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

[Qb]

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

Personally, I would not describe the new pitch breaks to be "easier" to recognize. They have more life and some pitches have more movement. It might feel it's easier to pick up their telltale signs of movement, but they could also bite more and/or have late movement, which might actually make it harder to be disciplined against border-line pitches on the black, for example.

I don't think the overall effect shows up simply, as in increased walks...

In the latest Twitch stream, Lincecum's changeup had some vicious fade & sink on it (seen from catcher cam). The movement looked very good, and it wasn't even a circle change. Maybe sliders will finally have more downward tilt to them, too. I'm hopeful the spin axis & rotation adjustments are going to really pop at 1080/60.

[seanjeezy]

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

I've been wondering about hot/cold zones. Ive never used them to dictate how i pitch to a batter in The Show. So my question is, are hot/cold zone actually useful? Does a batter really "struggle" to hit in the cold zone and vise versa, or is it more a representation of that hitters h/c zones in real life and has no affect in the game?

They actually are useful, for both hitting and pitching.

You are more likely to have solid contact in a hot zone, especially at higher difficulty levels. On the other side, CPU hitters are more likely to swing at pitches in or near a hot zone, which is how you get the CPU to chase pitches out of the zone.

[Cavicchi]

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

I've been wondering about hot/cold zones. Ive never used them to dictate how i pitch to a batter in The Show. So my question is, are hot/cold zone actually useful? Does a batter really "struggle" to hit in the cold zone and vise versa, or is it more a representation of that hitters h/c zones in real life and has no affect in the game?

Using ESPN as a reference for H/C zones, it is definitely not a representation of hitters in real life.

[thomas2345]

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

Do you know if there is anyway to turn off the Demo Mode when you leave the game running? Will it be on MLB 15?

[bcruise]

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

Do you know if there is anyway to turn off the Demo Mode when you leave the game running? Will it be on MLB 15?

Just to clarify, are you talking about the ability to jump into a Demo Mode game? If you meant disabling the demo mode entirely, I guess you could leave it on something other than the main menu...lol.

I'm kinda curious if that's still in too.

[nemesis04]

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

Do you know if there is anyway to turn off the Demo Mode when you leave the game running? Will it be on MLB 15?

Demo mode is still in the game if you leave it idle before going to the main menus.

[bcruise]

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

Question about how swing info is displayed now:

I know the swing timing now shows up next to the actual strike zone (and color coded for your convenience ). Do we still have a way to show the location of where the PCI was when we swung? And can we still see where the CPU was swinging while it is batting?

I haven't seen a swing info window yet, and that's what I'm curious about. Not necessarily the window itself, but the info we got from it.

[nemesis04]

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

Question about how swing info is displayed now:

I know the swing timing now shows up next to the actual strike zone (and color coded for your convenience ). Do we still have a way to show the location of where the PCI was when we swung? And can we still see where the CPU was swinging while it is batting?

I haven't seen a swing info window yet, and that's what I'm curious about. Not necessarily the window itself, but the info we got from it.

All that will show up in and around the zone now. You toggle it between that and the pitch locations.

[bcruise]

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

All that will show up in and around the zone now. You toggle it between that and the pitch locations.

Cool. Hoping to get a screenshot of that (or otherwise I guess I'll just see it when the game comes out).

[nemesis04]

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

Cool. Hoping to get a screenshot of that (or otherwise I guess I'll just see it when the game comes out).

If you go into Thursday's stream, there is a glimpse when Lance toggles at the 14:54 mark and also check around the 24:00 mark. You might not be noticing it because the PCI graphic has changed, it's not a solid circle anymore. Now you get the timing feedback within the PCI along with color (green, yellow, red) and location.

[bcruise]

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

If you go into Thursday's stream, there is a glimpse when Lance toggles at the 14:54 mark and also check around the 24:00 mark. You might not be noticing it because the PCI graphic has changed, it's not a solid circle anymore. Now you get the timing feedback within the PCI along with color (green, yellow, red) and location.

Yeah, I get it now - the glow inside the strike zone represents where the PCI was.

On the first example you gave me I saw directional buttons on the left and right sides of the zone - those buttons are how you toggle between the last pitch and the entire at-bat, I take it?

Thanks, I totally missed those the first time around. I did see that part of the stream but I was getting ready for work so I wasn't paying close attention.

[nemesis04]

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

Yeah, I get it now - the glow inside the strike zone represents where the PCI was.

On the first example you gave me I saw directional buttons on the left and right sides of the zone - those buttons are how you toggle between the last pitch and the entire at-bat, I take it?

Thanks, I totally missed those the first time around. I did see that part of the stream but I was getting ready for work so I wasn't paying close attention.

Correct that is how you toggle.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

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

Is the guess pitch unchanged? Anyone try that out?

[nemesis04]

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

Is the guess pitch unchanged? Anyone try that out?

I did not investigate guess pitch, I saw others using it and it looked the same to me.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

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

Sounds good. Thanks.