when the servers are this terrible thanks SDS, why does the manager keep asking me multiple times every year if I want to pitch/hit no I don't want to be a two-way player I haven't for the past five seasons so stop asking, where did the notification emails go to say you won awards/lead the league in something, why are secondary positions gone, what is with this forced storyline where if a player at my position is like 82 overall I can get blocked and traded can't you see I'm fully maxed out and instantly the best player on the team because there's only one CAP yes that makes total sense for having multiple careers, oh I'm fully maxed out and now training forces me to switch out a pitch because of course it is why wouldn't it be it's par for the course, why does the score bug not show if I hit a 2 run, 3 run, or grand slam anymore, what is with these distracting animations with the score bug during the post season that fade in and fade out but you can't show me who is leading in the series seriously)
I have the platinum and way too many hours in this year's iteration from hate-playing it because I paid for this game and Sony had the gall to say this game and mode wasn't completely FUBAR and offer refunds to unsatisfied customers. I hope that they actually listened to the RTTS players and didn't decide to take away even more player freedom and make it even more into a blatant funnel for DD under the guise of "interconnectivity." But they probably will.
I have next to no hope when the pre-order page says "Create and use multiple Ballplayers, beyond your Road to the Show personalized Baseball RPG experience, and customize your Ballplayers how you want to aid in your progression." Woo, being able to have multiple characters is the big feature they're touting for RTTS! How grand! I have absolutely zero interest in the beyond part. I know where the DD menu can be found if I ever want to play DD thanks. CAP and RTTS should have never been Frankensteined together and it seems like they're doubling down on their stance of "RTTS players get [censored]."
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They said multiple characters in 22.
My issue is that RTTS is boring aside from actual baseball gameplay.
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@jonah-falcon_xbl said in RTTS speedrun:
They said multiple characters in 22.
My issue is that RTTS is boring aside from actual baseball gameplay.I’d be wary about that first point.
The exact wording is ‘ Create and use multiple Ballplayers, beyond your Road to the Show personalized Baseball RPG experience, and customize your Ballplayers exactly how you want to aid in your progression.’
My experience is that vague wording leads to misinterpretation, especially with this game.
On the second point, I quite liked the RTTS cut scenes with Ben and the MLB Network analysts and former players. I found the ones I watched to be very interesting. Hopefully the same ones and more will be around in 22 and it’s worth buying.
Hopefully some of the features removed from RTTS and Franchise will make their way back too.
Edit: by ‘misinterpretation’ above I mean things being kept deliberately vague to get the hype going.
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