What Happened to Road to the Show?
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Road to the Show was once the top career mode in all of sports gaming. However, some of the recent changes have left some fans turned off by the mode. How did it get to this point? Brandon Satterwhite looks back at the history of the mode, and the changes that brought it to its current state.
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I honestly love the female player mode
@KyleLewisGames14 they're focusing on stuff that doesn't matter. Overhaul franchise.
Female create mode is irrelevant. Female mode needs to be in a soft ball game.
Diamond dynasty happened! Same with madden and 2k. Ultimate team and my team happened!! Those modes have ruined sports games and I’ll stand by that until something changes
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Im sure for some those mode have ruined sports games but those modes dont really impact my enjoyment because i tend to just ignore them. granted im probably easier to please when it comes to sports games lol
I agree 100%. Anything that makes more money is going to be prioritized and everything else is ignored.
Oh most definitely. Those 3 modes are the $$$$$ makers for those games. They really don't care about modes they can't monetize.
Yep you answered everything right there and I agree
Single player content is always the last thing the developers care about 😢
The road to the show should have a element of playing with other gamers online by now. That’s the entire point. It’s dying because there’s nothing but a single player element to it
Same for every franchise, gambling addicts have ruined sports gaming forever.
I get my fun on off line GM/manager type games. Out the park baseball is so much better than MLB the show just as Football manager is vastly superior to FIFA
retard spotted@@recordingstudio5723
does madden? this isnt pick up basetball or soccer what would you wanna see? a full game where its 9 on the field and 9 innings long @@recordingstudio5723
Which sucks cause I almost exclusively play sports games single player.
Things I'd add to RTTS:
1) Option to retire.
2) Option to talk to manager/gm.
3) Talk to your agent whenever you want to.
4) Better track of personal achievements.
5) Being able to charge the mount/be ejected
6) More errors to make the game more realistic (I've played for years and never seen an outfielder drop a fly ball.
3 and 4 are a MUST
Some of the things you mentioned were already in the game, and they took it out.
@@DudetaketheBusyeah, I play MLB 15 all the time (even though I have 17,18,19,21,23 & 23) and there is a menu labeled “interactions” where certain things are available. For example you can request a trade, retire, switch positions.
They’ll never put charging the mound back in (idk if it was ever in the show but ik it was in some other baseball games) because MLB doesn’t want their sport to be portrayed that way. Also if you want to see more errors you can just change the sliders
@@jdmoy0321it was. It would cut out right when you were charging the mound.
Adding high school and college teams giving you the full experience would help story mode and authentic cut scenes
Exactly it would make the game better
I want that so bad but they can’t do that unless SDS buys the rights to college teams
Might as well have people start in little league lol
Oooh boooyeeee. If you think that's going to make this horrible outdated game better then u don't know what game design is in 2024 or what people actually want. First and foremost we are want a good looking simulation of baseball. Down the line we can ask for high school teams (for some reason?)
Sports games have become monopolies. Lower quality matched w/ more expensive. MLB has rolled w/ PS4 visuals & modes not touched in 5 yrs. They’ve followed the blueprint Madden perfected. Now gambling addicts who are preyed on have helped financially justify it.
"They've followed the blueprint Madden perfected" is so real. I stopped buying Madden games after like 2016. MLBTS is trending in that direction. I'm holding out hope for 24, but it's not looking good so far.
@@cosmoid You might not regret OOTP. I also think FUT came first.
@finnb2318 I've tried OOTP before, it's just a LOT to take in. I'll probably try it again though if MLBTS continues down this path after 24.
OOTP has also been going down that route, since at least 2019
watching clips of the old rtts from a decade ago but specifically ‘16 has me feeling very nostalgic and just makes me want a fresh update to this mode.
They need to bring back training points. It is missed greatly. These perks are horrible and make your ball player Feel like a lab creation.
honestly I just keep playing the old RTTS bc those modes were just better than whats been since 18
@@Archmage_74the diamond dynasty mode ruined this game mode
I wish they would just go back to earning points and being able to spend them on whatever attributes you want. The system now takes way too long to progress and doesn’t feel rewarding at all
I wasn't a fan of the old points system. Literally every play through you're absolutely destined for the HOF. I'd like a realistic happy medium. Can improve smoothly, not too tedious, but innovate some stuff to keep it realistic
100% agree. That’s the reason I really stopped playing. Takes WAY TOO LONG to upgrade my guy so I don’t even plan on getting the game anymore.
