MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

[Turbojugend]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

They actually talked about PNC three separate times, first time early on when they said they have some known and obvious lighting issues that they're still working on, second time they even made reference to SOME of what they're tuning talking about toning down the red hue and the third time Nick said he had to fight with his boss to let them show a game at PNC because of all the issues.

Good to hear. I was watching at work with the sound turned down so I didn't get any of that.

[MichaelAngeloTMNT]

I'll chime in on the lighting since I lived in that city for a very long time and went to quite a few games over the years at PNC.

I think that in 15 it is much improved. I really liked how when the camera (point of view) rose up and was in the outfield the city became more noticeable and lit up. That aspect looked pretty good and is what actually happens.

I have said before about ambient lighting and how the lights from the stadium would cause the city to look darker, especially on TV. When you are sitting in the stadium the city is much more lit up to the human eye, however.

I think that most of the photos posted in this thread showing examples has the exposure on the camera being left open longer than what is normal, thus allowing more light to enter the lens and showing off more of the skyline at night. You can especially see this happening on the fireworks shots. You need to leave the shutter open longer to capture fireworks and it shows with the blurring of the person walking in the foreground.

That being said, I think more of the buildings should be evident at night than what we see in this build. There is no true definition of the outline of the skyline like you get when you watch a game on TV or attend in person.

Some of that is probably due to the fact that they don't have the billboard signage on the tops of the buildings. Those signs provide a great deal of light and really come through at night. Especially in comparison to the lights that would be on in the windows of those buildings. I already said that I don't think having generic signage would be preferable to most of us, but I would have to see what they could come up with before I really decide. I definitely don't want to see 7 "The Show" lit up signs on the tops of those buildings as a workaround.

The biggest problem to me is still the stands in the outfield and the batters eye. They are still slightly too dark versus what you see on a TV broadcast even. In reality the stadium lights light those areas up quite well. This and the Clemente Bridge with its uplighting and blue bulbs on the joints of the structure are usually noticeable when viewing a game.

Finally, it was mentioned about the washed out black jerseys the Pirates have in the game. This was an issue last year as well. You can adjust your TV somewhat to compensate, but it doesn't help quite to the point where it makes a big enough of a difference. They really need to work on those dark colored alternate tops, in my opinion. They reflect too much light as they stand now and should be jet black.

I also would nitpick and say that the lettering on the backs of the jerseys are still too fat for the Pirates. That is really being over analytical, but I feel they would match reality better if they were slightly skinnier.

I am sure that I have some night shots of PNC in my repertoire like others do, but really each picture is relative to the camera and the exposure of the shot taken. I will peruse through real quick and see if I have taken anything that I feel might better represent how I think the city should look at night. Most of the time all I have on me at games is my camera-phone. Those aren't the best when dealing with strange lighting, as most of us already know.




Other quick thoughts. Didn't see any of the Zolton "Z". Was hoping J-Hay would flash a quick one after his triple, but didn't occur.

I thought Cole looked better simply because of his beard. His hair and face were a little off, but an improvement from last year for me.

Skip could use a better body model to match his real life self. Hurdle is much more portly in reality than the slender cyber Clint shown in the game again.

Pepsi bottles were finally removed past right field! Yay!

Less traffic walking up and down the isles when you are trying to pitch. Very nice.

Rosen bags... hopefully one day.

Ball girls are needed next year!

So glad they are getting the chalk degradation in, or attempting to work on it. Thank you! Small but adds a bit to the overall experience.

Didn't see any helmets fly off. Weren't a ton of baserunners, but just an observation.

Could use some new animations or scenes when relievers enter from the bullpen. Those ones in there now are getting stale to me.

Loved the fans catching/interacting with the foul balls!

Would love to see some Pierogi Races, Boats on the river, especially a riverboat (Gateway Clipper, which is in the game by name), maybe a closeup of the K board every so often.

Wish we had Sounds of the Show back so bad! Not only for the music during walk-ups etc. but for some synthesized organ playing that only Pittsburgh can pull-off. I miss home just thinking about it haha.

lol, you really took time to type this? Lol...

[MichaelAngeloTMNT]

This thread is sad. This is how we get Developers to stop showing live videos of games prior to release. After March 31st and you paid $60, sure you can complain all you want. But a month and a half before release and we are getting these awesome videos, just enjoy it. In life, quit worry about the things you don't have and enjoy the things you do have. You'll be happier in life.

