MLB 15 The Show OS Community Impressions

[slthree]

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My Lord, how does anyone get through that Blue Jay lineup without getting mashed?

Blue Jay fans gotta love that team.

[BL8001]

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The CPU got an inside the park HR on me last night.

I was getting so sick of watching the CPU flash leather at 3rd and then whatever team I was using watching the 3rd baseman go into the flinch animation when the cpu hits one near 3rd.

So I got the brilliant idea of diving for the ball.

Whoa boy was that a mistake. The 3rd baseman flinched, the split second the ball flew past the 3rd baseman it flipped control to my LF who accepted my controller input and dove. The ball rolled all the way to the wall and my CF had to come all the way over to pick it up and chuck it in. My catcher decided to stand 4 feet inside the 3rd base line so when he caught the throw in he just turned and looked at the runner crossing home.

Not only was it an inside the park homerun. it was a standup inside the park HR. Never seen that before.

I may have to go to auto fielding just so my PRO baseball players can do some of the same magic tricks the CPU can do in the field.

[Skyboxer]

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Just wanted to make sure I posted in here at least once to show my satisfaction and gratitude for a great game.

I'm sure all the accolades I have , have already been mentioned so I'll keep it short.
Love every bit of it and it's been a blast so far.
Currently going through a Franchise with DD settings (A tiny bit of slider edits first) and after 2/3 of spring training is done I'll see where I'm at and go from there.

The only things I would like to see added outside game logic etc.. is the ability to use the presssbox cam from MOM in franchise and the ability to player lock on just offense. I love playing D but would like to player lock on someone on offense for the game. Then would rotate each game. Just a way to make sure my stick skills don't override rating a lot.
I know I can just turn it off/on but that's a pain
I'd also like to have the option of player locking without having to use the RTTS cam. Just lock my player but let me use regular cams I have set up.

Anyways great job devs!

[DaltonT4]

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Really upset they took pure analog out this year. I simply can not hit in this game. I played a quick game against the Dodgers. I won 2-0 but only had 3 hits, 2 solo home runs. But I can not get used to the new hitting I'm not lying when I say this, the first 10 batters I hit with all hit 2 hop grounders to the 3rd baseman. I finally got a hit when I accidentally hit a home run with Marlyon Byrd, I was getting so frustrated that I was JUSY flicking the analog whatever way because what I was doing earlier wasn't working obviously. Also I played the same game on dynamic difficulty and pitched with it, it was easy. Struck out 16 batters with Cueto in a complete game.


Also every year I make myself and my friends in a franchise and was messing around last night and made 10 of the created players, go to save the roster, it saves. I go back and check it. Players aren't there, so I go back and load the roster, players aren't there. At this point it's late at night so I just delete the roster and go to bed. This morning, do the same thing (I should have saved it after I made a couple of players to see if it would do it again) I make all the position players go to save the roster. Go back to the menu, all the players are gone, again. So I wasted 2 hours making rosters that didn't save, am I doing anything wrong?

[Skyboxer]

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Really upset they took pure analog out this year. I simply can not hit in this game. I played a quick game against the Dodgers. I won 2-0 but only had 3 hits, 2 solo home runs. But I can not get used to the new hitting I'm not lying when I say this, the first 10 batters I hit with all hit 2 hop grounders to the 3rd baseman. I finally got a hit when I accidentally hit a home run with Marlyon Byrd, I was getting so frustrated that I was JUSY flicking the analog whatever way because what I was doing earlier wasn't working obviously. Also I played the same game on dynamic difficulty and pitched with it, it was easy. Struck out 16 batters with Cueto in a complete game.


Also every year I make myself and my friends in a franchise and was messing around last night and made 10 of the created players, go to save the roster, it saves. I go back and check it. Players aren't there, so I go back and load the roster, players aren't there. At this point it's late at night so I just delete the roster and go to bed. This morning, do the same thing (I should have saved it after I made a couple of players to see if it would do it again) I make all the position players go to save the roster. Go back to the menu, all the players are gone, again. So I wasted 2 hours making rosters that didn't save, am I doing anything wrong?

I've made a few players (Myself etc..) and they worked fine...?
Did you load roster after you saved it..? Maybe that's it.??

[nemesis04]

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The check swing bug is starting to be a real PITA!

[johnnyg83]

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The check swing bug is starting to be a real PITA!

Yum! Extra hummus on mine!

[Armor and Sword]

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The Boys of Summer Return Better Than Ever On MLB The Show 15

The first thing you notice is the vibrant colors. The razor sharp detail of the ball parks, the crowds, the dirt and the freshly manicured outfield grass patterns. The lighting....oh my the ground breaking lighting, the natural transition from sunset to night. Playing a 1987 franchise game with my Yankees at the Cubs, I was taken aback with the sunset sky and it's transition to some evening baseball at Wrigley. The sheer amount of eye candy on The Show is worth the price of admission alone.

