Me: Perfect-Perfect = out, Good-Good = Out, Okay-Good =Out, Just late-Good= Out, Good-Good= Hit
Him: Late-Okay=Hit, Okay-Okay= HR, Okay-Good=Hit, Perfect-Perfect= Hit, Okay-Okay= Out
Playing BR, I noted these hits. You can't tell me the game is skill based when its completely randomized by the script.
Yeah I lost.
Theres no way the game wasnt forcing a loss here.
My opponent gets a broken bat bloop hit with one out. Then he hits a soft routine grounder to Utley and it eats him up. Then he hits a homerun.
Over the next 3 innings I square up on 4 balls that die at the track. Perfect-perfect liners going straight to outfielders.
He bloops one to right, steals 2nd, then another broken bat hit scores him.
I'm just done I quit. GeT bEtTeR
I should have loaded up on Weiters and Sandoval. Their prices already jumped back up.
@formallyforearms said in How much do you value bullpen arms?:
How does everyone feel about having a couple junk throwers in their pen so it's not all straight gas? I've got Franco, and Gagne for a different look than Wagner/McGee and Dibble/Henke. Fingers is the best of both worlds though.
Those junk pitchers are great when used at the right time. Francos screwball, for example, can take a few at bats to pick up. By then you've got yourself through an inning late in the game.
That's been the case for me, anyway.
@tylerslikewhoa said in Deleted the game, never buying another:
This game is more for skilled players and exposes the weak. So let the weak fall
The game breaks down to mathematical equations and dice rolls, and takes control away from players. This is far from a skill based game.
@Red_Ted_is_back said in Deleted the game, never buying another:
@MFundercover said in Deleted the game, never buying another:
@tylerslikewhoa said in Deleted the game, never buying another:
This game is more for skilled players and exposes the weak. So let the weak fall
The game breaks down to mathematical equations and dice rolls, and takes control away from players. This is far from a skill based game.
The mathematical equations are unavoidable. Even if outcomes are 100% input, the maths is required.
The dice rolls are up for debate however.
True, you cant avoid the mathematical equations aspect, but the dice rolls aren't debateable. Pitching is a game of pain the tail on the donkey, the player does not have any reasonable expectation of where the ball will end up.
Hitting is random. One game in slapping good-goods and even prefects right at defenders, the next I'm hitting okay's in the gaps and winning. It's not player control.
What a ranked debut I just had with Hershiser. 8 shut out innings with a solo blast to left field off Kluber.
I have RS games that are wide open, high scoring slug fests. Then I'll play a 2-1 game where nobody can hit.
I understand that's how baseball goes, but its obvious there is some sort of algorithm deciding outcomes which is a no-no for a video game.
I lost 5k, no regrets for a 1:4 chance at making 20k
I'm a much bigger NFL fan, but you can't even call Madden a football game, because it doesn't play like football if Tres Way is the best QB in the game and nobody passes. It's sort of a rugby/football hybrid game with an NFL skin.
@aware_ward13_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
@MFundercover_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
@aware_ward13_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
@MFundercover_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
@aware_ward13_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
@HustlinOwl_MLBTS said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
Lol you whiffing at Burnes as well and only perfect was by opponent
https://mlb22.theshow.com/games/322584949?username=mfundercoverYou’re my favorite poster on this forum- lol no cap
Admittedly I was whiffing at the cutter and slider in, but I didnt get a homerun on one of those.
And if you could see the amount of good hits that died at the track theres just no way I should have lost that game. He left a lot of cutters up and over the plate that should have been hits.
People who think there should be no negative feedback are so cute.
Do me a favor go to YouTube watch a video by Mcgunski or Kyle or cbrev or any of the content creators
Watch how many balls they hit and runs they score then come back and tell me the game doesn’t work
Is it 100% perfect- of course not
You may be over estimating how good you are at the game
They only show their wins dude. They lose plenty of games. They hate the game too and complain as much as anyone. I've also seen Kyle get blooped to death and hit straight liners to outfielders for a loss before. Idk what you think you've proven by saying this lol. And I don't think I'm over estimating. I still have a great W-L record but at least half of my losses were clearly forced like Kyles
idk why people defend the game so hard. It has good bones but it's clearly in a very bad state. Everyone knows it. Needs a community uprising like Madden had to get them to fix this junk. If you defend this game you're the problem imo.
You have no clue what you’re talking about, Kyle def doesn’t just show when he wins and if you look at his record he wins wayyyy more than he’s lost, same goes for any of the content creators ie mcgunski, cbrev, pitching rebel or whomever
The fact that you thought a good point to back your claim is to say “well look at Kyle he’s lost before” just kinda confirms what I said in the 1st place. You guys aren’t realistic in expectations
And again not once did I say the game was 100% perfect- we still have freeze offs, some people complain about servers
But like I said if you watch any good player play, they have absolutely no problem hitting the ball and hitting home runs- is every single hit how they want it to be- of course not but majority of the time when they take good swings the ball is being put in play
What is your record? What’s your rating 500’s 600’s 700’s?
[censored]. Kyle mainly posts wins, but when he loses he just gets blooped to death and the game wont give him a solid hit on a good swing. Dudes obviously good at the game but he gets screwed too.
I'm like 41-10. Currently 700s but I just stopped playing the game. I would say half of those Ls were complete bs. I've had some Ws and Ls against people clearly good at the game. I'm just not going to farther waste my time on a broken game. My record isnt the issue here.