[Mgbleu1986]

From what I just watched this is basically MLB the Show 14.5. Guess I'll wait for 16.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

This thread is sad. This is how we get Developers to stop showing live videos of games prior to release. After March 31st and you paid $60, sure you can complain all you want. But a month and a half before release and we are getting these awesome videos, just enjoy it. In life, quit worry about the things you don't have and enjoy the things you do have. You'll be happier in life.

best. post. ever.

[Splitter77]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

game looks great.
only complaint is that the camera switches too fast to fielding camera.
needs like a second more on the behind pitcher camera so you can see trajectory like in the first livestream.

please at least get this in for us who hit in this camera and who use auto field.

[Turbojugend]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

Seeing as we've pretty much seen a game in its entirety, have they mentioned anything about frame rate stability yet? I couldn't judge from watching the stream.

[HustlinOwl]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

still dont understand the logic max XP level at 30

[dazzelle]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

So your saying they have no stat wipes when the player is at bat or coming to the plate? If that's the case,it's very unlikely not going to be like that in the finished build. I can't believe they would put no statistics wipes. If that is in fact what you meen. I haven't viewed the stream yet, ill have to view the archive stream.

The dev who does the work on commentary mentioned that sometimes there will be no osd stat for walkups and it will be shown on a later pitch so the comm team can talk about it/make special comments or something like that, anyway it's explained in the stream somewhere.

[JKSportsGamer1984]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

Ahaha to so many people on here not to be mean or anything, but if y'all want pretty buildings with pretty lights go get gta IV or V or build your own in The Sims. There is plenty of that. I'm here for a baseball sim, not to stare at a skyline at night when all I care about is what the pitchers gonna bring at me. I'm there to drop bombs not look at a light show in the background.

Amen brotha! No offense to anyone but it's getting a bit nauseating at this point.

[ryanmc564]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

for me the one biggest thing I took from this stream, is the guys who make this game are just like us. they all have different opinions on what should and shouldn't be represented in the game. things they want to see in the game and things they want to do in the game. For example the first guy playing the game (I forgot his name) was talking about how much he complained about the commentary over the years, and now he is the one in charge of it going forward (so hopefully that should be greatly improved on in the coming years). So even inside the studio they have internal struggles, gripes complaints and arguments over every aspect of the game I'm sure. and that to me proves they are very passionate about what they do and all have different opinions on what will make the game better. But the bottom line is that all of the guys at San Diego Studios would want nothing more to please everyone of the consumers and make great strides to do just that.

[Lisac]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

Guys i dont post alot of things but im going to now. I understand we all have minor issues with the game but they still have 5weeks til it drops and time to fix things (thats why during the video it states- work in progress) lets not beat things to death lets enjoy what the devs are giving us so far and have faith in them that they will be fixed before release or later in a patch. SCEA hasnt let us down before so let them do there thing. Game looks great so far!

[A_Quiet_Pro]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

for me the one biggest thing I took from this stream, is the guys who make this game are just like us. they all have different opinions on what should and shouldn't be represented in the game. things they want to see in the game and things they want to do in the game. For example the first guy playing the game (I forgot his name) was talking about how much he complained about the commentary over the years, and now he is the one in charge of it going forward (so hopefully that should be greatly improved on in the coming years). So even inside the studio they have internal struggles, gripes complaints and arguments over every aspect of the game I'm sure. and that to me proves they are very passionate about what they do and all have different opinions on what will make the game better. But the bottom line is that all of the guys at San Diego Studios would want nothing more to please everyone of the consumers and make great strides to do just that.

This^^^^^

Guys i dont post alot of things but im going to now. I understand we all have minor issues with the game but they still have 5weeks til it drops and time to fix things (thats why during the video it states- work in progress) lets not beat things to death lets enjoy what the devs are giving us so far and have faith in them that they will be fixed before release or later in a patch. SCEA hasnt let us down before so let them do there thing. Game looks great so far!

OH, and this too^^^^^^^

[NDAlum]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Cubs vs. Pirates: Full Game (Archive Available)

Let's please keep this thread about the stream and discussion that pertains to MLB 15 The Show. Please refrain from taking it to a personal level.

Thank you

[andrewochs615]

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for some reason I got permanently banned from chatting, all I did was give a shout out to hustlinowl.

They banned you for that yet they didn't ban the person who kept saying "show Comerica Park" "can you show Comercia Park?" "Enough with this ballpark, show Comerica Park" and repeated like 10 times.