Agreed, and I hated load outs. Load outs made me quit RTTS.
spring training stadiums, do college ball, include wbc tourny on rrts and off rrts, bring back bp for rrts, make rrts rating way easier to upgrade unlike the show 23, allow rrts player to change position or change batting lineup by talking to manager, put trophy cases for winning awards, make salary usable, fix minor bugs within game such as pitch count not going up when on base ect, bring back showtime for making good plays, make more opportunities for throwing out runners when playing outfield. i know i based a lot on rrts cuz i mostly play rrts but i think these improvements can make a lot of people happy and make game better too cuz its going to effect other modes too.
We need this and you could also let your player go from the little league world series to high school college and the professional ranks that would give us something new
Did you know max fried used to study mlb the show before his starts? I do because every 5th game the computer tells me in the 3rd inning. After 30 starts, im insane. Thanks
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They’ve completely ruined this mode and it’s sad. They need to keep it separate from online and make it so I can create an all 99 overall player!! The whole point of this mode was to be the best that ever was and putting caps on things for an offline mode is stupid. The online gameplay for sports games have completely ruined the offline players that just want to have fun and play a game.
It’s also annoying how you have to use internet to download a game and play it. What happened to just slapping in a disc and playing? It’s ridiculous.
@@PrickFlair The game downloads to the SSD bc the disk is too slow to allow the game to load as it requires.
@chocolatemilk679 If that's the case then it sounds like rhe game isn't ready for the market.
The mode died in 21. The previous years you could transfer your player from the previous years game. You also couldn’t go to college and get drafted higher than the 3rd round.
go back to when you got points to upgrade. i sometimes liked turning all the sliders up and becoming a baseball god on the easier settings and maxing out a 99 player.
It was a sandbox. the perks and skill tress killed it.
Forcing all players to accept limits is always a worse choice than giving them the option to limit themselves
This entire game needs a massive overhaul from top to bottom.
@mike8610 It's over. You need to go back to 10 if you want anything good.
My biggest problem with RTTS is that when you have a two way player , You can’t hit and pitch in the same game in RTTS mode , I know you can do it in diamond dynasty but I’m a RTTS guy since the show 14 , I hope this year they make us have a real two way player in RTTS mode
that’s one of my biggest gripes with rtts
How do you do it with Diamond Dynasty?
@@gerrybonds
Diamond Dynasty doesn’t have DH
@@warlordofbritannia Yes it does, it was added with 23
The biggest reason why I bought this for years was because of RTTS and the Year to Year Saves that ensured I wasn't sinking money into something that would be meaningless the following year. This was the case up until 21, when that went away and it got integrated with Diamond Dynasty.
That killed the mode. 18 was kinda rough with the caps they put on it which shouldn't have been there. 20 is probably my favorite of all time, then 17. If they ever return to what it was, which was a non money grabbing deal where what we invest in our guy carries over from one year to the next...then I will probably be back. I loved having my guy come up to custom themes off my system and hearing certain songs as I make my Homer trot.
This video hit on why I stopped with this game after 20. I can't stand the load out nonsense. What they did in 18 was tolerable, BARELY.
I forgot about the year to year saves
20 is the only MLB The Show I’ve played and tbh I don’t see any reason to stop playing it. I’ve played it from around it’s release date to this very day
If everything was kept separate and improved every year with QOL updates and something new every 2 years we'd have something good for everyone.
I always liked earning training points based on performance and being able to pick where you want to apply them to. That was what I liked best about MLB 16
Downside now is you can't find any Diamond equipment in the market. I have all the gold and silver equipment but only 4 diamond items. The only thing I can find is bat skins
I last bought 22. I skipped 23 because of the lack of improvement but I can wait to see what 24 may have. I only play rtts offline so the only think I miss out on is new equipment.
Same
The WBC should be added to the game. It could be implemented in every game mode and add a new tournament besides the Homerun Derby. Imagine playing RTTS and before the season begins every 3 years you can decide if you want to play in the WBC. I feel like that would be really cool.
As someone who’s played every the show since 15 and also the show 11 I 100% agree. I’ve barely played any rtts on 21-23 even though I used to spend ungodly amounts of time on the older games rtts. Another feature that they removed that you didn’t talk about is the ability to continue your rtts career through different games from the show 14-20, that’s still why 20 is probably my personal favorite the show game.
