MLB 15 The Show OS Community Impressions

[Herschie]

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This has been the least productive week of my life. That's OK though, well worth it. This game is fantastic. It really brings out the luster and the feel of the ballpark. You know, that feeling I'd get when I'd get home from school as a kid and catch the last few innings of the Cubs game. The sun, shadows, and even the rain looks much better. I got such a baseball feeling that I had to go grab a couple hot dogs (Mustard, chopped onions, neon green relish, two tomato wedges, two sport peppers, one pickle spear, and a dash of celery salt on an S. Rosen poppy seed bun, that's how it's done in Chicago). I love how perfect the baseball atmosphere is in this game.

There are a few bugs, but these are not gamebreaking, and they will be fixed. Other than that, I've been playing some epic games. SCEA, you really outdid yourselves this time.

[Bobhead]

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By the way, the new menu (main menu and mode-specific menus) system? Very well done. It feels like everything is where it is supposed to be. Important stuff up top. Lesser stuff within submenus.

Last year's menu was quite pretty, but also was not very efficient.

This year I feel like SCEA mantained the visual appeal but it feels far more intuitive and logical.

[Armor and Sword]

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The new Franchise menu's are excellent. Really well done, easy to navigate, lot's of news and information that is accessible with a few clicks.

And I did not comment on the Radio Show. I love it. It is exactly what I thought it would be. It is something to listen to and have in the background as I go through the league and do various things. A perfect example was in my 1987 franchise I was listening to the radio show and my son was also in the room as I was showing him various lineups around the league. They talked about Eric Davis hitting for the cycle in his last game. We looked at each other and were like...cool.

It will only evolve and get better. The line sticking is in it's infancy. But I know it will only expand and be enhanced. It's a great idea, and I am so glad it is in the game this year. It is making Franchise far more immersive and alive.

[THESHAMISASHAME]

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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.

Yes it does but then it also turns off yours so you better learn each pitchers pitches So a separate HU/CPU display option would be nice and A&S your sliders saved me again Brother :wink:

[Steven78]

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Things I don't like:

-No more highlight reel at games conclusion.
-No balks online.
-Fastplay forced on in online games.
-Presentation cut back to make games less immersive imo.
-Pitcher/Batter analysis shortcut removed.
-Swing influence removed from non directional hitting.

Mostly cosmetic things but man disappointing nonetheless.

[Armor and Sword]

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Things I don't like:

-No more highlight reel at games conclusion.
-No balks online.
-Fastplay forced on in online games.
-Presentation cut back to make games less immersive imo.
-Pitcher/Batter analysis shortcut removed.
-Swing influence removed from non directional hitting.

Mostly cosmetic things but man disappointing nonetheless.

I noticed playing DD online no balks.....yeah not cool. I have seen excessive heeding with quick pitching....it's stupid.

But DD is amazing and online is working finally!!!

[CJ10]

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Completely disappointed they didnt do an outfield model for the gloves. The new Nike one is the only true big OF glove. It sucks seeing OF's running around out there with little gloves on.

[2ndBase]

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Good visuals and new animations. Need to fix the bugs.

- Not able to dive when using player lock
- Team assigned music not being saved
- Infielders not tagging or not covering base

Hopefully the fixable things get fixed in the next patch. Still an enjoyable game but the bar is high for The Show. I'm missing the solid gameplay for The Show 13.

[elfdutch]

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The more i play it, te more i love it.
Lighting is phenomenal. Love to plays games with partly clowdy setting.

2 things i really miss :

- highlight reel (pleas please pleas patch this!!!)
- quick count in DD (i have limited time so need my quick counts

Other than that : AMAZING

[CJ10]

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Completely disappointed they didnt do an outfield model for the gloves. The new Nike one is the only true big OF glove. It sucks seeing OF's running around out there with little gloves on.

It is also completely ridiculous to not make logos on gloves a separate field instead of tying them to another part of the equipment. You cant make an all white batting glove with a different color Nike logo and you cant make a Vapor 360 glove that is all one color with contrasting Nike logos.

[braves_94]

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The awesome: The 4 seem fastball has LIFE!!! The CPU base running has gotten a serious upgrade. They always take bases given to them. And they tag in situations in which they should. Too often last year good baserunners would sit on second during deep flies to right center. It looks like they upped the difficulty in hitting. Last year I was at hall of fame, this year all star is giving me the best results. The field animations are great this time around. Rarely have I seen outfielders play balls perfectly limiting a hitter to a single. Sometimes animations are the reason for it.

The why God why: Where did the highlights at the end of the game go!!! The CPU doesn't value controllable players enough. Which made it super easy for me to collect players on the cheap in my Braves franchise. I haven't seen where fielding rating matter more this year. In an exhibition game, I watched Jonny Gomes run down a Pedro Alvarez pop fly down the line... with the extreme shift on. And momentum on the higher difficulties needs to be toned down. Flood gates don't just open... they gush. Missed called strike threes. Errors in the field. Walks. All seem to be preludes to the big inning. And they've been a little too big for me. I don't mind a 3 or 5 spot. But it seems like when luck runs afoul, oh boy does it ever...

Overall great game. I'm definitely seeing a lot of the improvements. And thank you Target for that sweet, sweet deal of $39.99. Rather it was on purpose or not.

[Maddenaddictive50]

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Starting playing today. Man MLB the show is a lot different on the vita. but still fun. It's been a while for since I have played this game but feels good to be back. I just did a play now game to see how things are going . I'' get into rtts here in a while. gonna get my groove back.

[slthree]

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For those still complaining about the lack of highlights at the end of a game...

Worry no More

In another thread Ramone said it was just a simple oversight and will be patched back in at the 2nd patch

His words below:

"The highlight reel being missing is nothing but a oversight from the end game menu change during development. We'll try to get it back in there in patch#2"

[johnnyg83]

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Pros:

Loving the game. The carry-over franchise feature is the one of the greatest advances in sports gaming and if it keeps going can let you play out an entire lifetime/career of games and challenge historical records.

Gameplay is great. Graphics are better than last year.

Cons:

Yes. Wall dirt and hat sweat are overdone. And once you get outside the walls of the stadium it looks like a ps2 game. I don't care much because of everything else it does well but it's stark to see the difference between in the stadium and outside of it.

[threattonature]

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Possible dumb question but is there anyway in franchise mode to make it default to have quick counts on when starting a game versus having to set it each game. Small thing but I've accidentally started a few games just clicking through and trying to avoid it.