I'm on my third straight hour of trying moments for the very first time. I'm trying to do the "get a single home run in a game" on rookie difficulty. I literally have to land a single swing. I'm not a great player but surely I can get the easiest moment they have in the entire selection.
Three hours. I've made hundreds of swings, I've gotten perfects, I can't get it. Screw this. I am uninstalling this game tonight.
I've been playing video games for my entire life and I have the easiest settings on, I've been playing since the game came out and I'm getting completely shut out by the worst team in baseball on the easiest settings?
Call me terrible, tell me I need to practice, but for real, screw this. I'd rather do something more fun with my free time. This sucks. I was looking forward to this game, I feel really let down.
I've been playing video games my entire life and I've gotten pretty good at them. I can't understand what the intention is of having a game where we can't just cheerfully blast away against the AI. I have all of the easiest settings on on the easiest difficulty and I still struggle to do even basic things. Sometimes we just want a game where we can play for our favorite team and be a hero. Getting tied into player vs player balance, stat caps, precision aim and timing, I just don't understand. Not everyone wants realism. If they do, more power to them, they seem to have plenty of modes for that. Where's the mode for people who want to have fun?
I can't imagine what this game would be like to an older guy who just wants to play a video game about baseball and doesn't play games often.
Even after I've figured out the button, I have still yet to successfully retreat to the base when getting picked off. I am still hilariously completely incapable of stealing. I can't even practice baserunning, avoiding pickoffs, and stealing because that part of the practice mode doesn't appear to exist.
I am at the point where I swing for the fences on every pitch because if I get on base, I am a free out. My player has a .400 hitting average, I've thrown 1 hit games, and I can't do the easiest part of baseball, actually running bases. On beginner. With simplified controls. This is extremely frustrating and gamebreaking. I don't know how to make the settings any easier.
I think I figured it out. I have button for baserunning on and the left stick doesn't control for leading off. I have to hit the left bumper. I still don't know how to effectively steal.
The whole time
Push hold tap the left thumbstick early late on time my player is literally standing in the half crouch as if he was watching the pitch as the baseman walks up to me and tags me out.
I'm saying my player is still standing completely motionless no matter how I push the thumbstick as the baseman tags me out.
Every single time a pitcher goes to pick my player off, no matter what I press, my player stands stationary as he gives up a free out. I am at the point where all I can do is hope they don't go for a pickoff. I notice it right away, I push the left thumbstick back to the bag, nothing happens. Someone suggested constantly holding the stick back toward the base but that doesn't work either.
I can't seem to get stealing to work either. I've tried turning on autobaserunning but it apparently does not work in RTTS. I am playing on beginner. This is extremely frustrating. I have been shown the tutorials for batting, pitching, and fielding multiple times for some reason, but not for baserunning. It basically breaks the game for me, and then I have my in game coach chew me out for being completely worthless at stealing. If anyone has any help I would appreciate it.