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  • countryboy
    Growing pains
    • Sep 2003
    • 52728

    #1

    MLB The Show 25 Gameplay Updates Deep Dive

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  • Steve_OS
    Editor-in-Chief
    • Jul 2002
    • 33776

    #2
    MLB The Show 25 - Fielding Feedback: Gameplay Updates

    Moving posts over fyi.



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    • JWDixon120
      Rookie
      • Jul 2012
      • 802

      #3
      MLB The Show 25 - Fielding Feedback: Gameplay Updates

      After that gameplay deep dive I’m quite underwhelmed.

      “Ambush Hitting” seems pretty adjacent to “Guess Pitch”. Nearly feels like the same thing.

      The other gameplay improvements seem negligible. Throwing meters revamped are ok I guess? Same with fielder reactions etc. Most of these changes feel catered to the DD Crowd. GOAT difficulty intrigues me however.

      But honestly my gripes with this franchise have rarely been anything to do with gameplay as I feel it’s in a very nice spot. Any improvements we do get are welcomed.

      I would love to see an animation overhaul however. I’m seeing the same ones in this trailer I have since MLB 15.



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      • ataranto2
        Rookie
        • Feb 2017
        • 212

        #4
        Re: MLB The Show 25 - Fielding Feedback: Gameplay Updates

        So that’s it? Guess pitch has been renamed and the throwing meters have been changed again. I don’t see how this can move the needle for anyone. I understand there’s different departments that work on different aspects of the game, but I don’t understand how if gameplay has barely changed (which is fine since it’s already in a good spot) for the last two years, why haven’t the graphics, presentation, and franchise mode been receiving significant updates? Where is their budget going??

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        • bronxbombers21325
          MVP
          • Mar 2012
          • 3058

          #5
          Re: MLB The Show 25 - Fielding Feedback: Gameplay Updates

          Meh, nothing overly exciting here. They basically brought back guess pitch and renamed it to present it as something new. Fielder reactions and the new jump meter are ok. I turn throwing meters off, so.......nothing in there really gets me hyped.

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          • baseballguy99
            Pro
            • Mar 2019
            • 929

            #6
            Re: MLB The Show 25 Deep Dive - Gameplay Improvements

            Originally posted by countryboy
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            Is the GOAT difficulty only applicable to user hitting? They only described it from that perspective, would really suck if pitching won’t have the GOAT option

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            • bronxbombers21325
              MVP
              • Mar 2012
              • 3058

              #7
              Re: MLB The Show 25 Deep Dive - Gameplay Improvements

              So....that's it?

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              • 0blong00
                Rookie
                • Apr 2021
                • 193

                #8
                Re: MLB The Show 25 - Fielding Feedback: Gameplay Updates

                If you’re a clean screen player then it doesn’t seem like there’s anything here for you. Also, why do I need different colored arrows to tell me I got a good or bad jump? How is that “game changing?” Lastly, am I to understand that the goat mode is only for hitting? I don’t hear people clamoring for more difficult hitting too much, but I do hear that pinpoint and meter pitching can be too easy quite often. I’m not really trying to be a negative Nelly. I do still intend to buy the game, but like I said after the last video it’s not because of anything I was just shown.

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                • breakfastcat
                  MVP
                  • Jan 2013
                  • 1018

                  #9
                  Re: MLB The Show 25 - Fielding Feedback: Gameplay Updates

                  Gameplay changes seem good but nothing revolutionary. I am a fan of making perfect throws riskier by putting it at the end of the green zone, I think that is a great change. Perfect throws always felt too easy to me.

                  The HR robbery meter is good, makes the timing a little more legible, I just hope it doesn't make it too easy.

                  Infielders getting better jumps based on attributes seems like something that should have already been in the game, no?. What does the reaction stat do if not that?

                  Ambush hitting is just simplified guess pitch, eh.

                  As for the visuals I will say the grass does look a bit better in closer shots but about the same from far away (which has always been my issue). Could just be Youtube compression so we'll see. Dirt still looks pretty bad in most shots however and I think that is a bigger issue than the grass ever was.

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                  • baseballguy99
                    Pro
                    • Mar 2019
                    • 929

                    #10
                    Re: MLB The Show 25 - Fielding Feedback: Gameplay Updates

                    Is the GOAT difficulty only applicable to user hitting? They kinda made it sound like that, really hoping it’s on user pitching too which is very much needed more so than hitting IMO

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                    • djflock
                      Pro
                      • Sep 2022
                      • 645

                      #11
                      Re: MLB The Show 25 Deep Dive - Gameplay Improvements

                      Very underwhelming. They named the guess location of pitch “ambush hitting” and gave IF the same weird animation where they get stuck in the mud and dont move if they have bad reaction ratings.

                      Do like the rob Hr improvements because i found that impossible to time previously.

                      But biggest excitement i potentially got from this video was seeing that they may have finally added the sweeper. Did SW stand for sweeping curve last year?

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                      • 0blong00
                        Rookie
                        • Apr 2021
                        • 193

                        #12
                        Re: MLB The Show 25 - Fielding Feedback: Gameplay Updates

                        Originally posted by baseballguy99
                        Is the GOAT difficulty only applicable to user hitting? They kinda made it sound like that, really hoping it’s on user pitching too which is very much needed more so than hitting IMO
                        That’s what it sounds like to me.

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                        • 0blong00
                          Rookie
                          • Apr 2021
                          • 193

                          #13
                          Re: MLB The Show 25 Deep Dive - Gameplay Improvements

                          Originally posted by djflock
                          Very underwhelming. They named the guess location of pitch “ambush hitting” and gave IF the same weird animation where they get stuck in the mud and dont move if they have bad reaction ratings.

                          Do like the rob Hr improvements because i found that impossible to time previously.

                          But biggest excitement i potentially got from this video was seeing that they may have finally added the sweeper. Did SW stand for sweeping curve last year?
                          Good catch. SC was sweeping curve so I can only hope SW is sweeper

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                          • bronxbombers21325
                            MVP
                            • Mar 2012
                            • 3058

                            #14
                            Re: MLB The Show 25 Deep Dive - Gameplay Improvements

                            Originally posted by djflock
                            Very underwhelming. They named the guess location of pitch “ambush hitting” and gave IF the same weird animation where they get stuck in the mud and dont move if they have bad reaction ratings.

                            Do like the rob Hr improvements because i found that impossible to time previously.

                            But biggest excitement i potentially got from this video was seeing that they may have finally added the sweeper. Did SW stand for sweeping curve last year?
                            I can't put into words how much I hate removing a feature for a few years, and then bringing it back with a new name and presenting it as this great new feature. That's such a cop out of actually adding something new.

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                            • Playboy™
                              Rookie
                              • Jan 2011
                              • 385

                              #15
                              Re: MLB The Show 25 Deep Dive - Gameplay Improvements

                              I'm still confused as to why they made this as only a current Gen game, it looks exactly like what we had the last 4-5 years when it was both a PS4/ps5 game.

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