MLB 15 The Show OS Community Impressions

[Geolink]

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I am dead last in MLB in strikeouts through the first 10 games with 102 whiffs. It's those ridiculous offspeed pitches this year.

I swear it's impossible to hit a off-speed pitch anymore!

Knuckleballs, change-ups, and splitters are the death of me!

0-4 Yankees

[Hammerhunker]

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I love to play Live probably the most. I just love the handiness of it...but I get so discouraged with the goofiness of it sometimes. Especially when players are missing or so generic. Playing the Reds vs Cardinals Live game tonight. I was able to actually get the best of Wainwright and have the lead in the 8th. Looking at my strategy for the 8th and 9th I notice no Aroldis Chapman. He is active in real life. How can you not have access to Chapman!

Got to gripe about something.

[Kramer5150]

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I skipped the last few years and decided to pick up this years version,I'm not going to repeat the several pluses this game has except 1....and it actually turns out to be the one thing I don't like.

Quick counts.....while I love them for season play and exhibition games,unfortunately it's what kills Diamond Dynasty for me....I want to play that mode as it does seem fun,but the inability to use QC kills it for me.

I could see not using QC against a human player,but at least give us the option to use them against the CPU like we can in the other modes.

Overall though,I must say I'm pretty impressed with this game and it will definitely carry me till the witcher comes out.

[THESHAMISASHAME]

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Been playing sparingly and I gotta say how this game is programmed on default Allstar is really well done and cant get much better and QC is even tweaked perfectly !

My only bad points are like others said cant trade certain cards and sometimes the logic on substitutions is bizarre even with proper subs still on the bench .
To name a few Garrett Jones at SS , Brendan Ryan at Catcher and David Dejesus at 2b .

Ok anyone so does having B Ryan SS catching then effect the game being called ? In this instance it sure seems like it .

[CujoMatty]

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Maybe I shouldn't care but this drives me nuts and it happens all the time. 1st screen shot cpu fouls off strike 3 even though he swings no where near it. 2nd screenshot next pitch fouls off 3rd strike also no where near it. Then next pitch of course is a double in the gap to score the run.

[geisterhome]

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my mother in law (not interested in baseball but has seen it on screen many times due to me) just mistook the show demo mode for the real thing lol. we watched an entire inning before i told her after she had made some comments like 'those idiots are playing again all day' lol

[N51_rob]

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Think I have encountered a rather serious bug in the play-offs. Little background first. I am using the Y2Y save option to contiunue my O's franchise so that may be part of the issue off the bat, I don't know. But anyways. Finish the regular season 99-63. I skip Chris Tillman's last start because I want him rested and ready for the ALDS and I also switched to a 4 man rotation (this could also be causing the problem).

Season ends on Sept 30th and my next game isn't until October 5th. Everyone is Fully rested. Open the ALDS with Tilly on the bump. He pitches 7 innings gets the win on October 5th. We sweep the ALDS with a win on October 8th. ALCS starts October 12 a weeks after the ALDS. I look to go to Tillman again and despite having 6 days of he isn't fully rested and I have to go with Gausman who is my 4th starter in game 1 of the ALCS which again is on the 12th. We are now at game 6 of the ALCS and despite Gausman having not pitched since game on 6 days ago his stamina is around 85%. So these guys normally pitch every 5th day during the season and have their stamina fully regenerated unless I take them the full 9.

That says nothing about the Tigers starting Verlander in game 5 and on one days rest running him out for game 6 leading 3-2 in the series. Not unbelievable by any means, but they could've saved him for game 7 and run out Scherzer who pitched game 1 going 7 allowing 5 hits and 1 run.....


Here is a picture of where Gausman's stamina is at after 6 days off. (and 5 for Tillman)

[topside]

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Think I have encountered a rather serious bug in the play-offs. Little background first. I am using the Y2Y save option to contiunue my O's franchise so that may be part of the issue off the bat, I don't know. But anyways. Finish the regular season 99-63. I skip Chris Tillman's last start because I want him rested and ready for the ALDS and I also switched to a 4 man rotation (this could also be causing the problem).

Season ends on Sept 30th and my next game isn't until October 5th. Everyone is Fully rested. Open the ALDS with Tilly on the bump. He pitches 7 innings gets the win on October 5th. We sweep the ALDS with a win on October 8th. ALCS starts October 12 a weeks after the ALDS. I look to go to Tillman again and despite having 6 days of he isn't fully rested and I have to go with Gausman who is my 4th starter in game 1 of the ALCS which again is on the 12th. We are now at game 6 of the ALCS and despite Gausman having not pitched since game on 6 days ago his stamina is around 85%. So these guys normally pitch every 5th day during the season and have their stamina fully regenerated unless I take them the full 9.


That says nothing about the Tigers starting Verlander in game 5 and on one days rest running him out for game 6 leading 3-2 in the series. Not unbelievable by any means, but they could've saved him for game 7 and run out Scherzer who pitched game 1 going 7 allowing 5 hits and 1 run

Here is a picture of where Gausman's stamina is at after 6 days off. (and 5 for Tillman)

What year of the show are you playing with Scherzer still on the Tigers? This thread is for Mlb the Show 15 lol

[N51_rob]

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Second sentence clearly states I'm using Y2Y saves, thanks for the insite.

[topside]

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Second sentence clearly states I'm using Y2Y saves, thanks for the insite.

