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[macbk]

I've been on the hunt for a cheap PS4

i honestly been debating it but keep telling myself i cant do it 

i really want to play online and for RTTP ? i think thats what it is but iunno if my tolerance can handle it with ppl pitching balls non stop. Im swing heavy for baseball games literally got no patience 

Agreed. If I found one for the right price I'd really consider it, and I would make a point to play the game consistently. The fact that the Operation Sports forums releases a FULL minor league roster update, it makes franchise mode that much cooler.

I just can't see myself buying a system for one single game .

 

[JCMojica24]

I've been on the hunt for a cheap PS4

i honestly been debating it but keep telling myself i cant do it 

i really want to play online and for RTTP ? i think thats what it is but iunno if my tolerance can handle it with ppl pitching balls non stop. Im swing heavy for baseball games literally got no patience 

Agreed. If I found one for the right price I'd really consider it, and I would make a point to play the game consistently. The fact that the Operation Sports forums releases a FULL minor league roster update, it makes franchise mode that much cooler.

I just can't see myself buying a system for one single game .

I literally bought it just for The Show with my fantasyh baseball winnings from last year but now i've found a bunch of other games that piqued my interest and now my damn HD is almost full

 

[mr j 858]

 

[fishflesh]

waiting to drop..

 

[adobecs4]

I switched from 360 to ps4 solely for The Show in 2014. Never looked back. Of course I play cod, 2k,gta, etc.

 

[macbk]

I switched from 360 to ps4 solely for The Show in 2014. Never looked back. Of course I play cod, 2k,gta, etc.

If I didn't have friends who have XB1 I would have gotten a PS4 years ago.

 

[mwill6]

I was in the same boat coming from 360. Best move was switching to the PS4.. This game is going to be great.. 16 was really good

 

[xxpizzo]

bruh we in the same exact situation LOL

all my homies on xbox one but only one has both systems so he can play The Show

im never in the ps4 market but what is a good price if i see one if im looking to only play MLB.. 

ill always grab other games for xbox its just the better system/controller to me

 

[macbk]

bruh we in the same exact situation LOL

all my homies on xbox one but only one has both systems so he can play The Show

im never in the ps4 market but what is a good price if i see one if im looking to only play MLB.. 

ill always grab other games for xbox its just the better system/controller to me

I'm seeing random Craigslist posts for as low as $100, and others $200+. If I was able to find a legit seller for that $100 range I wouldn't mind pulling the trigger.

 

[JCMojica24]

bruh we in the same exact situation LOL

all my homies on xbox one but only one has both systems so he can play The Show

im never in the ps4 market but what is a good price if i see one if im looking to only play MLB.. 

ill always grab other games for xbox its just the better system/controller to me

I'm seeing random Craigslist posts for as low as $100, and others $200+. If I was able to find a legit seller for that $100 range I wouldn't mind pulling the trigger.

100 bucks seems mad cheap that would have me a bit concerned tbh. I would assume its for the OG ps4 and not the slim

 

[T0INE]

 

[macbk]

100 bucks seems mad cheap that would have me a bit concerned tbh. I would assume its for the OG ps4 and not the slim

What's the real difference in OG and Slim?

 

[CrownRoyalDaddy]

Agreed. If I found one for the right price I'd really consider it, and I would make a point to play the game consistently. The fact that the Operation Sports forums releases a FULL minor league roster update, it makes franchise mode that much cooler.

I just can't see myself buying a system for one single game .

Anybody considering this, just do it. This game is absolutely awesome. And yes the OS Full Minor edits are amazing and add a ton to the game!

Looks like franchise got a facelift but im more interested on the inner workings, hoping they made some bit improvements. The mode has felt left out the past couple of releases.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Think this is the last year I buy it and just use the minor league updates to keep it going.

 

[mr j 858]

Still not dropping a $100 for the HOF edition.

 

[CrownRoyalDaddy]

Yea im cool on that i just want the griffey stuff

I need more franchise info

 

[chadleroy]

If I didn't have friends who have XB1 I would have gotten a PS4 years ago.

Same. Ps4 game lineup suits me better...

Edit: Didn't think about Craigslist

 

[mr j 858]

MLB The Show 17 Goes Full RPG with Road to the Show


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We’re taking our first steps towards a bold new direction for Road to the Show, the third-person baseball RPG that ships as a part of the full MLB The Show 17 experience on March 28. Let’s get into it.

