MLB 15 The Show Gameplay Stream Details - Archive Available Now, If You Missed It

[DJ]

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I cant believe nobody is talking about the new Dynamic Difficulty. Now we can set the speed at how fast or slow we want it to change and adapt. Then when we feel it is perfect we can set it to 0 and it wont change anymore.

For me this is a huge thing and a serious game changer. No chasing sliders, no having a bad day and having everything change. Now I can get it right where I want it Veteran ++ for pitching and All Star +++ for hitting or whatever and then set it so it will just stay there forever!!!!!

Dream come true, for me anyway.

Yes, that was a welcomed addition. Being able to "lock-in" my difficulty levels for pitching and hitting is great. In 14 if your team started to slump at the plate, you knew in 3-4 games you'd be putting up a ton of runs because your difficulty would lower. Now you can stay at the same level and really have to fight your way out of those slumps.

[DJ]

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I'm on the twitch app and it's not working. The spoiler tab isn't working either

Go to Page 18 of this thread and there's a 2-part YouTube clip where you can watch yesterday's entire Twitch.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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I was wondering when someone was going to mention that. That is one change I am bummed about. Leaves you a little blind to what is going on.

Yeah one thing I didn't like either.

[Russell_SCEA]

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For RTTS, will our players bring over the old skin tone? And if so, can we edit them to get one of the new, better skin tones?

Patrick is working on that today actually so I can't say either way right now. I'm pretty sure they won't be bringing over their old skin tones, but nothing is concrete right now. Ask me again in a week or so.

[bcruise]

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Yes, that was a welcomed addition. Being able to "lock-in" my difficulty levels for pitching and hitting is great. In 14 if your team started to slump at the plate, you knew in 3-4 games you'd be putting up a ton of runs because your difficulty would lower. Now you can stay at the same level and really have to fight your way out of those slumps.

Yeah this was the one thing about DD that I wanted to see more than anything else and I'm thrilled that it's in.

Although I should point out that, unless something's changed in the way progress works, Veteran and Veteran [Progress: +++] would still be one and the same difficulty. Those 3 plusses referred to progress toward the next highest difficulty level which in this case would be Veteran+ [Progress: Nothing]

I think I'm going to get in the habit of putting the progress indicator in brackets when discussing DD...easier to tell them apart that way. Of course, maybe they changed that to be a little less confusing this year - I guess we'll see.

[TheFlamingWeazel]

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Maybe improvement on animations that are stiff? Maybe new animations or fix the old animations? Maybe actually put something new into the game? I don't think any of the "new" stuff they talked about in the stream was actually new. In older games of this franchise and others we have seen players take bad routes to balls, miss read balls in the air, we've seen players not hustle down the line on every hit, we've seen ball physics and wind and clouds that move....

10 years ago we had games that had dynamic weather, stadiums with retractable roofs that would actually open or close. Why should we settle? I know they're busting their butts working on this game but getting excited over a nike swoosh on shoes is what turned Madden into...Madden... This is a solid game year in and year out but why can't it get exponentially better with so much more power behind it? Last year was understandable why it was basically a port from PS3 to PS4 just with added beard length, we as the consumers who pay an outrageous amount for a video game and the consoles shouldn't have to settle, but really they know they don't have to please us.

It's the only MLB baseball game on the only console that offers a MLB baseball game. With the power of the PS4 we shouldn't see players skate around. Actually make the ballplayers look like athletes, not stiff, belly flopping robots. A lot of the same animations have been used since the PS2, I guess I'm not the kind of guy that really likes stagnation...

They did and have been updating animations, please learn facts before posting, again nothing you posted will make the game look or play much different....

Half the stuff you posted is BS, players dont SKATE now...the show already had some of the best Animations and movement in a sports game. They have added and updated a lot of stuff......maybe you have not played the game in 5 years?

[Dolenz]

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I'm on the twitch app and it's not working. The spoiler tab isn't working either

I don't think the twitch apps allow you to watch archived videos for the same reason you can't watch them on your PS4. The archived videos still rely on Flash.

[jr86]

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Maybe improvement on animations that are stiff? Maybe new animations or fix the old animations? Maybe actually put something new into the game? I don't think any of the "new" stuff they talked about in the stream was actually new. In older games of this franchise and others we have seen players take bad routes to balls, miss read balls in the air, we've seen players not hustle down the line on every hit, we've seen ball physics and wind and clouds that move....

10 years ago we had games that had dynamic weather, stadiums with retractable roofs that would actually open or close. Why should we settle? I know they're busting their butts working on this game but getting excited over a nike swoosh on shoes is what turned Madden into...Madden... This is a solid game year in and year out but why can't it get exponentially better with so much more power behind it? Last year was understandable why it was basically a port from PS3 to PS4 just with added beard length, we as the consumers who pay an outrageous amount for a video game and the consoles shouldn't have to settle, but really they know they don't have to please us.

It's the only MLB baseball game on the only console that offers a MLB baseball game. With the power of the PS4 we shouldn't see players skate around. Actually make the ballplayers look like athletes, not stiff, belly flopping robots. A lot of the same animations have been used since the PS2, I guess I'm not the kind of guy that really likes stagnation...

