One necessity: MLB The Show 15/16 animations

[ShowTyme15]

Re: One necessity: MLB The Show 15/16 animations

For those asking for players to come in for motion captures..........players do that on their own free will. It isn't mandatory, so if a player doesn't want to do it or refuses to do it (see Mike Trout) there is nothing SCEA can do. They have someone try to replicate a pitching motion or stance as best they can. Most players will do motion captures, but there are a ton more players that won't believe it or not. This goes with ANY sports game, not just the Show.

[ajblithe20]

Re: One necessity: MLB The Show 15/16 animations

I think improving the player appearances would be a huge deal for The Show. Updating equipment, animations, and/or batting stances/walkups/pitching motions would certainly help in this area, but the most glaring issue with MLB 14 TS were the unrealistic beards on so many players. There were WAY too many players with facial hair they hardly, if ever, even sported (Adam Jones, Chris Davis, Mark Trumbo come to mind).
I'm sure some of these areas will be improved (and the game will be great as always with other additions/improvements), but one of the few things that could disappoint me will be if they decide to leave the facial hair for certain players in. The beards on some players are so ridiculous it just looks like a "hey, look at our hair technology" promotion.

[Factzzz]

Re: One necessity: MLB The Show 15/16 animations

I think improving the player appearances would be a huge deal for The Show. Updating equipment, animations, and/or batting stances/walkups/pitching motions would certainly help in this area, but the most glaring issue with MLB 14 TS were the unrealistic beards on so many players. There were WAY too many players with facial hair they hardly, if ever, even sported (Adam Jones, Chris Davis, Mark Trumbo come to mind).
I'm sure some of these areas will be improved (and the game will be great as always with other additions/improvements), but one of the few things that could disappoint me will be if they decide to leave the facial hair for certain players in. The beards on some players are so ridiculous it just looks like a "hey, look at our hair technology" promotion.

Seriously.

I was shocked when i saw so many players sporting beards that they rarely if ever have.

Hopefully this year, they pay more attention to player hair and beards.

[ajblithe20]

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Seriously.

I was shocked when i saw so many players sporting beards that they rarely if ever have.

Hopefully this year, they pay more attention to player hair and beards.

I try not to hate on games (especially sports games) as much as some people do. I understand some things can't happen because of licensing and agreements. And I know it's a lot of work getting things like batting stances and equipment for the players updated. But it doesn't make any sense to me how they give facial hair styles to guys who've never had their facial hair that way. It's just incorrect, which is why it's such a big deal to me

[mlblover15]

Re: One necessity: MLB The Show 15/16 animations

i just got done with a series IN Milwaukee and had some brewers hit homers.. there was not once that Bernie came down the slide...

now what the freak is up with that...

[ryanmc564]

Re: One necessity: MLB The Show 15/16 animations

I would really like to see the running animation redone, to me there is something that just looks very mechanical and un-natural especially when running the bases. And a one personal preference I would like when it comes to running in both fielding and baserunning is the addition of a speed boost button to mash, ( one of the 2k games had it where you rapid tap (X or A) when running down to first for a extra boost in speed, and I enjoyed that it gave the game a little sense of urgency/ excitement. I would love to see something like that but not just applied to running to first but to all bases and fielding a ball in the gap. For me when I play I tend to get amped up and really get into the drama of the game so having a little something extra to do when fielding or baserunning to get more involved and feel like I'm actually doing something other than just telling the runner where to go or moving in the direction of the ball would be a very welcome addition to me, or hell they could just have a dead face button to mash at will and I can just pretend its doing something.

[Joey]

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No turbo. Just. No.

[ryanmc564]

Re: One necessity: MLB The Show 15/16 animations

No turbo. Just. No.

don't think of it as a turbo, think about it more as a little boost in speed ( or giving it your all) which players already do in real life when trying to stretch out a single into a double or trying to score from first on a ball in the gap. in those situation every player pushes a little harder to run faster to make it to the bag, this is something I feel is not really represented in the game, the sense of urgency. how many times you see/ hear a third base coach in real life yelling out to his players to get to the bag with a sense of urgency and that player steps it up a notch to get to there and that what I'm talking about. I mean how else would someone like Panda hit a triple if he didn't haul *** as fast as he can out the gate, without giving it a little something extra. But when you have one running speed for all situations in the game, kind of takes some of the control out of your hands

[Jimmydm90]

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No turbo. Just. No.

