So Jay', is the MLB Daily mode pretty much a 'season' play, but you get to compare your stat's with the real game of the day. (I doubt it keeps track of your win/loss etc.)
You mentioned your well into a franchise. Are you at All-Star (I changed right after you mentioned it btw. As you said, better feel). Did you use the sliders you mentioned? The roster's that came with the game (mine was really wrong and hopefully updated soon).
I picked this up in the Amazon sale and went straight into My Player mode.
I was disappointed I couldn't have a career as a mundane middle reliever - being forced to choose between starter and closer I went for the former and then picked a fairly middling pitch combination: sinker, curve and cut fastball. I chose to enter the Pittsburgh system and got sent to the AA Altoona Curve. I did ok with them and while I didn't do enough to earn a straight call up to the major league squad, I did get called into the big team for spring training.
Amusingly, the way the games fell against the five day rotation meant that I threw my first ever major league game against the Yankees, followed five days later by the Red Sox. I hung in there surprisingly well against those two and then did better against the Twins and Marlins. With one game left I had an ERA of 2.98, which was better than I was expecting, but you could see the changes forced by the better batters as I'd gone from throwing my sinker 42% of the time in AA to 52% of the time in spring training.
Then I got absolutely hammered by the Yanks in my final spring game and although I think I had a solid showing I got sent back to the AA Curve. My stuff there was basically untouchable for five games, (turned into a fantastic 1-1 record as the Curve's offence disappeared), and so I got called up to the AAA Indiana Indians. Well done on that name.
Played a couple games for two No Decisions, (the offence thing again), and then there was a trip to the Louisville Bats... Going into the ninth I'd allowed no runs, no hits and no walks and so had a shot at a perfect game. The first batter fought me off for about nine pitches before finally popping out on a low curve and then the second batter was my sixth strike out... leaving one to go.
First pitch to batter number twenty-seven and the catcher wants the curveball away. My sinker has lost velocity down into the high 70s mph and all control has gone from my cutter. The control on my curve is shaky, but the snap is still there. I shake off the curve away because I'm not sure I can hit that corner because the timing bar is going so fast now and then the catcher calls the curve inside...
Sweet, sweet skill points...
Apparently throwing a perfect game means I get a date with Kate Upton. Or whoever the minor league Kate Upton is.
So, I was getting frustrated with The Show's hitting being so damn difficult and threw money at this on the PC.
I gotta say I hate these menus, but I also need to say that I much prefer playing this over the Show. If only it had the Show's ball physics ...
Is there no "basic" season mode? The daily stuff is borked for PC, so it's not all that interesting, unfortunately, and the franchise modes is, uh, crap. I just want to play out a season.
Ugh. I have to, like, take 2 minutes to tell it to do everything? Psha.
I totally love the new physics for the ball in the Show. You may not from the videos, but I really enjoy it while playing the game. I still prefer the way 2K plays in terms of pitching and hitting, mostly hitting.
I was being sarcastic with the first part. I'll put a tag next time.
Hey, guess who gets into the club that Verlander can't get into.
WAT!?
Question: I'm pretty sure last year's edition allowed me to manage a franchise from the dug-out. I could watch play etc., and just manage. I'll be darn if I can see that mode available now. Or am I missing something?
Got this out of the Redbox, which seems to be a yearly tradition now, and I am still baffled they think that this deserves a new $60. This feels just the same as 2k10, still. Then, as if to prove my point, I put up 9 runs and managed 5 Ks in 3 innings in my first game, playing on All-star.
Likely bad news... no MLB 2k planned for next year.
It doesn't completely rule it out. But in an investor call today, the game was not mentioned, and the current agreement with MLB runs out next year. Unless there's some kind of renegotiation, it may be done.
And that would likely mean no MLB game on 360 next year. Doubt that Microsoft or EA Sports can get a series up and running in <18 months. Or if they did, it would probably suck.
I love MLB Power Pros and would love to see Konami to bring Pro Yakyuu Spirits over. Loooooooooove.
They really should just release new-roster DLC.
wordsmythe wrote:They really should just release new-roster DLC.
They do have a patch due out any day now. Or week now. You know how that goes.
On the plus side, there will be guys making rosters for next year's game, just like there are guys editing the current set. I prefer to stick with the official rosters, so they could get $5 or so from me if they were to do a set for next year.
BTW, I'm going to have to start playing more ChiSox games in MLB Today. I took flyers on Dayan Viciedo and Alejandro De Aza on my fantasy team last year. They are paying huge dividends this year. It took Viciedo some time to get going, and I nearly dropped him a few times.
It's a pretty fun offensive team.
I'm starting to believe that they're actually pretty alright.
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