MLB The Show 16 Has Officially Arrived, Post Your Impressions Here

[redsox4evur]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

I doubt SCEA makes too many add/subtract decision without consulting the telemetry they get from users.

Yea they definitely use their data when making decisions. Ramone just said this in the thread about watching a full game when playing RTTS.

We audit options every year or every other year. Nothing is free as we've stated countless times everything..............everything..............ev erything comes at a development, time, and resource cost. We can not just leave 1 million different options in the game anymore. The maintenance cost is too great. So if there are options, game modes, etc.. that aren't used by more than 1% of the people who play the game they are going to be removed most likely. It's the lowest common denominator.

This particular option was used by 0.04% of 100% of the people who played RTTS. Is it unfortunate that the 0.04% who used it in the past can't of course it is. But we can't be everything to everyone all the time.

[spree2371]

Can't give impression when you can't play the gm online. Can't do a play now gm, play a friend or online franchise that's if it connects if it does it usually freezes. Very disappointed in this gm thus far.

[NEOPARADIGM]

General thoughts: not thrilled or blown away but very solid output as per usual with this series.

+ Really like the audio improvements.
+ Great job adjusting the grey on the roadies, much darker and look much better, perfect even.
+ As mentioned a hundred times, lighting is top notch; very well done and the seasonal changes (April vs. July vs. October), like last year, are just fantastic (take note, Madden).
+ New throw-over animations are sweet and in hindsight were long overdue.
+ Multiple catchers' masks, awesome.
+ Color-matching the padding on the classic catchers' masks (they were tan and tan only for a decade), awesome.

- Not appreciating the delay when checking runners, nor the view when checking the runner at 2nd.
- I guess what's done is done but the removal of "true broadcast" pacing still stings; was hoping with "hybrid" presentation that would mean "broadcast" would return to not automatically skipping a ton of animations that we used to be able to watch play out but no dice - 90% of the time the catcher can't even throw the ball back to the pitcher before it jump-cuts.

That's about all I got after a couple of games. I'll say again: very solid. Will get 200+ hours out of this sucker with ease. Bring on OSFM.

[DickDalewood]

Quote: Originally Posted by Denzel Washington

doesnt work

Lol. My bad, it's R3.

Piece of advice... If you think there is something missing from the game, you won't break anything by pressing buttons to find it

[briansong99]

Quote: Originally Posted by stretch150

I've noticed if it's set to auto base running with Classic base running controls the bug occurs. If you set to auto base running and keep the control base running to default, it seems to keep the auto base running in tack. Don't hold me to this because I've only played 2 or 3 games.

i am having the same problem. I have a couple of posts but have not gotten any response from anyone. The runners will freeze on hits to the outfield and dive back into 1st on line drives through the infield. Changing from Classic to default in control does not work either. Does anyone know if this bug is being addressed?

[wizfan2]

Haven't got much time with it yet, but as anybody lined into a double play or doubled up the cpu?

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by wizfan2

Haven't got much time with it yet, but as anybody lined into a double play or doubled up the cpu?

Not a chance. They pretty much know where the ball is going to go, and help me out in the same way.

I suppose this could happen in a hit-and-run situation, though.

[Juzbee]

I am clearly in the minority on this one (perhaps the ONLY person?), but I don't like the new bat sound. It seems like it's gone from "THWACK" to "TICK", in all variations (the broken bat sounds more like 100 people simultaneously crinkling potato chip bags than wood breaking). I suppose it does sound a bit more like watching a game on TV, but I'd rather hear it as if I was playing, not watching TV. Just my opinion.

More importantly, I agree with the person who posted that the sound is just "off". Somehow it sounds like it has too much bass and too much treble at the same time, and I'm having a really hard time getting the settings adjusted properly. Some things sound very tinny, other things sound like they are underwater. Last year's game sounded better to me in terms of the overall mix and the ease of adjusting various things.

Note for anyone else who has been frustrated by the umpire volume: It's part of the "sound effects" slider now, not it's own volume control like previously.

I hope I can figure out how to balance everything out for this year in terms of sound, because I really love pretty much everything else about the game, particularly SOTS.

Lastly -- just a suggestion for the forum. I love the idea of an impressions thread, but it sure would be a lot easier if there were separate conversations for various impressions, i.e., game play, animations, sound, etc etc. It's REALLY hard to look through 280 posts to make sure that you aren't saying something that's already been said, or to find other people's impressions on the particular item you're concerned with. Just my two cents, love the forum and the game.