They need to let us spend our contract money like in NHL like buying a sports car, a vacation for the team, And a new house. let us get sponsorships too like from Nike or new balance that gives us discounts in the store from our sponsor. and an actual story and not just a cut scene with a deep country voice narrating my story
That doesn't bring anything to gameplay itself. Just create that dumb fanfic in your own head and let's get them to adress real issues with the mode
I seriously miss being able to request a trade any time. Not waiting a full season it seems like
The developers are turning it into Madden,there should be more spring training parks,more classical parks, and classic uniforms, and many more
RTTS used to have a batting practice before the games. The announcer in game would even say things like watgh out for fly balls keep the park clean if a fire happens these are the exits like an actual park
There's also a persistent bug they refuse to address and that's pitcher attributes not increasing beyond a certain point(usually 36-37) I'm done with MLB the Show unless RTTS is dramatically improved
Worst thing about the series, as I see it, is the complete lack record tracking. Back in the day- you could find all time records of almost every statistic. Now it’s a hollow shell- only showing career records for homers, hits, wins, and a handful of others. It feels pointless to pursue career records because there aren’t even leaderboards for it anymore. You’re either the record holder or lost to history entirely. Baseball is such a statistics based sport. Ridiculous to not include in depth stat tracking especially when games from the early 2000s did it.
I still play the mlb the show 19 And 16, 17. Those my favorite ones. I hate they had made changes. It still good but they skip the summer training. But it need a new refreshing now
First time with your content and I’m so glad that you just dive right in to the topic and actually have a substantive discussion.
I hate long, drawn-out, throat clearing intros so thank you.
Amazing video. I agree the mode is horrible now. I miss the good old ps3 days where the mode felt real and authentic.
I've been playing since the beginning, and I personally still love the mode. Just this year alone I've played 7 seasons with my guy and am now in the year 2030. The mode is really what you make of it, but I do agree that it needs more love from the devs.
What I miss most is being able to transfer my career year to year in the games so that I can continue to play the career in the next game. I get 2-3 seasons into the game and then a new one comes out and then have to restart and it is annoying
The same issue with MLBTS (where the 1st hour or so of the experience ) that 2K & Madden has, ONLY the beginning has anything in it, the rest is player lock mode for real. I would prefer to set my own points and get rid of the DD style perks, templates were fine so long as you can crack the cap (either with equipment or as I would prefer breaking through milestones [caps are silly]). I prefer the MLB 12-13 style of RTTS if anything as I despise the mode having anything to do with DD.
I don't play RTTS, but as a Franchise player I bet I have experienced what has happened here too. Every mode has been pushed aside what could be effectively called the Gatcha mode at best.
Same here, have not played RTTS longer then 2 hours a year in 4 years and really want to, could be my favorite, should be my favorite
I think these companies are moving away from single player modes. It's a business,
SdS is doing the bare minimum every year. Maybe RTTS reached its peak, they don't have creative ways to improve the mode. Maybe it's not possible with current Gen . The employees are not talented enough could be the reason.
Diamond Dynasty is a game killer for me.. I've never played it. I don't want it. I'm not a fan of playing sports online. Not really a fan of playing games with people online.
Absolutely loved RTTS before. I enjoyed the showcase part. I agree with the equipment thing too.. Though I feel like the game artifically punishes you sometimes when using the equipment right away..
I really stopped playing it in 22 when I chose to see what it was like to be a Closing Pitcher, and it was brutal 'cause I kept getting Challenges constantly and my Manager would relieve me before the challenge ended and the better I did the quicker I got pulled. The worse I did (on purpose) the longer I got to stay in.
I primarily play as a Starting Pitcher. It's my best position but my player doesn't get those stats that go along with it so, what's the point?
It’s so ridiculous that Road To The Show is so BLAND. As much crap NBA 2K gets for their my player, I wish The Show was half of what 2k is.
I still go back to mlb the show 14-17 before the archetypes
MLB 23 also had a game breaking bug that was never fixed for road to the show pitchers
Also, STOP penalizing us for taking a first pitch strike. That's LITERALLY baseball fundamentals.
Right. They give you the choice to "Get a hit after taking the first pitch" then penalize you for taking the first pitch.
