Some random thoughts about the game:
It seems like there is no weight scaling in this game, only height. Check out David Ortiz, Prince Fielder, Bartolo Colon, and David Wells. They are all thin compared to what they should be. I believe weight scaling was taken out to offset the addition of the cloth physics. Maybe larger players bodies would have interfered with the cloth and caused clipping issues that would be highly noticeable. This is just an observation and not fact.
Pitching is really great. I love the total control over the catcher and how you have to think in order to place pitches correctly.
Player momentum seems to be over exaggerated making their movements seem slow and not as responsive as they should be.
Differences in pitch speeds when hitting is very realistic. You have to guess what pitch is coming in order to hit it solid. If your guessing change or curve and the pitcher throws a fastball, it will totally mess you up and the ball will be by you before you swing.
Base running control needs to be revamped. It is too complicated out of the box. I think they should go to a grouped picture-in-picture view like MVP instead of having the four boxes at the edges of the screen. Seems like too much and should be simplified.
Ball physics need to be changed. Batted balls should not curve so greatly.
Player faces are the worst I have ever seen.
Seems like they recreated every stadium to great detail, except for Dolphin Stadium, and the new Busch Stadium.
Lighting is a little over exaggerated and could use some fine tuning. The shadows between home and the pitchers mound are a great touch and add a new level to the batter pitcher showdown.
There is no reason why the cut scenes of fans should look so horrid. It is a cut scene; they should be able to make eight fans that look nothing alike, instead of the same guy replicated over and over again. This is not about the main crowd in the stadium; for the shear size of it, this was done very well, as well as the fans that go after balls in the stands.
Really minor gripe here, there seems to be no difference in A, B, C, and D arm guards. Also, there should be a greater number of wrist band selections. Such as wrist, forearm, and elbow bands, and a way to change their sizes. I love the glove creator, but the camera should zoom in on the glove when you change the attributes so you can see exactly what is being changed. You should be able to change the color of undershirts as well.
A bat editor would be a good option, as many players use different color bats. This could be accomplished as simply as they did the glove editor, with color selections for the barrel and the grip, as well as the type of taping on the bat.
I could add some more, but I'll save it for another time. Overall, I like the game so far.
It seems like there is no weight scaling in this game, only height. Check out David Ortiz, Prince Fielder, Bartolo Colon, and David Wells. They are all thin compared to what they should be. I believe weight scaling was taken out to offset the addition of the cloth physics. Maybe larger players bodies would have interfered with the cloth and caused clipping issues that would be highly noticeable. This is just an observation and not fact.
Pitching is really great. I love the total control over the catcher and how you have to think in order to place pitches correctly.
Player momentum seems to be over exaggerated making their movements seem slow and not as responsive as they should be.
Differences in pitch speeds when hitting is very realistic. You have to guess what pitch is coming in order to hit it solid. If your guessing change or curve and the pitcher throws a fastball, it will totally mess you up and the ball will be by you before you swing.
Base running control needs to be revamped. It is too complicated out of the box. I think they should go to a grouped picture-in-picture view like MVP instead of having the four boxes at the edges of the screen. Seems like too much and should be simplified.
Ball physics need to be changed. Batted balls should not curve so greatly.
Player faces are the worst I have ever seen.
Seems like they recreated every stadium to great detail, except for Dolphin Stadium, and the new Busch Stadium.
Lighting is a little over exaggerated and could use some fine tuning. The shadows between home and the pitchers mound are a great touch and add a new level to the batter pitcher showdown.
There is no reason why the cut scenes of fans should look so horrid. It is a cut scene; they should be able to make eight fans that look nothing alike, instead of the same guy replicated over and over again. This is not about the main crowd in the stadium; for the shear size of it, this was done very well, as well as the fans that go after balls in the stands.
Really minor gripe here, there seems to be no difference in A, B, C, and D arm guards. Also, there should be a greater number of wrist band selections. Such as wrist, forearm, and elbow bands, and a way to change their sizes. I love the glove creator, but the camera should zoom in on the glove when you change the attributes so you can see exactly what is being changed. You should be able to change the color of undershirts as well.
A bat editor would be a good option, as many players use different color bats. This could be accomplished as simply as they did the glove editor, with color selections for the barrel and the grip, as well as the type of taping on the bat.
I could add some more, but I'll save it for another time. Overall, I like the game so far.
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