Operation Sports MLB 13 The Show Community Impressions Thread

[BravesBoy]

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Got one game under my belt and overall I'm liking what I see. Going along with the others the game looks great. It just has a good crisp look to it. Colors a very vibrant and Turner Field looks great. Also like others timing window is something to get use to, I'm way out in front of most pitches. First game I played on all star and hit 3 bombs so I'm def moving up a notch or 2 once I get some more feel for everything.

I use pulse pitching and love the new icon, just a dark shaded circle is a big diff from the white ring last year. Was able to hit most of my spots with a lil variation here and there when I rushed to pitch, which was nice.

Animations look great and I'm LOVING the upgrades to all the stances and follow thurs, looks really smooth and great. I'm not getting much of the stuttering like others have spoken of, had maybe one or two pitches from the CPU that felt like it skipped a lil but it was hard to tell. Def hasn't effected my gameplay so far.

Overall I'm really enjoying it. Doesn't feel like a roster update to me as some have mentioned. Looking forward to many more games and getting a real good feel for all the adjustments..

[ScouserHUN]

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The "slight pause" of the ball coming out of the pitchers hand is brutal. It absolutely kills my timing at the dish. It's almost like a yo-yo. You see it cone out of his hand, pause and then the delivery animation kicks in. I hate to harp on a game when it just comes out, but this really sucks. Especially after waiting what seemed like forever, for this game to download and install.

Same here. On top of that, the stutter issue is there in the cutscenes.

[LastActionHero]

Operation Sports MLB 13 The Show Impressions Thread

Ok only played half a game during lunch but I wanted to post my first quick impressions anyway.

First of all I downloaded the game and for me the experience was very smooth. 2/2,5 hour download for everything. The menus and game are all super smooth for me. Maybe the disc version also navigates a lot faster this year but from the show 12 on disc (yes I installed the 10gb) to 13 as digital version it's very noticable!

Ok so I played half a game Cubs against Detroit.

Few thing I noticed from this short time of play:

- Rhe high bounces are gone
- The possibility to turn off the OSD's this year is wonderfull!
Besides the fact that it looks more like a real broadcast I now (have to) remember all the pitch types. Before the pitch type OSD made you (well at least me) lazy so I always looked at it to choose my pitch. Not anymore
- They finally fixed the pitch history colours!
- Really liking the new scorebar
- Lots of new camera cuts (wide opening shots of the stadiums is very nice)
- Hit variation was instantly noticable. In just 5 inning alot of hits I haven's seen before.
- The hit variation also makes the outfield play way more exciting this year! Feels really fresh!
- Liking the profile point system thing. Every inning you see how much points you've earned. Very subtle in the right corner of the screen below. Maybe next year they could even go as far as showing it after every play that earns you points.
- I like the flow of Steve Lyons
- I don't notice the pitches coming in any slower than last year..?
Always play on All Star but doesn't seem slower to me.


Ok more later on!

Loving it so far.
Thanks again SCEA!

[Majingir]

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It seems like game doesn't count errors for CPU. I've seen CPU make a couple of errors, but when I see boxscore, they have 0 errors. It's plays that are clearly errors, like someone hitting a ball at a player and the ball bounces off the fielders glove, or a player threw the ball away.

Don't get what pitcher stutter people talking about, I haven't noticed anything

[Betterai]

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I've noticed in Franchise retirements are handled a bit better, not everyone who's 37 automatically retired. In fact in a test sim with the Yankees, only Pettitte and Rivera retired, Kuroda (39), Jeter (38) and A-Rod all returned for another year. Jeter and A-Rod regressed significantly though, both were down in the 60s and their overall abilities were diminshed. Overall I like the way progression/regression was handled this year, no more seeing A potential guys still progressiong once they're in their 30s

[MetsGiants4]

Stances Butchered

Is anybody noticing how bad SCEA butchered stances this year?

They ruined pretty much every guy on the Mets stance.

I'm disappointed.