Someone needs to tell SDS about this
I have a lot to say about this mode.
Road to the Show was the reason I even bought the game initially in 2017. It was awesome to be a baseball god, and have no restrictions. Then in 18, they completely botched it by adding caps, 19 was a little better, but not great, and I didn't play much 20. Then in 21, they combined it with DD, which is where it took a turn for the worse. Honestly, archetypes this year were a little better, because you could improve 3 of the four main points of your player (contact, power, speed, and fielding), and the other could be improved with perks and/or equipment. With the point we're at now in 23, your archetype only improves TWO of the main points, basically taking away your ability to be a five tool player. Why the hell would they add restrictions to a role-playing game? That just makes no sense, it's like adding an easy mode to dark souls, it takes away from the purpose of the game. Why can't I just be an immaculate player in a role playing game where it's technically possible, I hate it so much. Obviously, yeah, if it's gonna be intertwined with DD, then they have to balance it, but WHY does it HAVE to be intertwined with DD? It is LAUGHABLY stupid.
(Small side rant - Why does equipment I put on my ballplayer HAVE TO SHOW UP IN GAME. Especially the socks, omg the socks are so ugly, and now in 23, you can't even change your pants style, you HAVE to play with your socks showing if you have socks equipped, it pulls me out of the game, gosh I hate it so much)
Thanks for reading this weird rant if you've made it this far
i think that if the want to balance CAPS for online, make us decide if its going to be online or offline only. Why shouldn't I be allowed to have a maxed out 125 ovr in offline play?
I played one of the PS3 versions long time ago, never touched it again until 2022, tried it and it feels almost the same, bought it again in 23, and quite surprised how similar it was without any notable fun difference…
Then seeing this video, I’m quite amazed how the movement of the players haven’t changed much or even not changed at all all these years..
Sadly, RTTS was gutted because the studio didn’t want to have another game mode to update regularly. It really stinks because it was the only reason I played. I haven’t played since ‘22 and doubt I ever will. They don’t care about us guys.
Didn't even notice majority of these points, excellent breakdown
I remember the pre game batting practice
Not changing the mode from 2019 would have been an improvement to whatever the fuck the latest RTTS is
Great video, but you missed my biggest complaint about The Show 21! Yes, you can pitch and hit... But not in the same game! They sold it like "You can be Shohei!" but you can't, because Shohei goes straight from the mound to the outfield, and my guy can't play third base using his pitcher loadout (and he can't hit either). I just couldn't believe that was how they chose to implement that, admittedly cool, change to the mode.
As a sports gamer who loves career modes. This is the top modern career mode. NHL isn’t the best gameplay, madden is boring, nba 2k feels to online, and ea fc is soccer. Road to the show is still really solid and has a bright future
Being able to decide how many points went to a specific attribute was way better than it is now. I used to set meta limits to make my players more realistic.
My ps4 broke last time I played was 2019 bought it last year for ps5 and couldn't believe how bad rtts was not to mention they have about 15 face scans for the royals how does Vinnie pasquontino not have his face scan he's on MLB network all the time
Great video. Hopefully SDS sees it
Ah yes, the show...2007...my best season batted .464...86 home runs....271 rbis....212 runs scored....115 steals. Had a ridiculous 52 sacrifice flies. It seemed like every time i came to the plate there was a guy on third.
somebody really likes rotating the analog stick before every single pitch
Not to mention the rtts programs don’t track your stats for you to progress. I didn’t buy 23 because it was pretty much the same thing as 22 and I’ve been back on my rtts grind now that it’s baseball season again and I cannot progress in my programs at all. I’ve played a season and a half and am still in bronze tier. This has been an issue ever since they introduced archetypes and it hasn’t been resolved yet. I really hope 24 either fixes this problem or brings back some of the fun perks they had back in 16 as I feel that was the most fun I had playing rtts. It just hasn’t hit the same these past 4 or 5 years.
This is the one game mode I spent literal RPG hours playing. I don't have the save anymore but on my 2012 copy, my RTTS was about 12 seasons in and I had played almost 90% of the seasons games in full length.
23 was my first entry into this series. And I have been super excited to see what 24’s Going to bring. But this swiftly dashed all of my hopes and dreams lol.
