No wonder this game can't move forward
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The same guy has been the director for 26 years. Thats why we get the same experience every year. He's makes the game he likes. Time to DFA him & get someone NEW as director.
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How exactly should they change the game of baseball while still making a baseball game?
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@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN did you know in 2003 there were 16 different baseball games released that year? Apparently 16 different ways lol.
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Did you know that every single one of those games was pitch the ball, hit the ball, field the ball, run the bases and none are or were as detailed as MLB The Show? Apparently the 15 other ways that the game of baseball changed werent good enough.
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Also, that did nothing to answer my question. What are they supposed to change about the game of baseball while still making a baseball game?
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I don't know why players everywhere from IG to FB, etc. expect & almost demand better graphics! Do users expect when a batter farts in the catchers face, to see the actual vapors from the gas? Do you want to see every color in a seagulls poo? Do you want to see broadcasters scurry out of the way from a foul ball, headed to their booth? Do you want to smell the pee-pee of the 4 train rumbling into Yankee Stadium station?
Many say it looks like a PS3 game. We can't even get competition or competing games in any sport, yet some expect miracles from the PS5 at this point.
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Yeah I saw KevinGo argue his case when he compared 2017 Bregman with 2026. Everyone says they looked the same; yet, the 2026 Bregman clearly had a cleaner facial visual. Are people wanting it to look less cartoonish and more real life? Are we expecting VR aspects?
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I respectfully disagree with the graphics people. I think once a game reaches a certain threshold, and The Show easily eclipses that threshold, graphics are probably the single least important thing to me. I dont want to see realistic sweat or some nonsense.
That development budget can be used in other places
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I’m a million years old. I grew up playing Ken Griffey Jr’s Winning Run on SNES. To my eyes, these graphics are incredible. Not sure what people are expecting. Also, there is only so much you can do with changes/updates to the gameplay before it’s no longer a baseball game. They’ve added new modes, like mini seasons and diamond quest. There’s still RTTS, MtO, franchise, co-op. There are collections and the market and a million ways to enjoy the game. What else do people want?
I will be frustrated if 2026 still freezes up in the lineup screen the way it does in 2025. And I really hope we don’t lose too many legends. But beyond that, I’m happy with small, incremental changes each year.
People keep parroting this line about how we’re paying for a roster update. That’s silly, of course. But I’ll say this — I would be fine with paying $100 for a minor upgrade over 2025, because it’s the weekly (or even twice weekly) content updates that keep bringing me back. Again, I grew up on NES and SNES. You bought the game and that was it. No patches or updates or new content or bonus levels or anything like that. And even now, after 7 years of playing this game, I’m still floored by all the content we get AFTER buying the game. This is the only game I play from about March through December, and even still I usually can’t finish everything. There is so much cool stuff to work through, and I’m essentially an offline-only player. To me, it’s well worth the hundo for the hundreds of hours of enjoyment this game brings me. I’m sure we’ve all spent way more on leisure activities that brought us way less fun for far fewer hours.
Haters and fanboys — it’s time for all of us to unite as one! In fact, let’s all just wear one big shirt.
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I started with Triple Play '97 with Tony Gwynn on the cover and it's now awful graphics, but they were considered great at the time. That said, they at least had all-star game players in their individual team jersey for the ASG. That's something that impressed me back then. Today's Show graphics are still great to me as well. I'm more concerned about my PCI placement, because my timing is almost always good. It's frustrating to no end, thatclose to being elite at the plate, but that's another story!
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i don't like how they insulted everyone by saying today 'they listen to the players' or similar to that.
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if you listened to the players you would have at least acknowledged the complaints about the graphics.
even if they said 'yes we know you aren't happy w/ the graphics and we're working on it' wouldve been fine.
But it's like the elephant in the room. the completely ignored it when everyone in the community who has been loyal to this game for decades is talking about how the graphics look stale and old now.
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Funny how the conversation went immediately into graphics when I never said that lol. This guy is clearly director of gameplay & I believe the guys name is Chris Gill. He is the director of gameplay & i said to DFA him. Idk if he controls the graphics or not lol.
I just played a ranked game, I was 3-11 on goods. My opponent was 7-10. Mind you. This guy was 20 games under .500 & had one batter hitting above .200. Lol. Why does the game reward him to death yet I cant buy a hit? Thats the horrible gameplay that makes me not want to play.
