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Old 02-10-2017, 07:07 PM   #2
tessl
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Re: MLB The Show 17 Gameplay Livestream Breakdown

Good video Millennium.

Quick manage - maybe it has something to do with this.

New Ways to Play: Now with new managerial and gameplay options that provide different levels of acceleration to progress your franchise while maintaining the control you want to.

Part of humanity AI seems to be fielders changing their fielding and throw power depending on speed of the base runner. Speaking for myself that's fine so long as it isn't always perfect. One of my favorite player was HOF'er Lou Brock. One way he got to 3,000 hits was by putting pressure on the infielders with his speed. I don't mind an occasional miscue on a "routine" ground ball especially with a fast runner because it happens IRL. As they speed up their normal routine they sometimes make mistakes.

One thing I noticed was the first baseman seemed to always dig the ball out of the dirt. I wonder if 1B with lower fielding attributes sometimes bobble a ball in the dirt.

Run downs - very difficult to program but IRL the fielder with the ball runs at the base runner, not to the next base.

Ball spin - major addition and the potential improvement to the value of ground ball pitchers could be a game changer. In manage mode the value of good infielders then also becomes important.

Thanks for the stream.
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