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OT - I've been thinking of picking this up. I have a friend who has it. Last one I played was '07 and I played it a bunch but absolutely hated Road to the Show. Why? I was batting close to, if not over, .500, lots of HR's, lots of SB and I still wasn't being called up to the majors. And hitting is hard too on a 2d screen. Which is a slight annoyance but its just hard to track the different pitches. I want to give it another shot but I kinda think that I know I would like arcade style better



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Euphoria14 said:
J_Allard said:
Idk about it being great for non-sports fans, baseball can be pretty boring even if you're a fan. But people must be dying to play it, seems like it has been sold out on PS4 almost everywhere I have been.

Road to the Show cuts out like 90%+ of each game, so you only need to worry about your own at-bats and only field when the ball has a chance of being in play where you would have to field it. This makes the game much easier for people who don't want to grind through an entire 162-game season or sim through it and lose the chance to gain additional training points and/or move up the orginization faster.

It is very accessible to non-baseball fans and cuts out much of what people may find boring about the game and gives it a pick up and play style of gaming. Got only 20 minutes to kill before going out somewhere? You can easily squeeze in a few games from your RttS career.

 

 

Didn't realize it was selling that well though. Might have much to do with being the only Baseball game available for next gen consoles. Yeah RBI Baseball 14 is coming, but it nowhere near what MLB The Show is.


This is 100% true. I for sure enjoy the sport of baseball (Massive Cardinals fan, Go Birds!) but usually cant get into sports games because I find them boring. Road To The Show though is a blast and takes the boring / grind parts out of the game and really makes the gameplay fun and about you the player 



Euphoria14 said:

Hahaha! They would despise me if I started rooting for the Braves. They have lived in Georgia for about 10-years now, but they all grew up die-hard Mets fans. The only time they visit Turner Field is when the Mets come to town.


Psh, I'm a White Sox fan and since I moved to Milwaukee (I worked right next door to Miller Park) I started following the Brewers closely.... But that just might be because I hate the Cubs.



Max King of the Wild said:
Euphoria14 said:

Hahaha! They would despise me if I started rooting for the Braves. They have lived in Georgia for about 10-years now, but they all grew up die-hard Mets fans. The only time they visit Turner Field is when the Mets come to town.


Psh, I'm a White Sox fan and since I moved to Milwaukee (I worked right next door to Miller Park) I started following the Brewers closely.... But that just might be because I hate the Cubs.

I hope you don't cheer on that dirtbag Ryan Braun.



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Euphoria14 said:

I hope you don't cheer on that dirtbag Ryan Braun.


Haha, when I came back to the Suburbs I was telling everyone he was my favorite player and apparently pissed a lot of people off. But no, I don't follow them closely enough to know the stats of the players, or players in general. I just know who they are playing that day and their Win/Loss record.



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Max King of the Wild said:
Euphoria14 said:

I hope you don't cheer on that dirtbag Ryan Braun.

Haha, when I came back to the Suburbs I was telling everyone he was my favorite player and apparently pissed a lot of people off. But no, I don't follow them closely enough to know the stats of the players, or players in general. I just know who they are playing that day and their Win/Loss record.

Did you do that intentionally? If so then you sound like a real jerk, lol.

That is something I would have done.



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Max King of the Wild said:
Euphoria14 said:

Hahaha! They would despise me if I started rooting for the Braves. They have lived in Georgia for about 10-years now, but they all grew up die-hard Mets fans. The only time they visit Turner Field is when the Mets come to town.


Psh, I'm a White Sox fan and since I moved to Milwaukee (I worked right next door to Miller Park) I started following the Brewers closely.... But that just might be because I hate the Cubs.


As a Cardinals fan I can agree......the Cubs suck. Our rivalry is legendary and we both mutually hate each other. (All in good fun though of course )



Having a blast playing it. I buy every it every year, and the PS4 version by far is the best. I'm very glad that it's selling pretty very well.



the intro was cool



Max King of the Wild said:
the intro was cool


it was amazing!