The gatekeeping in this community is gross. Criticism about Madden, Fifa, and 2k has become the norm. But anytime somebody criticizes the show theres a parade of crybabies wanting to protect it.
@aware_ward13_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
@MFundercover_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
@aware_ward13_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
@HustlinOwl_MLBTS said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
Lol you whiffing at Burnes as well and only perfect was by opponent
https://mlb22.theshow.com/games/322584949?username=mfundercoverYou’re my favorite poster on this forum- lol no cap
Admittedly I was whiffing at the cutter and slider in, but I didnt get a homerun on one of those.
And if you could see the amount of good hits that died at the track theres just no way I should have lost that game. He left a lot of cutters up and over the plate that should have been hits.
People who think there should be no negative feedback are so cute.
Do me a favor go to YouTube watch a video by Mcgunski or Kyle or cbrev or any of the content creators
Watch how many balls they hit and runs they score then come back and tell me the game doesn’t work
Is it 100% perfect- of course not
You may be over estimating how good you are at the game
They only show their wins dude. They lose plenty of games. They hate the game too and complain as much as anyone. I've also seen Kyle get blooped to death and hit straight liners to outfielders for a loss before. Idk what you think you've proven by saying this lol. And I don't think I'm over estimating. I still have a great W-L record but at least half of my losses were clearly forced like Kyles
idk why people defend the game so hard. It has good bones but it's clearly in a very bad state. Everyone knows it. Needs a community uprising like Madden had to get them to fix this junk. If you defend this game you're the problem imo.
@aware_ward13_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
@HustlinOwl_MLBTS said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
Lol you whiffing at Burnes as well and only perfect was by opponent
https://mlb22.theshow.com/games/322584949?username=mfundercoverYou’re my favorite poster on this forum- lol no cap
He just proved my point by posting that box score. The difference in this game was an early swing on a curveball out of the zone. That's not something to defend the game. If hes whiffing at the curveball all game he shouldn't be rewarded by whiffing at the curveball early.
Admittedly I was whiffing at the cutter and slider in, but I didnt get a homerun on one of those.
And if you could see the amount of good hits that died at the track theres just no way I should have lost that game. He left a lot of cutters up and over the plate that should have been hits.
People who think there should be no negative feedback are so cute.
@darkblue1876_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
Is it better to suck at the game? Well it certainly hasn't resulted in anything positive for me. I am easily among the worst online, and I routinely get matched up against guys that are 200 games over .500 with lineups full of guys with .400 avg 80 HR and get stuck facing Ryan or Degrom every single time.
Then when I get those rare moments where I get a lead either my opponent instantly quits, or the AI decides "darkblue rally stinks, so we will start gifting this other guy hits so he wins." I will then start having pitches despite perfect release point start going all over the place, resulting in a couple of gift walks, forcing me to go further into the zone and sure enough, BAM! Towering, no doubt 400 foot bomb for the other guy.
Exactly.
I'm finding it harder and harder to manufacture runs too. Like, after I get a couple good hits in a row and guys on base NOTHING will drop even if its timed well, in the zone, and in the PCI. The game doesnt want a rally.
And if one team gets ahead THEN the hits will start coming to even up the game.
Lol at the people defending the game in here. Its obviously broken.
@Vipersneak_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
@MFundercover_PSN said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
[censored] this game man. My opponent who is whiffing at Greinke curveballs the entire game gets rewarded with 2 early swing HRs. My good timing swings in the PCI are just popups. Oh and a perfect swing foul ball HR.
Nah seriously [censored] that.
No one cares for your plight LOL Not sure why people come on here to complain that they lost a game HAHA
I'm complaining that the game sucks balls.
@HustlinOwl_MLBTS said in Is it better to suck at the game?:
Lol you whiffing at Burnes as well and only perfect was by opponent
https://mlb22.theshow.com/games/322584949?username=mfundercover
If anything that box score proves my point. Game had to force a 2-1 game with 6 hits on each side. He had one good swing then entire game. The other HR came on an early swing on the curveball. Dude was swinging out of his shoes the whole game.
Too bad they dont record good hits because that would tell the whole story. I'll take the strike outside when I'm getting solid hits every inning. He wasnt.
And my perfect foul ball came in another game.
Idk why yourendefending this game bro. It sucks and everyone knows it.
@HustlinOwl_MLBTS said in Hitting working as intended = RNG working as intended:
@MFundercover_PSN said in Hitting working as intended = RNG working as intended:
@HustlinOwl_MLBTS said in Hitting working as intended = RNG working as intended:
What y’all crying about today
Nah [censored] this game.
Just let us play the game. No need to dictate the outcomes. I'd rather lose 75-46 to an opponent on every pitch than this junk
75-46 lol wrong sport
Missing the point. But if youd rather the game force outcomes in the spirit of the game I think that's crazy.
@HustlinOwl_MLBTS said in Hitting working as intended = RNG working as intended:
What y’all crying about today
Nah [censored] this game.
Just let us play the game. No need to dictate the outcomes. I'd rather lose 75-46 to an opponent on every pitch than this junk
[censored] this game man. My opponent who is whiffing at Greinke curveballs the entire game gets rewarded with 2 early swing HRs. My good timing swings in the PCI are just popups. Oh and a perfect swing foul ball HR.
Nah seriously [censored] that.
I don't get it. I play a game and everything I hit is a bomb until the other guy quits. Then I hop in to another game, I'm still seeing the ball well and making good swings and it feels like an excruciating uphill battle for every base. Then I go in to the next game and hit everything.