[cake612]

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Played an online game, seems better than last year but still pretty choppy and delayed, the swing timing is completely different and I couldn't do anything. Pitching seems ok though as far as timing goes. I'll try it with a wired connection next time but honestly I've never had a problem with shooters or most other sports games while this game just can't seem to get it right. I was ahead of everything while swinging and balls that looked past me already jumped off my bat and I fouled them off instead. I'm guessing it will be playable to some after you sort of get used to it but it seemed pretty janky and just not very smooth at all.

[Majingir]

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Another great game!
Os-2 runs,10 hits,"0" errors(game doesn't count errors for CPU?)

Jays-4 runs(should have been 5,but stupid human error strikes again),13 hits,1 error


O's with 4 doubles, Jays with 2 doubles
Each team had a HR

Jays struck out 8 batters
O's struck out 1 batter

Lawrie: 2-4,3RBI,HR

80% of my pitches were strikes
92% of CPU pitches were strikes(they threw 61 pitches in 8 innings! Cause only a handful of strikes I didn't swing at due to how good locations they all were)

[gator3guy]

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Is anybody noticing how bad SCEA butchered stances this year?

They ruined pretty much every guy on the Mets stance.

I'm disappointed.

Some are really good and some are brutal. Chase Utley's looks terrible but a guy like Kevin Frandsen's is spot on.

[fakingmysuicide]

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I went straight to postseason mode after after a few batting practices. The commentary, while still not great, is SOOOO much better. They seem to actually talk about relative plays and most of this is Steve Lyons. Huge improvement over Cambell. Like everyone else, I'm ahead of everything. Change ups! I can actually tell if its gonna be a change up and lay off. This years nasty pitch seems to be the slider.

I was the Giants at the Dodgers. Default all star. Matt Cain was pitching a one hitter into the seventh and was just plain nasty, I was up 1-0 then a lead off single by Kemp then BOOM, Adrian Gonzalez jacks one to dead center
Last year it felt like I could away with much more, this year nope lol. I come back to tie it in the ninth on a Crawford single and a play at the plate. Then in the tenth after an 0-4 night, Buster Posey responds with a homer of his own to center. Crowd is Dead Silent LOL. Romo strikes out the bottom of the tenth to seal the victory. Sanchez is player of the game with 2-4, 2r, triple, double. I had 12 h to dodgers only 4. Only drew one walk and didn't pitch any. Dealt 9 k and only k'd 2. So sliders definitely need some adjusting.

[bayman]

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The CPU GM AI desperately needs some rational parameters for things that make no baseball sense. First day in RTTS on the Smokies and the AAA Cubs are carrying 10 fielders and the Cubs are carrying 11. This number should at the least be a minimum of 12, with 2 players with some catcher ability.

On the flip side, the new running controls in RTTS are fantastic.

[fakingmysuicide]

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Oh, and I'm a little disappointed they didn't implement Hunter Pence's awkward but awesome running, fielding, and throwing styles.

[rp05ev]

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Ya online still hasn't improved. I have really fast wired connection and played 2 games against guys with really good ping, and it still choppy as previous year. Is it really that hard to offer a good online experience? I mean there are games out there that have like 15+, 20+ players playing together that run hell of a lot smoother than this 2 player game.

Also, is anyone else not seeing when the opponent makes a pitching change. I mean the guy from the bullpen doesn't run out like last year so we know there has been a pitching change. It just "pauses" and then pitcher on mound suddenly gets replaced by new guy and you have to pause the game to see who the pitcher is.


I def over hyped the game for myself.

[ltw0303cavs]

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Not happy about Guess Pitch, I mean its pointless now. What good is it when the pitch is already on you to show where it is? SCEA makes a point of not taking features out, they always leave it in and add the new features. This time the pretty much took away guess pitch. Not all of us have the reaction speed of others and sorry I liked having it. To me it now changes how I enjoy the game.

[Money99]

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Not happy about Guess Pitch, I mean its pointless now. What good is it when the pitch is already on you to show where it is? SCEA makes a point of not taking features out, they always leave it in and add the new features. This time the pretty much took away guess pitch. Not all of us have the reaction speed of others and sorry I liked having it. To me it now changes how I enjoy the game.

This is why I'd love it if they instituted MVP's Hitters-Eye.