Name ONE single thing that bothered you about the gameplay this year.

[rudyjuly2]

Re: Name ONE single thing that bothered you about the gameplay this year.

First basemen generally get to first base too quickly. The toss to the pitcher is rarely needed.

[ilstu24]

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Haven't read the whole thread...but the first baseman shouldn't be able to "scoop" every single throw in the dirt...they do drop some in real life.

[ilstu24]

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Have the first baseman retreat to the bag on a double play ball that is hit to him. too many times the shortstop either holds the ball or lobs it to first cause its waiting for the pitcher to covr 1st base even if the 1st baseman is 4 feet from the bag.

Oh and in franchise when playing the CPU stop having them bring in the same 3 relievers instead of using the entire bullpen setup during a series. LOL

This. Maybe have a recovery attribute as well as stamina for relievers?

[mike75]

Re: Name ONE single thing that bothered you about the gameplay this year.

First basemen generally get to first base too quickly. The toss to the pitcher is rarely needed.

100% Agree!

[mike75]

Re: Name ONE single thing that bothered you about the gameplay this year.

Have the first baseman retreat to the bag on a double play ball that is hit to him. too many times the shortstop either holds the ball or lobs it to first cause its waiting for the pitcher to covr 1st base even if the 1st baseman is 4 feet from the bag.

O man I am glad I am not the only one who hates this!

I really don't think I have ever turned a 3-6-3 double play in MLB The Show!!


I hope this will be fixed in MLB 10 The Show!

[Crash Davis]

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Pick offs and pick off attempts were downright disgusting... terrible terrible cheap way of the CPU getting their way.
Also lack of power for Users

[btown12]

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Please revamp the stealing system. I have tweaked the sliders in every way possible and I still seemed to get picked off half of the time when I up my lead by only one step. It seems if they throw over to first enough times the base runner eventually gets picked off. Also the CPU's ability to guess correctly as to when to pitch out is extremely frustrating. I have lost count of the amount of times the CPU has pitched out when I've run on 2-1 and 2-0 counts. Really??? That almost NEVER happens in real life, I certainly can't recall ever seeing it at least. It's a shame that I've pretty much had to shut down Rollins and Victorino in my franchise because they're getting thrown out or picked off 75% of the time.

[Rob_NYY]

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Throwing.

It seems like the throwing meter means absolutely nothing. I have made more errors by tapping the throw button than when it's a close play and I charge the throw all the way.

Plus, tapping the button should result in a soft and easy throw. This is just not the case. There have been times where a soft roller is hit to my secondbaseman and I'll field the ball with plenty of time to get the runner, so I tap the throw button. My second baseman then pumps and fires the ball at 95 mph into the dirt!!

[Woodweaver]

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Ahhhhhrrghhh. The throw meter does not work! The throw meter does not work! tHE THroW mETEr DOes NOT worK!

I think they know about this now. I'm sure it is on their list. If it were easy to fix, I'm sure they would have done it already.

I apologize in advance. I just had to vent after reading the 1000th post about this issue. Consider it a celebration of repetition, repetition, repetition...

Phew, that's better.

[Ghoste]

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Didn't read the entire thread so I apologize if this is repeated.

Ball physics - I think it would go a long way to see better ball physics. Most times, a ball will hit a player/glove and just completely stop instead of bouncing or rolling away. I'd like to see more tailspin/slice/english on the ball. Balls hit down the line should spin and roll towards the corner of the outfield instead of staying right on the line. Because of this, I think there is too many hits that are held to singles when it really should be doubles. And I'd like to see more high choppers and the like.

-ghoste

[mike75]

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Another issue

Pitchers never look a runner back to the bag.

I mean if a guy has a nice lead at first the pitcher should at least look over there a few times.

[brrmikey]

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small gripes..

- there is no thrill trying to care about whether or not to attempt to pick off a cpu baserunner because they never take real-time leads off the base

- when i think i have a chance to catch a low liner in the outfield, many times an animation kicks in (nice animation, bad timing though) that stops me from my attempt

- many times when i hit a ball that is a homerun even with the hr camera off, there is no suspense because sometimes the dot on the baserunning icon is already in the hr trot, before it's gone; also the commentators give it away a bit too early

- i love the outfield view when pitching, but hate many times that it's obvious that the pitcher is not gripping the ball; the fingers are sometimes not on the ball at all...looks weird

- i love the cutscenes; but some of them don't have the white transition screen between them (like when it's late in a game and i'm down by 1 and have men on base) there's a cutscene showing a pulled back view of the batter walking up to the plate, stretching and doing his thing, and when it zooms in, there is no white transition screen...i wish all cutscene didn't have a noticeable transition

- i wish on foul balls into the stands, once in a while, i wish the camera would stay with the ball and follow it into the stands/fans...like how they do on tv broadcasts

- i wish there was a faster more responsive way to get back to a base when leading off...i get picked off way too much, even when i know i pushed buttons to get back to the bag

- i've seen the first baseman miss the ball totally on a low bouncer from an infielder's throw, but never has seen the first baseman drop a one hopper.

..all i can think of at work. great game, small gripes.

[Pared]

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So much for asking for one, huh?

[mike75]

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I really hope Sony is taking lots of notes from this thread!

Because everyone is really bringing up a lot of issues with the gameplay that if they were fixed would make MLB The Show so much more fun to play then it already is!!!!!
And its only November so there is still time to get these issues fixed before MLB 10 The Show is released!

[Speedy]

Re: Name ONE single thing that bothered you about the gameplay this year.

So much for asking for one, huh?

Should've made a template like Ramone did in the wishlist forums.