MLB 15 The Show OS Community Impressions

[N51_rob]

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Just wanted to point out incase anyone from the MLB team sees this. The show live, isnt updating pitchers correctly. Several of the games for today, (tuesday april 7th) have the pitchers that pitched yesterday as the starters and same for Wednesday's games.

[PhiPsi1]

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The true testament of how 'good' a game is....is when you get more interested in following the actual sport because of it...I would simply wait till the postseason...or even the World Series before I actually started to watch games...

But now, because of The Show...I took in some Opening Day action! Now if only I could press 'X' to speed the game up a little, then THAT would be cool! LOL!

And let me just say....that is just from my experience with MLB 14....LOL!

I'm trying to hold off on 15, but with all the positive reviews, etc...I don't think I can!

[ryanmc564]

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This all makes me think of one of the videos the presentation and stadium streams the devs put out about a week or 2 before release. I forget which stadium it was for, but they had zoomed in waaaay far into one of the backdrop high rise buildings and continued to zoom all the way into one of the windows and showed how they added paintings on the wall. Something that no fan of this game would ever see and something that does not contribute in any way to the visual immersion for the player . I was actually annoyed by this and it's the kind of thing that is unacceptable to me as a buyer.
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I didn't catch that part of the stream, but after hearing about it the first time, this kind of annoyed me too, for the simple fact that there are thing that are still wrong in the stadiums themselves that just googling a recent picture of the stadium will obviously show what they have wrong.(best example I can think of at this time is the Ford truck frontend sign in left center field @ Busch, its not even there anymore and hasn't been since the ball park village was opened last year, but it still sitting there in the game. but yet they can add small minuet details into a room in a building in the back ground that no one will see because we cant even zoom the camera in that far. that does seem a bit ridiculous and pointless.


I always enjoy playing the show and its always a yearly purchase for me. but I can totally understand how things like you mention above can make some of us question, why?

[leinhart_6]

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Been playing it for awhile now and I notice that there are way too many complete games thrown around the league. In my first two starts with Sonny Gray I've already thrown 2. Not that I'm complaining but it's very noticeable. Anyone else seeing this?

[fakeusername 2]

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Maybe it is just me, but the one thing I noticed was that it seems like almost everyone is in the final year of their contract in my franchise. Some players like Yelich have the correct contract length, but it seems like too many people are in the final year of their contract as soon as you start a franchise. I fell like will need to resign my entire starting lineup after one season.

[merchie89]

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Fielding errors too common

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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Maybe it is just me, but the one thing I noticed was that it seems like almost everyone is in the final year of their contract in my franchise. Some players like Yelich have the correct contract length, but it seems like too many people are in the final year of their contract as soon as you start a franchise. I fell like will need to resign my entire starting lineup after one season.

They are correct. Most players in mlb are pre-arbitration or arbitration meaning they are year to year 1 year deals. They are still under team control though.

[ATLiott]

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Quick question: my game isn't playing at full screen. I know if previous games there were ways to adjust it. I can't find the adjustments this year. Anyone know where they are?

[JKSportsGamer1984]

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That's on my design list for 16

Just make sure you guys leave player lock as an option for those like me who happen to like it

[tetoleetd]

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I am a prospective buyer for a PS4...I think the achievement/trophy list leaves a lot to be desired. Why no trophy geared towards dynasty/franchise play?? Everything seems geared to on-field actions.

because video games are to be played to have fun.... not to get invisible trophies that nobody but you cares about.

[bad_philanthropy]

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Attendance in RttS and Franchise is consistently well done in this series.

Played a July weekday afternoon game at Coors and the Rockies have the worst record in baseball. Crowd was ~6000.

I hope the devs never get pressured by teams to change this like how Madden had to when Jacksonville protested about the depiction of their attendance when losing.

[LowerWolf]

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Quick question: my game isn't playing at full screen. I know if previous games there were ways to adjust it. I can't find the adjustments this year. Anyone know where they are?

In your PS4 settings, under Sound and Screen (I think) there's a Display Area settings where you can expand the screen.

[Skyboxer]

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Fielding errors too common

Haven't had this issue at all. You adjust sliders?

[countryboy]

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After over 50 games of MLB '15 all I can say is WOW! The game still has moments that have my jaw dropping like a teenage adolescent looking at an adult magazine for the first time.

For lack of a better, lengthier description, and to really hit the nail on the head to drive home my opinion, this game is baseball. From pitching to hitting to fielding to the crowd, to the atmosphere in late game situations to the chess match of managing the game. MLB '15 The Show is baseball.

I find myself so engrossed in this game at times that I truly lose all sense of reality and time. As my wife would say, she could walk through the basement wearing nothing but a Cardinals hat and I wouldn't even notice. Yes I'm that glued to this game. (BTW I would notice and dared her to test her theory )

The game captures its sport better, imo of course, than any other sports game that I have played. I have been involved in games that are nail-biters, blow outs, offensive shootouts, and pitching gems. I find myself standing up on long fly balls begging for them to clear the fence, pumping my fist with a key strikeout, and screaming at my players as if they can hear me, or even care. I find myself trying to decide roster moves with injuries, what to do with struggling players, and how to get someone more at-bats. The game is baseball.

Granted there are things that I would like to see improved and things that I would like them to add. But at the end of the day the good far outweighs the bad in this game. I mentioned before earlier that I didn't believe that people would really appreciate the improvements in this game until they have their hands on it. And I find that to be true as of today, with the game being a week old. I still see new things every session that I play. Heck this evening, I had a play where Wong had the ball hit the heel of his glove, pop up, and he caught it and fired out the runner at first, all in a poetic motion.

MLB '15 The Show is what us sports gamers want out of their sports games. No bells, no whistles, no tricks, no back of the box features that will generate sales. Just be true to your sport. Nothing more and nothing less, and the fans will flock to your game. And that is what the Show and this dev team does.

MLB '15 The Show is baseball.

[Skyboxer]

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Great post Country. I'm soooo ready to get back into my franchise (1st series vs the Redsox on deck ).
Just this last night I hope then a couple daysree to play. If only the feeling I get from playing The Show was spread to other games as well..
And with a few tidbits of info out next years version I'm already excited to grab it lol