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

[PepeTheFlyingBuffalo]

Quote: Originally Posted by steelerfan

I'm no expert but I'll try to help. Your TV may be the culprit. My TV (Vizio) has a Picture Mode for gaming. If I remember correctly, it is specifically for this issue. You might want to start with that - your picture settings. I could be out in left field with what I'm saying but I don't think I am. Like I said, I'm no expert. Hope this helps and if not, I hope someone else can get you fixed up.

I certainly appreciate the response.

I gave it a shot. I'm currently using an Insignia until I get my Visio back (it's sitting on a moving truck) and made sure it was in game mode. While it seems to make the game move a little smoother (reduced some flickering), it doesn't seem to have made much of a difference with the timing. I'm even late on pitches in Home Run Derby.

Maybe this issue is all for naught and things will drastically improve when I get my stuff back, but in the meantime it's certainly frustrating; especially since everything else plays normally. I popped in FIFA earlier and all my passing, shooting, and penalty shots are spot on.

Maybe I'm just getting too old.

Again, appreciate the help. Thank you.

[two7offsuit]

Quote: Originally Posted by steelerfan

I'm no expert but I'll try to help. Your TV may be the culprit. My TV (Vizio) has a Picture Mode for gaming. If I remember correctly, it is specifically for this issue. You might want to start with that - your picture settings. I could be out in left field with what I'm saying but I don't think I am. Like I said, I'm no expert. Hope this helps and if not, I hope someone else can get you fixed up.

I had the same issue when I first started playing and I also have a Vizio television and once I changed my picture to game mode, it was significantly better. It was a slightly darker screen but the timing improved a great deal.

[ShaiLeGran]

Something is off with the graphics. It doesn't look sharp, the colours don't pop, some fonds appear really blocky, like the good old Commodore 64 days. I don't know, but something is really off. The grass looks super flat, the graphic with the baserunners is way too big. I can't say it is a step better then MLB 15, infact, I think it is a step back graphics wise.

Animations are cool, gameplay as well, but it lacks compared to graphics like NBA2K16. It almost is cartoonish.

[ShaiLeGran]

Quote: Originally Posted by Quentin32

Next year I might pass. Improvements are so minimal for the last 3 games

Totally agree with this. The changes are minimal.

[Turbojugend]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShaiLeGran

Animations are cool, gameplay as well, but it lacks compared to graphics like NBA2K16. It almost is cartoonish.

Very difficult to compare the two when every NBA court is essentially the same and every MLB ballpark is different. Also factor in day/night, seasons, open and closed roofs, minor league and classic stadiums, there's a lot that NBA2K doesn't have to deal with.

[kac]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShaiLeGran

Something is off with the graphics. It doesn't look sharp, the colours don't pop, some fonds appear really blocky, like the good old Commodore 64 days. I don't know, but something is really off. The grass looks super flat, the graphic with the baserunners is way too big. I can't say it is a step better then MLB 15, infact, I think it is a step back graphics wise. Animations are cool, gameplay as well, but it lacks compared to graphics like NBA2K16. It almost is cartoonish.

Almost seems like a film or haze over the graphics.

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[dubcity]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShaiLeGran

Something is off with the graphics. It doesn't look sharp, the colours don't pop, some fonds appear really blocky, like the good old Commodore 64 days. I don't know, but something is really off. The grass looks super flat, the graphic with the baserunners is way too big. I can't say it is a step better then MLB 15, infact, I think it is a step back graphics wise. Animations are cool, gameplay as well, but it lacks compared to graphics like NBA2K16. It almost is cartoonish.

I think the colors not popping is mostly a product of the game being overbuilt in certain eras, in relation to how powerful the system is. The grass in particular looks washed out and dull because if they made it look rich and lush the game would probably be completely unstable. That's my guess anyway.

[waynefontes]

Quote: Originally Posted by PepeTheFlyingBuffalo

I certainly appreciate the response. I gave it a shot. I'm currently using an Insignia until I get my Visio back (it's sitting on a moving truck) and made sure it was in game mode. While it seems to make the game move a little smoother (reduced some flickering), it doesn't seem to have made much of a difference with the timing. I'm even late on pitches in Home Run Derby. Maybe this issue is all for naught and things will drastically improve when I get my stuff back, but in the meantime it's certainly frustrating; especially since everything else plays normally. I popped in FIFA earlier and all my passing, shooting, and penalty shots are spot on. Maybe I'm just getting too old. Again, appreciate the help. Thank you.

You may want to try this simple fix, it worked to solve the lag problem for me after everything else failed.

- Start a normal game
- Turn TV off, wait 5-10 seconds and then turn TV back on
- Try pitching meter to test lag

I almost returned my TV (LG LED 55 inch) because of the lag in The Show. After searching Google, I set my TV input to Game mode but that didn't work. Next, I changed the input label to PC, as some had suggested, but that didn't work either. By accident, I discovered that if I turn my TV on and off while the game was running, the lag was eliminated. I'm assuming that it's something with the TV correctly interfacing with input settings, almost like a PC reboot.

The lag made any game with a meter (The Show- pitching/hitting, Madden- FGs, NBA2K- shooting) unplayable but this simple fix worked for me. Hope this helps.