They did and have been updating animations, please learn facts before posting, again nothing you posted will make the game look or play much different....

Half the stuff you posted is BS, players dont SKATE now...the show already had some of the best Animations and movement in a sports game. They have added and updated a lot of stuff......maybe you have not played the game in 5 years?

Why do you continue to berate people who have valid opinions on what they perceive will make the game better?
Numerous posters on the last 10+ pages have stated how certain improvement of fluid animations would improve the game.
Even the guy who you just replied too stated how retractable or closed stadiums and weather would rightly make for a completely different experience.
But your answer was and I quote 'nothing you posted will make the game look or play much different'.
So you are honestly telling me that open stadiums play the same as closed stadiums?
Or that rain or strong sunlight has no affect on fielders behaviour?
I think it is you who is spouting the BS.

[TheFlamingWeazel]

Why do you continue to berate people who have valid opinions on what they perceive will make the game better?
Numerous posters on the last 10+ pages have stated how certain improvement of fluid animations would improve the game.
Even the guy who you just replied too stated how retractable or closed stadiums and weather would rightly make for a completely different experience.
But your answer was and I quote 'nothing you posted will make the game look or play much different'.
So you are honestly telling me that open stadiums play the same as closed stadiums?
Or that rain or strong sunlight has no affect on fielders behaviour?
I think it is you who is spouting the BS.

How will closed stadiums make the game look different ?? LMAO people will still say "It looks like the same game", yeah it looks like a baseball game...

Also I never berated him, I called out his mis-information, they HAVE improvwd Shadows, Lighting engine, animations, how is that not improving how it looks? People are nit picking. I am talking about those who say every year "It looks like the same game", \WTF can they do to make it look drastically different? We are already nearing the diminishing returns of graphics, there is only so many tweaks they can do It looks and plays like baseball WTF do people expect?

[tnixen]

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I just wanted to give a big thumbs up to who ever gave Sony the idea to add back the team logos on the scorebug. And I also like that the number under Pitches is bigger and easier to read now. And no more "MLB The Show" logo either!!

This is the best scorebug yet!

The only improvement I can think of for the scorebug maybe in MLB 16 The Show would be to add the Pitchers last name somewhere on the scorebug near the Pitches font. Like how Fox Baseball does it with there fairly new scorebug.

[jr86]

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How will closed stadiums make the game look different ?? LMAO people will still say "It looks like the same game", yeah it looks like a baseball game...

Also I never berated him, I called out his mis-information, they HAVE improvwd Shadows, Lighting engine, animations, how is that not improving how it looks? People are nit picking. I am talking about those who say every year "It looks like the same game", \WTF can they do to make it look drastically different? We are already nearing the diminishing returns of graphics, there is only so many tweaks they can do It looks and plays like baseball WTF do people expect?

No one said anything about the game looking different with closed stadiums?
What we are talking about is how the game plays in an open stadium versus in a closed stadium...which you seem to be conveniently avoiding.

[Grnngld]

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How will closed stadiums make the game look different ?? LMAO people will still say "It looks like the same game", yeah it looks like a baseball game...

Also I never berated him, I called out his mis-information, they HAVE improvwd Shadows, Lighting engine, animations, how is that not improving how it looks? People are nit picking. I am talking about those who say every year "It looks like the same game", \WTF can they do to make it look drastically different? We are already nearing the diminishing returns of graphics, there is only so many tweaks they can do It looks and plays like baseball WTF do people expect?

Closed stadiums are a big deal not only in terms of game immersion but also in terms of lighting. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that lighting and shadows is different with the roof open than with the roof closed.

When I lived in Seattle and watched Mariners games, it was pretty clear that games looked different based on whether the roof was open or not, especially day games. This isn't reflected in The Show yet. The big problem is that most Mariners games are closed roof games instead of open roof games. So the majority of games in real life don't look the way they do in The Show (open roof games).

You may not understand this because you don't play with a team that has its roof closed most of the time. I didn't really either until I started a Mariners franchise. But shouting down other people and telling them their opinion is invalid isn't helpful.

[Mrmagoo]

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How will closed stadiums make the game look different ?? LMAO people will still say "It looks like the same game", yeah it looks like a baseball game...

Also I never berated him, I called out his mis-information, they HAVE improvwd Shadows, Lighting engine, animations, how is that not improving how it looks? People are nit picking. I am talking about those who say every year "It looks like the same game", \WTF can they do to make it look drastically different? We are already nearing the diminishing returns of graphics, there is only so many tweaks they can do It looks and plays like baseball WTF do people expect?

You bitch about things you don't like in one thread then CONSTANTLY reply to in a negative fashion to ppl that have their complaints in this thread!!
Get over yourself already!!!

[Hammerhunker]

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Goes to show you how easy it is to satisfy me, I'm stoked for the slide-step. First time it's been in a game since All Star Baseball.

[Eman5805]

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I love the part about bringing down the speed of slower players. But, stickler that I am, one thing I really hope to see going forward is for faster players to have different run animation cycles than slower players.

It just doesn't look right when you see Mike Trout bust down the line in all his Barry Allen-like glory, but really only only differentiation is a different character model to someone like David Ortiz. Same running lean, same gait, same balance rounding corners, but it's happening a lot faster.