But then I start playing, and playing and playing some more. This years edition is hands down the smoothest game they have made yet. The fielding animations are incredible. The pitching motions are vastly improved. But it's always about the little things with The Show right? This year is no different.

Seeing the ball hit off your bat this year was a subtle but yet massive nuance that has made the game that much more realistic and puts you right in the batters box.

The new ball spins and breaks are ultra realistic and have added another layer of reality to the game.

Directional Hitting is awesome. And although not ground breaking, they are implementing it better than any previous baseball game.

The new quick field position menu is awesome and a very welcomed addition. It makes doing on the fly adjustments easy and quick.

Fielding is something that has been a huge bugaboo for me with this series. But this year it is fun, responsive and flat out great. I am playing Diamond Dynasty Online and have been having an incredible time. I still love auto fielding and manual throwing (thank you Woodweaver for coming through with no blue circle!) for my season/franchise play. But fielding is truly fun now and I am playing The Show online for the first time ever and am hooked.

Speaking of Diamond Dynasty. Wow. Talk about a baseball card lovers dream mode. I am really having fun earning stubs, buying packs and anticipating who will be in my lineup next. My team is the Florida Bandits and I am slowly but surely editing my uniforms and everything I can that goes along with the Diamond Dynasty suite. I see myself playing online a lot this year. It's refreshing and fun.

Licensed equipment has breathed brand new life into the game and it is amazing how much realism it has added. Fantastic decision.

The ball physics are at a new level. Hit variety is incredible.

The new outfielder and base runner speed Paradigm is a knock out success and very well implemented. I see and feel the difference every single game. The new paths to fly balls the OF takes are far more realistic. And they don't play balls off the wall perfectly anymore (CPU) I have seen some miscues in that regard. That was refreshing.

But there are some things I am questioning.

1. More broadcast elements are being cut down and taken away. Foul Balls have been drastically cut down and sometimes batter walks ups are ignored. Booooo! That's not baseball. I want to have all that and If I decide to "x" through it so be it. But I want that choice. I am not a fan of the streamlined broadcast path that The Show has taken this year. I hope they bring back some of those things again to the "older" patient baseball fans. Yes sometimes I want to play faster. And I can, but I want my options.

2. The R2 symbol for the new pithc location/swing feedback is a minor annoyance so I toggled it off.

3. I don't like they took away the quick pitcher batter info by pressing up on the D pad. Why?

That's it for negatives.

Once again Sony SD and the team have taken our beloved baseball game to another level. This is the first true PS4 version of the game. Make no mistake about that. 14 never left my console. Now it will never see it again. MLB 15 is here to stay.....until of course 16.

The Show rules again.

9.5/10

[HozAndMoose]

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The check swing bug is starting to be a real PITA!

Check Swing bug? What is the bug exactly.

[LowerWolf]

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2. The R2 symbol for the new pithc location/swing feedback is a minor annoyance and I would like a toggle to have it off my already super clean screen when I play. Please.

I turned pitch location/swing feedback off and I haven't seen it. I've only got the scorebug turned on, otherwise my screen is completely clean. And if I press R2, I still get the pitch history.

[Steven78]

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Yep you can turn it off under general advanced settings I believe.

[Scary Larry]

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I suck at fielding. Particularly, at throwing to the correct base. Sounds absurd, but I'm struggling with this and I'm sure it's basic. Using the left stick and hitting X to throw in the direction of the runner.

[nemesis04]

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Check Swing bug? What is the bug exactly.

If you check swing on your second strike and the ball is in the dirt the AI treats it as if it is strike 3 ball in the dirt and throws you out at first resulting in a lost at bat.

[bcruise]

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If you check swing on your second strike and the ball is in the dirt the AI treats it as if it is strike 3 ball in the dirt and throws you out at first resulting in a lost at bat.

As common as this is, I'd say this one will get squashed in the next patch. It's pretty easily re-creatable.

http://theshownation.com/bug_reports/10039

Upvote if you haven't, although it's already near the top and pretty much guaranteed it'll be looked at.

[nemesis04]

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As common as this is, I'd say this one will get squashed in the next patch. It's pretty easily re-creatable.

http://theshownation.com/bug_reports/10039

Upvote if you haven't, although it's already near the top and pretty much guaranteed it'll be looked at.

Yup, it is a reliable bug as far as frequency. It is not one of those bugs where the moon the stars and the sun need to be in total alignment to replicate. Hopefully they get it quick, happened to me twice in the same game.