MLB 11 The Show Video: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs (Gameplay)

[berenjena]

I love it!

The game looks fantastic!

The problem was who ever created the video did a terrible job! why?

- No use of the real time presentation.

- Horrible plate discipline just to show more batters... That Last "at bat" should have been better.

- using the pitching camera to hit.

The commentary is indeed getting old... Karros repeating the same line as Rex... why?

- Carpenter has the same wind up as last year.

- No use of the new pitching Meter.


In other news. (Positives)

- The New pitching camera looks amazing!

- Albert Pujols, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos pena, new batting stances looked great.

- WOW... vastly improved ball physics.

- Clouds, grass, Stadium, Walls

- New Player Models!

I'm ready!!

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lewis160

The commentary...AWFUL...It sounds as if its only one broadcaster in the booth where is the conversations between them..Guess its the same ol' play by play commentary

I'm pretty sure many of Karros and Campbell's lines were cut because of the massive editing job. Matt V. was the only one talking while the plays were going on, so he's the only one you got to hear.

We'll probably hear more of Karros and Campbell when we get some unedited video (or in the demo tomorrow if it has commentary). But if you're expecting major changes to the commentary structure, you're going to be disappointed no matter what.

[green94]

Still hope that the Exhibition overlays find their way into Franchise mode....

[vln13]

I hope this was an older build - Ramone, when was this footage taken? There are some very good things - the lighting, some new ball movement, the weather, the cameras, and the freshness of Eric Karros. However, it seemed like the person playing it was pretty sloppy, PR cut up the video thinner than potato chips (which is not a good sign), outfielders being over agressive, batters being over aggressive (Pujols down on three strikes in the bottom of the ninth with two outs - c'mon! They weren't even great pitches with any differentiation of speed), and was it me, or did the crowd's lighting look different than the lighting on the field? Then, there is the commentary, and I appreciate a lot of the new lines by Vasgersian and Soup (the only repeat I heard was "That was really a Majestic HR," which I like) and the new commentator. However, the stitching does not seem very natural, there is still a lack of the kind of stat-driven commentary that you see in 2k, no interaction between the three whatsoever, and larger than necessary gaps between lines. I think that 09's commentary might have been better than 11, if this is truly representative of the final product. Can't wait for the demo tomorrow, and I hope there is commentary with it, but this might have lowered my expectations a little.

[CardsGamer5]

Damn, Colby's still doesn't have a 2-handed follow through, and Albert's stance is the same without the leg movement. Holliday's stance still sucks. Berkman has the same stance as the last 5 years. They still have him twisting around B.J Upton still, and his legs/arms are no where near what they are in real-life. Atleast he'll be playable this year though.

Carpenter's delivery is still horrid.

I don't mean to sound like a nit-picky complainer, but.
The best player in baseball still bats nothing like real-life, a multiple time all-star doesn't have the slighest similarity to his real life stance, a former cornerstone of the Astros and a multiple time all-star barely resemebles his real-life self, and a former Cy Young winner pitches no where near his real life form.

[vinny_b]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lewis160

The commentary...AWFUL...It sounds as if its only one broadcaster in the booth where is the conversations between them..Guess its the same ol' play by play commentary

Matt V, does make the commentary work well. And i still like Dave Campbell.


that said, don't know why SCEA selected Eric Karros. He is very boring. There would've been many better candidates. Harold Reynolds and Joe Magrane, for starters...


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[kenkraly2004]

The gameplay looks very good. Don't be so down on the gameplay in the video.

[hb5239799]

Surely there's shortcomings still in commentary...needs improvement (over-haul). Otherwise, very good on models, lighting, etc. I especially like where Molina rips that double down into the leftfield corner and there is no lag in the fielder getting to the ball and hitting the cut-off man. KUDOS!

A mid-season franchise video clip with stat overlays, presentation treats, etc would please a lot of us as far as where this game has hopefully taken so more improvements.

This clip also has me pondering about switching my hitting camera to outfield, but I'm concerned as to its effect on timing...will try before franchise takes off lol. Great job SCEA...keep this title elevating every year, please don't get stagnant like Madden. Thanks!