MLB 12 The Show Video - Pulse Pitching, Zone Analog Batting, Broadcast Presentation

[thaSLAB]

Quote: Originally Posted by WarningTrackPower

...also, my user name was mentioned in the vid.

Welcome to The Show, young man... LOL

[bukktown]

I appreciate SCEA and their creativity but the pulse pitching graphic was giving me a headache.

Edit

Maybe they could give an option to customize the display such as making it less opaque it would be easier to look at over and over.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by bukktown

I appreciate SCEA and their creativity but the pulse pitching graphic was giving me a headache. Edit Maybe they could give an option to customize the display such as making it less opaque it would be easier to look at over and over.

Fellas - please take note. I don't think I can stress it enough!

No - that's a lie. I certainly can stress it enough.

[bfindeisen]

Love the pulse pitching. Will definitely be using this.

Also, I already see a couple minor improvements on equipment that I was complaining about only a couple of weeks ago; shin guards that properly fit a players leg/pant-style (not sure if they're wearing it correctly, though...) and I think I spotted a new cleat design on few players (see Drew Stubbs) to mimick those Nike cleats with the white toe...

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by bfindeisen

Love the pulse pitching. Will definitely be using this. Also, I already see a couple minor improvements on equipment that I was complaining about only a couple of weeks ago; shin guards that properly fit a players leg/pant-style (not sure if they're wearing it correctly, though...) and I think I spotted a new cleat design on few players (see Drew Stubbs) to mimick those Nike cleats with the white toe...

I think you just made a couple of the awesome artists at SCEA very happy!
They work hard on that equipment to make it look as good as possible!


M.K.
Knight165

[Pared]

Hmm... noticed the SS doesn't come over and get in proper position to cut the ball off on the oppo hit by Howard.

He moves towards short center instead of heading over more to left. A bad throw to the cutoff ends up in RF.

[NYYanks26]

Looking good as usual.

Diamond Dynasty, love the name! Can't wait for some info.

[Blzer]

Hmm, the "Controller Calibration" option looks interesting. It might allude to how people sometimes naturally shoot a bit more towards one o'clock when using their thumb on the right stick for something they anticipate to go straight up the middle (and perhaps the same with the left stick). That, or it might have to do with six-axis control or overall TV input lag timing.

It was tough to hear the game itself, but I could definitely hear some different sounds off the bat. I can also see a new kind of way that the ball is reacting once it's hit off the bat with certain spins, plus how it takes hops off the ground. Didn't get a chance to see choppers or bloopers in this video, but the only disappointing looking hit was the first Mayberry foul ball (I don't know if that kind of hit is possible in real life, and it's been present in this game for a little while). Everything else looked great.

Speaking of hitting, it also looks like we have a better range of good contact this year. The CPU was batting during it, but when Stubbs lined out to left, he definitely went down for the pitch... something that wasn't too common to do in the previous games. Also, the umpires seem to be calling wider strikes, which probably opens up our window of hitting a bit more (provided that we put the PCI in the right spot).

I'm totally digging the new TBP elements! I have no idea why 2K Sports ripped all of that between pitch stuff out after 2K9, because I personally thought it was so fascinating. I'm glad to see it translated over here. I wonder how many in-between cut variations there are, especially if they start talking about a player that's in the field or in the dugout or something.

Also, somebody says the gloves aren't closing. They are, including the catcher's glove.

Finally, this might be analyzing the video a bit too much, but I had a tough grasp on what time of day this game was being played at. Based on some of the field lighting, lack of cloud cover, and the way the ball came to the plate etc. (plus the helmet reflections), I would say that it's a night game. But in the fifth inning, it was still pretty light. I think the CBP clock also said 8:30 at one point as well. Maybe they're still tweaking the lighting progression, so it all wasn't in this build or something.