MLB 12 The Show Hands-On Preview and Interview with Ramone Russell (PS3, PS Vita)

[tnixen]

WoW!!!

This is like a dream come true if these 3 features/Improvments turn out to be as good as I hope them to be!!

New True Broadcast Presentation
New Ball Physics
New Massive Overhaul Commentary

These 3 features/Improvments alone would make me so happy even if no other features were added lol

[The Bimmer]

Good Stuff, commentary is why I gave the other game a shot last year, but there is not doubt I will be back on board this year. 11 weeks to go before pitchers and catcher report.

[Ghoste]

I've read 'All new Broadcast' features on the back of a lot of game boxes throughout my entire gaming career (not just The Show). Then you play the game and you get a ton of camera angles that aren't real-life camera angles. I'm hoping '12 really delivers!

Ball physics sound great too. I'm excited!

-ghoste

[Spaced Ace]

While all these features are awesome, I'm really hoping they revamp the netcode for 2012. Online play has been a mess and NEEDS to be fixed.

[Drew127]

The new presentation/commentary is exactly what I wanted to hear they have added this year.

I really hope there is actual banter between the commentators this year, much like NBA 2k. They can talk about things in context like the award races or how a guy performed recently/in the last series. But I hope it's done realistically and in a natural way, and not just some line like "he was 2 for 2 yesterday".

The banter in NBA 2k is absolutely amazing and sounds just like a real broadcast. I hope a similar flow and chemistry between the commentators is achieved in The Show.

Maybe the surprise feature is new commentators? I figure if they are going to give the commentary an overhaul, what better time to rip it out completely and get some new guys in there?

Hopefully along with the camera cuts and broadcast angles, we get some nifty overlays with it.

As others have already stated on here, I hope Franchise gets a facelift. More stats! And presented in an intuitive way! A prime example of this is the player cards and info. I hope they can do something like NBA 2k where it has splits for home/away - and even by month! - and a list of stats for recent games. Madden does this pretty well too. It'd be nice to look at a starting pitcher's card and be able to see how he has done for his past 10 starts (IP, BB, K's, etc).

The presentation of all the stats and info in franchise is severely lacking compared to where it should be and where it is in other games. Especially in baseball where stats are so important when compared to the other sports. The wealth of info available needs to be brought to the front end. I know the game keeps tracks of those splits. Show them to the users and have them be available on-demand, as opposed to when the game decides to randomly tell you about it.

Finally, a huge addition to franchise that would really add to the immersion would be historical data. Once again, I'm going to reference NBA 2k. The game really nails it. You can see the champions for all the previous years, the league leaders of all the significant stat categories for the previous years, and even the player cards have a tab for awards and, the best part, personal bests for each player both for a single game and for a career. How great would it be if you are five years into your franchise, and you can look back and see Pujols set a career high in HR's for a season three years ago? And it'd be really cool to see how many times and which years he won the MVP, etc.

[Doormat]

Amazing interview, love the new features Russel talked about including the commentary being focused on a lot.

Will DEFINITELY be getting BOTH the PS3 and Vita versions but.. will Vita have umpires? I haven't played the handheld versions of The Show since MLB 07

[econoodle]

the ball physics has me interested, from the sounds of it, no longer will the ball travel like a UFO.

excited.
and this is just the tip of the Show iceberg

[Blzer]

Can you say JACKPOT?!