MLB 11: The Show Online Impressions

[RaychelSnr]

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Day One: Initial Impressions

I will admit that online play is usually not at the top of my priority list, at least when it comes to baseball games. I would rather spend my time wheeling and dealing within the confines of a franchise mode than battle it out with unknown opponents.

Still, I jumped into a couple Play Now games last evening, looking for something that might encourage me to devote more time to online baseball. Unfortunately, in my limited online time, I have not seen anything that’s going to addict me quite as much as the great offline gameplay -- the new XP system is not going to do it.

It is hard to judge an online game in its first few days of existence -- this is even more true when considering my relative inexperience. However, during the couple of games that I played, I did not have a good time.

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[sa012]

Re: MLB 11: The Show Online Impressions

You hit it right on the nose Chris. Something is way off with hitting this year. I'm either really early or really late. Can't seem to get the right timing. I hope they can rewrite the code or something to fix this. MLB 10 was perfect. Had hardly any lag what so ever last year. It's funny looking at everyones player cards this year with BAs of .150 and ERAs of 1.50.

[Pujols_5]

Played one online game with my friend that lives a few miles down the road and the lag was just terrible. We both have really good internet connection and never have lags with any other games. Hopefully it gets worked out.

[sooner1]

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This game has always been bad online since it went to ps3. Now, back in the ps2 days I loved this game online. Its really disheartning to watch such an awsome game play online like its 1989.

[cheechoo98]

This seems to be the consensus with Play Now. It's a weird combination of the new analog hitting mechanic that is making everyone swing early. BUT even still, I played one game with Zone htting and it was oddly the same experience..

I was 3-0 so far online - 1 solo HR in each game to win it. weird. But last nite, i was in a 5-3 game.. maybe I'm adjusting. I hope I get better because last year, I stopped playing offline and ONLY played online. I just feel better playing real opponents.

[supermanemblem]

Online is still wack. Pitchers throwing BP fastballs automatically. WTF??? Headsets don't work. Agree they haven't got online right since coming to the PS3.

[DiddyGotGrillz]

Played one online game with my friend that lives a few miles down the road and the lag was just terrible. We both have really good internet connection and never have lags with any other games. Hopefully it gets worked out.

Unfortunately it never has so I seriously doubt it will get worked out.

[beboppp]

Completely agree with everything in this review. Pitching is better this year but batting is a nightmare. This is way worse that last year IMO. Its impossible to time pitches because of the lag. It seems that when you do hit the ball its just luck. Will not be playing online anymore unless they make some serious improvements. I'd gladely take last years online experience of this years. Though there was some lag last year, games were at least playable. I've played 2 games so far and both were just awful and I had a green connection the entire time.

[FunkeyMonkey]

I have played 1 game with analog batting and one game with zone and the zone was much better. Will stick with zone when playing online.

[misterkrabz]

I actually had more success with analog hitting online. I made better contact (on average) but the strike outs are still high, but like others alot of it is my fault. It doesn't help build confidence knowing that you're going to get the other teams ace every single game. I'm hoping to setup a league with a buddy and really give it a 10-15 game test when we're both forced to use all the starters and are forced to get into the bull pen just to see if things even out. If I'm still striking out 13-16 (or more) times a game against the average number 5 starter then I will officially declare it a problem.

[EnigmaNemesis]

42 and I played a coop game online last night in which we got whooped. It was smooth as an offline game. Everything played great.

We are about 150+ miles apart.

[srudoff]

Re: MLB 11: The Show Online Impressions

I posted a comment in the original MLB 11 introduction thread in December where I pointed out how SCEA always admits their online play stunk the previous year, said they are fixing it this year, but then it stinks again. I got a warning and a bunch of nasty comments from people on here.

this review unfortunately shows i was right

[TallyBoi7]

Re: MLB 11: The Show Online Impressions

This is my first time playing a baseball game online and it's kinda frustrating. Just like the OP said, it's hard to swing...every swing I make is early...when I play offline, my swings are fine. I'm seeing a lot of strikeouts(on both sides) The lag also gave me a disconnect loss in a scoreless game in the 7th inning...in this game I believe I had just struckout 7 or 8 batters in a row, and my opponent had struckout about 14 or 15 of my batters.

[Sakuraba19]

Maybe I played against you, I remmeber winning 1-0 vs Philly with an A-ROD homerun and that's it....I was too early on every damn pitch .

[dannyheck]

Online games RUINS the fun of the game. OFFLINE is AMAZING!!! Cannot wait til we have opening day rosters, so I can start a season. I wish you could start a season now, and use updated rosters when they occur, instead of being stuck with the rosters you start a season with.

Back to online play though..... sucky cheese players throwing curveballs in the dirt... ruins the game.... hope you guys get something from not playing sim