News:

UFL Schedule comes out 2-5-2024

Main Menu

MLB 19: The Show

Started by BojackHorsefella, February 22, 2019, 01:44:04 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 3 Guests are viewing this topic.

TheNorm

Well if that price didn't work for you, turns out you've got an even better deal if you're a PS Plus member: it'll be one of October's Free Games of the month.

For that price I'll definitely take a chance on it.
"But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity." - Martin Luther King, Jr

BojackHorsefella


Crewe

not a plus member, so Ill keep waiting.
Let know how it differs from last years if you have that version

TheNorm

Quote from: Crewe on September 28, 2019, 07:37:45 PM
not a plus member, so Ill keep waiting.
Let know how it differs from last years if you have that version

Been a couple seasons for me, so I can't help you much in that regard...thought Bojack had it last season though.
"But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity." - Martin Luther King, Jr

BojackHorsefella

I did! My big focus will be on that RTTS-ized franchise mode spinoff. I'll have some thoughts here.

Crewe


TheNorm

Very early first impressions:

I'm fairly certain they've done this in years past, but I do like the explanation of the various controls you can try out for hitting, pitching, throwing, and baserunning before committing to them.

Graphics, as always, are incredible.

Chose the Tigers (as usual) for my favorite team, and the tutorial intro game is also nice and another good way to get players used to the controls. But yikes, how far this lineup has fallen from the last time I fired this game up.

One thing new (to me, anyway, not sure if they did this for 18): the seasonal intro video. It started with Fall, which I thought was pretty cool. Of course I had to look up if they had one for Spring and Summer, and they do. Can view those down below.



"But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity." - Martin Luther King, Jr

BojackHorsefella

Totally forgot this came out yesterday for Plus, can't wait to get my hands on it.

Norm, did you happen to notice if that March to October mode allows you to sign and trade players and manage your minor leagues like real franchise mode? I'm also curious if you can play multiple seasons in the streamlined mode or if it only goes full franchise after 1 season (I think it does), but I can check that part out later.

TheNorm

Quote from: BojackHorsefella on October 02, 2019, 02:16:47 PM
Totally forgot this came out yesterday for Plus, can't wait to get my hands on it.

Norm, did you happen to notice if that March to October mode allows you to sign and trade players and manage your minor leagues like real franchise mode? I'm also curious if you can play multiple seasons in the streamlined mode or if it only goes full franchise after 1 season (I think it does), but I can check that part out later.

Nope, sorry! Only had time for the tutorial game after downloading; hoping to take a deeper dive into it my next couple days off tomorrow and Friday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity." - Martin Luther King, Jr

BojackHorsefella

Excited to try this today (was at a point in my ongoing Madden 16 franchise yesterday where I trade a ton of players for draft picks, was very excited for it, had to do that instead of trying MLB). Definitely checking out that March to October first, will report back after I check out some things there.


How's RTTS (OH MY GOD I JUST REMEMBERED I CAN IMPORT MY RTTS PLAYERS FROM MLB18)

TheNorm

Played one game of March to October, was alright. Lost the opener at Toronto 2-0; game jumped into the top 6th with it 0-0. Didn't field well lol. I like the streamlined approach to a season but to be honest I didn't dive in too much since I really wanted to get into RTTS instead; that mode has always been my go to. So I honestly can't say what you're allowed to do team management wise, but what I can say is it simmed the next few games (lost the series to Toronto 1-2) and then it jumps to the next series and puts you in another situation, this one looking like I need to rally against the Yankees.

Liking RTTS once again though, and this will once again probably be where the bulk of my playing time goes. Instead of seeing whether I could import my player from MLB17, I just decided to start over with a new one. Not sure if they had this in 18 but now you get to choose a player archetype which determines where the bulk of your starting attributes goes, and also new is personality type. Went for the The Anomaly archetype, a SS like my last RTTS guy from 17, and my top 3 choices for personality were Heart & Soul, Captain, and Maverick (Lightning Rod is the fourth one available).

The scouting evaluation and the Topps Showcase seem familiar, which is where I'm at now. More as I go along.

Game does play an amazing game of baseball though.
"But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity." - Martin Luther King, Jr

BojackHorsefella

Gave March To October a go, it's certainly neat, but yeah, there's no additional franchise component to it. Too bad.

RTTS is still incredible.

BojackHorsefella

Quote from: TheNorm on October 03, 2019, 07:56:14 PM
Liking RTTS once again though, and this will once again probably be where the bulk of my playing time goes. Instead of seeing whether I could import my player from MLB17, I just decided to start over with a new one. Not sure if they had this in 18 but now you get to choose a player archetype which determines where the bulk of your starting attributes goes, and also new is personality type. Went for the The Anomaly archetype, a SS like my last RTTS guy from 17, and my top 3 choices for personality were Heart & Soul, Captain, and Maverick (Lightning Rod is the fourth one available).

The player archetype was in 18, the new thing though is the personality choices.

I created a new Starting Pitcher last night and went through the 1st East-West game (had to make dinner before I got a chance to play the second and do the draft), but I did go ahead and also import my CP and RF from MLB 18. I didn't play any games with them yet, but it fully imports everything. It's as if I started those 2 on 19 instead of 18.

The only thing I did notice was a box that says "Customize" that allows me to retroactively apply those new Personality types (I didn't actually do it yet, so I'm not sure if you also unlock the additional perks automatically based on your accumulated stats, or if you have to start from 0 basically).

Crewe

Reading this, I really want to pick this up which seems silly since the new one will be out in April.
Only thing I don't like is all the new features ala player archetype, dont benefit imported players, at least I dont think they do. I hate starting a new guy and only getting in a few seasons before the next version.
I still have an 11 year guy Im working on and my last new guy as 17 I think. There's an old pitcher in there somewhere Ive had for a few years but haven't done much with him, maybe Ill start over new with him

BojackHorsefella

Quote from: Crewe on October 04, 2019, 12:28:01 PM
Reading this, I really want to pick this up which seems silly since the new one will be out in April.
Only thing I don't like is all the new features ala player archetype, dont benefit imported players, at least I dont think they do. I hate starting a new guy and only getting in a few seasons before the next version.
I still have an 11 year guy Im working on and my last new guy as 17 I think. There's an old pitcher in there somewhere Ive had for a few years but haven't done much with him, maybe Ill start over new with him


Well they had player archetypes in 18, although I never played 17 so maybe not in that one. So that carried over when I imported my CP and OF. The only thing I had to add was the personality types, and it gives you the ability to do so (although, again, I don't know if anything accumulates so you get the added perks from those personality types based on your accomplishments on the previous game).