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

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by B_rad13

Can we use the classic controls in the demo?

Yep. Under gameplay options. This is impressions thread though. There's a Q/A thread for questions.

[misterkrabz]

Quote: Originally Posted by CabreraMVP

What do you mean, stats? Like HR and RBI? or Contact and Power? You can just hit select and see it in a second. I'm hoping they changed Miguel Cabrera's stance. Because Andres Torres from SF has the same stance as Cabrera had last year. They don't have similar stances at all.

I want the stats on screen, don't want to hit any extra buttons. I want to see pitch counts, batting averages, HR's, player attributes, who's on deck, who's in the hole, give me speed stats (player attributes and stole bases) of my guys who are on base, what's the status of my guys warming up in the bullpen? The on screen display is just so bland and boring...Get me engaged in the situation by giving more information. I don't want to slow the game down with pauses and digging through menus screens. How many times to you position your players? Me, never because it's a pain the butt. It shouldn't be and it doesn't have to be. I don't know all the attributes of all Major League players and I may be missing opportunities, for example, to steal because I have no idea how fast a guy is. Maybe the catcher has crummy accurancy/arm and my guy has marginal speed, is it worth the risk to steal? I have no idea because I'm not going to pause the game and dig through stats for 5 minutes for every situation. The game is slow enough already. Relevant stats and attributes should be in your face, all the time. The game would be so much more engaging.

[B_rad13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

Yep. Under gameplay options. This is impressions thread though. There's a Q/A thread for questions.

Sorry I know, as soon as I posted this I saw the other topic.

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by B_rad13

Sorry I know, as soon as I posted this I saw the other topic.

It's all good. Just wanted to make sure you knew

[wajahat]

The demo has impressed me a lot.The graphics are so crisp, the transition from late afternooon to evening is supberb.The player models are very good, certainly improved from mlb 10.The gameplay as usual is excellent.I have one lil problem though.Why is check swing there when you press the power swing button?Now this has caused me some problems.I liked the way it was in mlb 10 the show.Check swing was only available as an option when u pressed the contact swing button, and was not available when u pressed the power swing button.If any one knows how to turn off the check swing option when using the power swing button, plz lemme know.

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by misterkrabz

I want the stats on screen, don't want to hit any extra buttons. I want to see pitch counts, batting averages, HR's, player attributes, who's on deck, who's in the hole, give me speed stats (player attributes and stole bases) of my guys who are on base, what's the status of my guys warming up in the bullpen? The on screen display is just so bland and boring...Get me engaged in the situation by giving more information. I don't want to slow the game down with pauses and digging through menus screens. How many times to you position your players? Me, never because it's a pain the butt. It shouldn't be and it doesn't have to be. I don't know all the attributes of all Major League players and I may be missing opportunities, for example, to steal because I have no idea how fast a guy is. Maybe the catcher has crummy accurancy/arm and my guy has marginal speed, is it worth the risk to steal? I have no idea because I'm not going to pause the game and dig through stats for 5 minutes for every situation. The game is slow enough already. Relevant stats and attributes should be in your face, all the time. The game would be so much more engaging.

If you really want all that on-screen...I think you need to be playing OOTP.(I'm not even sure THEY have all that on-screen).Seriously.
I'm sorry, I won't even say I only disagree with you here...I'm going against one of my own rules to say that you're just flat out wrong on this one. There is already ENOUGH clutter in games....Sorry.

M.K.
Knight165

[TNKNGM]

I like the analog additions for pitching and hitting.....but for my franchise I will probably go back to Meter Pitching and Zone Hitting and Button Throwing

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

If you really want all that on-screen...I think you need to be playing OOTP.(I'm not even sure THEY have all that on-screen).Seriously. I'm sorry, I won't even say I only disagree with you here...I'm going against one of my own rules to say that you're just flat out wrong on this one. There is already ENOUGH clutter in games....Sorry. M.K. Knight165

Totally agree. I even wish there was a way to use the new analog meter BUT have it not show up and go off of pitcher motions. What I plan to do is just make it as small as I can.
I want to be totally into the game and not have a constant reminder I'm playing a video game.