[Black59Razr]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jgainsey

I've used Analog Hitting on HOF all year, and I absolutely love it. I also had some trouble focusing on the pitcher's delivery, and not worrying too much about the stride. Once I trained myself to maintain focus on the pitcher, the learning curve wasn't nearly as daunting. Learning to direct the stick left/right when appropriate probably took a couple of months to fully master, but it's definitely worth the trouble. It's so rewarding to poke an outside slider over a corner IF with an intentionally late swing. When I check the swing info and see perfect PCI placement on a hit like that, I'm as happy as if I had just crushed a HR.

You are right on about the satisfaction of moving the ball around the park. I am still not great at it, but I am getting better at covering 'middle-in' or 'middle-away' in situational hitting situations. I am not able to read and react mid pitch, I just have to protect that part of the plate rather than looking for something down the middle. I played 3 games last night; first time I was able to play more than 1 game in a sitting in months. Analog hitting brings so much to this game. I had no idea the devs put so much into analog hitting. I always assumed it was just like zone hitting, except you use the stick not the buttons.