The fact that all the way up to this very day they still don't have dynamic flags flying bothers me... literally every game the flags fly straight out.. c'mon..
i think my biggest gripe for the show is getting rid of year to year saves. i was able to do a 20 year careering spanning from mlb 14 to mlb 18 and it probably is my greatest memory in gaming. and to not have that anymore kind of sucks. i dont game as much anymore and im lucky to finish one season of rtts these days and then the next year i have to make a whole new player
As who’s spent thousands of hours playing RTTS, I agree with almost everything you said. Except the replay-ability with load outs. I think it’s fun coming into the league as a highly rated prospect. I wanna be Bryce Harper, not Jon Singleton
I used to buy this game every year and would take a staycation from work to play this game to death for the first few days. I haven't bought or played this game for the last 3 years and I don't miss it.
I stopped at 20. To me it's the most balanced and it feels like a proper grind. The stat gains being somewhat finicky with say losing arm accuracy no matter if you throw to the right base or not or losing power on a good swing but it feels overly fair. It makes me want to continue grinding my way up to the bigs.
Some things I do hope for.
-Equipment can be upgraded individually, obviously if a sleeve has more attribute than wrist bands we will wear sleeves. I’d rather upgrade the equipment you like and wear so it’s customized
- get away with the dumb perks/load outs and make it all off attributes per points and equipment
- bring back the performance days before the draft and maybe even a little tournament pre draft
- if you go back to college allow us to use the points or make drills that allow us to boost our stats.
-finally make some minor award ceremony for awards won
There won't be any significant changes to MLB The Show until Last Gen is dropped completely... Also it sucks that not only have they made RTTS an "Online" Mode they have removed. The Showcase I mean at least you could affect your draft stock depending on how you played also year to year saves are " no longer possible " because of Diamond Dynasty in 21 the knuckleball was removed because of DD Integration honestly you can boot up The Show 20 and have just as much fun as the Show 24 if all you care about is RTTS
I specifically remember playing 14, 16 and 19, and having a blast with RTTS in all 3.
Then, the next one I played was 21 and I genuinely believe that that was the worst MLB The Show game ever made, or at least, the worst RTTS implementation of all time. I was extremely pissed that they completely removed the knuckleball from RTTS specifically because it was OP in DD and you could now use your RTTS olayer in DD.
I used to play baseball growing up and I was a pitcher. My stepdad also played when he was growing up and in college, and he was a pitcher too. He was a knuckleballer, so he taught me how to throw them as well and I became a knuckleballer. So not being able to throw Knuckleballs in RTTS anymore pissed me off.
Luckily, this issue was resolved in 22 when they added the Knuckleball back in but with the caveat that if you made a knuckleballer they couldn't be used in DD which is fine because I don't even play DD, but I still miss pre-21 RTTS.
This was spot on. My playing time was practically zero last year. Single player modes always get screwed.
I think adding further player background could help like college or highschool, although rights to those would be harder to obtain it would still be cool. I also don't like how if you're mid season or you want your player to be a multiple position or utility guy, there is no option for that. If I wanted a 5-tool swiss army knife player, that isn't possible in these games anymore.
remember in the old MLB the Show games like 08 and 09 you finish a career make it to the hall of fame and there was a plaque of accomplishments at the end remember that i do what happened to that. I just want RTTS to be what it was around 08 and 09 that is still my favorite versions of RTTS the training points system plus the advancement goals and the interactions menu felt so good at the time and i fucking could play it over and over and yeah over again. I dont have a ps3 or ps2 anymore or copies of those games anyways so icant go back to that the most i can is go back to MLB the Show 16 and play it on my now PS5 which is still more fun for me than any of the games to come out since 16. RTTS was the thing that honestly kept me loving baseball really as a whole like if not for RTTS i probably wouldnt care about baseball as much as i still do. I just hope one day SDS can realize its mistakes and make it the game that revolutionized and made career modes necessary for all sports games cuz from my memory thats what it did and now RTTS is crap wtf SDS why do this you dont have to do this you really dont.
Let's not forget the RTTS '23 bug where if you were a pitcher you couldn't progress your attributes past 35 (or was it 37?). They knew it was a problem and never fixed it.
It so ridiculous that RTTS has been out since MLB 07 and yet we still have no Single-A or Rookie Leagues in the game. That would be a easy way to make RTTS more interesting but for some reason SDS just doesn't seem to care about the MiLB.
