MLB '10: The Show First Look (ESPN)

[ltbucks3]

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You'll see things like cloud shadows moving across the field, daylight transitional lighting, dugouts and bullpens populated in real time (not just in cut scenes), and even playoff noise makers and towels in the crowd.

AWESOME!!

[jvalverde88]

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Throw in the Home Run Derby (in all season modes as well as standalone), the Futures Game, pre-game batting practice in the cage, a green light system where players must now earn the right to steal bases at will, and a new stat tracking system that keeps stats for every pitcher or batter faced throughout your career, not to mention mistake tracking that penalizes you for not playing right (a pitcher not covering first on a bunt), while at the same time attempting to make you a good teammate and not just pile up stats, and Road to the Show looks to have beefed up so much, if I could ask the disc to pee in a cup, I'd check it for PEDs.

I might just spend most of my time on R.T.S this year. The Futures game is in the game too, nice.

[Artman22]

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WORKING! SPLASH! COUNTER!

Nothing about a new fielding camera (and no new player models), but real-time presentation is just making me

They got the idea of real-time presentation from the other game lol

[Shakedowncapo]

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RIP all 'other' sports games of 2010.. You didn't even make it to the New Year.

Now to get some more info on online leagues... Need to know if they're going all out with trading and drafting. With what they added, I wouldn't be mad waiting.

[SoxFan01605]

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Good lord! Tons of great info (I think ESPN inadvertently stole some of Russell's thunder...lol), but this stuck out to me the most:

And speaking of Franchise, there will be the ability to finally play Franchise mode with up to 30 players. "We have a lot of fans who want to control every team, every lineup, every injury … they actually want to go in and manually injure a player just so their franchise at home can have the exact rosters of real life," says senior designer Kolbe Launchbaugh. "The time they spend on these rosters and inside all of these various modes really blows my mind, and it's something we all take great pride in as we're working on the game."

FINALLY! If this is true 30 team control, that means no more manager issues either...I'm in OCD heaven.

Time to dream of a Nationals rebuild playing in the Polo Grounds...

As for real-time presentation, as with 2K last year, I'm intrigued but cautious in my optimism. It didn't work out too well for them, but I admittedly have much more confidence in the SCEA team getting it right, as their animations are top-notch. Best of all, if it's not fully what we want this year, the cutscenes are available. It really sounds like they hit on a good many of our requests! Gotta love it!

I know...I sound like a kid...lol...I'm way too excited right now.

[Shakedowncapo]

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One thing that slightly bummed me out was Cramm talking about the fielding practice. I'm sure thats where they would tell us if it were all new.. but he basically said the opposite.

[Instant C1a55ic]

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Finally i can say its a great day to own a PS3.

I really dont know how 2K can top this. Come on, you know just the working splash counter is better than anything 2K has accomplished...

[Bahnzo]

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The online stuff sounds great! I would have honestly been happy with a well functioning online mode that plays as well as it does offline. But add in the online league features and I'm officially excited.

And as a former catcher in my younger days, RTTS as a catcher sounds like fun. I didn't really get into RTTS with 09, but I'll for sure give it a longer look in 10.

Real Time Presentation. One of the few things that made 2K's baseball game interesting (regardless of how well you thought it was done). Added to The Show? Awesome!

Classic Stadiums, highlight reels, and the Mississippi Braves manager tirade? Are you kidding me? This isn't MLB The Show 10. It's video game Viagra.

I have goosebumps.....

[ARMORALLL]

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What do they mean they got the Mississippi Braves manager tirade? Does this mean every teams manager can do this, or is it just something we will see if we leave the game running without hitting any buttons. There is still one big feature I got my hopes up for. Rainouts and double headers. They are long over due! Also not a big deal if this doesn't make it in but I would love to see some better collision detection.

[dorismary]

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What do they mean they got the Mississippi Braves manager tirade? Does this mean every teams manager can do this, or is it just something we will see if we leave the game running without hitting any buttons. There is still one big feature I got my hopes up for. Rainouts and double headers. They are long over due! Also not a big deal if this doesn't make it in but I would love to see some better collision detection.

If I remember correctly wasnt it in 09 when you let the controller sit for a while
Thats what they meant

[CommunityCollege]

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why is everyone forgetting adding Manager arguments on certain plays?

[HustlinOwl]

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Now I can finally have my own offline franchise with more than just my brother passing the file around. We could get up to 6 hardcore members to do an offline franchise and just send the file around via sendpace that is if filesharing is still a feature.

And speaking of Franchise, there will be the ability to finally play Franchise mode with up to 30 players. "We have a lot of fans who want to control every team, every lineup, every injury … they actually want to go in and manually injure a player just so their franchise at home can have the exact rosters of real life," says senior designer Kolbe Launchbaugh. "The time they spend on these rosters and inside all of these various modes really blows my mind, and it's something we all take great pride in as we're working on the game."

[baseball88]

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30 teams controlled is great. Can't wait to see what else was added.

Thanks SCEA
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Everyone

[rudyjuly2]

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The only thing that really does something for me off that list was Real Time Presentation. I really liked what 2K9 did with that last year and I think this will be a really nice upgrade this year. I also liked the fact that the replay system seems to be improved. Maybe we can actually pick camera angles and create the same type of replays the game shows us on HRs.

But not hearing about any defensive improvements has me really worried. Hopefully they will outline improvements later but the defensive gameplay in this game has been stagnant for years. That's arguably the biggest area this game needs improvement in. I don't play online, don't do Road to the Show and only play as a one person season so all those improvements might be great for many, but useless for me.

[DickDalewood]

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I'm a little confused. It says it "defaults" to the presentation we're used to... so are there two presentation options? Or are we getting the older presentation throughout the game, with the real-time stuff mixed in at the end of plays, innings, etc?

Also, daylight transitions... yessss. Now, do we have weather??