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

[Pared]

Guys, please use the discussion thread if you want to have a back and forth on what type of pitching/hitting model you will use.

Thanks.

[BleacherCreature]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

Fielding will be Legend Analog for me. Just wish I could start playing so that I can get going on settings lol Man I can't wait to play retail...

From what I can tell from the demo it doesn't look like much settings adjustments will be needed. This game plays great as-is.
Even pitch speed at default is fine with me and I am usually the first one to turn that all the way to 0.

[BleacherCreature]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

No way you tell that from a December build demo and with 4 inning games. I agree it plays pretty good but baseball is a game about streaks/slumps etc... need a much bigger pool of data to decide it plays right. I play at least 30 games before starting any tweaking. Then another 30 is for (Usually) final settings. After that it's game on no matter what. EDIT: Sorry for the reply... Impressions only...!!

I'm just saying for a demo to play that good the retail version can only be as good if not better.

[Siruss]

Quote: Originally Posted by ryan36

Responses in bold.

You are correct about the pick off throw, however I was using Wilson, not lincecum. the commentators even said something about how thats rare for a lefty because they are watching everything in front of them as opposed to a righty that has his back turned.

Quote: Originally Posted by ryan36

The point was to add difficulty, not ease. Lower the level if it's too hard. Also, the PCI seems to be weird in pitch review anyway...as well as stride timing, so you if you're on your front foot, the PCI could be way off

I never said it was hard, I said it doesn't make sense. My timing is always perfect but the PCI the computer controls is off. That doesn't make it harder it just rewards you less for doing what you were supposed to do. Why bother with guess pitch if the PCI doesn't go where you said to guess? All you have to do is use the regular hitting and you are rewarded 100 times more. They said this feature was years in the making and now it's great, yet I see nothing special about it at all. Waste of time. Shoulda used that time getting to learn the rules or physics of how balls fly off bats.

[Heroesandvillains]

Quote: Originally Posted by Siruss

You are correct about the pick off throw, however I was using Wilson, not lincecum. the commentators even said something about how thats rare for a lefty because they are watching everything in front of them as opposed to a righty that has his back turned. I never said it was hard, I said it doesn't make sense. My timing is always perfect but the PCI the computer controls is off. That doesn't make it harder it just rewards you less for doing what you were supposed to do. Why bother with guess pitch if the PCI doesn't go where you said to guess? All you have to do is use the regular hitting and you are rewarded 100 times more. They said this feature was years in the making and now it's great, yet I see nothing special about it at all. Waste of time. Shoulda used that time getting to learn the rules or physics of how balls fly off bats.

You are wrong about the PCI...if you are using pure analog.

Turn it on in the gameplay options screen. You aim up and to the left, the PCI goes left. You aim it up and to the right, the PCI goes right...etc, etc.

Now, if you are referring to the PCI being whacky vertically, than the issue is not programming. It's your timing.

[bcruise]

I REALLY like that it's possible to tell what type of swing the AI takes this year, via the pop-up swing analysis. The PCI size is so different between contact to normal to power that it's extremely obvious.

And, oh yes - it definitely takes power swings. Hamilton just blasted an opposite field shot off my Lincecum and his PCI wasn't any bigger than the lower third of the strike zone. And his is on the high end - some guys don't get a PCI much bigger than the ball's red dot when they power swing!

I've said it before, but I love seeing little hints of how the AI works like this. When it swings for power, for contact, etc. This one came on a 3-1 count so it was a pretty obvious power swinging situation - even I'd use it there.

[Eman5805]

I've been very hard on the commentary...I take it all back.

I thought it'd be the disjointed drivel of years past. Now, Vasger...V and Karros actually sound like they're talking to each other at times. Especially when they talk about specific plaers like Timmy Lincecum and so on.

Well done. I hope there's a wealth of comments more than that.


Far as gameplay goes, I just can't get the hang of analog pitching. Every pitch is either right down the middle or ball. I cna't paint the corners or anything. Hitting is...well...hit or miss with me. Throwing works alright, but I'll probably continue to be a button player.

[Hapshoops32]

The demo looks really good... San Fran's park looks awesome! I had MLB '09, didn't buy MLB '10 cuz I wanted to keep playing RTTS and finish some careers... So the difference for me from '09 to '11 is dramatic. The lighting looks really good... so much more vibrant and alive than '09. I like the gameplay, as it is still pretty familiar. I LOVE the analog pitching.. picked that up fairly quickly, and you really do get some satisfaction out of throwing the pitch exactly where you want to, though it is not easy to do that. I've only played 2 4-inning games so far, so not a ton of experience yet - but I'm not feeling the analog batting so far. I think I can get into it, but it's going to take some time. I struck out 7 times in 12 at bats lol. The fielding is fine. I'm ok with the analog fielding, though it felt a little slow on the throws. Overall, this looks great. I can't wait to get the retail version.