MLB The Show 18 Gameplay Features Revealed (22 minutes)

[tessl]

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I umpire. Trust me it slices!! You better be paying attention because the speed of the ball off the bat is insane[emoji1303]


Another Planet!!

they curve IRL but not as extreme as in the show 17

https://youtu.be/rMqEv5qa2QA?t=701

That ball was fair 20 feet in front of the bag and made a left turn and landed several feet foul just behind the bag.

The problem was the curve was too extreme and the balls landed foul far too often.

It appeared on the little things steam the problem was fixed but when I watched it a second time I noticed Ramone had foul balls turned off so who knows.

[Rob_NYY]

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they curve IRL but not as extreme as in the show 17

https://youtu.be/rMqEv5qa2QA?t=701

That ball was fair 20 feet in front of the bag and made a left turn and landed several feet foul just behind the bag.

The problem was the curve was too extreme and the balls landed foul far too often.

It appeared on the little things steam the problem was fixed but when I watched it a second time I noticed Ramone had foul balls turned off so who knows.

You keep posting that clip to prove your point, yet nothing there is extreme or unrealistic.




That ball JUST sliced foul. What is wrong with that?! That happens in baseball all the time. I've seen balls in real life slice way more extremely than that clip.

[Blzer]

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Well for only 100 feet of travel that is on the extreme side, but I don't think it's unrealistic. I don't think it would happen from that bat angle and contact point, though. Perhaps I'm mistaken. I'm on the side of "It looks normal to me," though.

[Padgoi]

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You keep posting that clip to prove your point, yet nothing there is extreme or unrealistic.




That ball JUST sliced foul. What is wrong with that?! That happens in baseball all the time. I've seen balls in real life slice way more extremely than that clip.

I think the point he's trying to make in the show 17 (which I agree with) is that these types of foul balls are far too prevalent and happen on a constant basis. There are way too many instances of hits down the line that just curve foul by inches. The best example of this from 17 is the almost absurd amount of long fly balls that literally land foul by 2 inches! Yes, ball curve is realistic, but not at the rate it happens in 17 and not all balls that curve are foul.

Also, in the video shown of 18, while it doesn't really curve that much, another point that should be made is that, as shown in the Colon video, the ball needs air time to curve like that. In the show 18 video, that ball is barely off the ground. A ball barely off the ground like that is probably not going to curve close to that much and most certainly going to stay fair!

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[nemesis04]

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If there was a batting average for hitting foul balls, I would be hitting over .400 in 17 with solid contact. Between the lines? I was lucky to get past the Mendoza line. Hitting was whacked out last year.

[Culture Rot]

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If there was a batting average for hitting foul balls, I would be hitting over .400 in 17 with solid contact. Between the lines? I was lucky to get past the Mendoza line. Hitting was whacked out last year.

It was never any better. What version do you honestly think hitting wa better in?

[countryboy]

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Personally I like the hitting in '16.

As an overall game, I think that '16 is the best of the series.

[nemesis04]

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It was never any better. What version do you honestly think hitting wa better in?

I hit well with 11,13,14,15. Things started to slide in 16 and 17 was a disaster for me.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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I hit well with 11,13,14,15. Things started to slide in 16 and 17 was a disaster for me.

It is called age. We getting old!

[HypoLuxa13]

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It is called age. We getting old!

Absolutely agreed! My reflexes suck compared to 10-15 years ago. I actually have hit the best in 16 and 17 that I've hit in years, since MLB 11. MLB 12 and 13 were seriously humbling experiences for me and my gaming ego.

[Culture Rot]

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Personally I like the hitting in '16.

As an overall game, I think that '16 is the best of the series.

You think 16 is a better game because hitting was easier? What about all the improvements from 16 to 17. I'd really be interested to hear what you mean. Because Ive read the opposite. Seems like people are all over the place with their hitting experiences. Seems very anecdotal. Maybe you have lost your reflexes?

[countryboy]

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You think 16 is a better game because hitting was easier? What about all the improvements from 16 to 17. I'd really be interested to hear what you mean. Because Ive read the opposite. Seems like people are all over the place with their hitting experiences. Seems very anecdotal. Maybe you have lost your reflexes?

No...I think '16 overall was a better game because I got more enjoyment out of playing '16 than I did playing '17. '17 was a good/great game, just some of the hiccups prevented me from enjoying it as much as I did '16.

And honestly, I thought hitting was easier on '17 than it was on '16. I thought the hitting was more balanced in '16 than it was in '17.

[Caulfield]

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You think 16 is a better game because hitting was easier? What about all the improvements from 16 to 17. I'd really be interested to hear what you mean. Because Ive read the opposite. Seems like people are all over the place with their hitting experiences. Seems very anecdotal. Maybe you have lost your reflexes?

17's PCI probably makes 16 seem harder to hit, if anything. Passed balls & wild pitches, combined with new physics also gives 17 a very different feel from 16. Among other small things.

[tessl]

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In case anybody cares this is my take on the gameplay stream.

First my take on the show 17 gameplay. In manage mode there wasn't enough offense and the primary culprits were new ball curve which turned about a dozen balls which were hits down the line in the show 16 into foul balls - and slightly overpowered infielders. When they removed that much offense from the game they failed to add offense elsewhere which is why runs were inordinately low and why I quit playing the game and quit posting on this forum in June 17.

What caught my attention about the show 18 streams is ball curve remains the same. In the little things stream the balls were landing fair - because as you can see at one point in the stream they had foul balls turned off. When you have to turn off foul balls that's not promising.

They mentioned they lowered density of air to increase ball travel which should add offense.

They mentioned fielder ability is now more dependent on all attributes which should add offense. They missed a great opportunity to show the differences between different fielders in the stream. They mentioned it as a feature but didn't show it.

They mentioned improved catcher and tag animations which result in more outs and should subtract offense.

What does it mean in terms of gameplay? It's hard to say until and unless you buy the game and play it.

Biggest potential positive is the change in fielders which differentiates between fielders depending on attributes.

[Padgoi]

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