MLB The Show 16 Twitch Stream - Gameplay and Animation (Archive Available)

[LastActionHero]

Maybe its also the use of the colour blue, keep it yellow! Better to distinguise.

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by LastActionHero

Maybe its also the use of the colour blue, keep it yellow! Better to distinguise.

Yes yellow may indeed be better on the eyes.

I wonder what Russell thinks about using yellow instead of Blue?

[JayD]

Quote: Originally Posted by HypoLuxa13

Just curious, what would you like to see tweaked with either of those? I think it was Nick (or maybe it was Ramone) who did say the swing feedback was tweaked to more accurately describe what happened. May have been referring to PCI, though, for zone hitting. I'd have to re-watch.

Truthfully, not much. I'm just wondering if it's been touched at all.

[kaptainkarl76]

Quote: Originally Posted by WhiteM5

I'll co-sign that request. I would love to have the camera switch to this for human and CPU fielding. What a great view. But I would want the camera to stay static and not zoom in. I love seeing the entire field during a play.

You would have to have some sort of camera panning..how else are you going snag foul balls to left and right?

But I agree, it has a nice RBI Baseball feel

[kaptainkarl76]

Quote: Originally Posted by tnixen

One thing that would be really cool is on plays at home plate seeing a player move the bat out of the way so the runner does not trip over it. Maybe someday that animation could be added

I've seen the umpire do it too!

[tnixen]

First I want to make it clear that I am 100% grateful to Russell and to anyone else on the Sony team that liked my idea of showing the HR stat overlay popup while the camera is focused on the batter that just hit the HR. I think it works very well popping up just as the batter is crossing home plate. I have seen real baseball broadcast just like this NESN comes to mind

However I think it can be improved a little bit.

Please let me explain.

1. I think the batters full name, number and Position should be shown. Also I think after the HR number it should say "Of Season" example "(40) of season". Also I think the HR overlay box maybe could be maid a little smaller and also maybe the font could be a little smaller so everything fits and looks nice.

2. Another thing I noticed is when the next batter comes to bat you get a second HR Stat overlay popup like in 15 where it pulls out of the scoebug. This is not needed any longer since we now get the better presentation where the HR stat overlay pops up when the batter is crossing home plate. Why show the samething twice? They don't do that in real baseball broadcasts and it should not be done in MLB The Show either.

3. And last when the batter is rounding the bases after a home run I noticed that everytime you see a zoomed in camera showing a fan holding a sign with another fan doing the same strange dance. I like that but not all the time. I hope there will be lot of variety showing different camera angles of the fans on homerun celebrations. Also would not mind seeing some camera angles with it not always zoomed in on the batter rounding the bases.

Go to 1:40:30 in this video showing a NESN broadcast to see what I mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtAg_Bkq4lo

Again I truly appreciate the MLB The Show team for finally adding this new new HR stat overlay presentation. And I am just sharing my idea to make it even better. I am sure it is way to late to make these changes in 16 but hopefully they will be taken into consideration for 17.

I am not sure if I should have posted about this now or waited for the presentation stream on the 25th.

Thanks for reading

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by kaptainkarl76

I've seen the umpire do it too!

You mean in real life correct?

I think the batter,umpire and maybe even the bat boy sometime get the bats out of the way of home plate when there is a play at the plate in real life.

[tessl]

This is one of the best pre-release video streams I've seen. The decision to put the game on auto hit and show a large variety of gameplay was smart and indicates confidence in the product they have developed.

I didn't realize their motion capture studio was adjacent to the programming office.

Keep up the good work.