Comments on: MLB FOM 2nd Developer Diary http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/01/24/mlb-fom-2nd-developer-diary Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Articula http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/01/24/mlb-fom-2nd-developer-diary/comment-page-1#comment-51821 Articula Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:52:46 +0000 http://www.pastapadre.com/?p=5894#comment-51821 And sorry about the bad english - my keyboard sucks :( And sorry about the bad english – my keyboard sucks :(

]]> By: Articula http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/01/24/mlb-fom-2nd-developer-diary/comment-page-1#comment-190818 Articula Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:52:00 +0000 http://www.pastapadre.com/?p=5894#comment-190818 And sorry about the bad english - my keyboard sucks :( And sorry about the bad english – my keyboard sucks :(

]]> By: Articula http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/01/24/mlb-fom-2nd-developer-diary/comment-page-1#comment-51820 Articula Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:50:03 +0000 http://www.pastapadre.com/?p=5894#comment-51820 On the positive side I offered some lopsided and some trades that usually go thru in some games like Matt Capps for Travis Snider or Matt Capps for Casey Kotchman and both were rejected even though Capps has a higher rating than both. So the game seems to take into account player potential or position. Game follows the rules pretty well to my knowledge. Saying all the negatives above I played for 3 hours and time flew, I found myself intrigued by the game and the depth in which it allowed me to customize my team. The menus definitely need work but if 2k sports does issue a simple patch to update the menu system I feel like this game would be pretty solid. This will definitely be good for people who have the patience and are looking for a console baseball sim. Hope this helps, Justin On the positive side I offered some lopsided and some trades that usually go thru in some games like Matt Capps for Travis Snider or Matt Capps for Casey Kotchman and both were rejected even though Capps has a higher rating than both. So the game seems to take into account player potential or position.

Game follows the rules pretty well to my knowledge.

Saying all the negatives above I played for 3 hours and time flew, I found myself intrigued by the game and the depth in which it allowed me to customize my team. The menus definitely need work but if 2k sports does issue a simple patch to update the menu system I feel like this game would be pretty solid. This will definitely be good for people who have the patience and are looking for a console baseball sim.

Hope this helps,
Justin

]]> By: Articula http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/01/24/mlb-fom-2nd-developer-diary/comment-page-1#comment-190817 Articula Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:50:00 +0000 http://www.pastapadre.com/?p=5894#comment-190817 On the positive side I offered some lopsided and some trades that usually go thru in some games like Matt Capps for Travis Snider or Matt Capps for Casey Kotchman and both were rejected even though Capps has a higher rating than both. So the game seems to take into account player potential or position. Game follows the rules pretty well to my knowledge. Saying all the negatives above I played for 3 hours and time flew, I found myself intrigued by the game and the depth in which it allowed me to customize my team. The menus definitely need work but if 2k sports does issue a simple patch to update the menu system I feel like this game would be pretty solid. This will definitely be good for people who have the patience and are looking for a console baseball sim. Hope this helps, Justin On the positive side I offered some lopsided and some trades that usually go thru in some games like Matt Capps for Travis Snider or Matt Capps for Casey Kotchman and both were rejected even though Capps has a higher rating than both. So the game seems to take into account player potential or position.

Game follows the rules pretty well to my knowledge.

Saying all the negatives above I played for 3 hours and time flew, I found myself intrigued by the game and the depth in which it allowed me to customize my team. The menus definitely need work but if 2k sports does issue a simple patch to update the menu system I feel like this game would be pretty solid. This will definitely be good for people who have the patience and are looking for a console baseball sim.

Hope this helps,
Justin

]]> By: Articula http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/01/24/mlb-fom-2nd-developer-diary/comment-page-1#comment-51819 Articula Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:49:45 +0000 http://www.pastapadre.com/?p=5894#comment-51819 I haven't been offered a trade yet, which I does happen (I've only played into spring training). Also you don't have a good way of scouting other teams farm systems so it seems like it will be really tough to trade proven players for stud prospects. Kinda stinks if you want to build a team from bad to good like I'm trying to do with the Pirates. I was hoping they would do a better job with real minor leaguers and I did not find Pedro Alvarez in the Bucco's minors or Josh Vitters in the Cubs Minors. The last unusual thing I've seen was Ervin Santana, Clayton Kershaw & Russel Martin hitting the FA wire. Don't think any MLB team in their right mind would make those decisions. However, I need to see if the teams that let them go were simply under constraints which made them not sign the players. I went after Kershaw & Santana and was successful in signing both. I haven't been offered a trade yet, which I does happen (I've only played into spring training). Also you don't have a good way of scouting other teams farm systems so it seems like it will be really tough to trade proven players for stud prospects. Kinda stinks if you want to build a team from bad to good like I'm trying to do with the Pirates.

I was hoping they would do a better job with real minor leaguers and I did not find Pedro Alvarez in the Bucco's minors or Josh Vitters in the Cubs Minors.

The last unusual thing I've seen was Ervin Santana, Clayton Kershaw & Russel Martin hitting the FA wire. Don't think any MLB team in their right mind would make those decisions. However, I need to see if the teams that let them go were simply under constraints which made them not sign the players. I went after Kershaw & Santana and was successful in signing both.

