I love this game, and I think there are too many complaints. That said, showdown is the most infuriating thing I’ve ever played.
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@locutusofburg said in I love this game, and I think there are too many complaints. That said, showdown is the most infuriating thing I’ve ever played.:
First, so much depends on luck. Get 4 extra base hits? Great...but I can’t control when my perfect perfect is a screamer up there middle to the center fielder.
Then, the final boss is ridiculous. I started 15-9 against Giles, took all the advice, and by 8 outs left was at 15-14, and he was at around 70 pitches.
Then, almost like a miracle, he starts painting corners...no more fastballs down the middle. Even a few backdoor sliders perfectly executed, and still hitting 97 at over 80 pitches.
It as close as I have ever come to breaking a controller.
I despise that mode..it might be the most infuriating thing I’ve tried to do on a video game, and I will not do it again unless I need it to get the boss.
That's what happened to me when I faced Giles. I had like 7 or 8 outs left and he was out of energy but suddenly I couldn't buy a hit. That was the only time I had him in the final showdown. Every other time it was against Feller, whom I eventually beat. I actually didn't think this 2nd inning showdown was as bad. I beat it a lot quicker than the 1st inning showdown.
By the way is it just me, or did anyone else get Shane Bieber as a 2nd elimination challenge, where it was 0-0 and you had like 13 outs? I wonder if what was some kind of glitch?
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@dewrock said in I love this game, and I think there are too many complaints. That said, showdown is the most infuriating thing I’ve ever played.:
@locutusofburg said in I love this game, and I think there are too many complaints. That said, showdown is the most infuriating thing I’ve ever played.:
First, so much depends on luck. Get 4 extra base hits? Great...but I can’t control when my perfect perfect is a screamer up there middle to the center fielder.
Then, the final boss is ridiculous. I started 15-9 against Giles, took all the advice, and by 8 outs left was at 15-14, and he was at around 70 pitches.
Then, almost like a miracle, he starts painting corners...no more fastballs down the middle. Even a few backdoor sliders perfectly executed, and still hitting 97 at over 80 pitches.
It as close as I have ever come to breaking a controller.
I despise that mode..it might be the most infuriating thing I’ve tried to do on a video game, and I will not do it again unless I need it to get the boss.
That's what happened to me when I faced Giles. I had like 7 or 8 outs left and he was out of energy but suddenly I couldn't buy a hit. That was the only time I had him in the final showdown. Every other time it was against Feller, whom I eventually beat. I actually didn't think this 2nd inning showdown was as bad. I beat it a lot quicker than the 1st inning showdown.
By the way is it just me, or did anyone else get Shane Bieber as a 2nd elimination challenge, where it was 0-0 and you had like 13 outs? I wonder if what was some kind of glitch?
I got that too.... was like no effing way... hit a lead off bomb and that was all for that one ... lol
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@dewrock said in I love this game, and I think there are too many complaints. That said, showdown is the most infuriating thing I’ve ever played.:
@locutusofburg said in I love this game, and I think there are too many complaints. That said, showdown is the most infuriating thing I’ve ever played.:
First, so much depends on luck. Get 4 extra base hits? Great...but I can’t control when my perfect perfect is a screamer up there middle to the center fielder.
Then, the final boss is ridiculous. I started 15-9 against Giles, took all the advice, and by 8 outs left was at 15-14, and he was at around 70 pitches.
Then, almost like a miracle, he starts painting corners...no more fastballs down the middle. Even a few backdoor sliders perfectly executed, and still hitting 97 at over 80 pitches.
It as close as I have ever come to breaking a controller.
I despise that mode..it might be the most infuriating thing I’ve tried to do on a video game, and I will not do it again unless I need it to get the boss.
That's what happened to me when I faced Giles. I had like 7 or 8 outs left and he was out of energy but suddenly I couldn't buy a hit. That was the only time I had him in the final showdown. Every other time it was against Feller, whom I eventually beat. I actually didn't think this 2nd inning showdown was as bad. I beat it a lot quicker than the 1st inning showdown.
By the way is it just me, or did anyone else get Shane Bieber as a 2nd elimination challenge, where it was 0-0 and you had like 13 outs? I wonder if what was some kind of glitch?
I got him. I had to blink a couple times to make sure I wasn’t misreading, then spent 10 minutes telling myself not to screw it up
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I agree. There have been too many complaints about a great game. I have been waiting and excited about mlb the show coming to Xbox. I love this game. I do mostly franchise though. It’s a baseball (sports) game. So patience is a must. I love everything about the game. The only thing I have difficulty understanding is the use and collection of the cards
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Madden is the best thing that happens for the Show every year. Right when the game is getting frustrating/stale, we get to see what REALLY disrespecting your user base looks like.
The Show is AWESOME. Showdowns and Moments are terrible -- I hate them. But the Show is AWESOME.
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I'm actually kind of scared of Showdown, having heard some rather intimidating stories. I was planning to try it out.. when I thought I was going to have to to complete my Field of Dreams program. Now that it looks like I'll probably be able to pull it off without it, I may not.
And yeah, there are too many complaints.
I'm mainly a Road To The Show player, myself. This year, I've expanded into Diamond Dynasty and done some really cool things with my team... though I still don't play online.
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I did the Field of Dreams showdown last night. Second attempt but my confidence was low as I went into the final against Felix 20-9. Ended up putting up 12 with 5 outs left. I call it pure luck but I will say that showdown was driving me nuts.
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I just picked up 13 home runs for Boston. Jim Rice with 5 bombs and Carlton Fisk with 4 and Ken Griffey, jr with a homer and 3 doubles, Bill Mazeroski with a homer and 2 doubles, plus 2 other bombs.
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It's a great game for me on online rated and playing friends. I can't stand DD though. I think DD online ranked can sour people. A lot of clowns playing and pitching is way op . Online rated has clowns but you don't have to deal with 99 rated squads.
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I think the game is awesome and too many people are complaining about nothing. There’s always some sort of fault in every game. No game is perfect. SDS , in my opinion did an outstanding job on this game. All I can say is this game is absolutely amazing. Sometimes it gets frustrating, but what game doesn’t.
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