Blitzburgh
March 28th, 2006, 06:04 AM
If they had all of the players and a few coaches in the dugouts actually animate and react to what is going on in the game. They always have like 4 players that are generic, identical and just plain bad looking. Since the 360 is looking so sharp, I think it will really take away from the graphics if they show the dugouts and there is only a couple generic looking players standing there like zombies. Small, yet I think important detail.
Also, I think something that would be really cool with the new pitching system is now when we hit the button to bring in a new pitcher (after he has been warming up)(online & against the cpu) it goes into some really cool cut seens on your opponents tv while on your tv is goes to the bull pen for you to pick 6 pitches to practice throwing in a certain amount of time so you know where to place your breaking balls and stuff. Any thoughts?
totalownership
March 28th, 2006, 06:30 AM
Good stuff there. I've always thought it was kinda dumb for your online opponent to have to sit and wait for you to do coaching duties while they can do nothing but listen to you "clunk , clunk , clunk" through the menus.
Trevytrev11
March 28th, 2006, 06:40 AM
If they had all of the players and a few coaches in the dugouts actually animate and react to what is going on in the game. They always have like 4 players that are generic, identical and just plain bad looking. Since the 360 is looking so sharp, I think it will really take away from the graphics if they show the dugouts and there is only a couple generic looking players standing there like zombies. Small, yet I think important detail.
Also, I think something that would be really cool with the new pitching system is now when we hit the button to bring in a new pitcher (after he has been warming up)(online & against the cpu) it goes into some really cool cut seens on your opponents tv while on your tv is goes to the bull pen for you to pick 6 pitches to practice throwing in a certain amount of time so you know where to place your breaking balls and stuff. Any thoughts?
I think they could do a lot better w/the dugout animations. Maybe everyone giving fives to a starting pitcher that was pulled or when someone hits a HR. Maybe everyone on the top step in a close game in late innings. There are so many different things that go on in there, they could do a lot. I know the MLB won't allow it in a game they authorize, but it would be pretty cool to see a guy go nuts in the dugout after a bad call or getting ejected (throwing balls on the field, throwing the gatorade bucket, etc.). My only thing is that I would like to see them perfect (or make as good as possible) the gameplay before worrying about this, but I would like to see it.
As far as your other comment, I would usually be against it w/the old pitching system, but I do think you pose a pretty good point. Each pitcher will have different movement on his pitch and the last thing you want to do is come in and hang one on the first pitch because you are not sure how much your players pitches are going to move or not move. The only downfall is that it could add some time to the game, but like you said, if they put say a 30 second time limit on it, I would definately be for it.
Good Idea's all around.