MLB 13 The Show Pre-Release Impressions Thread

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  • Flightwhite24
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    • Jul 2005
    • 12095

    #211
    Online servers will be up at 9am PST not a minute sooner message scrolled on screen. Lol

    There was another roster dated Mar 3rd


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    • bwiggy33
      MVP
      • Jul 2006
      • 2003

      #212
      Re: MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

      Well I got my copy of the game today. The first thing I did was play a game using the Twins in a spring training stadium vs. the Mets. I was only able to play 6 innings. The Mets had 6 runs on me. I started Worley for 3 innings and then went to Correia for 2 and Diamond for one. 5 of the runs were scored on Worley, the other was scored off Correia. Hopefully that isn't a sign for what is going to happen in franchise mode, although it probably will considering the Twins aren't so good. Anyway I was facing Niese and had 5 hits but no runs.

      From those 6 innings what stood out to me was the hit types and ball physics. All I have to say is UNBELIEVABLE! One hit stuck out for me. I was batting with Mauer and he got jammed but floated it about 2 feet into the outfield up the middle. The ball hung up and the SS made a diving attempt but came up just short. It was just a classic Joe Mauer hit because with him being such a good hitter, it always seems like he can get jammed or hit it off the end of the bat and it will still drop. Just one of those good hitter breaks you see with the top hitters in the game. Overall though the ball physics are way better than 12. I'm not going to say they are perfect 6 innings into playing the game, but so far they are as good as I've ever seen. I cannot wait to see even more hit types.
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      • XxJustAguessxX
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        • Sep 2012
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        #213
        Re: MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

        Originally posted by FLIGHTWHITE
        Online servers will be up at 9am PST not a minute sooner message scrolled on screen. Lol

        There was another roster dated Mar 3rd


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        We're you able to download new roster?

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        • slthree
          MVP
          • Sep 2003
          • 2529

          #214
          Re: MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

          Originally posted by teebee
          Lets get this digital DL rolling! It now says FREE on the download but no link to DL; i swear i've DL the theme 10 times
          Glad I'm not the only one! Thought I was getting the game early and have been downloading the theme since 10pm

          Finally dling the actual game. At 20%
          Last edited by slthree; 03-05-2013, 12:41 AM.

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          • ARoid1313
            Pro
            • Mar 2009
            • 859

            #215
            Originally posted by XxJustAguessxX
            We're you able to download new roster?
            Yes just downloaded the roster for march 3

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            • Blasphemer
              Rookie
              • Feb 2013
              • 90

              #216
              Re: MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

              RttS offseason moves make no sense. I'm not even talking about lopsided trades or anything like that. I'm talking about the team I'm on (the Braves) making it all the way to the world series after winning 96 games. They lost but you would think they would be gearing up for the next season, right? Wrong. first they let Paul Maholm, Reed Johnson, tim Hudson and Brian McCann go. That would be fine if they replaced them with someone but they didn't. They didn't sign a single free agent to a contract over 1 million.

              Well then they must have improved themselves by trade? No. They trade 25 homer, 100 RBI Jason Heyward who still had 2 seasons of team control left for...Shane Victorino. I'm not complaining that the trade is lopsided. It's just a trade that doesn't make sense for a team that's supposed to be shooting for a playoff spot. Now going into spring the team is ranked 10 spots lower than they were in the previous year.

              I thought Sony said they were fixing this in this years edition. That teams that when teams won games, their owner would put money into the team. It's really frustrating to be with a team that almost wins a world series be torn down just a few months later.

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              • Majingir
                Moderator
                • Apr 2005
                • 47652

                #217
                Re: MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

                With all the new fielding stuff, surprised there's no fielding practice in the mini modes section(but there's batting/pitching though)

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                • Majingir
                  Moderator
                  • Apr 2005
                  • 47652

                  #218
                  Re: MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

                  It's cool they have players run onto the field, but the stadium intro music doesn't work(so we get default music to start games)

                  I reported it in bugs/glitches thread, so hopefully it gets seen
                  http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2044774035

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                  • Aggies7
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                    • Jan 2005
                    • 9495

                    #219
                    Stop with the talk about digital download.

                    Keep on topic with Impressions.
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                    • N51_rob
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                      • Jul 2003
                      • 14805

                      #220
                      Re: MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

                      The they way the have redone pitchers repertoires. Seeing guys with pitcher other than 4SFB and 2SFB and their #1 pitch is a really nice touch.
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                      • franch1se
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                        • Apr 2004
                        • 9060

                        #221
                        Re: MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

                        Originally posted by N51_rob
                        The they way the have redone pitchers repertoires. Seeing guys with pitcher other than 4SFB and 2SFB and their #1 pitch is a really nice touch.
                        Agreed...It's even cool to see the guys replace fastballs with Sinkers like the OSFM project does

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                        • weeeeeeez
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                          • May 2011
                          • 1736

                          #222
                          Postseason mode is so cool.
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                          • Majingir
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                            • Apr 2005
                            • 47652

                            #223
                            Re: MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

                            First game played and it was GREAT. I used 01 Jays jersey and the D-Rays jersey for Tampa. Played at bayfront park.

