MLB 15 The Show (Community Day Gameplay Q&A Thread)

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by ClarkWGrizwold

Are the pitchers not fielding every ground ball hit at them?

I saw a mix, fielded, flubbed and some too fast to grab. In general I don't hit a lot up the middle personally, which I think has to do with my timing when I hit. I think that is why some see more issues up the middle then others imo.

[HustlinOwl]

last year a few slap hitters, IE Billy Hamilton, Dee Gordon and Ichiro to name a few their follow through was as if they were lunging at the ball and would corkscrew their bodies. Changing stances etc had no effect. With it being Japanese and slap hitter swing types now being selectable hoping this as been resolved? Did you get a chance to see improved slap hitters?

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Japanese and slap-hitter swing types now selectable (PS4 Only)

[Factzzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by HustlinOwl

last year a few slap hitters, IE Billy Hamilton, Dee Gordon and Ichiro to name a few their follow through was as if they were lunging at the ball and would corkscrew their bodies. Changing stances etc had no effect. With it being Japanese and slap hitter swing types now being selectable hoping this as been resolved? Did you get a chance to see improved slap hitters?

I think the Japanese swings looked really good last year, like Ichiro's, but the slap swings looked terrible IMO.

But by selectable, i also hope they mean, you can edit it from existing players that don't need it, like a guy like Jurickson Profar shouldn't really have that slap hit type style.

[ralphieboy11]

In the past it seems the Show suffers from a lot of station to station baseball. Runners usually only advance one base on a single or a lot of players are thrown out at home when trying to score from second, even with 2 outs. Did you see any changes is this regard?

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by seanjeezy

Any noticeable differences to a) default batted ball velocity b) physics interaction between the ball and different materials, i.e. friction of grass vs dirt; the loss of potential energy when the ball hits the padded wall vs the warning track/grass

Speeds off the bat felt more organic to me. To me the system does a better job relaying your quality and poor quality contact.

I am sure there are behind the scenes calculations going on for this but visually for example I did not see balls deadened when they hit a padded wall.

[sink4ever]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

I did not investigate hitting from behind the pitcher cam sorry.

No problem, thanks for replying. Related to the directional hitting - did you notice if we can "inside out" a pitch now?

[bcruise]

Any new sliders aside from the Dynamic Difficulty "adapt rate" slider (I don't know what else to call it), and the speed sliders being broken up into IF and OF?

Echo H & V for more info on Dynamic Difficulty too.

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by BSUFAN

On the subject of hitting was there one style you preferred over another and were you able to recognize the pitches thrown better this year ??

I am a zone guy so that is my mode of choice. I do encourage everyone to try the directional hitting even if you are a zone person, it is balanced very well and it is not overdone in its approach where just pressing up results in a home run fest.