MLB 11 The Show Video: Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees Gameplay (Cam)

[Mad dog 31]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

We had someone who dealt with atmosphere/sound in the room with us and went through a whole game taking notes on how the crowd should react in certain situations. So I do not know if we will see any of it in 11 or its a project for 12 but they should have quite a few notes on this, I mean a lot of notes.

Really hyped to see this addition, regardless of when it happens. Great work giving them notes on "smart" fans. They should be louder in key moments. Gonna make the best sports game franchise even better next year!

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by K_GUN

my only gripe I still have (or likely to have with '11) is the crowd AI..they're just not very smart in key situations...with Hughes up on Crawford 0-2 that crowd would be loud/boisterous looking for the K......didn't play out that way.

K_GUN, I'm not sure if you remember this video of MLB 2K7, but it displays some under-the-hood components that we normally shouldn't see, one of them being intensity:



I'm sure that SCEA has some calculations running in the background which brings out an actual "intensity" number, and then they have a few if-else statements to say how loud the crowd should be based on the intensity level. Such factors would include the count, number of outs, inning, who's up to bat, what teams are playing each other, what time of the year, etc. So maybe it's not the crowd noise itself that needs to be risen because they do tend to have pretty loud moments at times, but their "intensity" formula might have to be adjusted to cue that something like this in a Boston-New York game has an increased rivalry factor going for them.

[miked1214]

Game looks amazing! i got a ps3 just for this game! I LOVE MLB THE SHOW!

[ripwalk]

Quote: Originally Posted by DodgerFanatic2K3

Take a listen to that ASB 2004 commentary and tell me that's not what people are asking "The Show" to be more like http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/sports/a...eo%3Btitle%3B2

That's not what people are asking The Show to be more like. There, I said it, and that's what I truly believe.

Long drawn-out stories that will get repetitive by the second or third time you hear them are NOT going to make good commentary in a video game.

This works in real life because the guys on NESN or whatever channel are human beings and not limited to the amount of speech you can speak. In real life you'd never hear a broadcaster tell a long story about a player on Game 1 of the season and then again on Game 2 of the season and again on Game 5, Game 7, Game 10 of the season (you get the idea). In in a videogame due to only so much voice that can be recorded it would happen ALL the time and would be incredibly irritating.

I get the idea of what you're saying and I'm all for more interaction between the commentators, but not in the form of long drawn-out stories that you'll hear once every few games if you consistently use the same team.

On that note, I will say that I don't mind The Show's commentary that much. I think it's good at making observations about what's going on in the game, although I do definitely see the 'disconnect' sometimes that ruins the immersion.

[etched Chaos]

In regards to the commentary, what is missing from the Show is dynamic commentary, its not immersive enough for me. After a while it gets very repetitive and I always wish that they'd actually mention my achievements (RTTS player) or how I'm tearing up the league or something that isn't the standard 'he's hit 7 dingers this month alone'. I mean they don't even have any commentary directly relating to some0one chasing a record apart from the 'Hr #' line we get after a homer. If I'm up to bat with 499 career homers, I want them to talk about it. Hell I want them to address me as the reigning MVP or a potential hall of famer.

Thatsd proper immersion for me and unfortunately ther Show will never be perfect in my eyes until the commentary reflects the astonishing qualities of everything else.

[abjsuperstar]

well done guys.. looking forward to march8th.. i pre orderd it yesterday so its getting close!!

[abjsuperstar]

well done guys.. looking forward to march8th.. i pre orderd it yesterday so its getting close!!

[Segagendude]

Just as long as they don't have Karros rehashing that "get down! Get down! Get down!" call, I'll be happy........