]]> By: Articula http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/01/24/mlb-fom-2nd-developer-diary/comment-page-1#comment-190816 Articula Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:49:00 +0000 http://www.pastapadre.com/?p=5894#comment-190816 I haven't been offered a trade yet, which I does happen (I've only played into spring training). Also you don't have a good way of scouting other teams farm systems so it seems like it will be really tough to trade proven players for stud prospects. Kinda stinks if you want to build a team from bad to good like I'm trying to do with the Pirates. I was hoping they would do a better job with real minor leaguers and I did not find Pedro Alvarez in the Bucco's minors or Josh Vitters in the Cubs Minors. The last unusual thing I've seen was Ervin Santana, Clayton Kershaw & Russel Martin hitting the FA wire. Don't think any MLB team in their right mind would make those decisions. However, I need to see if the teams that let them go were simply under constraints which made them not sign the players. I went after Kershaw & Santana and was successful in signing both. I haven't been offered a trade yet, which I does happen (I've only played into spring training). Also you don't have a good way of scouting other teams farm systems so it seems like it will be really tough to trade proven players for stud prospects. Kinda stinks if you want to build a team from bad to good like I'm trying to do with the Pirates.

I was hoping they would do a better job with real minor leaguers and I did not find Pedro Alvarez in the Bucco's minors or Josh Vitters in the Cubs Minors.

The last unusual thing I've seen was Ervin Santana, Clayton Kershaw & Russel Martin hitting the FA wire. Don't think any MLB team in their right mind would make those decisions. However, I need to see if the teams that let them go were simply under constraints which made them not sign the players. I went after Kershaw & Santana and was successful in signing both.

]]> By: Articula http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/01/24/mlb-fom-2nd-developer-diary/comment-page-1#comment-51818 Articula Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:47:38 +0000 http://www.pastapadre.com/?p=5894#comment-51818 I bought it, menus are pretty bad. You have to go to each main menu to get into another menu. There are no shortcuts like go to a player screen and re-sign player, or designate player. Everything is done by going thru transaction windows. Player scaling from what I've seen is ok, there are some head scratching ratings like Matt Capps (Cubs fan playing the Pirates) being a 75/80 but Russell Martin for instance being only a 60. (I don't think Martin is a closer to 80 than Capps, but he's not that much worse, or better yet Capps isn't that good. Another annoyance I've found is changing your starting hitters, for some reason you have to do it thru the batting lineup and not the depth chart. I bought it, menus are pretty bad. You have to go to each main menu to get into another menu. There are no shortcuts like go to a player screen and re-sign player, or designate player. Everything is done by going thru transaction windows.

Player scaling from what I've seen is ok, there are some head scratching ratings like Matt Capps (Cubs fan playing the Pirates) being a 75/80 but Russell Martin for instance being only a 60. (I don't think Martin is a closer to 80 than Capps, but he's not that much worse, or better yet Capps isn't that good.

Another annoyance I've found is changing your starting hitters, for some reason you have to do it thru the batting lineup and not the depth chart.

]]> By: Articula http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/01/24/mlb-fom-2nd-developer-diary/comment-page-1#comment-190815 Articula Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:47:00 +0000 http://www.pastapadre.com/?p=5894#comment-190815 I bought it, menus are pretty bad. You have to go to each main menu to get into another menu. There are no shortcuts like go to a player screen and re-sign player, or designate player. Everything is done by going thru transaction windows. Player scaling from what I've seen is ok, there are some head scratching ratings like Matt Capps (Cubs fan playing the Pirates) being a 75/80 but Russell Martin for instance being only a 60. (I don't think Martin is a closer to 80 than Capps, but he's not that much worse, or better yet Capps isn't that good. Another annoyance I've found is changing your starting hitters, for some reason you have to do it thru the batting lineup and not the depth chart. I bought it, menus are pretty bad. You have to go to each main menu to get into another menu. There are no shortcuts like go to a player screen and re-sign player, or designate player. Everything is done by going thru transaction windows.

Player scaling from what I've seen is ok, there are some head scratching ratings like Matt Capps (Cubs fan playing the Pirates) being a 75/80 but Russell Martin for instance being only a 60. (I don't think Martin is a closer to 80 than Capps, but he's not that much worse, or better yet Capps isn't that good.

Another annoyance I've found is changing your starting hitters, for some reason you have to do it thru the batting lineup and not the depth chart.

]]> By: Articula http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/01/24/mlb-fom-2nd-developer-diary/comment-page-1#comment-51778 Articula Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:48:15 +0000 http://www.pastapadre.com/?p=5894#comment-51778 I hope they have more than just an overall rating of 20-80. Would be pretty lame if you couldn't see what made up the players overall "potential" I hope they have more than just an overall rating of 20-80. Would be pretty lame if you couldn't see what made up the players overall "potential"

]]> By: Articula http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/01/24/mlb-fom-2nd-developer-diary/comment-page-1#comment-190814 Articula Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:48:00 +0000 http://www.pastapadre.com/?p=5894#comment-190814 I hope they have more than just an overall rating of 20-80. Would be pretty lame if you couldn't see what made up the players overall "potential" I hope they have more than just an overall rating of 20-80. Would be pretty lame if you couldn't see what made up the players overall "potential"

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