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

[Beatles]

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Still notice that runners don't even touch first base when they are thrown out. This has been going on for at least a couple years. They step over the bag, unless it's a bang-bang play. I'm pretty sure I learned in little league to always step on the bag in case they drop it...

I've noticed this too and I just thought the players didn't want to bother since they are clearly out but honestly, it's such a small gripe when there are frame rate issues and other bigger bugs to take take of.

[Willis135]

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FYI. Forgot to note that I had to have the TV in Game mode and then do the on/off trick. If I didn't have the TV in Game mode, the on/off trick didn't work.

Another thing to try is instead of turning the TV on and off, I just go into the game mode setting, turn it off and then back on and the lag goes away. If I just leave game mode on Without switching it off then back on the lag shows up.

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[citybythebay85]

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I've noticed this too and I just thought the players didn't want to bother since they are clearly out but honestly, it's such a small gripe when there are frame rate issues and other bigger bugs to take take of.

Personally I haven't had any frame rate issues or noticed many big bugs yet. Possibly because I don't play online. I just happen to notice details that occur that I've never seen in a real MLB game in my life. Unless the runner is drunk they always touch 1st base, even if out by a mile. Everybody has their own gripes about the game. Mostly I am loving it.

[Beatles]

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Personally I haven't had any frame rate issues or noticed many big bugs yet. Possibly because I don't play online. I just happen to notice details that occur that I've never seen in a real MLB game in my life. Unless the runner is drunk they always touch 1st base, even if out by a mile. Everybody has their own gripes about the game. Mostly I am loving it.

I'd gladly trade your OCD about a player not touching first base with my framerate issues any day. I don't play online either.

[sportsgamer5761]

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I feel the same way. I thought that angel pagan was wearing orange neoprene on his arms. Went to the replay and it was his arms, no sleeves, looked very odd from the broadcast cam.

I have to agree. I'm loving the gameplay, and the batter/pitcher match up is great. Also, the baserunning/base stealing game seems to be fixed, but the graphics do seem to have taken a step back. Noah Syndergaard's hair is the scariest thing I've seen in a video game since the first Resident Evil. It actually distracted me so much that I had to pause the game for a moment.

[Seancefc]

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The more I'm playing the more apparent it is the visuals aren't great. Sure it looks good if you took a screenshot but I'm seeing clipping, jaggies, broken animations, framerate issues, floating bats etc. All over the place.

Hair is previous gen, it looks terrible. It's all very dissapointing, we shouldn't be going backwards with this.

That being said the gameplay is much better now I've levelled out the difficulty and got a season going. It's a lot of fun barring the bug, glitch and graphic issues. I'm finding myself fistpumping on strikeouts and telling the ball to get over the fence when I hit it deep.

With hindsight I wish I would've waited until atleast the next patch to buy it but you live you learn.

[TheWarmWind]

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I hadn't had any of the framerate issues that others had been having until I finished up spring training and started the season at home for the Jays (not 2016 season). I come up to pitch and BAM! massive drop in framerate.

I struggled to pitch in the 1rst inning and was really worried about when I came up to bat. I made it through, messy but unscathed.

Then I came up to bat and BAM! everything was fine. I thought about it for a few seconds and realized that I pitch with fisheye and hit with MLB 15 cameras.

It's the camera guys, the PS4 can only handle so much crowd, and since the dome was packed down goes the framerate. I switched to MLB 16 for pitching since it gives me what I like about fisheye (the ability to glance over and see the runner without holding the button or a window) without as much of a framrate hit. Still not perfect, but I kind of like it (gasp!) because it turns all star pitching into more of an all star+ since it's slightly harder to get the timing right. That is perfect for me.

Meanwhile, didn't notice a single issue while using the MLB 15 camera.

[sportsgamer5761]

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After playing for a few days, my thoughts are: gameplay has taken a step forward, with fewer balls hitting the pitcher, and much better baserunning. Graphically, though, the game seems to have taken a huge hit. Some of the player models are a joke, and hair is PS2 level. Overall, I'm glad I bought the game, but for every improvement, there seems to be one misstep.

[sportsgamer5761]

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Hair is previous gen, it looks terrible. It's all very dissapointing, we shouldn't be going backwards with this.

Exactly. I can handle something staying the same, but to go backwards at this point is unacceptable.

[WarningTrackPower]

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I've played about 10 games or so and think I've seen enough for at least some quick impressions...

Stride is back and so is my timing. I hit about a million billion foul ball homers last year. Just couldn't get my timing down at all (abandoned analog hitting all together because I thought it was too cheesy).

Hit variety is much improved and of the homeruns I've seen, I have yet to see the moon shot wall scraper. You can actually drive the ball with good trajectory and I've even hit some dingers 440'+. Just nice to see some actual no doubters.

Speaking of no doubters, I hit a homerun and saw the "bat flip" homerun camera. I was really hoping it was removed, or there was an option to disable it like in years past. I just don't think it belongs in the broadcast style presentation. I think the only time I enjoyed that camera was in MLB '06.

I've seen some framerate dips but nothing too drastic as others are seeing. Usually while fielding but nothing game shattering.

Perhaps I don't toggle the runner quick enough on hit and runs, but I can't seem to keep the runner from sliding into the next base automatically. I've been doubled off on fly balls that I should have been able to get back on because my runner slid into the base, had to get up and then run back. I've had the opposite happen too, where I got the hit on the hit and run but couldn't move my runner past the next base when he should have easily been able to make it (1st to 3rd).

