MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

[elfdutch]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

Right now I thought the 1st developer stream was a bit underwhelming, and I have not yet seen the 2nd.
Regardless of that, I have preordered the game last week in the psn store.

I like that they have again added tons of new animations. The improved catcher blocking looks nice too.
With the new cut scenes and player emotion I hope to get a fresh feel again.
Dynamic crowd attendance is also a nice addition. Same goes for the improved fog and rain.

There is still some stuff I’m less positive on.
New broadcaster : this is nice of course. But adding Reynolds one year and then replacing him the next seems like being back to square one.
Still the player stories and background is an addition, but without the above the might have been able to progress more than they did now.
Same goes for player emotion. I’m glad they do it now, but it was there in 16, almost completely gone in 17, and now back again. Happy they are in but wonder about these choices.


The graphics look better again. I have a ps4 pro but am still on a hd tv, and the game looks gorgeous.
It’s nice to see a continuous improvement on that each year.

Rain delays, happy for the guys who wanted it but I couldn’t care less about it.
I do agree with the guys about the colors of some jerseys being off and having a washed out look.
I’m also a bit annoyed about the developer’s cryptic reactions to it. The colors are simply off, no harm in just admitting that.
Other that than I do like the fact that the developers are on this forum and participating in discussions, a lot of developers can learn from that.

Going to watch the 2nd stream tonight but happy that I preordered and looking forward to play the game on the 23rd!
Being a dutchie, and baseball not being popular over here means that the price is only € 49,= in our psn store. Not a bad deal at all.

As long as they keep moving this game forward – even with sometimes tiny steps – I will continue to buy it.

[bigmike0077]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

I'd assume it's still under the pause screen (option button) in '18 once game starts.
The screen you posted was still during pre-game it looks like

It was just before the first pitch was thrown,

In 16 no matter if it was in pregame they would still have it there, That's usually when I would check to see what pitch selection I was dealing with and what speeds.


I'm almost sure its not there even during the game when they paused a few times lol

[sportomatic75]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

Is he a cameraman? Why is he there?



I just want these!! Please, SDS~~

I highly second the uniform unbutton request. It is long overdue for this. 80 percent of the league now unbuttons

[jaiman]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

Right now I thought the 1st developer stream was a bit underwhelming, and I have not yet seen the 2nd.

Regardless of that, I have preordered the game last week in the psn store.



I like that they have again added tons of new animations. The improved catcher blocking looks nice too.

With the new cut scenes and player emotion I hope to get a fresh feel again.

Dynamic crowd attendance is also a nice addition. Same goes for the improved fog and rain.



There is still some stuff I’m less positive on.

New broadcaster : this is nice of course. But adding Reynolds one year and then replacing him the next seems like being back to square one.

Still the player stories and background is an addition, but without the above the might have been able to progress more than they did now.

Same goes for player emotion. I’m glad they do it now, but it was there in 16, almost completely gone in 17, and now back again. Happy they are in but wonder about these choices.





The graphics look better again. I have a ps4 pro but am still on a hd tv, and the game looks gorgeous.

It’s nice to see a continuous improvement on that each year.



Rain delays, happy for the guys who wanted it but I couldn’t care less about it.

I do agree with the guys about the colors of some jerseys being off and having a washed out look.

I’m also a bit annoyed about the developer’s cryptic reactions to it. The colors are simply off, no harm in just admitting that.

Other that than I do like the fact that the developers are on this forum and participating in discussions, a lot of developers can learn from that.



Going to watch the 2nd stream tonight but happy that I preordered and looking forward to play the game on the 23rd!

Being a dutchie, and baseball not being popular over here means that the price is only € 49,= in our psn store. Not a bad deal at all.



As long as they keep moving this game forward – even with sometimes tiny steps – I will continue to buy it.

You probably could have cut this in half if you watched the stream first...

[bigmike0077]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

I'd assume it's still under the pause screen (option button) in '18 once game starts.
The screen you posted was still during pre-game it looks like

Here's a pic from another stream of In Game Pause menu. It has the Balls/Strikes/Total, But nothing about the Pitch speeds and what arsenal you are facing. How do you know during game if your facing a flame thrower- or something with a really slow curve

[bigmike0077]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

Also in 16 When you press the options ( pause) button

It would show the batter Stats 0-2 , 31 HRS, 75 RBI . In that pause screen there it only shows the game stats.

So in Franchise mode when your playing through a season, if you skip past the Batter walkup part, how do you know what a guys stats are in game?

[nemesis04]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

Is he a cameraman? Why is he there?

He is is giving the other team signals, Rob Manfred might have to get involved.

[thescoop]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

He is is giving the other team signals, Rob Manfred might have to get involved.

Nah, I think he is checking someone out in almost creeper fashion. If he was giving signals his hands would be moving. He's a creeper that is bad at his job!

[bigmike0077]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

As opposed to my other pic from the earlier stream, this one from yesterday shows

IP, H, BB, SO not Balls, Strikes, Total..so I'm assuming that's a work in progress?

But for someone whos plays franchise/season modes etc. Those things are important to look at from game to game, I'm not sure how much this matters in online play.

Sorry if I'm being annoying pointing out these things, Just wondering if they are in the game

[green94]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

Do my eyes deceive me or is that chalk degradation in the LH batters box I see?

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

it's always been in the game... what am i missing?

[green94]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

Interested to see end of game celebrations - in years past they were go right to a cutscene of the players mobbing the hitter at home plate and the entire crowd would be sitting down.

Not to mention the cut scenes were a lower FPS so immersion would suffer.

Hoping some of this got taken care of as well... would love them to scrap cut scenes altogether.

[Peter_OS]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

I'm crossing my fingers that dynamic scheduling is in franchise mode this year.

Also wanted to note how impressive the crowd reaction is to the game this year after watching this stream. Keep building on this guys! Good work.

[Patsguy49]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

Also in 16 When you press the options ( pause) button

It would show the batter Stats 0-2 , 31 HRS, 75 RBI . In that pause screen there it only shows the game stats.

So in Franchise mode when your playing through a season, if you skip past the Batter walkup part, how do you know what a guys stats are in game?

Here’s a screen cap of ‘17s pause menu. Speeds and ball/strike totals are there, as well as batter stats. Will be weird if ‘18s been changed and doesn’t have that on the menu.

[seasprite]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

it's always been in the game... what am i missing?

Its not in 17. Only thing you ever see is in the RH batters box after a slide, but there is no degradation outside of that. You probably missed the uproar over it early last year lol.

[bigmike0077]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Twitch Stream Starting Now - Presentation & Commentary

Here’s a screen cap of ‘17s pause menu. Speeds and ball/strike totals are there, as well as batter stats. Will be weird if ‘18s been changed and doesn’t have that on the menu.

Thanks for sharing, yeah from the pictures I got from the stream, none of this information was there. Speeds/Ball/strike/Total, as well as HR, RBI Total, Pull Tendency, Spray chart %, etc.

So it seems as though they revamped it and it looks great, just hope they make sure these things are in there still