Content isn't the issue. Gameplay is..
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Content is great. Gameplay is not. Ill take good game play over great content everyday including Sunday. Have they bothered to fix any of the bugs with game play issues at all this year, besides removing Goat? They definitely fixed the things that helped them in regard to monetary purposes. How is the status ball wheel still broken 4 months into the game.? Freeze offs still? Its 2025. Great Hitting and pitching inputs still not as rewarding as in years past, Match making issues in wc, server issues, banning players over their own bots ( still dont know the full story on this one) etc etc. Some of these things are indefensible.
You all can be excited over the content maybe forget about the gameplay issues for a moment. When that wears off and Until you get reminded its still a problem.
Multi million dollar corporation shouldn't be let off the hook from their players and fans. Do better.
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Too many subtraction....no longer created player in dd, limited created stadiums, no longer strictly righty or lefty lineups even though that's a thing in the real game, unrealistic fielding and errors. Not enough throwing errors in my opinion. I'm already losing interest and leaning more toward ff tactics and zelda......which is sad because I do like playing the game but just not worth it especially with random disconnects abd what is now referred to as mlb 25: Year of the Collections!
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Content is not great either.
-Too many 1-2 player programs. As an idea, here are guys who received HoF votes but didnt make the cut, perfect for some 97-98s: Beltran(perfect time for a Royals card, no?), Utley, Pettite, Abreu, Rollins, Wright, Hunter (forget if hes still in game), Kinsler, Granderson. Why dont we have like 5 of these in the HoF program? Or you know, any of the other Hall of Famers.
-Reward paths are filled with [censored] (a few rare exceptions like Sosa)
-No TA content for the All Star cards
-Not enough ways to earn older packs, especially mid and rare rounds as deluxe pack odds are very low for those
-The only mini season with repeat value locks out half your hitters and all your pitchers
-In general all the content can be completed averaging less than an hour a day. TA path does not have enough in it to be enticing right now for a long term grind: a voucher for a card to be released in 3 months but almost nothing of else in value past the All Star card. -
25 isn't great. Tbh, SDS could give me a job at the ideas team and I'd put up a better performance than what they're always "cooking up." But, it isn't terrible, and other games are terrible (just look at Madden), so at least we aren't them. However, this game is way too collection-heavy and also stub-heavy although I will say they've improved on making good cards somewhat easily accessible like the new CC (the XP reward path is quick which I enjoy). The collections, however, [censored] me off because not only are these cards the best in the game, they require plenty of grinding (which they 100% should) but require way too much stubs for useless cards which is what it's all about. I just wish we had more cards for each individual collection that were grindable, like contributor or last ride. Stub grinding isn't too hard but it's extremely boring. However, we also just have to accept it.
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@TheBigPapa55_PSN like I said if the gameplay isn't up to par. The cards and the content mean very little. Especially when you have to grind the [censored] out of the game to obtain the best content on top of the gameplay issues makes it even worse. All that grinding for those cards to just line drive out on 95 mph plus exit velocity.. every other at bat, Is disgusting.
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I have a much bigger problem with content than gameplay.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS Yea, I wouldn't call content great. Every collection is here are a few players out of the 20 you need (for instance). Need to buy or somehow pull the rest with very limited packs and a .0001% chance of pulling. Spotlight, topps now and all star collections are extremely bad.
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@GoozeFn_PSN again! I keep telling you. You are one of the lucky ones. You may just be in a better geographical location. Or have the one monitor or perfect system that makes the game play better for you. But you need to stop coming on here and in so many ways discrediting what others are saying. We know the game play is fine for you. We got it. Ive spent well over a 1000 dollars for my system, internet, monitor etc just to play this game. So my frusteration is valid.
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@Ditka06_MLBTS Well, as long as the complainers come on here lying about results, I’ll simply agree to disagree.
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The content is a problem but so is gameplay. They need to overhaul the whole game
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It plays the same as it did in 2020 or prior. It irritates me to no end that they don’t add more base hits to the game or anything as far as physics, no really new animation. The AI is dumb as [censored], any difficultly(offline) just throw fastball up and in fastball up and in, low offspeed and get an out. While I don’t mind the ease of that in a grind it’s just not baseball unless you play online.
They have to give high contact/low power guys power above their normal attributes to play within their physics.
All defenders play way too fast.
[censored] list goes on forever as far as gameplay. Instead of making studs like Carew Gwynn etc get on base it’s constant lineouts.
The gameplay is [censored], and needs a complete overhaul.
Content is fine. Never had a complaint with that, I’ve always said you can only play with 9 players so you don’t need 60 99 players.
Just make ones that aren’t 125/125 viable.
Pitcher confidence is dumb [censored] hell.
I could go indeed go on and on.
They don’t fix ANYTHING there have been no gameplay adjustments, for years. Patches only fix exploits and adding programs and uniforms that aren’t in collection. I seriously have no idea what they do all day.
They use the same baseball cards over and over, I myself could design baseball cards better than them with stats that made more sense. I’m not convinced they do much at SDS on a day to day basis. Must be like 2 people working there.
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@JenkinMeyer_PSN I agree with a lot of what you’re saying, but it does feel different this year and that’s what a lot of people are saying. I am getting more hits and less HR per game. HR’s definitely seem down. I do think the hitting engine needs a big overhaul. Guys like Gwynn should be a lot more usable. I’m curious whether you use zone or directional?
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To be fair, it's hard to perfect gameplay in a mode that features such overpowered cards, especially when they reach 99+. To an extent, the gameplay will always lean toward arcade style.
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@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN too few people understand this. Gameplay is at its best the first couple of weeks because ratings are balanced.
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Since I play offline mostly, I don't feel compelled to use the 99s so I mostly don't unless I am doing content like DQ (which I havent touched in a while) or the classic mini season (which isnt really all that worthwhile this year)
I prefer 90-95 range...still a bit overpowered but usually have strengths and weaknesses. unlike that stupid Joey Bats card.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS you keep The Man’s name out of your [censored] MOUTH!!
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@JenkinMeyer_PSN 2022 was the last semi decent gameplay.
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We could all sit around and design baseball cards all day. All they do is slap new card images on the same players that play in an old [censored] engine. The stats don’t mean [censored] really, other than like power and contact, speed and reaction maybe on defense. You’re sold baseball cards that only have like 4 stats that mean anything.
It’s funny some people are like but yeah when you hit that threshold of 82 on power it really shows an effect. No it doesn’t. I feel the stats mean something per 20 points. Anything between is useless. So that’s dumb. May as well have stats of 1-5 on all players.
They make it seem like it means something but it absolutely doesn’t.
There’s 4 stats maybe that mean anything. The rest is just window dressing.
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I do think there is a big issue for SDS here:
The people happy with content are generally the online preferred players. They are the ones who like short programs, and dont care if they are 1 card as long as the card is good. These are also the people most impacted by the gameplay issues, especially online connectivityMeanwhile, the offline preferred people are significantly less impacted by 'MY INPUTS DONT MATTER' and there arent connection issues offline (not to say that the game plays perfectly), but they are the ones struggling with the content issues like TA
And then there is collections, which requires everyone to grind for stubs because there are very few collections with reliably farmable packs (150 XBH in the mini season with the best pitching for a deluxe pack is an option, but with those pack odds thats like 10+ hours of grind (for most people) for a non choice pack thats almost always a base round.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS great point! Input matters so much more during online play!!! I dont care if I line drive out every other at bat during offline modes. My batting average and wins do not matter as much in offline. And like you said. Offline plays much better anyway.
