BREAKING... (The official RBI '14 Thread)

[VEGAS]

Just made my first triple play in rbi14! Wooo.

[BeefMaster]

Got the achievement for homering with my pitcher over lunch, against the Brewers with Kevin Correia.  Not a wallzie-esque hit, either - it was four or five rows deep into the left field stands.

I'd given up one before that, to Jeff Samardzjklbzdcflspa while trying out the Braves in a postseason, and it also was not a cheap shot.  Pitchers apparently have far more power in this version.

[BeefMaster]

Also, as the game continues to grow on me (partially because, with the help of constantly using the Retreat to boost my power output, I'm putting up much more offense), I'm realizing that the gameplay reminds me much more of Griffey on the SNES than RBI.  Really, the only thing about it that's more RBI than Griffey is the presence of the drop pitch.  The fielding, batted balls, and general pace of the game are all far more similar to Griffey than RBI.

[ryno]

learned that by pressing down when swinging, the ball goes much much much farther. . . . now I can win a game or two

[BeefMaster]

I've noticed that the Retreat seems to provide quite a power boost, not just the trajectory boost that it does in the original.  I have been using it pretty much every at-bat, and even guys like Alex Presley and Pedro Florimon are hitting some occasional dingers.

[VEGAS]

I've noticed that the Retreat seems to provide quite a power boost, not just the trajectory boost that it does in the original.  I have been using it pretty much every at-bat, and even guys like Alex Presley and Pedro Florimon are hitting some occasional dingers.

thanks for the retreat tip... my homeruns have gone up significant since I started using it.

[Gantry]

So when is this coming out on the PS4?  We want to plan a dee-nee RBI night after it comes out

[RBI Empire]

I haven't heard a release date yet. Initially they said sometime in May. I'm not sure if that still holds true or not.

[BeefMaster]

I nearly got the Twins' challenge, back-to-back shutouts - got a 2-inning 11-0 slaughter against Cleveland, then kept the Tigers scoreless until they got back-to-back doubles to lead off the bottom of the 7th.

FINALLY completed my first RBI Challenge today - had a two-inning shutout slaughter against the Mariners followed up by a tense 6-0 beating of the A's.  The A's didn't threaten until the last inning, when they got back-to-back one-out singles, the first of which was actually off the wall and would have triggered a substantial amount of rage if it had cleared the wall.

The Retreat has made beating the CPU a pretty regular occurrence - I think I have the Twins are on a 14 or 15-game winning streak (REALISTIC!), although I did manage to lose the All-Star game in the middle of that.  I'm not quite 40 games into the 50-game season, currently 6 games up on the Royals in the Central, and they're three games ahead of the second Wild Card, so I theoretically could clinch a playoff spot within the next three or four games.  I think I'm about 25 or so games from being able to start some fresh seasons and try for other RBI Challenges to get more retro jerseys.

[BeefMaster]

I'm not quite 40 games into the 50-game season, currently 6 games up on the Royals in the Central, and they're three games ahead of the second Wild Card, so I theoretically could clinch a playoff spot within the next three or four games.  I think I'm about 25 or so games from being able to start some fresh seasons and try for other RBI Challenges to get more retro jerseys.

Got my winning streak up to 20 and clinched the AL Central thanks in part to a collapse by the Royals (who dropped from rivaling me for the best record in baseball to a tie for the second Wild Card in the span of about ten games).  It appears that the "Make the Postseason" achievement does not trigger when you clinch a playoff spot; that must happen at the actual end of the regular season.

I also confirmed over lunch that jersey unlocks are tied to your saved game, not to your profile - selected my cloud save (which I've never used) instead of my local one, and the Twins' retro jersey was not available.

Trying to figure out which RBI Challenge(s) to try for next.  The ones for striking out 8 batters in 5 innings seems to be the easiest (since you can just refuse to throw out any batter who puts the ball in play), although it's a boring set of jerseys (Jays and Rays).

[BeefMaster]

Tweet from the RBI Baseball official account this morning:

The alumni pack should be available for sale later today for iOS users. #rbi14

I responded asking for clarification on what exactly the "alumni pack" is and when/if it was coming for consoles; no response on that front yet.

[Johnny Tecmo]

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/opinion/game/3524050/rbi-baseball-expands-rosters-with-new-players-old-timers/

[BeefMaster]

About freaking time with the roster update.

Two new players per team is a disappointing add-on - I was hoping for something along the lines of full rosters, or (even better) original RBI teams.  I suppose they wanted to be able to offer something for fans of every team, but I'd have much rather had a few full teams instead.

[Turd]

I'm sure they don't have an interface setup for selecting those add-on teams.  They would have to code another screen that lets them sift through any add-on teams and the way this project has been going it seems like they haven't gotten that deep yet, so the low-hanging-fruit was to add players to existing teams.  Lame, but I do kind of understand it.  Being in software development, I constantly hear "just put a button on the page, it's simple" or "it's gotta be easy to just change the copy on that page."  People don't realize how much extra crap can sometimes go into complex software, and while it seems trivial to "just add xyz" it might not always be the case.

That said, I've been let down by the whole project in that they haven't released for the PS4 yet, among a few other things.  They are close though.  Really close...an add-on pack with the original 10 teams would be so great...or maybe even all 24 from that year...

[BeefMaster]

I have generally gotten the impression that the whole RBI '14 project was fairly thrown-together... I'm hopeful that any potential RBI '15 would have a lot more polish.

The problem with having all the teams is that the original spans two years, so if you picked a year you'd end up with the wrong versions of half the RBI teams.  I think an Original 10 set is better, both because you wouldn't have to pick a year and because you could use the fudged stats that the original game used.

[Turd]

I agree, though we did that whole 24 team project a few years back and we had a good mix of teams that represented the two years...though yes, I'd agree easier and still satisfying to have the original 10 teams (and maybe the arcade teams)

[BeefMaster]

The biggest hurdle to arcade teams is probably the fact that you'd have to track down a lot of dead guys' estates to get their rights.

[RBI Empire]

I want to apologize to everyone for being MIA the last month. Once baseball started for my boy and I, I haven't had any computer time, or any free time, at home. Plus, I've been working out of town the last few weeks and haven't been at my office to keep tabs on the happenings around here.

I haven't fired up my PS3 but 1 time to play RBI with a buddy a week and a half ago and even then it was only 1 game. I beat him 3-2 as the Braves. He's a Cubs fan.

I have heard mention of the roster update. Any details? Is it just 2 more position players per team?

I'm also in the process of starting my own athletic apparel/t-shirt business. I'll keep you guys in the loop on that as well as soon as I get it off the ground. Because I'm not busy enough...

Also sorry I haven't made any time to work on the website. I really have to get those rosters updated and get another blog entry in. Not enough hours in the day.

[Gantry]

No need to apologize for slacking on an RBI Baseball website.  If that was the case I'd be one sorry mofo for the past decade...

[VEGAS]

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/opinion/game/3524050/rbi-baseball-expands-rosters-with-new-players-old-timers/

Has anyone had success downloading the "alumni pack"? I tried yesterday on my ipad and had the same issues this article talked about (i.e. a "Buy" button that does nothing).