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Topic subjectcool. animations on that snippet looked pretty rough.
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302373, cool. animations on that snippet looked pretty rough.
Posted by Nodima, Mon Jun-12-17 09:42 AM
and the bodies.

but if it plays well and competes, EA money can fix that eventually.

I know the hardcore 2K community is pretty fed up with both their MyPlayer and MyTeam aspects of the game, which is where all the long tail money is, so if EA can release a competitive product and do better at one of those two things, maybe 2K will make some actual substantive changes instead of all these cosmetic and half measure changes they've been making for a few years now.

(2K17 played great vs. CPU, maybe the best the game has been in a decade in that regard, but I have to admit I'm on the Ultimate Team train these days and 2K's MyTeam is HOT. PYRRHIC. GARBAGE. Plus, despite just saying I'm on the UT train, if someone changed the game with a Franchise mode, starting with pulling all the innovations over the years into the fold - procedural radio show, weekly newspaper highlighting achievements just to name two - and making them actually immersive experiences rather than a cumbersome, bland wrapper around a season that actually doesn't have that much context to it, I'd be SO down.

MLB The Show did a dope thing this year by developing their career statistics system to incorporate player vs. player stats, so you get information on how a batter has done versus a specific pitcher over their career. They do it both with stat overlays and with procedural commentary from the studio guys. I can see that moving into vs. types of pitchers or in specfic stadiums under specific conditions and to me, that's a big change that helps the Franchise mode tell you a story about your team. They also do the radio show thing which is great for keeping you aware of what's going on around the league without having to constantly read every menu screen if you want to keep in touch.

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