MLB The Show 16 Has Officially Arrived, Post Your Impressions Here

[Simaofan-20]

Quote: Originally Posted by PhilliesFan13

I have had the game since Friday and haven't noticed any frame rate issues. Game has played smooth as silk. Seems to me that the ones who like to complain are just looking for things to complain about at this point. Sent from my LGLS991 using Tapatalk

That isn't fair at all. You can't just let a company off the hook if there's issues because you haven't encountered them or even noticed. The framerate is lower when batting , you can't just brush it off . It's not horrible by any means but it is noticeable

[HypoLuxa13]

Absolutely loving it. Loving it. I've played 3 exhibition games to start getting my dynamic difficulty zeroed in, started a RttS, and played about 15 games of Conquest mode.

- Precision input makes hitting w/zone more rewarding, but not necessarily easier. When you pop up or ground out, now you know exactly why. You get rewarded for accurate PCI positioning, and get penalized more for innacurate PCI positioning. Exactly like they said it would be in the Twitch Stream. And precision input finally makes Analog pitching more difficult. Normally I'd be on All Star or Hall of Fame for pitching w/dynamic difficulty, I've only made it to Veteran so far. I actually have to try with Analog pitching now.

- I've already seen a ton of new animations, and they make the game so much more smooth and realistic. Corner infielders now snagging balls that would have went past them in last year's game. Outfielders transitioning to throw animations much more quickly, and so far, only ONE (1) time has the pitcher been hit by a ball up the middle!

- Stadiums are gorgeous, especially at sunset and night. I played a 4:00 game at Miller Park with the roof closed, and I could have sworn at times it was a live game on TV. Also, lighting improvements combined with new rain animation is pretty nice looking.

- Sound is a little messed up, still trying to figure that out. Commentary sounds like it is playing through a tin can, and music at menus is too quiet. I've been messing with the settings and haven't been able to get around this. But I'm so glad SotS is back, I loaded 100 or so of my own songs into the jukebox. Now to dig out my old PC microphone and record chants, jeers and yells and load them into the game before I start a franchise.

- I'm noticing the improved commentary. Matt has shown more emotion on several occasions. Overall, commentary is somewhat tighter. Kirby had indicated this was mostly the ground work for commentary improvements to come, so I'm looking forward what they do in future MLB The Show games.

Gameplay - 9.5/10 - a couple weird things have happened, expect they will be patched
Visuals - 9/10 - but now players are noticeably a step behind the gorgeous environments
Audio - 8/10 - SotS is great, see previous comments about commentary and menu music
Fun Factor - 10/10 - So much to do, so little time...
Overall 9/10

[skipriffe]

I have always played with auto baserunning. One of my first impressions is that it is not working properly. Runners will not advance. Set to auto in settings. Unsure if there's something else that I need to do in this new 16 version. Anyone else having this issue?

[fatleg3]

Controlling your player on defense feels alot better this year. They feel like they actually have weight. Its like we are running and taking steps instead of moving our stick in a direction and the object on screen moving that way, if that makes any sense. ...

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[Buckeye2422]

My impressions so far (only played the initial game while installing and a few in its at Progressive Field and Miller Park:

-the game looks even better than last year with lots of new animations. Transitions are smooth and look great.

-something just feels different about the pitching, but in a good way. When I pitched in the Royals installation game I felt like there was more control with the pitches, felt like I was unhittable even though I gave up a few hits and a solo homer.

-I dove for a ball in the outfield and dove a little too far, the ball bounced off my back and then hit the ground for a double. Animation looked amazing on replay.

-hit a ball that hit the very top of the wall, almost the actual top of the wall before it bounced back into play.

-they finally added the sound of the drum to Progressive Field between pitches. I'm real life you can hear the drum anywhere in the stadium and on the tv and radio. Only downside is the have it backwards. In the game it looks like it only plays the drum when you are pitching as the Indians but in real life he primarily bangs the drum when the Indians are batting with runners in scoring position and after getting a big hit. The only time he plays it when they are pitching is when they get out of a jam or in the top of the ninth when they are winning. Maybe they can fix this with a patch.

-Miller Park looked good with the roof closed but why is the outfield portion still open? If it's just raining but still warm they will lose the roof but keep the outfield section open in real life, but if it's cold they will close both. I played with the roof closed and hose October for time of year and the outfield was still open, in real life it would have been closed.

-not sure if it's new to this year or if it was in last year's game but I love the presentation camera angle for defense when I'm batting, looks very similar to the tv angle.

[LastActionHero]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor and Sword

[ The lighting is jaw dropping, the colors pop off my screen and the game has gone to another level on it's third iteration on the PS4.

Everyone is raving about the lighting as best yet but I think the fields look more bland where in '15 they finally "popped" with colour. I agree night games really shine but day games, to me at least, look like a step back.

MLB 15 finally some lush green grass.


MLB 16 bland again.


Is it just me or was 15 too much and is 16 more to real life?

Maybe I should hang with Blzer

[Blazzen]

The dynamic input is really great this year. That's the biggest thing I've noticed is how realistic my inputs are when using zone hitting.

[stretch150]

Quote: Originally Posted by skipriffe

I have always played with auto baserunning. One of my first impressions is that it is not working properly. Runners will not advance. Set to auto in settings. Unsure if there's something else that I need to do in this new 16 version. Anyone else having this issue?

I've noticed if it's set to auto base running with Classic base running controls the bug occurs. If you set to auto base running and keep the control base running to default, it seems to keep the auto base running in tack. Don't hold me to this because I've only played 2 or 3 games.