Sorry I just skipped to the screen shot. I'm too lazy to read all that lol

[jb12780]

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That's very weird. I cringe when I get torches back end of my rotation in the regular season. In the playoffs, forget about it. I wouldn't want Eovaldi and Warren anywhere near a baseball in October.

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[sink4ever]

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Looks like others have noticed as well: http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-playoffs.html

I can't find a bug report on it, you may want to submit one.

[N51_rob]

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Yeah, I just submitted a bug report. Thank you.

[Santiago33]

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Have played a dozen games or so since getting the game on release day, (3 daughters and in Outside Sales, shocked I could even get in a dozen games) First off , let me say to Ramon and the entire group at SCEA, wonderful job again. Love this game. Thank you for all your hard work. I, like a lot of us here, am a true lover of baseball and genuinely appreciate the product you put out. Initial reactions:

- Lighting is amazing. Maybe better than real life, hahaha.
- The "Feel" of the game is excellent..like a real game.
- Ball physics are fantastic.
- Overall graphics are pretty incredible. Game is visually stunning.
- Love the licensed equipment. Makes such a big difference.
- I enjoy the game play very much.
- I actually like the change to the Pure Analog.
- Love the TV like presentation feel.
- I still hate the commentary. (I know you guys added a lot, but still bland and repetitive in my opinion).
- Still a bit disappointed with the "comeback code". I've had AI batters hit balls out of the park that Vlad Guerrero wouldn't hit! Though less than previous years.


Overall, this is in my opinion the best version yet. Great job guys. But please (and I apologize if this was mentioned in another post/thread)...what in the world happened to Wrigley Field??? In an early Twitch feed, ( Gameplay reveal from Feb 5th) you guys showed a comparison with a real pic of some of the fields and next to a pic from the game to show how spot on you were to the color/shade of the grass. One of them was Wrigley and you had the the new jumbotron in left, video board in right, Wrigley Field (Budweiser in real life) sign in right...but when I got the game, ONLY some light towers were added to right and left field. What happened guys? You broke my heart. As a die hard Cubs fan..when I watched the Twitched video..I was jacked to see the new changes to Wrigley, only to be crushed when I got the game home.

[celtics6]

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I have no complaints overly. It's not uncharted 4 level graphics and player models but maybe in a few years. The game is also kind of choppy. I have a high hertz tv and smoothing controls on it but would be nice if they could get the game running super smooth for once. Gameplay wise and quality Sony exclusives are a step above though imo... MLB The Show is one of the better ones for sure. I wish all games had this attention to detail. It plays like the real thing or as close to it as games go right now. This is the best version of the show too. All the little details really make a difference this year as far as angles on fly balls and just animations are really nice and add to that feeling of being at the ballpark. I also think this years is more fun to play for whatever reason. They seem to have found a better balance between modes and gameplay imo. The Show in the past has always felt somewhat too whatever it is at times.

Also the smoothing controls on tvs might make it look smoother but add button lag and just make it look odd at times and create motion sickness in ways. I usually just leave them off or on weak, because the native framerate of the game and native hertz on these tvs is really what should make a difference anyways.

When I bought this tv that was a big sticking point for me and i compared and watched a lot of tvs that gave the best picture and still feel like i picked the best one I possibly could on my budget. It's a really nice tv but just the inherant framerate of these games and technology isnt up to par yet. It looks great don't get me wrong but I still notice the trails and when the game gets laggy on foul balls etc..

just the cycle of things I guess. Uncharted 4 is due out in about a year. Maybe the Show will look like that in a year too. A lot more player models to get right and on screen at once but it looks great.

It's noticeable because obviously the game running natively vs watching a movie of it the processing going on under the hood just adds to that stuff. The tech is supposed to be there this gen. It's almost there. Still waiting in ways though. Seems to me like the more they push graphics the worse it is sometimes because I play games like GTA that are more last gen and they run smoother because they aren't pushing the hardware as much, are better optimized on the newer hardware etc.. It would be nice if they could find that perfect balance out of the box. It's oh so close. GTA V ran like crap on last gen consoles but runs great on this gen. It's weird like that. Some new games do hit that balance out of the box. Some don't. The Show to me is somewhere between GTA V and Uncharted 4 graphically which makes sense. It's still a top tier game regardless of genre and pushes the envelope much moreso than other sports sims.

Still

Graphics 9
Gameplay 9.5. Add collisions and some more bells and whistles and attention to detail and it would be a 10. The gameplay is just more fun this year. I'm still not sure if errors happen realistically but they do happen. Same with pitch counts sometimes but it gets closer each iteration it seems.
Innovation 7 or 8-Modes and menus and overlays and the entire package just flow together that much better this year. A lot of work was done under the hood and small touches to gameplay. THe franchise ahs moved forward nicely and probably deserves a better score than that but it's more what I expect although excellent is what I expect. It's not mindblowing though like jumping ahead of the curve. It's excellent. The overall presentation and camera angles and everything is really well done this year. The commentary to me is the show. It gives the show it's personality. Some people want something different but different doesn't necessarily mean better. I can kind of understand why it hasn't been changed. It's like madden to me that way. Madden got rid of Madden but i wouldn't say it got better. I wouldn't change it unless they can do something really better with it. The amount of personality and detail in the stands and ball parks are amazing.

8.5-9.0 overall...... I'll give it a 9. The game is awesome. Even underrated. I lie. It is mindblowing. Great job by the people who made this game.