MLB 11 The Show Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[JJT]

I also hope its just the demo with the crowd behind the plate, looks horrible.

Hopefully RR can let us know in the final build.

[enice128]

All I can say is WOW, WOW, WOW! I don't understand some users saying it looks exactly like or a bit better than '10? To me it's a huge difference in every aspect of the game. First of all the sky looks SICK changing from a sunny day to dusk to eventually night since i played a 0-0 game going into the 8th! The cutscenes look more realistic as well as the sounds of the crowd which seems to be more into it even when a close pitch is called either in favor or against the home team (being the Giants). The use of analog with pitching, batting & fielding makes the game play much more realistic. I will agree with most that it is very hard to hit only getting 3 or 4 per game. I have played a bunch of games so far coming up on the losing end more than winning but '11 seems to be much more realistic & fun. To all you button-mashers out there, get over it! Franchise play is gonna be a mission this year but the overall game is much more fun. I cannot wait to sample the game come March 8th visiting EVERY ballpark which means getting the kinks out before I start my franchise. This demo should hold me over till March 8th but it's gonna be a long 2 weeks!!!

[davewins]

Quote: Originally Posted by cheechoo98

Analog Hitting:That being said.. so.. when using the Analog Swinging, you don't have to worry about L-Stick bat on ball. Click L3 after every pitch, and you will see that your batter's PCI will go for the pitch automatically.

Correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression from my brief amount of time playing the demo that the direction in which you swing will determine where the PCI is placed. I have missed pitches because I flicked the right stick up and to the right instead of up and to the left with good timing.

[brrmikey]

[quote=econoodle;2042146265]more stuff:

- whats up wit the low res crowd behind the plate? Iran it with 10s demo and 10 has the full look, not blurry.

hope the devs can answer that one


I noticed this too in the '11 demo. Something happened with '10 in the course of the patches or something. i swear when i bought the retail version of '10, the crowd was high resolution in all views including outfield. then one day they turned to blurry low res and it was never the same and i had to start pitching from the pitcher view because in this view the crowd was back to normal...weird it tell ya. anyway, i love the demo, glad it finally dropped because is sold '10 some time ago on ebay to prepare for '11. after playing the demo, just like i thought, now '10 is now obsolete to me.

[Clarityman]

Wow. So I love analog pitching and analog batting even though I still need to practice both. But they feel right.

What DOESN'T feel right is analog fielding. My fielders keep throwing the ball all over the field. It looks absurd and not realistic at all.

My second baseman fields the ball close to first, so I lightly tap to first since he shouldn't throw too hard. It sails right past the first baseman. I preload on a ball to the right of the third basemen to start a double play, WHAM he fires it right over the second basemen's head. I haven't turned a single double play.

Can someone help me? What the heck am I doing wrong? I'm raging because my fielders keep making errors on routine plays. It's seriously driving me crazy.

[enice128]

i dont understand what some gamers expect! this game every years gets better & better, especially '11. its still only a VIDEO GAME, not real life so some of the whines are ridiculous! GET OVER IT!!!!!

[seatown27]

my impressions are i love the pitching, i feel like i am in complete control. the hitting is going to take some getting used to, but it will come with time.

[ImBaconBeckham]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

Something else perhaps small and underlooked with regard to AT&T Park, I know people say they love the water and all, but why isn't it blue? It might have to do with that 2D background reflecting off of it, in which case I'd prefer they just omitted that then because it makes the water look blackish. They could really do wonders getting the color scheme changed there (and around the entire stadium, in fact): By the way, I'm iffy on Posey's stance at the moment IRL but isn't it closer to what Ross's stance is like in the game? I'm just trying to think of what to change it to when I get the retail version if I want something more accurate. One thing I'm very impressed with is how the demo seems to always have the wind blowing in hard from right field. Good luck getting a shot in the water guys! Hehehe.

Posey's stance is spot on, IMO. They had it wrong last year. It's much more accurate this season. Posey does have a bit more wiggle in the bat, but Ross's stance in the game has way too much.