                            1-0 Jays
                            2-1 D-Rays
                            3-2 Jays
                            4-2 Jays
                            5-4 D-Rays
                            6-5 Jays
                            7-5 Jays
                            7-6 Jays(FINAL score)

                            D-Rays-6 runs,11 hits,0 errors,2HR(4 runs driven in cause of it)
                            Jays-7 runs,13 hits,2 errors,3HR(5 runs driven in cause of it)

                            Tough time trying to control Dickeys knuckleball(while I did strikeout 3 guys with Dickey, I let up 7 hits,4ER in 5IP with him)

                            I'd say maybe 2-3 runs are cause of user controlled errors on my team(stupid mistakes like not having my guy facing exact angle to catch the ball,and leaving throw canceling on so my guy didn't throw on an easy out)

                            Jays:
                            Reyes went 4-5(a HR away from hitting for cycle)
                            Lawrie went 3-4(all 3 were doubles!)
                            Lind went 2-4(2HR,4RBI)

                            D-Rays:
                            Jennings went 3-5
                            Joyce went 2-4(a HR,2RBI)
                            Molina went 2-4(a HR,2RBI)

                            Both teams struck out 6 times,6 of the 24 hits were doubles

                            I threw 77% of pitches for strike(111 pitches total in 9IP)
                            CPU threw 80% of pitches for strike(94 pitches total in 8IP)

                            Hits were all down the middle(meaning mid-high,mid-center,mid-low) for BOTH teams,only 1 hit of the 24 weren't in one of the 3 middle blocks

                            I wasn't using guess pitch for first time in forever, and did great. Only problem is those low pitches(I swung at several pitches which would have been low balls)

                            Hopefully Jays staff is fixed.

                            Manager,hitting,pitching,3rd base,farm director are wrong. Only correct staff member is Dwayne Murphy as 1st base coach.
                            Last edited by Majingir; 03-05-2013, 02:22 AM.

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                            • DR Russell
                              Rookie
                              • Feb 2009
                              • 364

                              #224
                              Re: MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

                              As soon as I started playing, I was thinking same great old game... same great old game...

                              As expected, The Show team always delivers world class quality and when it comes to video games. MLB 13 is without a doubt, no exception. MLB 09 single-handedly sold me a PS3. Game seller, done deal. That feeling of playing the game for the first time I will always cherish. It was to me unbelievable all i could have been missing. I wanted to tell every baseball fan in the world about it, I wanted them to not only play MLB 09 the show, but to experience MLB the show. I even remember putting my control down and waiting to see new things everytime.

                              Then MLB 10, 11, and 12, came around and all felt like an upgrade, I felt like i have seen it all though. Great games, however, I felt like i had seen all this team had to offer. Until today I was wrong, I was so wrong...

                              MLB 13 brought it back. They did it again. They gave me that feeling again. When I first started a game, Jays @ Yankees, and I saw my Yankees running out of the dugout on to the field, crowd roaring, i had an undescribable feeling. I told myself, THIS IS HOW YOU START A GAME!!! "Im in the Bronx YOOO!"

                              As game continued, i was playing with the throwing meter on defense, and absolutely welcome it with open arms, I really like how every player meter differs. Made some errors, but kept my head up and vowed to learn to play with it.

                              Then... I hit a double with Curtis Granderson, that hit was a piece of art, it felt like it would never drop, and in years past version, it probably wouldn't, this year it was in noman's land! A long double between Right and Center, long and high, and fielders had no chance of catching, or unexplicably cover large sections of yards to make an unbelievable dive. And it droped and bounced and hit the wall, and I needed time to let myslef absorb what I had seen. That was enough for me to know this game has soul.

                              Thank you MLB THE SHOW team. You guys gave me the feeling once again.

                              Oh, I lost the game 3-2 on Allstar, but who cares!

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                              • cake612
                                Pro
                                • Jul 2002
                                • 677

                                #225
                                Re: MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

                                I've been playing the game since Saturday morning and have been really enjoying it. I mostly just started a couple different franchises and played a few games as the Mariners and then Red Sox. So far I really like both the analog hitting and pitching. It's been quite a while since I played last years game but it feels like the pitching is a little tighter and I don't throw quite as many meatballs or terrible wild pitches with the analog controls.

                                The scouting in franchise is pretty simple but so far is my favorite new addition to the game. It's unfortunate it only runs right up until the draft so I felt a little rushed trying to cram every player into about 2 months. It was interesting using the two different teams as the Mariners had pretty good scouts with one each that had around a 90 in discover, pitching or hitting while the Red Sox were terrible and mostly 60's or below. I'll have to play around with it a little more since I'm wondering if the scouts are randomly generated and when I start my serious franchise with the Sox if they'll have the same terrible scouts.

                                I didn't look into hiring and firing during the season since I started with the Mariners 'chise and quit right after the draft when I saw scouting was done and started the Sox one. The draft is also interesting since teams seem to only value ETA and their stats right at that moment as opposed to potential which is what I went after and probably underdrafted in the first 3 rounds and just started grabbing players with the best ETA after that.

                                As I said it's pretty simple after you spend a couple minutes with it but I got pretty addicted and just started simming every game to advance the scouting reports and discover more players.

                                I was never all that into the training so I liked the auto training from what I saw although I didn't look that closely at it and mostly just played with the scouting and a couple random in season games. Using Felix is pretty fun and it was very noticeable going from him to the other bums on the roster. The hit variety also jumped out at me as a nice upgrade although it's been quite a while since I played last years game so I probably didn't notice as many new ones as a lot of you guys.

                                Decided to pick this up as soon as I saw the store near me was selling it and put off Sim City for a while and I don't regret the decision at all. If the online play gets an upgrade and is more playable instead of the mess it's been to me at least in recent years it will be a long time before I play anything else. The single player gameplay alone is worth it though and I haven't even touched RTTS yet which I usually get a few years into especially while waiting for Opening Day and the rosters to get locked down for franchise mode.
                                Last edited by cake612; 03-05-2013, 03:12 AM.

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