Also, what's with the ridiculous minor league stadiums like the one with the monster trucks just beyond the outfield fences?
Rtts is the reason I bought the game back in ‘21 when Xbox users finally had a chance to play the Show. I played ‘22 just as much because they improved some things. But I didn’t play ‘23 that much because they didn’t make any changes to the Show. I like DD, but RTTS should get majority of the overhaul. They need improvements like being able to talk to management at any time, tracking your achievements better, a deeper dynamic story mode throughout your career that will keep you interested past year 3. Year 10-20 should be just as exciting as year 1 and 2. When you get closer to all time records the game needs to acknowledge that. Goat discussions as you get older, Cooperstown ceremonies. Trying to get an Ohtani contract and endorsements. Would be nice to actually have a commercial showing cleats with a brand etc.. They basically need at least 20 years of storylines for your RTTS player. DD doesn’t need that much improvement right now.
RTTS used to be the reason I played The Show. I poured weeks into that mode, playing out an entire career or two every year. But I just don’t even bother anymore. It sucks
I prefer the RTTS prior to 2021. I loved getting points and making my player my own. I also liked having a few different players. It kept the game fresh and each player I created started from scratch. Let’s get back to that stuff.
The issue with story mode in Madden and MLB is that they can’t compete with NBA 2k. In 2k you grind your player and then go and play games with your friends with the players you have each grinded individually. If MLB and Madden can find a way to give us 5v5 online games with our own created builds. I promise you a lot of people will stop playing NBA 2k
My favorite ROTS will always be mlb 17. I want to live out my baseball hall of famer once in a century type player and every ROTS since 2017 has made that fantasy harder and harder.
The main issue that made it unplayable for me is the unrealistic trades the cpu made. You can’t turn trades off w/out sacrificing rewards, & the realism died. For example, I had an A potential 3B who was starting, yet cpu traded my A potential AA pitcher for 37 y/o Evan Longoria. CPU gutted my entire roster where I didn’t recognize ny team w/in 1 year & was unbalanced like having 4 75+ 3B w/ only 1 SS, horrible salary cap allocation w/ 7 SP making serious money but no good relievers
07-13 was pure crack
Yea 2k13 was bussin with actual good commentary. Better game that literally just needed face scan
I’m watching this while playing conquest waiting for the show ‘24 to come out 🎉since the show first came to game pass till now its my most played game and made me a mlb fan
As long as MLB The Show 23 remains on GamePass, I'm going to finally do something I've never done with these 'MyCareer' modes... and that's play every game for a full career
I have a different background with this game. I spent most of the Xbox 360/ PS3 era on Xbox. I only repurchased a PS3 at the end of the era and did the same with the PS4. I was an MLB 2k player on Xbox 360 and basically left baseball video games behind as Xbox One didn't have an MLB game for almost a decade. I was mostly a PC gamer at that point and only ended up repurchasing an Xbox One at a pawn shop. Later that year I found out that MLB The Show 21 was coming to Xbox. I hadn't played an MLB game since 2013 so this got me back into it. The game ran poorly on my base Xbox One so I ended up trading it for an Xbox One S, and later the One X.
I did end up getting a PS4 and going back and playing all of the MLB The Show games of that era and even picking up 14 - 16 for my PS3. I love all of the MLB games and think it is the best career mode in sports period. 2k has been a grind since 2k18 and badges kill offline career modes. MLB feels the least like an online grind of all of the sports games but I agree I hate the change. I would like to go back to MLB 16/17 skills progression that didn't rely on perks and gear to max out my player. I want to wear the gear I like or use in real life. I hate the fact that once servers are down I can't go back and change to my licensed gear. Basically, everything is geared towards online even if you only want the single-player experience and that sucks. 2k and Madden aren't any better. 2k removes cut scenes completely for offline players. MLB is the only sports game I still look forward to buying and that's not even at full price.
I would like a completely offline Road to The Show mode with skills progression from the PS3 era and gear I can unlock and keep forever offline. I don't even need the gear to have perks to them. Just allow me to be able to max out my only offline career player.
Go Biscuits
MLB 17 is when RTTS peaked so much customization and being able to make it your career now the mode kinda just sucks
I'm not getting my hopes up yet, but pre-launch hype for 24 is hinting that RTTS may finally have gotten some love. We'll see.
What pre launch hype makes you think RTTS will get some love?
