Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?
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@the_dragon1912 said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
@ericulous1_psn said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
I feel like now that they are releasing bits of content, I'm getting excited. This is my first year starting from the top so I'm looking forward to building my team and kinda knowing what I'm doing.
Also, I think these Anime Legends look great. So far we have Mickey Mantle or as everyone is adopting AniMantle.
They also have Ricky Henderson on the website.
I'm also really intrigued by this Faces of the Franchise spin on TA. Acuna is a great start to the collection.
Lastly, I can't wait to find out about Randy. If he's not in the game, these boards will be on
I'm not sure I like the Acuna Choice for faces of the franchise though. Should be like MLB 20 was were they were upgrades to the live series version. All the mlb 20 TA1 FOTF cards had gold or lower live series cards at launch. This acuna will be worse than the live series. Fried or Albies would have been better IMO
Oh gotcha. That makes sense. Yeah, it's odd especially at the beginning of the year to have 2 cards of the same player so close in OVR.
Are the FOTF cards always active players or could it have been a Chipper Jones or some other legend?
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@ericulous1_psn said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
@the_dragon1912 said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
@ericulous1_psn said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
I feel like now that they are releasing bits of content, I'm getting excited. This is my first year starting from the top so I'm looking forward to building my team and kinda knowing what I'm doing.
Also, I think these Anime Legends look great. So far we have Mickey Mantle or as everyone is adopting AniMantle.
They also have Ricky Henderson on the website.
I'm also really intrigued by this Faces of the Franchise spin on TA. Acuna is a great start to the collection.
Lastly, I can't wait to find out about Randy. If he's not in the game, these boards will be on
I'm not sure I like the Acuna Choice for faces of the franchise though. Should be like MLB 20 was were they were upgrades to the live series version. All the mlb 20 TA1 FOTF cards had gold or lower live series cards at launch. This acuna will be worse than the live series. Fried or Albies would have been better IMO
Oh gotcha. That makes sense. Yeah, it's odd especially at the beginning of the year to have 2 cards of the same player so close in OVR.
Are the FOTF cards always active players or could it have been a Chipper Jones or some other legend?
In 20, TA1 was active players example Olson, Gallo, Gleyber Torres. TA3 was legends though
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@kdclemson_mlbts said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
Internet forums don’t seem as bustling and it just seems like overall the general hype is lower. Is this because of a lack of big legend reveals or what?
All the reviews I have read are lukewarm at best.
The RTTS review I read today was not complimentary at all.
Cut and paste, a few new bells and whistles, and that's about it.
I think the folks who play every year would love to see a total revamp of the hitting interface in lieu of a few new cards.
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@misfits_138_1_psn said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
@kdclemson_mlbts said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
Internet forums don’t seem as bustling and it just seems like overall the general hype is lower. Is this because of a lack of big legend reveals or what?
All the reviews I have read are lukewarm at best.
The RTTS review I read today was not complimentary at all.
Cut and paste, a few new bells and whistles, and that's about it.
I think the folks who play every year would love to see a total revamp of the hitting interface in lieu of a few new cards.
Maybe next year...Where are you finding reviews for 22? I don't see any yet: https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/mlb-the-show-22/critic-reviews
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If the team affinities are timed and will be lost then it killed a huge amount of the little hype I had for the game. I didn't care so much about the innings being timed and vanishing but not rhe affinities.
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@rabid55wolverine said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
If the team affinities are timed and will be lost then it killed a huge amount of the little hype I had for the game. I didn't care so much about the innings being timed and vanishing but not rhe affinities.
Let’s not forget the origin of these Affinity type programs. Until the introduction of events in ‘17 or ‘18 FB and legend cards were locked behind the ‘ticket booth,’ collections, and conquest.
In ‘19 events were added along with individual small player programs. Towards the end of the season there was a ‘turn back the clock’ event which didn’t allow LS cards. The forum threw a hissyfit b/c not everyone had enough cards to fill a team for the event.
Starting the following year we were given an easier path to get fb and legend cards. This was around the time SDS inked a deal with Topps that allowed for an explosion of fb and legend cards.
It will be ok. I’m sure that whatever they are doing here has been thought through so as not to repeat the ‘turn back the clock’ event Diasaster…just please no more hat collecting
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I think people were deflated subconsciously because of the Lockout, or everyone has been caught up in the Gran Turismo drama & that they're deflected a bit.
I still have yet to get into Spring Training baseball, but did the 3/25 auto download.
Maybe most get hyped next week.
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@thegoaler_psn said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
I think people were deflated subconsciously because of the Lockout, or everyone has been caught up in the Gran Turismo drama & that they're deflected a bit.
I still have yet to get into Spring Training baseball, but did the 3/25 auto download.
Maybe most get hyped next week.
Maybe.I definitely think the lockout is largely to blame to. I know it sapped me, months of no baseball news other then "no deal". Really knocked the wind out of my sail
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They keep cutting and pasting the same crappy gameplay every year. People are getting fed up.
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Everybody at this time is thinking "Dang why did I spend thousands on stubs in 21? I'm going to spend less in 22" NO YOU WILL NOT YOU ADDICTS, SPEND SPEND SPEND YOU LIL ADDICTS!!!!!!
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I could be wrong but I suspect there is less hype because some folks have had enough of buying a reskin of the same game for full price.
Last year, I was so hyped, pre-ordered, was active in a league… This year, I’m not buying, let go of league play, and am generally happier.
It gets tiring convincing yourself that the gameplay is fun.
Just my .02 cents. I hope all of you who are playing this year have all the fun!
