I apologize if this is old news, but I had to make sure I wasn't wrong. Here are the things I've noticed compared to 2019 which is the last game I bought.
They've taken out so much from the mode and I can't find many people commenting on it, although I only looked a couple articles.
The Showcase game is gone, so you have no chance to impact your draft position. This was never that fun, but not having it makes it so much worse because there's no connection to the draft and which round you're picked.
I think the archetype system is worse in 22 even though I like the ability to create and switch between different versions of my player. For example, they have the slugger and speedy archetype which gives you massive boosts to your stats in those areas. But now I feel like I have two players because the skill sets are so different. I suppose it's fine and you only have to choose one if you want. I guess they were trying to give people more control. But I liked the old archetype system because it felt more like you had a specific type of player.
There are also many other things that were removed or never happened for me like they did in 2019. Or maybe I haven't played enough but I'm in season two and all the game has me doing is playing games. As an example, I've only talked to my agent twice. This happened once at the beginning of the mode when you get drafted and then another time at the end of the season. In 2019, I remember that your agent would check in throughout the year and you could call them if you wanted. This interaction has been removed. So if you want to be traded you have to wait until the agent calls once a year.
Training modes. They removed the ability to gain stats from hitting, base stealing, and fielding modes. Instead they made these practice modes available to play whenever you want, but you can't gain anything from them. All the training points are reserved for the boring mini games like squats and the mobile thing where you have to hit the balls in the red zone. Or the ones you just choose and it gives you points. This was a huge error as the actual hitting and base stealing were fun.
They removed the option to interact with teammates and rivals. This was always kind of useless but receiving a phone call from a rival once in a while at least broke up some of the repetition between games. What is even more weird is that there is still an interaction screen which shows your relationship with your teammates, but there's no ability to improve the relationship besides just playing games.
Odd things. I was in a massive slump after getting called to the majors. I've read some other people complain about this but it felt like the game was making me lose. My first few games in the majors I was hitting well but then suddenly I couldn't hit anything. Every ball was a flyout even with good swings. The manager told me that I had to get better and put me on notice. So I got even worse and batting average slipped to just over 200. Then I got called into the manager's office, and he told me that I was doing good and wasn't on notice. loL! This was the only dynamic experience I had in this game so far.
In 2019, I had coaches ask me to change positions and then the game would allow you to change your archetype if you wanted. You could also have a second position whereas you can't in 22 from what I can see. So with being able to ask for trades, change positions, have challenges and missions, interact with teammates, get special boosts, and more 2019 was so much better for RTTS. And the weird thing is that 2019 was still watered down because it never went far enough. I remember getting annoyed having some teammate come up to me and ask for help. But even those simple dialogue scenes was at least something. Now the mode is even worse and I want to download 2019 again.
RTTS has always been disappointing but in 2019 all those other things gave you something extra. Now all there is to do in 22 is change your equipment between games. It sucks because RTTS was addictive even though it lacked a lot. But in 22 it feels like they started over.
Or am I wrong?