I can see some benefit in a sprinting system of some kind, if done right. Each players' sprint stamina determined by their stats. Give a little more variety depending on who you're playing as. Maybe a bit of a risk reward system. Come in too hot and you might miss play the ball. Come in too slow and it will get past you.

Plus it could solve people's complaints about players always giving 110% to first base on every hit/out even though that's far from realistic (they usually just jog). This way you can chalk up the jogging to endurance instead of laziness or lack of heart stat or any other categorization that would irk the MLB and players.

[ryanmc564]

Re: One necessity: MLB The Show 15/16 animations

I can see some benefit in a sprinting system of some kind, if done right. Each players' sprint stamina determined by their stats. Give a little more variety depending on who you're playing as. Maybe a bit of a risk reward system. Come in too hot and you might miss play the ball. Come in too slow and it will get past you.

Plus it could solve people's complaints about players always giving 110% to first base on every hit/out even though that's far from realistic (they usually just jog). This way you can chalk up the jogging to endurance instead of laziness or lack of heart stat or any other categorization that would irk the MLB and players.

tying in a risk reward system to it is a great idea, push yourself to hard you risk injury, or possible over shoot the bag (peter bourjos did that a few times this year stealing second ran a little too fast and ended up sliding right off the bag for a out), so its not necessarily something you will use all the time or something that can be exploited all the time. but in certain situation it would be nice to have that kind of option.

[Bobhead]

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A variation in speed would be nice, but I think what we need is slower, not faster.

If a fielder is not running full speed, it's most likely because he is not sure where the ball will land, or because he's slowing down to prepare for a catch, or to reach down for a ball on the ground etc...

An algorithm that encourages you to slow down to a "comfortable" speed in exchange for a higher catch success rate...

Slow jog animations for routine fly balls.

Runners jogging to second if you aren't holding down the run button AND the base is clearly, easily yours (ball is not even retrieved yet).

Those are more along the lines of what I'd like to see.

[ryanmc564]

Re: One necessity: MLB The Show 15/16 animations

A variation in speed would be nice, but I think what we need is slower, not faster.

If a fielder is not running full speed, it's most likely because he is not sure where the ball will land, or because he's slowing down to prepare for a catch, or to reach down for a ball on the ground etc...

An algorithm that encourages you to slow down to a "comfortable" speed in exchange for a higher catch success rate...

Slow jog animations for routine fly balls.

Runners jogging to second if you aren't holding down the run button AND the base is clearly, easily yours (ball is not even retrieved yet).

Those are more along the lines of what I'd like to see.

I like that idea too, I didn't even consider needing things to be slower, but you are right. Really, anything that make the game feel more natural and fluid. I guess the biggest thing for me is having more control or more to do, I like playing games and not games playing themselves for me. its gotten a bit stale just pressing what base I want a player to go to and then letting the cpu do the rest, I want to be more involved.

[catswithbats]

Re: One necessity: MLB The Show 15/16 animations

I think improving the player appearances would be a huge deal for The Show. Updating equipment, animations, and/or batting stances/walkups/pitching motions would certainly help in this area, but the most glaring issue with MLB 14 TS were the unrealistic beards on so many players. There were WAY too many players with facial hair they hardly, if ever, even sported (Adam Jones, Chris Davis, Mark Trumbo come to mind).

I took to calling Victor Martinez "Evil Goateed VMart" because of this...

Also what's wrong with pointing out the few things MLB2K actually got right and hoping MLB the Show surpasses them? These features people are pointing out with 2K definitely aren't a dealbreaker for me but it would be nice for MLB the Show to have them.

[ericjwm]

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Time to bring this to attention once again.
These impressive models are nothing without the player animations.

I'm talking walk ups,practice swings, etc...

Needs to be in the game! Everything the players do when they walk up to bat... Be observent! Then it's perfect!

[bronxbombers21325]

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Hate to bring this about but check out 2K Sports MLB 2K8 for reference. I mean it's ridiculous to bring up a game from back then that not many considered great. Fact is, they captured most batter & pitcher animations down to a tee. I mean almost everything for starters! If only we could get that kind of attention to animation to go along with the look of this series on PS4.

Wow. I can't believe that the 2K games are remembered so fondly. They were complete garbage. I bought a PS3 in 2008 just so I could play The Show, and because 2K baseball was so bad