http://www.operationsports.com/news/828784/rbi-baseball-15-announced-teaser-trailer-released-anthony-rizzo-cover-athlete/
more features...and looks shittier imo
stick with super mega baseball
The problem is that RBI 14 sucked and it wont even fkn work on my xbox anymore...
This looks INFINITELY better...
NEW FEATURES IN 2015
BALLPARKS: Completely redesigned authentic Major League ballparks for all 30 franchises, each crafted with detailed design characteristics fans will easily recognize.
FULL ROSTERS: Play with complete 25-man Major League rosters for all 30 teams, modifying your batting order or pitching rotation at any point. Set the active 25-man roster from each franchise's 40-man roster.
STAT TRACKING: Track batting and pitching statistics in season mode for the first time ever, including viewable team, player and season league leaderboards.
ONLINE PLAY: Choose to play in online multiplayer mode in friendly and ranked games.
GAMEPLAY SETTINGS: Pick your competition level – Easy, Medium or Hard.
PC & MAC DEBUT: Introducing availability for personal computers on the Steam platform, coming this spring.
sorry i worded mine wrong...more features look better...but that batter angle they were using in the video for gameplay looked shittier.
I like it. But yeah it's closer to mlbts than rbi. Promising though
Looks like the original view is still available:
http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/09/r-b-i-baseball-15-is-happening-as-major-league-baseball-offers-an-alternative-to-playstations-the-show/
Fuck them. Not available for ps3. Is the company ran by morons?
Available on NES/SNES or Genesis?
It doesn't say when it'll be released. When will it be released?
Quote from: ryno on 02/09/15, 06:18:36 PM
Fuck them. Not available for ps3. Is the company ran by morons?
seriously, fuck that
Quote from: bonny on 02/10/15, 12:25:55 PM
Quote from: ryno on 02/09/15, 06:18:36 PM
Fuck them. Not available for ps3. Is the company ran by morons?
seriously, fuck that
Double fuck that!
Comes out today. I'm gonna buy it...
Alas, they are waving the big "Fuck off" sign at those of us who are still on the last console generation, and I'm not updating to an Xbox One just for RBI.
I still believe that they would have sold more copies (and had much lower development costs, since I assume that's what hosed us out of so many promised updates last year) if they'd basically just taken Turd's ROM as a base, and spent all their development efforts on putting a stat-tracking season mode and online play into original RBI. Hell, you can do online play with existing emulators now, and I'm sure those have been written for all the major systems.
I totally get it. I do. That said, as far as the updates go, I'm in favor of the updated graphics...I think they nailed the presentation, they just needed some other features...
We always have my ROM for the retro style...still, these companies would do well to consult the communities that have kept the games alive for so long.
Regardless of my complaints, had I the new system, I would definitely plan getting '15. I thought '14 was a disappointment, generally, but it wasn't a BAD game, and I definitely got my twenty bucks' worth out of it.
NBA Jam might be a good comparison - the first version of the reboot had a few poor design decisions (no tag mode, screwed-up management of save states), and then they released "On Fire Edition" as a downloadable release a year or two later and completely nailed it.
Agreed, I have a suspicion this version will be worlds better than last year's...MLB the Show comes out today too. I'll likely pick that up as well...I love teh baseball.
Quote from: Turd on 03/31/15, 08:58:25 AM
Agreed, I have a suspicion this version will be worlds better than last year's...MLB the Show comes out today too. I'll likely pick that up as well...I love teh baseball.
AGREED. Alas, I only have a PS3-- so bummed they aren't released it on that system for at least one more year-- I guess I'll just pick it up on iOS when that version is released.
What about iPhone???
Bought it, played it, loved it. Two season games in. One did crash on me. However, plays great and seems like it'll be great fun.
Quote from: BDawk on 03/31/15, 03:09:47 PM
What about iPhone???
iOS and Android "are expected to debut shortly after Opening Day" (http://www.rbigame.com/r-b-i-15-hits-xbox-one-ps4-on-331/)
PC and MAC on April 30 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/329610/)
Quote from: Turd on 03/31/15, 10:38:22 PM
Bought it, played it, loved it.
