Operation Sports MLB 13 The Show Community Impressions Thread

[BravesBoy]

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I've played around 13 innings so far, have yet to see a first pitch ball by the AI.

Weird..I'm getting them fairly often

[redsfan4life]

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First AB hit one off the wall in LF with Choo off Wainwright. Went on to get 4 runs on 6 hits in the inning. Guess there's no rust for me

This is on All-Star difficulty.

[redsfan4life]

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Weird..I'm getting them fairly often

Same here. Walked twice the first inning I played lol. Be patient.

[BravesBoy]

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Same here. Walked twice the first inning I played lol. Be patient.

Exactly, if your willing to be patient and watch pitches your gonna see plenty of balls. I've gotten into a 2-0 count several times in the 3,4 games ive played so far

[bronxbombers21325]

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Same here. Walked twice the first inning I played lol. Be patient.

I've had several walks. It's just every first pitch has been a strike thru about 2 games now.

[pokerlife]

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Just got done checking the game out!
Have to say after watching all the early gameplay videos from those who got there early copies had me a little disappointed.

It looked like the same game as last year.. All i can say is you have to play it to feel the difference. The fielding animations and the game itself is soooo much smoother and just feels right.
To be honest it doesn't even feel like the show to me. Hard to explain but it just feels like a fresh experience .

Loving the new throw meter and how the plays at first look just right in regards to how the close the runner is to being safe or out.. Absolutely perfect!

[bronxbombers21325]

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Is there anything that can be done about this stuttering? It is happening almost every pitch when the ball comes out of the pitchers hand. It is making the game almost unplayable.

[Knight165]

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Just had Marco Scutaro lose 10 points in a bunch of attributes right at the start of the season. If this was on purpose, I think it's a cool way to have a player dramatically lose skill. If not, I'll post it in the bug thread later.

It's not a bug.



M.K.
Knight165

[RookieMiztake]

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So recently I have been trying the Beginner Mode to try to see the progression of the settings. With Beginner Mode I started a Angels franchise and right now I am 4 and 0. With it stated earlier it is pretty difficult not to win as hitting is ridiculously in your favor. With my 4 games my scores are 13-0, 9-6,10-0 and 13-0. With the 9-6 game for some reason the CPU was just able to hit off CJ Wilson and was a little bit competitive.

Also I noticed that if you play under the Beginner settings the game turns off the variable calls from the umpire so every call is a precise call of balls and strikes. It also turns off injuries and fielding is Auto Fielding yet they give you a tutorial on how to throw to each base.

[Number2DJ]

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I haven't played that much of the game yet, but I can say I absolutely love how they've increased the broadcasts clips in menus.

Other than the stuttering that keeps happening, everything is great so far.

[Sweed]

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Finished a second play now game. My Cubs at Fenway vs. The Sox.

Default All-Star batting using the right stick

Classic Pitching

All sliders still at default.

Lost 6-4. Boston 2 dbls, 2 HR. I had one Dbl. 2 walks for me 1 for Boston.

Both team pitch counts in the mid 130's. My strike pct 65, Bostons 70% but then I chased a ton of pitches. That will get better over time. 46 foul balls between the teams (awesome). So far not seeing much, if anything, that will need to be adjusted here. I know with patience I can get a good number of walks. It was both frustrating and fun to watch Boston's RP when he found out I'd chase his curveball into the dirt. Yeah, he just kept throwing it and I kept chasing it If it's not broke don't fix it

If I stay too consistent with my pitching I may have to lower my consistency slider to give more walks. However just two games and with them not really counting it's not like I was nibbling to guys like Ortiz.

Not sure about OF speed. I hit a couple of balls hard to the gap (rollers on the ground) that didn't get through but it's not like they were "no doubters". Maybe resistance is actually right in this years version slowing down the ball and in previous versions the groundball got through too quickly? Boston's two dbls were to the corners. Mine was to the RCF gap by Soriano and I thought at first the OF was going to catch up to it. I thought it was a no doubter but on replay it did have a lot of air under it I think it was ok that the fielders came close to getting there. It would take some time to figure fielder speed out when basing it on only my games. Will be watching slider threads at OS as this usually gets narrowed down pretty quickly.

It will be the same for IF reaction, and speed of throws. While in my two game sample they don't look bad it will be OS where a slider guru will get it figured out soon. For all I know the gurus may find that default for IF and OF speed and throwing is just fine at default.

Night game this time and the visuals keep getting better. The way the tops of the caps would show light and shadow under the stadium lights was very cool. Just little slivers of light on the tops of the quarter panels as players moved about, nice detail.

One very nice thing added to the in game graphics is in the popup baserunner box. The baserunner box now has a bar on top and bottom of it which show the baserunner's speed and baserunning skill. Used to have to know it or look on another screen to find it. Nice to see it added into the "live" game.

It's going to be fun playing this this summer other than I'll use my Cubs and will probably get my brains beat it

FWIW I am getting first pitch balls playing on all-star default hitting.

No stuttering here either. 10 gig install, slim ps3 ~2 yrs old. ~5 yr old 1080p 47 inch Phillips TV running The Show at 720p.

[ajw]

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What is the deal with the huge NY on the Yankee helmets? I mean it is huge. This has to be fixed. I want realistic uniforms. Not cartoon looking. I look for realism in a game like this. Can this be fixed with a patch? Thanks in advance.

[Jimbo614]

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Just observing observations so far...Looks like the two main issues so far is the Stutter and first pitch Balls. Would that be correct?

So far as the Stutter is concerned JMO but, it's probably because SCEA has essentially Maxed out the PS3 Processors. The game is probably on the very edge of how far the PS3 can go.
If some people experience it and others not, it could involve several issues mainly around your PS3 and how old it is . But I'm not an expert.

Keep up the good work boys! Unfortunately because of the snowstorm, I'll have to wait until tomorrow night for MY OpeningDay

[ODogg]

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One very nice thing added to the in game graphics is in the popup baserunner box. The baserunner box now has a bar on top and bottom of it which show the baserunner's speed and baserunning skill. Used to have to know it or look on another screen to find it. Nice to see it added into the "live" game.

OMG, thank you for posting this. As a former High Heat gamer I've always wanted this in the show.

I didn't buy MLB 12 as I skipped last year, would I be seeing a big upgrade from MLB 11 to MLB 13?

[Drew127]

After playing some more I'm starting to get really frustrated with how just about every ball put in play is hit really hard. Double plays are turned so fast that my runner is out at first by 4 steps routinely, mainly because the ball rockets off the bat.

Still having issues scoring from second on singles, I had Hardy on second after a double and then Markakis lines a hard single to right. I sent hardy just to see how close the play would be at the plate. He was thrown out by 20 feet at least.

What sliders can be adjusted to fix this? Maybe it's still a small sample size but since I have noticed it, I am really noticing that the majority of balls put on play are hit really hard.