MLB 13 The Show Video and Blog - Hitting Enhancements: Beginner Mode & More

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jaybirdy24

I heard ramone say you'll see more 13-9 and high scoring games. I hope youll still get pitching duels and balanced games a lot too. I like the idea of having more high scoring games, cuz there are a lot in real life, but only if you still have pitching duels and most games should be balanced (5-3) (6-4)

There was actually a good mix of high scoring games, pitching duels, extra innings etc.

[enright6]

everything looks very nice...only problem i had is when they showed adam dunn....us cellular field is still messed up. The wall behind the left field bleechers is still a plain gray wall like the textures were never added. It should be green and gray with brick pillars. the right field wall is right...left field is still wrong.

[destructocid]

Pretty incredible, my only complaint is that it doesn't come out until march. You scea guys gotta get on that. Shoot for like a December/January release

[Bamafan3723]

The outfield wall at Turner Field still looks bad. The wrong shade of blue and the wall looks like certain sections are jutting out, instead of being seamless.

[Chaos81]

I've gotta say, I'm really looking forward to beginner mode. Not a beginner by any means, but I did I struggle at hitting in 12, hopefully the new mode, plus the changes to the timing window will help me improve this year.

[LastActionHero]

I really like beginner mode as well. Not that I need it but it could win over some friends of mine that thought it was too hard before.

On another note I'm a lighting guy, can any of the CD guys say if there were any changes made in that department?

Great blog!

Thanks.

[CubsHOF]

Do we know how much the "wind" effect has been turned down? I was disappointed to read that wind will not effect how far a ball travels as it has in the past. I did not find there was much of an issue. I play most of my home games at Wrigley Field and as we all know the wind effects how the park plays dramatically, it is either a pitchers park or a hitters park. If the wind has been turned down dramatically it is really going to hurt the authenticity and quality of play unless a ballpark specific wind effect has been added for Wrigley. As someone whose been living and breathing "The Show 2013" this one could really hurt my franchise and I plan on playing every game of 2-3 seasons.

[nomo17k]

Quote: Originally Posted by CubsHOF

Do we know how much the "wind" effect has been turned down? I was disappointed to read that wind will not effect how far a ball travels as it has in the past. I did not find there was much of an issue. I play most of my home games at Wrigley Field and as we all know the wind effects how the park plays dramatically, it is either a pitchers park or a hitters park. If the wind has been turned down dramatically it is really going to hurt the authenticity and quality of play unless a ballpark specific wind effect has been added for Wrigley. As someone whose been living and breathing "The Show 2013" this one could really hurt my franchise and I plan on playing every game of 2-3 seasons.

I think you'll be fine... if anything the wind effect probably was a bit more pronounced than in real life in the past (I checked the number of HRs against wind direction in MLB 12... it probably was a bit too strong). If you want a stronger effect, there is a slider for it....