MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

[Jimmydm90]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

I just went to their twitch channel and the next one is this Thursday and it's going to be about Universal Rewards, Licensed Equipment, and Diamond Dynasty distilled.

What's the link to that info? I've looked around their twitch and can never find anything though I'm very inexperienced with Twitch.

[Artman22]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

Personally I am excited about gameplay this year. Watching it like you are guys are doing does not give it full justice. It has a dramatically different feel when you experience it first hand. The onfield play has been slowed down which does wonders for the game. Animations play out better, players react better giving the game more personality so to speak.

Man, all this sounds great and I can't wait to play the game myself. One of my biggest wishes is for them to get new commentators. Have you guys ever brought this up to the devs?

[thaSLAB]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

Man, all this sounds great and I can't wait to play the game myself. One of my biggest wishes is for them to get new commentators. Have you guys ever brought this up to the devs?

Yes, we have... but that's all I'll say, since we are just cleared to talk about gameplay at this point.

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[Artman22]

MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

Yes, we have... but that's all I'll say, since we are just cleared to talk about gameplay at this point.

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[thaSLAB]

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[Grub]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

Unfortunately, the NDA I signed is all-encompassing... so the answer would be the same there too. The presentation stream is coming, and once it happens, you all can ask away.

Just a rough estimate, do you think the presentation stream happen this month?

[suckEplayer]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

Did anyone try out zone plus analog? If so, how did it feel? I heard they made some changes to it..not referring to the new directional hitting. Wondering about Zone plus analog

[nemesis04]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

Did anyone try out zone plus analog? If so, how did it feel? I heard they made some changes to it..not referring to the new directional hitting. Wondering about Zone plus analog

It might be more approachable for some now that you do to have to worry about the stride portion of the mechanic.

[cbrown119]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

A couple of questions....

In the past few years, its been difficult turning routine double plays (or should I clarify...completing the back end of the play). The other teams players seem to run the base paths a lot faster than mine. A hard hit ground ball directly to the 3B, should be a double play, but it has become very difficult.

So, has this been improved from the previous years? Is it a runners speed adjustment or am I stuck in an animation which slows things down?

Another question.

Has Analog Control for defense been corrected/improved. Along the lines above mentioned double play problems that I have been experiencing, I would get an extreme amount of over throwing the first baseman using analog controls. Usually, during an attempted double play. Had to switch to button accuracy (BTW, not my favorite method).

Has this (Analog fielding) been corrected? I am saying corrected, because I wasn't the only one experiencing the over-throws.

Thanks

[nemesis04]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

A couple of questions....

In the past few years, its been difficult turning routine double plays (or should I clarify...completing the back end of the play). The other teams players seem to run the base paths a lot faster than mine. A hard hit ground ball directly to the 3B, should be a double play, but it has become very difficult.

So, has this been improved from the previous years? Is it a runners speed adjustment or am I stuck in an animation which slows things down?

Another question.

Has Analog Control for defense been corrected/improved. Along the lines above mentioned double play problems that I have been experiencing, I would get an extreme amount of over throwing the first baseman using analog controls. Usually, during an attempted double play. Had to switch to button accuracy (BTW, not my favorite method).

Has this (Analog fielding) been corrected? I am saying corrected, because I wasn't the only one experiencing the over-throws.

Thanks

Things definitely are different in regards to speed on the base paths. When I first started playing I had the mindset of 14 and how quickly I had to turn things because of the CPU burning down first. After turning my first double play I realized speed had been reduced and all plays were not bang bang like you saw a lot in 14. This is especially apparent when you have a runner heading to first who is dragging a piano behind him, he has considerable ground to cover by the time the ball gets to first. So you should see some differences especially with the speed paradigm included in the mix.

I am an analog user for fielding and I do not have issues turning a double play so it is hard for me to tell if it was improved. I know they are always making under the hood tweaks year to year so I can't really say things will be different for you.

[Qb]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

We didn't get to see much behind the pitcher footage, but from what I saw, catcher animations didn't appear to be overhauled. However, I'm not sure we even saw a batter take a pitch, so can you please give us some feedback from your time with the game?

I'd like to see new setup animations w/ more body shifting, framing on close pitches, and more diverse blocking/reaching on pitches that miss their target. It looks like the equipment finally received some love, so now we need better animations to complete the visual upgrade of a character that's on screen for nearly half the game.

[HypoLuxa13]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

A couple of questions....

In the past few years, its been difficult turning routine double plays (or should I clarify...completing the back end of the play). The other teams players seem to run the base paths a lot faster than mine. A hard hit ground ball directly to the 3B, should be a double play, but it has become very difficult.

So, has this been improved from the previous years? Is it a runners speed adjustment or am I stuck in an animation which slows things down?

Thanks

The opposite in regards to double plays was true in 14 as well. By this I mean user controlled batters with very high speed ratings are too easily out on double plays. In RttS for example, I had a 90+ speed rating on my player. In real life, a speed guy like this isn't going to get doubled up on anything but sharp ground balls hit very near to the SS or 2nd baseman, and sometimes 3rd baseman in the field. Slowly hit balls, grounders towards the holes, grounders to first etc. mean a speed guy is going to beat the throw to first.

But in MLB 14 and previous years, your user controlled speed guy still gets thrown out on most double play attempts that you would see the runner being safe on a similar play in real life.

[nemesis04]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

We didn't get to see much behind the pitcher footage, but from what I saw, catcher animations didn't appear to be overhauled. However, I'm not sure we even saw a batter take a pitch, so can you please give us some feedback from your time with the game?

I'd like to see new setup animations w/ more body shifting, framing on close pitches, and more diverse blocking/reaching on pitches that miss their target. It looks like the equipment finally received some love, so now we need better animations to complete the visual upgrade of a character that's on screen for nearly half the game.

The equipment change for the catcher is a very welcomed addition. Catchers finally shed their turtle shell! As far as animations I can recall anything that really jumped out to me. I know I defintely did not see any framing of pitches. There may have been a different blocking animation here or there. Maybe some of the others guys may have seen something that stood out to them. Unfortunately everything becomes a blur with everything we tried to cover in a short time.

[Qb]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

That's too bad if not much changed, maybe next year. I was hoping they'd build on the "new catcher animation suite" added last(?) year. Ideally, I'd like to see them have a handful of packages to choose from similar to batter customization -- setup, blocking, framing, throwing, between pitch (adjusting equipment & such), etc -- to add more variety & authenticity to a big chunk of gameplay.

[Cowboy008]

Re: MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

What's the link to that info? I've looked around their twitch and can never find anything though I'm very inexperienced with Twitch.

http://www.twitch.tv/sonysandiegostudio/profile It's right at the top of the page.