MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

[suckEplayer]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

Is directional hitting going to be allowed online? I don't think it should be since it is essentially timing hitting, which isn't allowed online. How it should be

[Bobhead]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet

I'll just say I agree with nomo (and inevitably, Blzer ) on the cursor batting thing, and I'll leave it to them to articulate the opinion, since they are better at it.

The PCI system is just flawed the way its implemented. Running in online leagues, we would have people who did zone hitting that kept their cursor in the middle and with the PCI being nowhere near the actual pitch location, would make OK contact or foul it off. This was on HOF difficulty.

Sure there were variances depending on the batter, but you could get by with just sitting in the middle of the zone, fouling off pitches (with bad hitters) nowhere near the PCI bubble, waiting for a mistake.

You can call the Pro Spirits way a mini-game, but I'd rather have something that bordered on all or nothing and was dynamic to where it hit on the cursor. If I put the cursor on the bottom half of the ball and fouled it back, I'll take that feedback over being completely off with the PCI and making the same contact.

This has nothing to do with the PCI. It's a disguise for another problem, which is a ridiculous amount of lenience while batting, targeted towards casual gamers. The problem would still probably exist with cursor batting. The solution is not to do away with the PCI, but to just make the higher difficulty levels more challenging like they are supposed to be. Currently I can go on legend and make contact on just about anything as long as my timing was decent. It should not be that way on the hardest possible difficulty level. Period.

[nordiques1995]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

Improved quick count but doesn't say if you can turn it off depending on situation. Like facing a particular batter, runners on base, late in a close game and so on.

[Blzer]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

Improved quick count but doesn't say if you can turn it off depending on situation. Like facing a particular batter, runners on base, late in a close game and so on.

I don't think the way that it is coded allows for that.

[SVCbearcat10]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

Improved quick count but doesn't say if you can turn it off depending on situation. Like facing a particular batter, runners on base, late in a close game and so on.

I get why you'd want this, but I'm also not sure why at the same time. The point of quick counts is to speed up the game and put you in situations you wouldn't be in otherwise. For example, it's super easy to bunt in a video game. You rarely, if ever, get to 2 strikes while bunting. With quick counts, you may be put into the situation where you'd have to decide to bunt or swing away with 2 strikes. I think it just adds to the realism in so many ways.

Many don't like to be put in those types of situations because it interferes with proper baseball strategy. We all got used to 'gimme' runs because it's too easy to hit that sac fly or bunt someone over a base. I prefer it because players fail to execute all the time. They fail at a much higher rate than you see in video games, so this tips the balance back towards simulation.

[mlblover15]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

seems like no one has even begun to mention the Manager challenge system.. on close calls... is NO ONE interested in this???

i know just over my last season i has several game changing home plate calls that caused me to have critical runs taken off my side of the score card... if the review system were in place i could have challenged them if i saw something that was on my side of the call...

i really see the cpu using this a great deal more than we will as human users that is my opinion...

this also means that they must have revamped the umpire call logic if that is possible... i know they have for balls and strikes on the black. so i guess that means that they can even address the at the base call logic... very interesting...

looking forward to seeing how is has been done and implamented.

[aguero90]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

It is very interesting! Because of being visually impaired, I asked if something visual was shown in order to challenge a call. I was told that on close calls, the manager would come out automatically, then as the replay is being shown, you press square to challenge, or circle to not challenge. Can't wait to try it!

[A_Quiet_Pro]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

It's pretty easy to tell where the ball is going based on location of the pitch and timing of the swing.

Which is the way it should be. That's realistic. Case in point, when I'm playing ball IRL, especially like center field; if I see the batter (for argument sake he'll be right handed) is timing the swing early, I'll cheat to LF, OR if he's timing it a little late, I'll cheat to RF.

[kehlis]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

Which is the way it should be. That's realistic. Case in point, when I'm playing ball IRL, especially like center field; if I see the batter (for argument sake he'll be right handed) is timing the swing early, I'll cheat to LF, OR if he's timing it a little late, I'll cheat to RF.

I wouldn't say that, it wouldn't be for me but I didn't understand they were suggesting it pauses while the view shifts.

To each their own.

[nordiques1995]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

I get why you'd want this, but I'm also not sure why at the same time. The point of quick counts is to speed up the game and put you in situations you wouldn't be in otherwise. For example, it's super easy to bunt in a video game. You rarely, if ever, get to 2 strikes while bunting. With quick counts, you may be put into the situation where you'd have to decide to bunt or swing away with 2 strikes. I think it just adds to the realism in so many ways.

Many don't like to be put in those types of situations because it interferes with proper baseball strategy. We all got used to 'gimme' runs because it's too easy to hit that sac fly or bunt someone over a base. I prefer it because players fail to execute all the time. They fail at a much higher rate than you see in video games, so this tips the balance back towards simulation.

The reason I want that, because it speed up the game. It's like simulating the game without really doing it. You can jump to the next half inning but I don't want that. I want to play the game. Bottom of the 8th at home leading by 2 points, I want to jump right to the 9th and close the game without simulating. As the Blue Jays I want quick count for my 7th, 8th, 9th hitters. But play the full at-bat with Bautista, Encarnacion and Martin.

In Madden, the accelerated clock is a cool feature, where you can play 15 minutes quarter in reasonnable Time. In hockey, 10 minutes periods but the powerplay are real Time 2 minutes or 4 or 5.

So quick count is a cool feature but sometimes I would like to play the at-bat with a fresh count.

Simulating the game without really doing it. And some situation like you mentioned.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

I wouldn't say that, it wouldn't be for me but I didn't understand they were suggesting it pauses while the view shifts.

To each their own.

I getcha now.. (However you gotta think physics wise, if you got a RH swinging early at an inside pitch, there's NO way that's going to RF). just saying.

[LastActionHero]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

seems like no one has even begun to mention the Manager challenge system.. on close calls... is NO ONE interested in this???

I can't wait to challenge calls!

[WONTV5]

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No the option did not return, but someone mentioned it during community day back in November and Clayton turned it completely off I believe.

So does that mean that will be able to see the ball go into the stands at all times, instead of watching the player close up and admire his moonshot. I must tell you..not being able to see the no doubt moon shots in last year's game was a huge disappointment. So..since the you say that Clayton turned it completely off I believe, that means that will see the no doubt homeruns go into the stands like we see on TV?

[dalger21]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

seems like no one has even begun to mention the Manager challenge system.. on close calls... is NO ONE interested in this???

Zero interest in being able to challenge since I only play RttS. Actually, I wonder if the AI manager will challenge on close plays given players won't be able to.....

[aguero90]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch

I wish we could have the home run view, well, its hard for me to explain! But like, it follows the flight of the ball, does that make sense? ASB had this, so did world series baseball 2k3 and 2k4.