Pitching is awesome this year. I've rediscovered my love for pitching. I use analog here as well and it feels much more rewarding than the past years. Maybe it's the precision input or maybe it's the fact that opposing hitters will actually swing and miss this year, or both. It seems like I'm better able to control offspeed pitches and pitch out of the zone when I want to. I gave up so many 0-2 hits last year when I was just trying to bounce one in the dirt. The umpire personalities help add to the fun and I'm not always up 0-2, even though I feel like I'm more in control. It's a good balance. Plus, it feels like there's a difference between an ace and a number 5 starter now.

It's nice to see the Swing/Pitch feedback in the game again. The addition of exit speed is nice to see as well. There seems to be a bug with this but I'm hoping it will be patched... at least there's a workaround for it though.

Corner infielders still have weakly hit balls easily make it by them. I feel like they get stuck in the mud and the play happens in slow motion. All in all, plays down the line could get better both in terms of ball physics and fielder reactions.

First basemen could still use some better pick animations while covering the bag. Maybe just my opinion though.

The new crow hop animation looks nice, but I'm not sure I see many outfielders crow hop like that anymore. I could be wrong and maybe they still do it IRL but I can't recall an outfielder taking such a massive "hop" before throwing in quite some time.

I've seen some strange cut offs already. These were present last year as well. There were times where I'd throw to the cut off on a single to right field and it'd go to the SS because the 2B decided to cover second on a ball hit to the right side and no one on base.

Stadiums are cathedrals. They look awesome.

The lighting is awesome. Best to date, especially night games and the glow around the light towers looks much more natural now. The fading sun in the west looks really nice as well. One complaint I have is that the sun hits the batters eye and brightens it up quite a bit. I just played a game in July in Detroit at 7PM.. Innings 2-5 I was literally guessing. I'd like it if in '17 that the baseball is dirtied and "rubbed in mud" like IRL. Those cue balls disappear in the bright back drop and even when a pitch crosses a home pitcher's jersey (depending on your hitting view - I was using the new fish eye).

I kind of like the player models this year, even though there's only a few body types, but some of the face scans look a bit odd to me. It's not so much the face, more the facial hair. Dustin Pedroia is a good example; it looks like him but his scruffy facial hair looks washed out. Almost like a water color painting or a picture drawn with pastels. I noticed Joe Kelly and Clay Buchholz have sort of matted down hair. Maybe it's a new face scan tech that they're using and they haven't tapped it's potential yet? A design choice? It seems odd given the detail and attention given to the stadiums. Only a small gripe though... I used to play RBI baseball for NES.

Games have a lot more uncertainty to them this year. I'm not saying games were scripted in anyway in years past, but there was a certain "flow" to them. Almost like you knew the outcome before it happened because you've played that type of game before. If I score in the top half of the inning, the AI doesn't seem to storm back with a series of hits on well placed pitches and my pitcher doesn't all of a sudden fall apart out of no where either. It can still happen but it doesn't seem as forced as it has in the past. (For the record: I'm not one who believes in comeback code).

[Beatles]

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I am using fisheye also for batting and that's where most of the frame rate hit is coming from. I didn't even think about changing it since I was pretty sure they built the game around this new camera view. I will switch to a different camera and report back. Thanks for the suggestion!

[willithome]

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Game is,absolutely great! But please San Diego studios put back the season stats on the overlay after the first at bat! Please please please! Who else is with me on this?!?!? The more we get people to complain the better we can get it fixed or put back in from a patch! I am used to checking that with every batter but now I have pause to see what it is. Very frustrating!

[Stolm]

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Pretty disappointed in the Online.

Haven't even attempted to play an Online game since 2012, and this year I've yet to see an online game actually come to completion without some sort of freeze or black screen.

At least I seem to be getting rewarded with wins, but I'm sitting here in the 9th down by two and the game is running still, my guy is moving around in the batters box, but no inputs are being registered.

Edit: happened again in the next game, camera is just following my shortstop around, and no input can be registered.

[headzapp]

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I'm not understanding the washout or dull comments for the graphics. Are your TV's on factory settings? My settings are warm, brightness 44, contrast 80, color 52, tint 0, sharpness 77 and the game looks great and real.
I put the game in. Played a few games. Then put 15 back in and you can really tell the difference in visual and animations. Going into replay in 15 you can see edgy shadows, blurred gloves, blurred everything. 16 is all smooth and beautiful.
I love the pitcher when he gets a strike out he does the spin and fist pump. I am so happy that when you throw with the catcher, that ball is thrown fast and straight, instead of before it was thrown slow and almost like it was tossed. I like the catcher standing up for high pitches. The realistic body movements. The crowd looks real since they all are doing their own thing in the stands. When you are pitching a big inning they will stand up, which is cool.
Sounds of the show is great. I never used it on ps3, but when I saw a pack with tbs and fsn sounds I did it and it makes the game so much better! Most stadiums are fsn, and then about 7 are tbs sounds to mix it up. I am going to add the espn music later.
Having the stride back feels so great and hitting is fun. Different kinds of foul balls instead of the one down the line.
I can see how people don't like the circle stats for players and pitchers. Maybe if the area where the loss is was brighter, it would be easier to see. Know what I mean?
I love the dynamic dirt.
This my my favorite version of the show ever.
Edit.
Two little gripes. Busch stadium center field says, i believe 336 instead of 400. I think that was brought up before. But I love that we finally have the left field wall with retired players. Big thanks to them for that.
People want new bodies. That doesn't bother me. I'd rather see something done to fix the players eyes. Find a way to make them look real.

[WISports]

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Not liking the framerate issues while throwing the ball from the outfield to the infield.

Also, it seems way too many hit balls rocket to the outfield way too fast. It's crazy.