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@TheRupster12_XBL lol.
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@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN said in No wonder this game can't move forward:
Also, that did nothing to answer my question. What are they supposed to change about the game of baseball while still making a baseball game?
Home Run Derby in Times Square, Baby!!!
#TheBigs2
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@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in No wonder this game can't move forward:
I’m a million years old. I grew up playing Ken Griffey Jr’s Winning Run on SNES. To my eyes, these graphics are incredible. Not sure what people are expecting. Also, there is only so much you can do with changes/updates to the gameplay before it’s no longer a baseball game. They’ve added new modes, like mini seasons and diamond quest. There’s still RTTS, MtO, franchise, co-op. There are collections and the market and a million ways to enjoy the game. What else do people want?
I will be frustrated if 2026 still freezes up in the lineup screen the way it does in 2025. And I really hope we don’t lose too many legends. But beyond that, I’m happy with small, incremental changes each year.
People keep parroting this line about how we’re paying for a roster update. That’s silly, of course. But I’ll say this — I would be fine with paying $100 for a minor upgrade over 2025, because it’s the weekly (or even twice weekly) content updates that keep bringing me back. Again, I grew up on NES and SNES. You bought the game and that was it. No patches or updates or new content or bonus levels or anything like that. And even now, after 7 years of playing this game, I’m still floored by all the content we get AFTER buying the game. This is the only game I play from about March through December, and even still I usually can’t finish everything. There is so much cool stuff to work through, and I’m essentially an offline-only player. To me, it’s well worth the hundo for the hundreds of hours of enjoyment this game brings me. I’m sure we’ve all spent way more on leisure activities that brought us way less fun for far fewer hours.
Haters and fanboys — it’s time for all of us to unite as one! In fact, let’s all just wear one big shirt.
If you're a million, i must be a million and 10 lol. I started with RBI baseball on NES and when Bases Loaded came out, i thought that was it. Graphics reached their peak. The Show, to me, is as good as it gets. I think the nitpickers wanna see sweat and Cheetos dust in Bryce Harpers beard or something. How much of the player faces do we really see other than plate walkups and cutscenes in RTTS? Not much. We see their back while pitching and batting, we see small character models in the field. Unless people are just zooming in during a replay and staring at a players freckles or nose hairs, which is just weird, we dont see much.
Also, we saw what happened in 23 when they tried to add different things to baseball and it wasnt good. No one asked for dragons and Mothra flying around in the outfield during a mini seasons game.
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@SaveFarris_PSN said in No wonder this game can't move forward:
@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN said in No wonder this game can't move forward:
Also, that did nothing to answer my question. What are they supposed to change about the game of baseball while still making a baseball game?
Home Run Derby in Times Square, Baby!!!
#TheBigs2
This would make me quit for the year almost as fast as the Kaiju nonsense in 23 lol
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Hardball III and Nolan Ryan's Baseball here EDIT - oh yeah, Roger Clemens MVP Baseball & Cal Ripken Baseball too. So many choices back in the '90s.
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@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN, RBI was pretty advanced... I started with this as a kid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSjwLGdDGLw
I agree that the graphics are fine (individual blades of grass blowing in the wind would be neat, and all, but...). I think the biggest leaps, now, will come by focusing on better physics and dialing in the speed with which players move relative to the batted ball and the size of the field.
Fewer HRs, more balls landing on grass.
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@The_Joneser_PSN said in No wonder this game can't move forward:
@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN, RBI was pretty advanced... I started with this as a kid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSjwLGdDGLw
I agree that the graphics are fine (individual blades of grass blowing in the wind would be neat, and all, but...). I think the biggest leaps, now, will come by focusing on better physics and dialing in the speed with which players move relative to the batted ball and the size of the field.
Fewer HRs, more balls landing on grass.
Definitely agree with fewer HRs. Id prefer to actually play baseball and not every game turning into a HR derby. I think the worst thing SDS ever did was giving everyone 125 power. Should be capped at 99 and on those rare occasions for someone like Judge or a Raleigh milestone card, give them 100.
Thats why when i play RTTS i put more into contact and fielding than i do power. I dont wanna hit 1000 HRs in my first 10 seasons.
