MLB 12 The Show Screenshot - Adrian Gonzalez

[Tabata4Prez]

Quote: Originally Posted by nomo17k

Yeah I agree. Sometimes looking at those follow throughs, I feel as if I'm watching a game in the Japanese league, haha... most hitters there take a weight transfer approach. Good thing is that we can expect these things to improve in future....

Exactly, man. The Show never dissapoints. Looking at the game now, it seems like very few areas are going to need major improvement in the future. As I said before, near perfect.

[dgrfan88]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tabata4Prez

I don't doubt that Gonzalez did come in to do his swing for the game. As I stated before, the developers of The Show go to great lengths to give us an amazing game every year. All that I'm saying is that follow throughs need work - not just Gonzalez's. Compare these pictures to the screenshot. Stiff front leg, legs not too spread out, top arm under the chin.

The upper body is leaning too far forward as well. Since the players don't shift their weight to the front foot, it doesnt allow them to "clear" their hips, stay behind the ball and throw their hands at the ball. "the Show" hitter has a leg lift and hip rotation, which is fine in some cases, but, they get too far over center of gravity, stay forward and just "roll" over. I don't think they'll ever fix this. Too far into this generation to change now.

[Tabata4Prez]

Quote: Originally Posted by dgrfan88

The upper body is leaning too far forward as well. Since the players don't shift their weight to the front foot, it doesnt allow them to "clear" their hips, stay behind the ball and throw their hands at the ball. "the Show" hitter has a leg lift and hip rotation, which is fine in some cases, but, they get too far over center of gravity, stay forward and just "roll" over. I don't think they'll ever fix this. Too far into this generation to change now.

You could be right. However, the developers really do go out of their way to make this a top notch baseball game. Ball physics, a very essential part of the game, for example. Wrote an entirely new code for it. So I'm definitely hoping now that they have things like that out of the way the swings can recieve more attention.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by dgrfan88

The upper body is leaning too far forward as well. Since the players don't shift their weight to the front foot, it doesnt allow them to "clear" their hips, stay behind the ball and throw their hands at the ball. "the Show" hitter has a leg lift and hip rotation, which is fine in some cases, but, they get too far over center of gravity, stay forward and just "roll" over. I don't think they'll ever fix this. Too far into this generation to change now.

I agree so much, but they explained why it's not as easy as just mo-capping a new swing, and what they said makes sense. It's too bad, because seeing some pure A-Gon swings would look nice in a game that does so much well.

[davis420]

I know this doesn't have any thing to do with A-Gon but I see a very good crowd. It looks like they added more fans with different features.

[Tabata4Prez]

The crowd does look great. One thing I'm really hoping to see is when a player hits a shot that looks like it's going out, the entire stadium will begin to rise to their feet. I remeber that being in MVP 2005. I loved going back and watching the replays. As the ball approached the fence, more and more fans would rise to their feet. Felt so real and looked awesome.

[M_F_Z]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tabata4Prez

The crowd does look great. One thing I'm really hoping to see is when a player hits a shot that looks like it's going out, the entire stadium will begin to rise to their feet. I remeber that being in MVP 2005. I loved going back and watching the replays. As the ball approached the fence, more and more fans would rise to their feet. Felt so real and looked awesome.

MVP 2005 ? The crowd was 2 dimensional. Oh, you mean the little bit of 3D crowd behind the plate and down the lines ? I think I remember that too. I still like that game.

[Tabata4Prez]

Quote: Originally Posted by M_F_Z

MVP 2005 ? The crowd was 2 dimensional. Oh, you mean the little bit of 3D crowd behind the plate and down the lines ? I think I remember that too. I still like that game.

Haha, yeah. The cardboard cutout fans. Regardless of how terrible they look to us now, it was still cool to see them rise up every time a ball approached the outfield wall.