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

[Papito208]

I'm glad that the commentary has been updated, I'm hearing things I've never heard before. I was watching (really listening to) the Rays/Blue Jays game on the laptop while I was playing The Show, Dee Gordon came up to bat and they were talking about him opening up a charity for kids who had a parent pass away due to domestic disputes and my wife goes "Wait was that the video game or the game game?"

[JoeT]

Hit variety--I've read others complimenting this, and I just want to add my enthusiastic praise about this too. I am incredibly pleased at seeing such a wide range of hits in the '16 version. There has been slow incremental gains in this over the years with an expected improvement once the physics improvements were made a few years ago. But this year's game is just superb--and much better than even last year's edition. In playing only 20-25 games, I have already seen such a sizable number of different types of hits (and outs)--from seemingly every angle off the bat. From bloop shots to rocket line drives and everything in-between. And importantly it actually matches up to where you'd expect it to go based on location and swing timing--not always the case in past games

It just feels so realistic when you play--it's almost to the point where I'd always hoped they would eventually get it--where the ball could go anywhere off the bat--like in an actual game. I suppose you could argue it's not quite "perfect" yet, but it's by far the best I've seen and personally feel '16 is worth getting over '15 just for this... at least for those like me that really love the realism this brings to playing games.

[myghty]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stolm

I like Battle Royale but the 2 loss/3 inning limit are both too low. 3 and 5 would be perfect.

I partially agree. I think it should be 3 losses but 3 innings is fine because if if needed, you can go into extra innings.

[BlacknBlue]

Opening Day 2016 is a perfect example of how weather impacts the MLB world.

Here is to hoping that SCEA will soon take seriously how postponements, cancellations, precipitation, wind, and temperature all impact the game of baseball on a weekly basis.

These variables not only impact the games that are played in such conditions, but also those that are not able to be.

[ItAllFades]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlacknBlue

Opening Day 2016 is a perfect example of how weather impacts the MLB world. Here is to hoping that SCEA will soon take seriously how postponements, cancellations, precipitation, wind, and temperature all impact the game of baseball on a weekly basis. These variables not only impact the games that are played in such conditions, but also those that are not able to be.

Naw, why worry about that when we can have goofy Online modes instead.

[steelerfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by ItAllFades

Naw, why worry about that when we can have goofy Online modes instead.

This.

I need more Captains to give me Missions so I can score 15 runs with players under 5' 10" tall so I can earn Tickets to get Stubs to buy a fake Elbow Guard for my fake player.

Who needs rain outs?

[p00p1]

I don't get why anyone would want to deal with rainouts. You want to play 4 innings of a game and then lose all your stats cus it rains. Why, so you can play a double header sometime in the future?

[dran1984]

Quote: Originally Posted by p00p1

I don't get why anyone would want to deal with rainouts. You want to play 4 innings of a game and then lose all your stats cus it rains. Why, so you can play a double header sometime in the future?

1. Because it involves strategy, which is a big thing in baseball.
2. It's realistic and has a huge impact in baseball

I'm just afraid that they will add it but not get it right or just create more bugs in the game like we are seeing this year.