MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

[Knight165]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

I've noticed that the devs always select "Warm Pitcher Up" when going to the bullpen and never use the first option. Why is that?

Is it unnecessary to stretch and toss, or whatever it is? I hate how many times I have to go in and out of the bullpen menus and I often forget to get someone up in time when playing in the NL and pinch hitting late in games.

I believe S&T is a pre-cursor to the warm up...to facilitate getting him warm. I notice that some pitchers take only 3 batters to get ready....while others can be 5. S&T ahead of time cuts down on warm up time when you really need it and it doesn't fatigue them at all like warm up does(if you leave him warming up without using the "keep warm"(forget the actual term in the game) option when he is ready.

M.K.
Knight165

[bigwill33]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

I believe S&T is a pre-cursor to the warm up...to facilitate getting him warm. I notice that some pitchers take only 3 batters to get ready....while others can be 5. S&T ahead of time cuts down on warm up time when you really need it and it doesn't fatigue them at all like warm up does(if you leave him warming up without using the "keep warm"(forget the actual term in the game) option when he is ready.

M.K.
Knight165

Thanks. So, does "keep warm" not effect stamina either?

[Knight165]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

Thanks. So, does "keep warm" not effect stamina either?

It does not.

M.K.
Knight165

[Armor and Sword]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

It does not.

M.K.
Knight165

Exactly. I stretch and toss a guy an inning before I even think about putting him in the game. See how my starter does his first batter of the next inning. If he gives up a hit, or walk I then warm up that same pitcher and it takes one batter and a mound visit plus maybe some warm up pitches on the mound when he enters the game (which I do anyway) to get him fully warm.

If my pitcher is doing well....I check him again and if he is almost or fully warm..."ready and waiting" is my next toggle for him.

[bcruise]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

Exactly. I stretch and toss a guy an inning before I even think about putting him in the game. See how my starter does his first batter of the next inning. If he gives up a hit, or walk I then warm up that same pitcher and it takes one batter and a mound visit plus maybe some warm up pitches on the mound when he enters the game (which I do anyway) to get him fully warm.

If my pitcher is doing well....I check him again and if he is almost or fully warm..."ready and waiting" is my next toggle for him.

I like all of those options, but I tend to be kinda picky on what I use when playing vs. the CPU. I'm pretty sure I've never seen it use either of those options no matter how long a pitcher warms up for, so I don't really use them either. And I have seen the CPU bring in a pitcher completely cold before, too (it's kind of obvious in quick game mode because they'll come in with significantly less than a full green bar of stamina).

It's basically just dumbing down my own game to match the AI's capabilities, but I feel like it's the only fair thing to do. YMMV

[JODYE]

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After watching roughly 4 hours of this, just a stark reminder how badly this game needs refreshed and more dynamic commentary.

[NC12]

After watching roughly 4 hours of this, just a stark reminder how badly this game needs refreshed and more dynamic commentary.

Exactly what I thought as well

[sbmnky]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

After watching roughly 4 hours of this, just a stark reminder how badly this game needs refreshed and more dynamic commentary.

This has to be one of the hardest parts to implement. It's nothing against the commentary in the game, but personally I haven't listened to it for years - even when I'm watching games, I rarely want to listen to an announcer other than Vin Scully. And I think they (Dev and Mgmt) do a good job of prioritizing valuable features, so I'm okay with commentary's current priority.

I'm sure there are better engines out there for dialog, but what would be the value to us, the gamers? Is the commentary really a material feature that is going to sway your decision to buy the game? I'm sure for some this will apply, but overall, I can't imagine that being the case.

As for the stream, the game looks fabulous. I'm excited to play the game in a couple weeks.

[CubsWillRiseAgain]

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After watching roughly 4 hours of this, just a stark reminder how badly this game needs refreshed and more dynamic commentary.

this. 1000x this. the commentary is just sooo bad

[Herschie]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

I truly believe that this is going to be THE baseball game that I have dreamed about since I was a kid.

[Flaxseed Oil]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

I think the problem is that the commentary is refreshed every year. It needs to be re-done by new folks.

[Aensland]

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I don't think the commentary is as bad as made out to be; it's just we've heard the same thing for so long, and like music, you get tired of it after hearing it enough. That being said, revamping the commentary would be a LOT of work. Perhaps when MLB The Show series become PS4 exclusive, thus giving the developers more time to work on just one game, we'll see more changes.

Also I know a few were complaining about the graphics not receiving a big enough overhaul. IMO MLB 2014's graphics were beautiful and really didn't need one EXCEPT.....the lightning, which has been vastly improved from what I've seen so far. But going back to what I said earlier, I still think we'll have a better chance of seeing more drastic changes when this game becomes PS4 only.

Anyways, I'm really psyched about the game. The next couple of weeks are going to be a very long wait!

[Jimmydm90]

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They should hire an announcer team just to do the playoffs and World Series. That way all their commentary will be appropriately emotionally calibrated to the high stakes of October baseball.

And should the day arise when they want to replace the original team, they'll already have a base in place with the playoff announcer team.

[Nando12]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

First time watching a stream on my laptop. The graphics are noticeably sharper. It looks really good. I finally got to see the Angels play. My only gripe is that some of the stances are off.

Calhoun's is off; hopefully, Nelson Cruz's stance from last year is still in the game cause it fit Kole's perfectly. Trout's stance got reworked but he moves the bat too quickly. Trout is very relaxed at the plate & moves the bat slowly. Pujols' stance hasn't changed in the 4 years I've been playing. Aybar's remains the same but I change it to one of the stances in the 200s.

[ajblithe20]

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I really don't understand why people are so bothered by the commentary. All the commentary in every single sports game I've played has gotten old within a month of release (including 2k sports commentary). So I never expect it to be something I need to hear. For me, the only way commentary can be bad is if there's almost nothing in it (that radio commentary in Madden when it jumped to PS3 and Xbox 360) or if there's a voice that's particularly annoying (Gus Johnson for Madden comes to mind).