Prepare for an Epic Odyssey

Road to the Show is generally considered the most popular of our three main modes of play. In this mode, you’ll guide a baseball player on a personal journey through the professional baseball world, going from a newbie in the minors to becoming a legend in the majors. Within this mode, you’ll be able to:

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• Create a player from scratch. How tall is he? Freckles? Don’t forget the facial hair! We have 22 new facial hair styles, 35 new hair styles, 49 new head shape archetypes, plus a larger palette of color this year to give your guy extra style.
• Prove yourself in the Minor Leagues and earn training points along the way. Use the training points to make yourself stronger, faster, and more capable. New interactions can kick off 2x Training Point Earning periods that help you get stronger, better, faster. Want to be a bomb hitting fireball pitcher? No problem.
• Unlock and activate Perks, which can help with hitting more home runs, putting the ball in play, and more opportunities to steal a base.
• Earn and equip various stat boosting equipment, and rituals to also help you perform better each game.
• Leverage your abilities to rise through the ranks in pursuit of the dream of playing Major League Baseball. Get a sports agent to represent you and put him to work to help pave your path.
• If you have what it takes to make the big leagues, you’re one of a select few, but you’re not done yet. Turn your sites on the record books. Build yourself into a true legend, one epic moment to the next, to be exalted in the halls of Cooperstown.

Nothing is a Promise on Road to the Show

But this story isn’t all about you. Professional baseball is a big world, and you’re just a speck on the map. Each organization has unique needs. And coaches, scouts, agents, the media — they have their own responsibilities, too.


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This year, Road to the Show will now sprinkle in true-to-life interactions in a documentary-style presentation. As your career unfolds, you will occasionally interact with coaches, managers, representatives, and more, facing choices that can influence your future path and your road to the show. Your actions, their effects, and the narrator’s insights explore beyond not only your on-field performance, but also your off-the-field aspects of being a professional ballplayer.

One Door Closes, Another Opens

During interactions with other characters in your baseball world, you’ll make choices on how you engage in dialogue. Bluntness or honesty is up to you and the possibilities are vast, but your future at your position, the public’s perception of you, and your role with the team hang in the balance. Will you help the team out and change positions to fit an organizational need, or stick to your guns on your personal mission to be the best left-handed shortstop of all-time?

As you play and make choices, a documentary style voice will narrate the twists and turns as though you’re watching a baseball documentary unfold live before you. To make the experience as realistic as possible, these interactions take place in settings never before seen in Road to the Show, like team locker rooms and managers’ offices.

This is just the beginning of MLB The Show’s non-linear narrative with Road to the Show. We’re looking forward to players enjoying all that this mode has to offer, and we can’t wait to see all the paths that you’ll blaze through our baseball world.


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Source:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/03/14/mlb-the-show-17-goes-full-rpg-with-road-to-the-show/



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RTTS just got a lot better

 

[Fozz]

May need to get this game, just for RTTS. I never got into it and only focused on franchise mode...But I may give it another try.

 

[bishopstrongbow]

Thats what I was waiting for RTTS is LIT!

 

[adobecs4]

YES

 

[azul rolex]

Still using my save from 15'

SP got drafted by the Mariners in the 1st round. Had a nice 1/2 punch going with me and king felix. They ended up traded him for some top prospects making me the true ace. Then somehow Jose Fernandez (rip) and Bryce Harper signed in Free Agency. Won the World Series that year. I wasn't liking the deals they were offering me, me being a 3x cy young winner and helping them win a ring and what not. So I kept avoiding arbitration and signing 1 year deals. Guess they got fed up with me and dealt me to the Braves.
Signed a big deal with the Yankees when I got to free agency, 7 years 210 million

Multiple cy youngs and won world series during my tenure. But I blew alot of postseason games. I could only imagine the boos from the crowd and the NY media killing me in the newspapers :x

This all happened in 15' and 16' btw

Im on my contract year now so we'll see how that goes. Imma wait for 17' to start that

 

[bishopstrongbow]

Damn, I might fire up 2016 and keep playing and bring him into 2017.

I just been starting new each year 

 

 

[mr j 858]

MLB The Show 17’s new storyline puts you in control of your career

The greatest development in sports games during the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 days was the proliferation of the single-player career mode. Options like Madden NFL’s Superstar mode, Be a Pro in NHL and FIFA, and MyCareer in NBA 2K allow people to step into the cleats, skates or sneakers of a fictional athlete, and take them from no-name prospect to perennial all-star. Players fell in love with these modes, forging connections with their virtual counterparts through the ups and downs of a sports career.

Career modes are the ultimate role-playing experience for a sports fan, and they’ve always been designed with the same kind of character progression that fans of role-playing games know well. But few sports games have offered the other crucial element of the RPG genre: a story.

Players have been asking for story-based career modes for a while, and the one franchise to consistently deliver on that front is NBA 2K. EA Sports introduced a well-received story, The Journey, in FIFA 17 last fall. This year, Sony’s San Diego studio is letting players tell their own story in Road to the Show, the beloved career mode in its MLB The Show franchise. It sounds like a promising start for MLB The Show 17 — not just because it will shake up a mode in dire need of a refresh, but because the developers are baking the particulars of baseball into the experience.

