MLB The Show 16 Twitch Stream - Showtime & Road to the Show (Archive Available)

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA

Here's a little nugget of knowledge the builds are always in a state like this less than two months to ship. The public just has no idea it is because we haven't been streaming pre-release code for the last 10 year's. Your getting a behind scenes look at how crazy things are in development at crunch time. It's always been that way you just never knew about it. Because all game development studios are very selective in the assets that get released. Hence why the PSX teaser had no Royals in it even though they won the world series. It's no accident.

Russell was the in game stat overlay presentations greatly improved?

I really was hoping for a new Home Run stat overlay popup. More like what you see on a real baseball broadcast. And also can you please add to or replace the AVG on the in between inning batter due up overlays with 2 for 4 type stat under each of the 3 batters? Been asking for this for years and it was actually in MLB 09 The Show I think.I always wondered why it was replaced with AVG instead.

Am I just wasting my time hoping for these small improvements to the stat overlay presentations?

[NDAlum]

Some notes:
20-80 scale confirmed in Franchise mode | YES!!! Can't way to see this implemented
You CAN turn the Showtime feature on/off | Cool.
New running styles are normal, lumbering, speedster and athletic | I think this addition will be underrated
Over 600 new animations added, 100's more a dive specific | Always good
While running bases, hold L1 for a zoomed in view, L2 for a medium view | Don't care
Oakley, EvoShield, and All Star are the new equipment brands | More depth the merrier
New Balance not in this year, maybe next year | Not breaking my heart
No tattoos or face scanning in RTTS | Won't touch RTTS, no care
You can view team uniforms in player editor | Much needed change

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[NDAlum]

One question if it can be answered:

Are running styles tied into ratings or just a preset for each player? (Are they dynamic?)

For example if I draft a guy who is 6-3 220 and has average speed and starts out as average but then he progresses into a base stealing threat: will he go from average animation to athletic?

[agentlaw13]

Quote: Originally Posted by kaptainkarl76

Excuse of the video game century..."This isn't the final version"...if history has taught you anything..this usually is the final version to some degree..there aren't going to be major overhauls..I've been playing the show since the show was the show and while I love the game..there is always room for improvement...I noticed in the stream that the ump STILL adjusts his damn mask way too much..I noticed the same clipping (High fives looking like ghost fives..a hand that goes to adjust a helmet and magically the hand goes inside his head) I'm not ranting and I'll still get the game as it is the only option, but maybe there will be a day when I will believe the "This isn't the final version" line..I just know that I have heard the line every year and come to find it is just polished version, with some added features from last years edition.

Cmon now...I'm sure if you were playing the build they showed yesterday as "the final version", you would be pissed. It's obvious they have a lot of fine tuning to do and even Ramone stated they have never really shown these builds to the public at these stages in the past. I mean, the players portraits in game looked like red demons lol! You know they are gonna fix that and a lot of things before this is released. We are fortunate they allow us access to these streams like this year and last year. I think it's really cool.

But after getting on here and seeing every little thing that is nitpicked (2 months out, mind you), while ignoring the things that were added and improved, we are lucky they continue to put up with us and allow us to get these special sneak peeks.

Like I mentioned in my previous post from last night, if you can't look at all the improvements to just the RTTS mode from this first stream and not be pumped, this game just might not be for you.

[tessl]

Quote: Originally Posted by ninertravel

interesting in player editor what was personality ?? is that new?? I think it is! I have never seen the Personality Tab before in edit player can't beleive no one else has picked up on this. I am going to take a stab here and say the franchise feature that they didn't wanna talk about was maybe import players into franchise, seeing as they were in edit player. just a guess and a wishful thing !

Good catch. At the end of the stream Russell asked the franchise developer -sorry I don't know his name - if he wanted to reveal the new franchise feature while they were on the player card.

I was running through a list of things it could be from negotiating contracts during the season to hot/cold to training points to player personality but you solved the mystery. Player personality is now in franchise mode. The question then becomes what are the personalities? Wants to play for a winner? Wants to be an everyday player? Wants to be in the majors by a certain age? There are lots of possibilities.

Joe Adcock said trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron was like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.

Trying to sneak a new feature past the OS crowd is just as hard.

[BDrizz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spokker

Ramone teased PBR on Twitter. Here's a comparison shot from 15.

[vidgames]

In rewatching the stream...again. I am seeing somethings that are getting me a little excited. I don't play RTTS but there are some tweaks that intrigue me.

[Russell_SCEA]

Quote: Originally Posted by NDAlum

One question if it can be answered: Are running styles tied into ratings or just a preset for each player? (Are they dynamic?) For example if I draft a guy who is 6-3 220 and has average speed and starts out as average but then he progresses into a base stealing threat: will he go from average animation to athletic?

Running styles are purely cosmetic