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Developers really can't think RBI Baseball is a viable competitor to The Show, can they?
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They're not trying to compete with The Show, just offer an alternative to it.Developers really can't think RBI Baseball is a viable competitor to The Show, can they?
R.B.I. 14 features real baseball players — 16 on each of the 30 MLB clubs, a total of 480 — each of them appears in one of three body types.
Three (modes) are available: You'll be able to play one-off exhibition games, take a team through a season (a full 162 games or less) or start at the beginning of the postseason. Each team has three jerseys — home, road and alternate — and you can gain access to a fourth uniform, a retro jersey, by completing a challenge in the season mode. "The modes we have right now are in line with the expectation of R.B.I. It's very important for us to make sure that the gameplay experience stays true to the core of the entire era and the genre," said Leece, when asked about the basic setup.
Any Xbox 360- or Xbox One-owning fans of simulation baseball video games should disabuse themselves of the notion that R.B.I. 14 will serve as a competitor to MLB 14 The Show. MLB Advanced Media is aiming for something different — something that hews closer to the simpler sports games of the '80s and '90s. "It's going to be very true to the roots of the brand, of R.B.I. Baseball," said Jamie Leece, vice president of games for MLB Advanced Media. "It will be fast-paced; games can be played in under 20 minutes. From a user control standpoint, fans will find the controls to be 'classic,' reminiscent of the two-button controls from games of that generation."
R.B.I. 14's developers are taking advantage of the massive trove of data that MLB Advanced Media collects during every real-life baseball game, and using it as the basis of player skill and behavior in the game.
The rep said the game will initially launch simultaneously on PS3, Xbox 360, Android and iOS in "early April," with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions to follow soon afterward. MLB Advanced Media has not yet confirmed the prices for the various versions of R.B.I. 14, but a spokesperson told Polygon that it will only be released digitally on all platforms.
R.B.I. 14 doesn't feature online play
Saw the Baez homer last night, his swing is freaking blurry. His hands move, suddenly his swing is done and he's leaving the box. Jesus.
Sooooon.
So, Brandon Beachy and Kris Medlen both likely getting Tommy john surgery :/
We're in trouble.
Hand the NL east to the Nats
Hand the NL east to the Nats
Pray to god our bats don't slump like they did last season