MLB 12 The Show Screenshots - Your New Default Camera View and Other Tidbits

[Bobhead]

Question: With the new scorebar, and thus, a new little icon that shows what base runners are on, I notice that we will no longer have graphic representation of where the runners actually are on the basepaths. Will the "after-the-ball-is-in-play" camera be changed to accommodate this?

For example if a ball is hit into the gap, with the old thing you could see if a runner was close to second base, and if he had a chance to make it to third. The camera was always focused on the ball and the fielder so this little icon thingy was the only feedback we had for controlling our runners. Based on your shot of the 2012 version, this is no longer possible, since the icon doesn't have space between the bases to give you an idea of how far a runner is from a base at any given time.

My question is, what is there this year to help us, and to compensate for this? I hope my question makes sense lol I realize this post is kind of a linguistic mess.

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA

What bug are you talking about?

I think he is saying he hates having the "MLB 12 The Show" logo on the scorebar at the top.

[Russell_SCEA]

Quote: Originally Posted by tnixen

I think he is saying he hates having the "MLB 12 The Show" logo on the scorebar at the top.

Ha, yeah that's never going to change we have a brand here we are trying to grow.

[Russell_SCEA]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bobhead

Question: With the new scorebar, and thus, a new little icon that shows what base runners are on, I notice that we will no longer have graphic representation of where the runners actually are on the basepaths. Will the "after-the-ball-is-in-play" camera be changed to accommodate this? For example if a ball is hit into the gap, with the old thing you could see if a runner was close to second base, and if he had a chance to make it to third. The camera was always focused on the ball and the fielder so this little icon thingy was the only feedback we had for controlling our runners. Based on your shot of the 2012 version, this is no longer possible, since the icon doesn't have space between the bases to give you an idea of how far a runner is from a base at any given time. My question is, what is there this year to help us, and to compensate for this? I hope my question makes sense lol I realize this post is kind of a linguistic mess.

When the ball is in play the score bar disappears and you see will see the osd from previous years that show's the base runners location.

[Eman5805]

Can't wait to see this all in motion. Might just be me being...me, but something I've been paying a lot of attention to is how smooth the new batting and pitching animations are, from how they take practice swings, or what they do when there's a ball or strike at the plate, to whether the pitcher holds his glove up in the air for the catcher to very precisely return throw the ball right into it or they stand there, wait on it, then catch it like any normal human would do.

They've gotten better and better at this each year since MLB 10.

Man, I'm so jacked for some vids right now.

[Galvatron]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

I like the new batting angle. The pitcher definitely looks smaller and more zoomed out. A nice change for what I like. I also like the overall pitcher confidence and fatigue meter.

Absolutely. This was something that always bothered me about that view, as if the pitcher was right up in my face and it could make batting feel uncomfortable.

Russell, by any chance do we have the option to adjust and customize the batting view more freely, the way we can with pitching? Also can we save more than 4 custom views this year?

[spit_bubble]

The new camera angle definitely pushes things back into the background more, and I think that's for the better. When setting up a custom camera in 11 I noticed using the wide view preset, which pushed things furthest back compared to the other views, made it easier to pick up the ball.

[econoodle]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA

Ha, yeah that's never going to change we have a brand here we are trying to grow.

booooo! lol

ok u can win me back by giving a sneak peek of one of the overlays.

not trying to be a downer but a purchase depends on presentation.

I did hear someone say they love the baserunner window [unless they meant the scorebug baserunner window], but in the comparison shot it looks practically identical.
i think11's was even smaller.



edit: lighting still looks sweeeeet.