MLB The Show 16 -- 3/29/16
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MLB The Show 16 -- 3/29/16
This comes out next week. Seems to be little interest in it. I preordered it and can't wait. It's my first copy of The Show since 2012. Here are a couple videos of the improvements in this year's edition.
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Re: MLB The Show 16 -- 3/29/16
I played last years game for the PS3 and looking forward to getting it of the PS4 this year. I have a backlog of games so I probably won't get into this until the summer.
Always a fan of The Show though.
Always a fan of The Show though.
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Cool that you can finally choose to play with the roof open or closed on the retractable roof stadiums.
Some of the stadium graphic improvements sure look pretty, but the amount of time you'll ever see them seems to defeat the purpose.
Great to see some classic stadiums added again. Wish they'd have more. I got spoiled from MVP Baseball on PC when we could mod and create just about any stadium we ever wanted and make them with the actual ads. Can't believe it's been 11 years since the last MLB version of that game.
Some of the stadium graphic improvements sure look pretty, but the amount of time you'll ever see them seems to defeat the purpose.
Great to see some classic stadiums added again. Wish they'd have more. I got spoiled from MVP Baseball on PC when we could mod and create just about any stadium we ever wanted and make them with the actual ads. Can't believe it's been 11 years since the last MLB version of that game.
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Played a game with my Astros tonight. As I mentioned in the OP, it had been a few years since I had played, so I put it on rookie difficulty and won 20-1 with 9 homeruns
I know I shouldn't bitch about this sort of stuff, but it's the little things that count...I'm not that impressed with the player models. Some guys look way off. Correa looks nothing like his real life counterpart, and there are things such as Josh Fields has blonde hair in real life, but in the game it's dark brown, or Jake Marisnick, in the game he has a buzz cut but he's had long hair since he's been on the Astros. Come on MLB The Show creators, you can't screw this stuff up. Just have an intern look at the player models and compare them to real life photos and make any changes as needed.
Also a random bit, but I was kinda annoyed that you didn't hear the pop of the glove when a ball was caught.
Again, these are just my first initial impressions.
I know I shouldn't bitch about this sort of stuff, but it's the little things that count...I'm not that impressed with the player models. Some guys look way off. Correa looks nothing like his real life counterpart, and there are things such as Josh Fields has blonde hair in real life, but in the game it's dark brown, or Jake Marisnick, in the game he has a buzz cut but he's had long hair since he's been on the Astros. Come on MLB The Show creators, you can't screw this stuff up. Just have an intern look at the player models and compare them to real life photos and make any changes as needed.
Also a random bit, but I was kinda annoyed that you didn't hear the pop of the glove when a ball was caught.
Again, these are just my first initial impressions.
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Re: MLB The Show 16 -- 3/29/16
I'm passing this year. I've pre-ordered every season and always come away disappointed. It's the best baseball game on the market but it never quite holds my interest for more than a few games.
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I know I shouldn't bitch about this sort of stuff, but it's the little things that count...I'm not that impressed with the player models. Some guys look way off. Correa looks nothing like his real life counterpart, and there are things such as Josh Fields has blonde hair in real life, but in the game it's dark brown, or Jake Marisnick, in the game he has a buzz cut but he's had long hair since he's been on the Astros. Come on MLB The Show creators, you can't screw this stuff up. Just have an intern look at the player models and compare them to real life photos and make any changes as needed.
I think these games nail the player models on the big name players but dog it on the lesser known ones. I agree, it shouldn't be THAT hard to get them all right. I notice the same thing with NHL 16. The player models they decide to focus on are pretty good and the rest seem to be put together at random.
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Re: MLB The Show 16 -- 3/29/16
Kyle Schwarber looks absolutely horrendous in this game. It's really jarring coming from playing NBA2K16 and how beautiful that game is.
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I still have only played one game, and it was against the no name Braves, so I'm not sure how the player models are for other teams. But as an Astros fan, I am unimpressed with my teams models. Keuchel looks OK, alittle thinner than he is in real life.
Batting stances at least look decent.
Batting stances at least look decent.
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I see that gamebreaking bugs are still around.
My buddy and I started an online franchise season and after finishing my second game of the season, it didn't even register as having been played. And now just shows as "In progress" on the calendar schedule. Nothing kills my desire to play a game quite like playing through 9 innings for nothing.
My buddies second game was null and void as well thanks to a server disconnect.
My buddy and I started an online franchise season and after finishing my second game of the season, it didn't even register as having been played. And now just shows as "In progress" on the calendar schedule. Nothing kills my desire to play a game quite like playing through 9 innings for nothing.
My buddies second game was null and void as well thanks to a server disconnect.
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I played a game as the Cardinals tonight. I homered with Jhonny Peralta, and the announcers said it was his first major league homerun...
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I miss Sega World Series Baseball... =(.
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I see that gamebreaking bugs are still around.
My buddy and I started an online franchise season and after finishing my second game of the season, it didn't even register as having been played. And now just shows as "In progress" on the calendar schedule. Nothing kills my desire to play a game quite like playing through 9 innings for nothing.
My buddies second game was null and void as well thanks to a server disconnect.
My buddy and I started an online franchise season and after finishing my second game of the season, it didn't even register as having been played. And now just shows as "In progress" on the calendar schedule. Nothing kills my desire to play a game quite like playing through 9 innings for nothing.
My buddies second game was null and void as well thanks to a server disconnect.
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Re: MLB The Show 16 -- 3/29/16
I haven't played The Show in a few years so it was good to play again.
Started up RTTS as a starting pitcher, but haven't progressed very far yet.
I can't pick Fister as an announced last name? I wanted my player to be related to Doug Fister.
Started up RTTS as a starting pitcher, but haven't progressed very far yet.
I can't pick Fister as an announced last name? I wanted my player to be related to Doug Fister.
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Roster updates are supposed to be automatic right? It doesn't appear that as of last night that the rosters had been updated to the opening day rosters.
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