MLB 11 The Show Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[Rolltide1012]

Quote: Originally Posted by adam914

Going down to veteran and changing the view to catcher 4 helped me alot. I still only had 2 hits, but i put the ball in play alot more.

Agree 100%. i went down to veteran and had alot more success and still didnt feel like the difficulty dropped way off. Still challenging enough. i was having all kinds of issues on allstar.

[spitoon]

Quote: Originally Posted by cubsfan128

ALSO, I am seeing tons of posts about the analog fielding system and throwing errors. After five games or so, I have not made a single throwing error. Am I missing something? I am playing with default settings. It seems to me like you just point to the base you are throwing to, correct?

I've played about 10 demo games with the settings on default and I haven't made a throwing error either...

I will qualify that by saying that I use AUTO fielding and Analog throwing...I just assumed that this combination was easier and that's why I wasn't seeing the throwing errors that others are.

[I_HATE_THAT_DUDE]

how is this demo has 9 innings and the one i dl only has 4?? am i missing something?

[Tommyklaid]

Quote: Originally Posted by I_HATE_THAT_DUDE

how is this demo has 9 innings and the one i dl only has 4?? am i missing something?

...because it was an "extra inning game"

[silencio]

Quote: Originally Posted by LastActionHero

Same here, brought this up numerous times. I think the problem is that it looks perfectly fine on the Sony sets they're testing the game on (so what the CD guys saw may not hold up for what we see on our sets). For me the coulours were spot on up untill '10 came around. I hope they can look into it because I use that feature a lot but now it has almost got to the point I can only use it for location and not for pitch type. While we're on the subject in the 'select' screen to check the hot and cold zones the red and blue also look like there is a blur over them. Not as bad as the pitch history but obvious not that clear as it should be. Both these colour changes happened from The Show 09 to 10. Maybe that helps. I'll try to take some screens when I get home tonight. Thanks.

I have a Sony 42" Bravia and cannot see the colors as well.. They are very lightly colored but it seems that it should be easier to see them more clearly.. If I remember, I thought it was changed after a patch for MLB 10 last year.. Either way, hope this can be changed as it adds some brain activity for each at bat.. Love the demo.. I cannot stand to hear Karros say Bumgarner again though!

[tKlausEffect]

The analog pitching is nice, the hitting seems a little too difficult with the analog stick so far but it is still better than zone hitting from last year. I've been playing with the pitching view "broadcast", batting view "catcher 6", "analog" pitching and "timed" (one button) hitting. The lighting effects as the innings progress is amazing.

God I can't wait until March 8th

[dave724]

Not impressed... The analog controls stuff is not interesting to me at all. I tried it and thought it was arcade. The fielding/throwing analog thing is ridiculous... I have a feeling the only place this could be useful is when people are playing as themselves or as a player online and the people who have good controls will be the better players. I can understand that functionality when the game has that online capability down the line, but for now I am glad we have the old classic options.

I look forward to the new online functions and overall game-play.

[jdlsantos]

Quote: Originally Posted by ntdgg711

alright, let's get real. if you don't wanna try anything NEW, then disable all the analogs and play the same game as last year. If you like a challenge and expect that the game developers KNEW what they were doing by adding analog, then play this year's game as intended - analog. Granted, it's frustrating as heck to try to get the timing down with ALL the analog controls - hitting, pitching, fielding. But you know what? once I get used to it, this is gonna be the best baseball video game ever. Everyone needs to quit whining and complaining and just play the game. If you wanna play same controls as in the past, fine - just keep in mind you're gonna be missing out on MLB '11s full potential.

After I had written that I gave analog pitching another chance and fell in love with it. I still didn't like the analog hitting much, but the analog throwing has to go, I find it to be Bad, real Bad, Michael Jackson. I'll stick to the face buttons.

I don't agree with missing out on the full potential of the game because both analog and digital controls are fully featured to the user so they can achieve the full potential as they please.

One last thing and I'm happy that they brought back was the check swing on the power swing! I missed that dearly in last years version of the game.