MLB The Show 16 Has Officially Arrived, Post Your Impressions Here

**LastActionHero** · 03-30-2016, 09:16 AM

Originally posted by Armor and Sword

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The lighting is jaw dropping, the colors pop off my screen and the game has gone to another level on it's third iteration on the PS4.

Everyone is raving about the lighting as best yet but I think the fields look more bland where in '15 they finally "popped" with colour. I agree night games really shine but day games, to me at least, look like a step back.

MLB 15 finally some lush green grass.

MLB 16 bland again.

Is it just me or was 15 too much and is 16 more to real life?

Maybe I should hang with Blzer [emoji4]

**Blazzen** · 03-30-2016, 09:21 AM

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The dynamic input is really great this year. That's the biggest thing I've noticed is how realistic my inputs are when using zone hitting.

**stretch150** · 03-30-2016, 09:24 AM

Re: MLB The Show 16 Has Officially Arrived, Post Your Impressions Here

Originally posted by skipriffe

I have always played with auto baserunning. One of my first impressions is that it is not working properly. Runners will not advance. Set to auto in settings. Unsure if there's something else that I need to do in this new 16 version. Anyone else having this issue?

I've noticed if it's set to auto base running with Classic base running controls the bug occurs. If you set to auto base running and keep the control base running to default, it seems to keep the auto base running in tack. Don't hold me to this because I've only played 2 or 3 games.

**scottborasjr** · 03-30-2016, 09:29 AM

I haven't played a lot yet but the base runners seem to slow to a crawl when rounding every base. I realize many do have to slow down to make a 90 degree turn but it's ridiculous. Maybe I have my settings wrong as others have suggested?

**RogueHominid** · 03-30-2016, 09:40 AM

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My goodness, the lighting in this game is amazing. The parks look so good, too. I am blown away by the visuals. I about crapped my pants when I played my first game at Dodger Stadium and they cut to the shot of the beach in the 3rd. The shot of Pike Place in my next game at SEA was also amazing. It's a small touch, but it adds so much immersion to be reminded about what's distinctive about where your team happens to be playing a given game.

**eremiomania** · 03-30-2016, 10:09 AM

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I'm coming over from 14. Game is amazing. Progressive Field looks great. Glad they added in the renovations from last season.

Glad I can finally turn off pitch display when at bat. Wish "view pitches R2' didn't still pop up before every pitch after turning off guess pitch. I like as little on screen as possible.

I like how it automatically increases difficulty based on performance.

One thing that's bugged me for years in this game, and I notice it a lot at progressive field, is the outfield railings in right center look like they're flickering when the camera is moving. Is this a frame rate issue? Do other people notice this? I see it in other parks too in different areas. It's very distracting.

**dalger21** · 03-30-2016, 10:20 AM

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The ability to play an entire series before having to go back to the menu in RttS is one of my favorite new features. I played two weeks worth of games in about 30 mins.

**Grinder12000** · 03-30-2016, 10:22 AM

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Sadly my biggest complaints are the ones they can't fix this year and being in the IT industry for 30 years I know it's a common problem. Programmers do not understand how to interact with the user interface.

They are TRULY GREAT at ball park dynamics - seriously outstanding but the tiny little circles for energy when making line-ups and pitching decisions and the round graphics for attributes look pretty but in reality but are totally useless.

The new statistics screens are pretty much a joke and I wonder if anybody actually looked at those screens and the tiny fonts - again, having someone OUTSIDE of their inner circle would have seen all the mistakes and weird order and useless stats taking up room. it's like a dummies down version of last year.

HOWEVER - somethings are GREAT during the game. Seeing what the batters have done in the last 10 games is fantastic. HR distance on every HR is SUPER. I have no frame rate problems and it looks outstanding.

To me it was like two teams worked on this Show. The good team on the GAME and the bad team on the GUI who did not consult with people that actually played the game.

Looking forward to The Show 17 as this one only got it half right.

**Flaxseed Oil** · 03-30-2016, 10:29 AM

Re: MLB The Show 16 Has Officially Arrived, Post Your Impressions Here

Originally posted by LastActionHero

Everyone is raving about the lighting as best yet but I think the fields look more bland where in '15 they finally "popped" with colour. I agree night games really shine but day games, to me at least, look like a step back.

MLB 15 finally some lush green grass.

MLB 16 bland again.

Is it just me or was 15 too much and is 16 more to real life?

Maybe I should hang with Blzer [emoji4]

I think it has to do with the time of year you play. Does the grass get greener as it gets closer to summer? I know that's how the ivy works.

**underdog13** · 03-30-2016, 10:32 AM

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Originally posted by nygalpal

My batting order and pitchers order doesn’t stay the way I want it. I have things set the way I want it, and it changes on me. Even puts players I have in the minors into the MLB lineup. Playing in season mode. Anyone else having this people?
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If you go into mode specific settings in season mode. You will see you have lineups set to auto. Change it to manual.

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**ksmit216** · 03-30-2016, 10:33 AM

This may already be in here, but has anyone figured out how to steal 2nd with runners on the corners? Last year it was the left joystick and L2 and that doesnt seem to work this year.

**underdog13** · 03-30-2016, 10:38 AM

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Originally posted by Armor and Sword

[SIZE="2"]Let's talk about release day negatives.

1) I am not crazy about the design decision to not show a players season stats in every AB. After their first AB it will only show how they did in that particular game (eg- 1-3 single run scored) but no BA HR's RBI anymore. Not a good design decision IMO. Baseball is about seeing my guys stats....often.

I was playing rtts and noticed one of the broadcast packages showed my current season stats on the bottom in my 2nd,3rd abs. I dont remember if it did it all the time and wish they hadn't removed the way it was last year, but I think it will show up occasionally for what its worth.

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**ryanmc564** · 03-30-2016, 10:39 AM

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Only have played 2 games and I can say I really like the feel of this year game the controls are nice, tight, and smooth. I haven't experience any of the gameplay stutter that I've read many on here are seeing, except for the (the show) swipe in between pitches and at bats ( I can deal with that) My first game in play now it was raining and it rained throughout the whole game and looked good. one of my favorite things so far is they finally have (some of) retired players on the wall at busch (THANK YOU) it looks so much better. The night lighting is very good this year as well.

A couple of things that I've noticed that don't seem right to me is the bat when bunting it glows alike a golden scepter and Yadi Molina's batting stance (good god it looks awful, almost like whoever did the mocap was joking around and it slip through the cracks and made its way into the game)

**nycyankeefan52** · 03-30-2016, 11:09 AM

Re: MLB The Show 16 Has Officially Arrived, Post Your Impressions Here

Originally posted by skipriffe

I have always played with auto baserunning. One of my first impressions is that it is not working properly. Runners will not advance. Set to auto in settings. Unsure if there's something else that I need to do in this new 16 version. Anyone else having this issue?

I have the same problem.Set to auto Br and I have to control runners.Also.L2 to look at runner doesn't work.I have ps3 version.

**misterkrabz** · 03-30-2016, 11:11 AM

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Anything online related is a complete mess. Got tired of trying to "quick search" for a ranked online game as my attempts ended with connection failed errors...horrendous load times between screens..."Battle Royal" looks cool but it's heavily dependent on calls to a server which take for ever and suffered from the same online issues.

I will say the one game I was able to play online was serviceable and played decently.

There's big upside for the online stuff once they figure out how to break loose the bottle neck that is plaguing it. They had the same server side type issues last year if I remember correctly so there is hope.

MLB The Show 16 Has Officially Arrived, Post Your Impressions Here

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