SHAPE YOUR CAREER

Even as competing sports developers have done more to revamp their career modes over the years, Road to the Show has remained near the top of the heap. It might not sound attractive to spend one or two seasons in the minor leagues before being called up to “The Show,” but riding that struggle bus in Double A and Triple A makes you appreciate the big leagues that much more.

MLB 17’s Road to the Show features a story called Pave Your Path in which you’ll have the ability to control the progression of your career, and not just in the traditional way of choosing how to allocate your experience points. As you may have noticed in the game’s first trailer, the mode will include cutscenes that present you with decisions — think of them as branching paths in a traditional RPG, where the various choices can lead to different outcomes.

“If you create a shortstop, your career might not end up as a shortstop, depending on the decisions you make,” said Ramone Russell, game designer and community manager for MLB The Show at Sony San Diego, in a phone interview with Polygon yesterday. “There aren’t any right or wrong decisions in Pave Your Path. It’s just all about how you feel, and the personality of your player.”

Sony San Diego consulted with current baseball players like Washington Nationals breakout star Trea Turner, whose path to the major leagues presented an archetype that players may encounter in MLB 17. Turner started out as a shortstop, but the team asked him to switch to center field because it had more of a need there. Now, with Turner having finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting last season, he’s returning to his natural position.

“Something will happen,” Russell explained, “and the manager will say, ‘Hey, you’re [at] this position; we want you to play this position.’ And it could be a short-term deal, or it could be, like, ‘Hey, we looked at your skill set, and we want you to move to second base for good. What do you think about that?’ And then you have to make a decision based off of the situation that happens.”

You can see that kind of career-changing choice in the screenshot above featuring the Erie SeaWolves, the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. Russell said he didn’t want to spoil the other kinds of decisions that players will see in MLB 17, but hinted that the cutscenes will focus on what makes baseball special.

“That minor league experience is so unique to baseball — you don’t see it in other sports,” said Russell. “Like, they’re really eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches every day; there’s five, six guys to a room.”

Russell acknowledged that other games have offered story-based career modes. In particular, NBA 2K’s MyCareer featured cutscenes with general manager meetings — chats that could influence team chemistry — all the way back in 2012’s NBA 2K13. But Russell said that Sony San Diego feels it’s offering something different, specifically because the choices in MLB 17’s Road to the Show can completely alter the path of your player’s career. Of course, not every decision will be that big, and Russell described the frequency of the major cutscenes as “occasional.”

Another way in which Sony San Diego will set itself apart is by delivering additional cutscenes, scenarios and dialogue after the launch of MLB 17. Russell said the studio is still working on the details, such as how much new content it will release and when it will deliver those updates, but said “it’s definitely on our roadmap.” Although Russell didn’t give any hints as to the nature of this post-launch content, you could conceive of a situation in which, a few seasons into your MLB career, you’re given the option to take a pay cut or be released from your team.

Those decisions will be reflected in Road to the Show’s new in-game social media feed, a feature seen in many other sports games. Russell also tempered expectations somewhat, stressing that this is the first year of a long-term plan to add story elements to Road to the Show. We’ll have to see how it plays out when MLB The Show 17 launches March 28, exclusively on PlayStation 4.

Update: Russell described the presentation in Pave Your Path as “documentary-style,” with a narrator that describes the action as it plays out. (The mode doesn’t give your player a voice.) Now we have further details on MLB 17’s changes to Road to the Show, courtesy of the PlayStation Blog.

“Your future at your position, the public’s perception of you, and your role with the team hang in the balance,” said senior game designer Steve Merka. In addition to your club’s manager, as seen in the debut trailer, you’ll meet with people like coaches and representatives — in fact, you’ll be able to hire an agent to act on your behalf. The decisions you make will also cover your player’s life off the field.

Merka also discussed some of the tweaks that Sony San Diego is making to the general progression of Road to the Show. Some of the dialogue choices will come within practice situations, and the right decision can “kick off 2x Training Point Earning periods that help you get stronger, better, faster,” said Merka.

He added that with the extra upgrade points, it will be possible to specialize in both pitching and hitting to create a “bomb hitting fireball pitcher.” It remains to be seen if this system will throw the typical character progression out of whack.

Sony San Diego has also revamped the process of creating your player in Road to the Show. New head shapes will increase the ethnic diversity of created players, and there are plenty of additional customization options for hair and facial hair.

Source:

http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/14/14922598/mlb-the-show-17-road-to-the-show-career-pave-your-path

 

[mr j 858]