MLB 12 The Show Screenshots

[jd369]

Shots look pretty good, cant really tell a difference from last year at all. at this point its nothing that would make me spend 60 bucks again, but Ill hold final judgement off until I can see some gameplay video.

[merchant1874]

Quote: Originally Posted by jd369

Shots look pretty good, cant really tell a difference from last year at all. at this point its nothing that would make me spend 60 bucks again, but Ill hold final judgement off until I can see some gameplay video.

Thats the thing. The last 2 versions were almost identical other than the analogue stuff. Only people who buy the game each year will notice the subtle gameplay differences. Thats not to say its a bad thing. Just sometimes difficult to justify another $60 on it. Show the last 2 games to someone who has never played them and I dont think they would notice anything different.

As I said its not a bad thing they dont change much but I do think thats why people ask for such things as Retracatable roofs or stadium upgrades because sometimes its difficult to really see the upgrades.

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by merchant1874

Thats the thing. The last 2 versions were almost identical other than the analogue stuff. Only people who buy the game each year will notice the subtle gameplay differences. Thats not to say its a bad thing. Just sometimes difficult to justify another $60 on it. Show the last 2 games to someone who has never played them and I dont think they would notice anything different. As I said its not a bad thing they dont change much but I do think thats why people ask for such things as Retracatable roofs or stadium upgrades because sometimes its difficult to really see the upgrades.

If Sony would just completely redo the presentation to more of a true to life TV Style presentation think ESPN,FOX Baseball, TBS that alone would make MLB The Show feel like a brand new game separate from all the past versions. One of the main reasons why people say it looks no different then last years game every year is because we have had the same basic presentation which has become old and stale and outdated! Its basically the same presentation they had on the PS2 versions. And with the power of the PS3 I expect way more from a presentation stand point. Just load up any Sony baseball game on PS2 and it will look and even sound exactly like it currently does on the PS3 versions. The presentation needs to have a 100% make over! I will be very disappointed if we once again have the same presentation that we have seen since PS2 days in MLB 12 The Show. However I really do have hope that this may finally be the year we get the presentation we have been waiting for!! In my opinion the current presentation in MLB 11 The Show has no glitz and glamour. I would not be complaining about these things if we still were just in the PS2 days of gaming. But we are talking about PS3 here and I thought by now 2012 we would have a presentation that mimics real life. There are other sports games on the market that have presentations that do mimic real life TV Broadcast with all the glitz and glamour that you would expect from PS3.

Now I relize there are only so many developers and time in a given year to add new features to every new MLB The Show version. But since so many gamers here seem to all want the samethings as I do I think Sony should really take most of their developing time to work on creating a brand new TV Style presentation. Even if it means other new features would have to be sacrificed in a given year.

Just my opinion of course

Sometimes I wonder how most of the Sony developers them selfs feel about the current presentation and if they feel it needs to be completely redone like the way I feel it does.
I guess its possible the Sony developers are totally happy with the way the current presentation is and thats why it has not really changed much over the years. That would be a shame if that was the case.

For the guys that get to talk to the Sony developers at the Community Day every year could you tell me what there opinion is of the current presentation and do they feel its also time for a makeover?

[JoeRyan33]

So....new player models....never going to happen?

Last year was the first I've missed in the series, but looking like two years straight. Unimpressed.

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoeRyan33

So....new player models....never going to happen? Last year was the first I've missed in the series, but looking like two years straight. Unimpressed.

The player models were worked on last year. They fixed/Improved the T Rex arms and wide shoulders.

[JoeRyan33]

Quote: Originally Posted by tnixen

The player models were worked on last year. They fixed/Improved the T Rex arms and wide shoulders.

They are minor improvements, but the models look the same.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoeRyan33

They are minor improvements, but the models look the same.

The skeletons were completely redone. What you're referring to are the outer textures, and those weren't changed.

What's good though is that, with new skeletons, I think they now get to work on doing some tweakings from there. We'll see how much better they can make them look this year, but '10 to '11 was a big improvement.

[Woodweaver]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoeRyan33

They are minor improvements, but the models look the same.

The skeleton/rig was reconfigured, models adjusted, and all the animations were retouched to work with the new rigging in order to address the main complaints that the arms were too short and the shoulder proportions were off. Not a small task.

What are you expecting to be done with the models? If you're more specific than, "they need to be redone", there may be a greater chance of seeing the changes you want.