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@halfbutt_psn said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
I could be wrong but I suspect there is less hype because some folks have had enough of buying a reskin of the same game for full price.
Last year, I was so hyped, pre-ordered, was active in a league… This year, I’m not buying, let go of league play, and am generally happier.
It gets tiring convincing yourself that the gameplay is fun.
Just my .02 cents. I hope all of you who are playing this year have all the fun!
I agree with this. I'm usually on pins and needles waiting for the early release. The game just feels like a restart of your cards binder every year. Grind grind grind, get annoyed then start over next year. Might be time to move on with life without video game baseball.
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@t-rox_09_mlbts said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
@halfbutt_psn said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
I could be wrong but I suspect there is less hype because some folks have had enough of buying a reskin of the same game for full price.
Last year, I was so hyped, pre-ordered, was active in a league… This year, I’m not buying, let go of league play, and am generally happier.
It gets tiring convincing yourself that the gameplay is fun.
Just my .02 cents. I hope all of you who are playing this year have all the fun!
I agree with this. I'm usually on pins and needles waiting for the early release. The game just feels like a restart of your cards binder every year. Grind grind grind, get annoyed then start over next year. Might be time to move on with life without video game baseball.
Play the long game - give franchise mode a go. You’ll probably end up playing for the same amount of time, whilst playing a whole season that will (hopefully) be rich in stats and subtle storylines and the best part is no lag, no crappy opponents, no facing the same pitchers ad-nauseam and you can pause at any time to do something else.
I cannot guarantee however that outcomes haven’t been balanced to keep you competitive. It has felt like that since TS18.
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@kdclemson_mlbts said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
Internet forums don’t seem as bustling and it just seems like overall the general hype is lower. Is this because of a lack of big legend reveals or what?
With my favorite series Borderlands/Wonderlands and Elden Ring out, and jumping into the fixed Cyberpunk after, I have zero desire to get this game this year, at least at the start. Same ole same ole, take some notes SDS. Gearbox changed it up a bit with Borderlands and have another solid addition to the Gearbox library
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@doihearbossmusic_mlbts said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
@kdclemson_mlbts said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
Internet forums don’t seem as bustling and it just seems like overall the general hype is lower. Is this because of a lack of big legend reveals or what?
With my favorite series Borderlands/Wonderlands and Elden Ring out, and jumping into the fixed Cyberpunk after, I have zero desire to get this game this year, at least at the start. Same ole same ole, take some notes SDS. Gearbox changed it up a bit with Borderlands and have another solid addition to the Gearbox library
How fixed is cyberpunk?
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@rabid55wolverine said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
@doihearbossmusic_mlbts said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
@kdclemson_mlbts said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
Internet forums don’t seem as bustling and it just seems like overall the general hype is lower. Is this because of a lack of big legend reveals or what?
With my favorite series Borderlands/Wonderlands and Elden Ring out, and jumping into the fixed Cyberpunk after, I have zero desire to get this game this year, at least at the start. Same ole same ole, take some notes SDS. Gearbox changed it up a bit with Borderlands and have another solid addition to the Gearbox library
How fixed is cyberpunk?
I never played pre fix Cyberpunk, I just know it's not nearly as buggy. This is why I rarely pre-order anything these days
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@halfbutt_psn said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
I could be wrong but I suspect there is less hype because some folks have had enough of buying a reskin of the same game for full price.
Isn't that every yearly sports game though? Wouldn't that burnout have happened years ago?
I think part of it was the lockout and part of it is that there does not seem to be as much info being released this year worthy of being excited about. Other than Randy Johnson has anything or any legend revealed really been exciting?
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@rabid55wolverine said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
@doihearbossmusic_mlbts said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
@kdclemson_mlbts said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
Internet forums don’t seem as bustling and it just seems like overall the general hype is lower. Is this because of a lack of big legend reveals or what?
With my favorite series Borderlands/Wonderlands and Elden Ring out, and jumping into the fixed Cyberpunk after, I have zero desire to get this game this year, at least at the start. Same ole same ole, take some notes SDS. Gearbox changed it up a bit with Borderlands and have another solid addition to the Gearbox library
How fixed is cyberpunk?
Depends on what you mean by fixed. I believe most of the bugs have been addressed. To some people though it won't "fixed" until they add in all the cool features they originally promised. I played it on the PC. Never really ran into any major bugs. I thought it was a fun action/rpg that didn't really raise the bar much over other games in the genre.
Hard to compare a yearly sports game release with Borderlands. I want to play Wonderlands even though I felt that BL3 kind of overstayed it's welcome. It seemed to drag on.
Elden Ring I want to try but I have to wait for a sale. I have a fairly low patience for the Souls games since there is a good chance I give up before I finish.
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@jeezy-e_psn said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
No one is really hyped to fight with the servers…again..and then read 1500 complaint posts about the servers…again. It’s the calm before the storm, most of us have to mentally prepare for another summer grind as well.
Yeah I cant deal with that again nor the frezeglitches. Thats why I am not getting this years even though I said that last year I am definitely not this year sold the console just incase lol
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@dolenz_psn said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
@halfbutt_psn said in Is it just me or is the hype not as strong for the game this year?:
I could be wrong but I suspect there is less hype because some folks have had enough of buying a reskin of the same game for full price.
Isn't that every yearly sports game though? Wouldn't that burnout have happened years ago?
I think part of it was the lockout and part of it is that there does not seem to be as much info being released this year worthy of being excited about. Other than Randy Johnson has anything or any legend revealed really been exciting?
i agree with you mate, other than randy nothing stands out to me as exciting for new players