Not me watching this while currently playing MLB 15 RTTS on my PS Vita 😬
I agree, once 18 hit the mode went downhill. 20 was pretty cool but I continue to play 15 on my Vita, or 17 and 20 on my ps4 depending on how I feel
Rtts 13 was the reason I switched from Xbox to ps in the first place. I got a ps4, then ps5. Now with the current status of developers across the market, I do not own a ps5 and do not plan to play games anymore. It’s hard to watch these modes that had a lot of potential, do absolutely nothing for the game. Even 2K back in 2016 had one of the best career experiences I’ve had in a long time with Freq and college basketball. Of all time, my favorite. Since then, they have gone away from actually making a memorable story mode that added a lot of depth to your character and instead you are literally just nicknamed the same thing every year.
MLB The show and Road to the show need to expand outside of America with your career. Go play in Japan Australia Mexico Europe ect. They need to give you more variety. Imagine when Shohei was the cover athlete and you could start your career in Japan. It would have gone off.
Lets not forget to mention that while it was a smart move to open the game up to people who use xbox, the xbox version isnt that good in the respect that it is choppy as hell. It is already hard enough to read a pitch amd teact to it in a split second, but it becomes borderline impossible when it is coming at you in only like 7 frames….I get that people will say that its because I should be using a Playstation, but my question is why put out a product on a platform if it isnt going to be good quality-wise?
Super well done! Nailed it. For me, the integration of RTTS into Diamond Dynasty has been a nightmare. For fans of DD it is annoying to see these broken ballplayers in Ranked Seasons. It feels cheap and corny. For RTTS players, I would imagine seeing all of the "improvements" to your favorite mode being exclusively tied to DD is very frustrating.
You pay for the game, and then they nickle and dime you once you're in game. I've been tempted to get a newer version, but it looks like I'll just stick with MLB 2020 when I need my baseball fix.
I used to love rtts in 16. Kept playing that for years until I decided to buy 22. So I didn't experience gradual changes. To me it was a drastic change and didn't enjoy it. Now I stick to franchise and I'm addicted to it to be honest. Love the GM aspect of the game( drafting and developing players, trades, contracts, etc)
Still surprised they haven't brought this franchise to the PC. Every company wants more money. This is more money.
I agree that the experience has been watered down to the point that RTTS players don't gain anything by getting the new version each year. This will remain the case until the mode is significantly overhauled and not just the same thing repackaged and recycled year over year. I do, however, disagree with your take regarding starting a new player but having access to all of your previous equipment and loadouts. You earned those (or paid for them) already. Making a new player is similar to new game + in that should you choose, you can take full advantage of the things you already got. Is it realistic? No. But no simulation is entirely realistic anyway, nor should it be. You should be able to play how you want, and I'd rather have the choice to start a new player with buffs if I've already paid for them with my time or money. Great video!
ftr, equipment has worked the same in basically all of the games they've been in. don't really mind that much, it's a decent system and especially in this context it's good to see at least one aspect of the game be subject to "if it ain't broke..."
but yeah, as others have mentioned it's pretty interesting how it's not really been a clear decline in quality, whenever they overhaul the system it almost always ends up worse than how they did it before but they iterate on it and eventually comes good. They pulled an NHL 14-15 with MLB 20 having the most refined and fleshed out version of the MLB 18 rework only to completely throw that away for the new console generation and their insistence on "ballplayer integration".
the thing it'll always have going for it is that it's as _fast_ as you want it to be. I have never grown a player past 85 in any be-a-pro mode in any game that wasn't baseball. Even in MLB2K I was able to get a guy up to 97; in baseball there's just so much more you can skip if you don't want to wait around milling for the ball to come to you.
I came back to the franchise with 2022 and MAAAN i freaking hated it. The grinding, the dependable on the online mode, the equipment determing your stats, the badgets. I hated everything about it.
It everything i hate about modern sport games
I wish the equipment didnt have a factor in my players ratting. I feel that i'm forced to wear a pair of shoes or batting gloves or what ever based on the rating boost it gives. So then there goes any real customization of what you'd like to use without giving up some points.
How about the fact that when you play as a pure pitcher (I play 22), the game glitches and puts you in as a batter for a game, changing that game save to one of a two way player and then no longer lets you use the created pitcher you’ve been using. Love that game feature