Same here and I think it's much better than last year's offering.
I've played 9 season games (Twins are 5-4 :thumbsup:) and had one weird issue where I had to give up both of my base runners in a triple play in order to get the game to continue, but it's been smooth sailing and a lot of fun otherwise
Any gameplay differences from last year, or basically just the same thing?
Quote from: D Z on 04/01/15, 04:23:50 AM
I've played 9 season games (Twins are 5-4 :thumbsup:)
YES
Modern controls where you can use the different buttons to chose the base or classic where you choose base using one button plus direction.
Not sure if you can dive or not, seems to handle that automatically.
No unlockables everything is available at the start.
Oh, and the ballparks look fantastic.
I never even played '14 because I didn't really have a system to play it on. Fortunately, my girlfriend's parents got us an Xbox One "for the kids" for Christmas, so I'll probably be picking up '15 today.
Quote from: Turd on 04/01/15, 09:00:16 AM
Modern controls where you can use the different buttons to chose the base or classic where you choose base using one button plus direction.
Not sure if you can dive or not, seems to handle that automatically.
Diving was automatic in the other one, so that makes sense.
I would ordinarily object to the one-button throws, as a purist, but it makes a lot of sense in this case, because they enabled free player movement rather than pushing a button to run to a base. Because of that, if you didn't hit the joystick and button at the exact same time, you'd actually run away from the infield momentarily when you made a throw from the outfield into second base, which just looked and felt weird.
Did they add the ability to cut off throws? That was SORELY missed from last year's version - accidentally throw home, and you give the runners a free base. In the original, you could position a fielder to cut off throws, particularly to home. It's not AS big a deal with the one-button throws, but it might still be handy.
I don't know about the cuoff, I'll look.
Anyone who bought it, let's play! i'm tjansx on psn, what's yours?
Also, you guys who don't have an XB1 or PS4, it's available on PC. I know that's not ideal, but it's a way to play it...
Quote from: Turd on 04/01/15, 11:05:32 AM
Also, you guys who don't have an XB1 or PS4, it's available on PC. I know that's not ideal, but it's a way to play it...
This is good news, assuming it supports USB joysticks I'll be purchasing after work. I really like 14, though only played it one night at Lips' place
Gantry, I think they said it'll be available via steam a few days after opening day...
Blast, when is opening day? DONT TELL ME TO GOOGLE, I INVENTED THE INTERNET!
This Sunday, I believe...
Okay. So I totally just lost 9-4 to the computer on RBI Baseball 2015.
I'm drinking bourbon and have zero fucking awareness of Xbox controllers and whatnot, but yeah, that's a thing that just happened.
No shame in that. The CPU is WAY tougher in the new RBI than on the originals - mainly, their fielding is way more competent, and you can't take advantage of the AI to get extra bases. Also, I had to get use to the starting position of fielders, and fly balls carried more than I expected, so while the computer's defense was pretty good, mine was a dumpster fire.
Eventually, on RBI '14, I figured out that the Retreat (http://dee-nee.com/rbi/glossary.shtml) was ridiculously overpowered, and my season included a 25-game winning streak (with the Twins, who are terrible), and I eventually swept through the playoffs. The first week or two I had the game, though, while I was figuring out the fielding controls and not hitting four or five homers a game, I was lucky to win more than one out of three times.
I'm pretty sure if the retreat is that over powered, I'm not gonna use it...I'd prefer to keep the game a challenge...
Quote from: BeefMaster on 04/03/15, 08:11:40 AM
Eventually, on RBI '14, I figured out that the Retreat (http://dee-nee.com/rbi/glossary.shtml) was ridiculously overpowered,
Yep, I crushed Lips & Sperling when we played - and I was the only one who retreated consistently. I like to think that Dee-Nee contributed to that feature getting added.
We should test to see if it's the same benefit in 15
I really struggled to get my timing down, especially given that I'd had a couple drinks and it was the first time I played. I will say that the one time I used the retreat and made good contact ended up in a 2-run bomb by Devin Mesoraco.
It could be my imagination, but it did seem like using the retreat was kind of all or nothing. If you hit it right it's a home run, but if you're the slightest bit off, it's an infield pop up every time.
Got a chance to play again yesterday and actually won this time, I think something like 13-9 against the Orioles. I'm starting to get the hitting down, but holy fuck am I a complete dumpster fire in the field and on the basepaths. I probably would have scored 4-5 more runs if I hadn't run myself out of at least three innings. I'm getting decent enough at painting the corners and striking guys out, but when they do put it in play, I go after it with the wrong player roughly 90% of the time.
Overall, it's a fun enough game, and I'm hoping that with the simplicity of the controls I can get the kids on board soon.
Be sure and bump this thread when the PC version comes out
Will do! I'm having th same problems on the base paths. I'll work it out.
Two decades of RBI 1-3 were not helpful for baserunning skills when picking up RBI 14 - the CPU is no longer shy about throwing guys out (in the originals, if you tried for an extra base and then thought better of it, they wouldn't throw to the previous base, so you were fine as long as you didn't close enough for them to run you down).
I find its' harder to return to the base for some reason...
Quote from: Turd on 04/06/15, 01:41:13 PM
I find its' harder to return to the base for some reason...
Momentum, I think. In the new games, guys take a second to turn around.
In the same way, I misjudged a lot of potential tag outs because the tag animation was so slow.
Some more observations from a few games today, where I started a season by losing to the Pirates because Aroldis Chapman my inability to track fly balls allowed 3 runs in the ninth.
- I am almost beginning to feel like the first batter of the game gets the same power boost as a pinch hitter or something. It's a small sample size, but in my first game on Saturday I hit a leadoff bomb with Billy Hamilton. Today I played two games with my girlfriend, who is hoping to learn the game and see what all the fuss is about. I hit leadoff homers with Denard Span and Michael Bourn in those two games. Also worth noting is that because they're fast players with little power, I was pressing up with Hamilton and Bourn trying to put the ball on the ground. That's three out of four games where the leadoff hitter hit a line drive home run into the first few rows of seats on the first pitch of the game.
- Pitcher home runs are a thing. When playing my girlfriend I was up big and going station to station, but decided to use the retreat for pitchers just for the hell of it. Hit a grand slam with Corey Kluber to straightaway center.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 04/06/15, 03:47:10 PM
Quote from: Turd on 04/06/15, 01:41:13 PM
I find its' harder to return to the base for some reason...
Momentum, I think. In the new games, guys take a second to turn around.
In the same way, I misjudged a lot of potential tag outs because the tag animation was so slow.
This. And it's not just momentum on RBI 15. I've run into several situations where just tapping the buttons causes the player to stop and hesitate, but if you don't hold them down for almost a full second they will just revert back to what they were going to do anyway, if that makes sense. I ran myself into an inning ending double play last night on a double off the wall because when I tapped the button to send the two runners an extra base, they just took a couple steps, turned around, and went back to the base.
A couple other observations now that I'm about seven games into a season:
- Home runs with the first batter of the game are still a thing, and now Billy Hamilton leads the majors in home runs and RBIs.
- Pitcher home runs are still a thing. Hit a 3-run bomb to center with Cueto last night.
- It could be that I just don't have my timing down, but I'm not sure the retreat gives you that much more power. It definitely causes you to hit the ball in the air more often, but most of those are pop ups or it turns what would have been a single into a lazy fly ball. Starting to feel like the power comes more from just hitting it with the sweet spot on the bat. More than anything, my home runs have come when I'm pressing right or left to try to move to make solid contact on a curve.
- A couple nice touches from the original: If you hit a foul ball into the right spots in the stands down the right or left field lines, it will still look and make a sound like it hit something, rather than just disappear into the crowd. Also, last night I had a CPU player throw the ball into the stands after trying to make a throw from up against the stands down the right field line. The player turned white and was frozen while I just circled the bases and scored.
I actually think I'm not hitting the right buttons on the controller to return my runners...
RBI 15's facebook page just said they've been approved for Apple's App store and the iOS version should be out today at $5.00.