MLB The Show 17 Video - Gameplay Improvements & Animations Expansion

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by eric7064

There's a reason for that though. You can see when they are about to pick you off with the fielder running to cover the bag . It'd be far to easy to let us mannually dive back.

That only applies at 2nd base and in all my experience in playing the game I've never had a runner get picked off at 2nd. If I had an extra step lead, if I saw the fielder breaking for the pickoff attempt I would shorten my lead and my runner would always return safely. If I didn't have an extra step lead, the pitcher would rarely, if ever, attempt a pickoff and each time the runner would be safe.

But at first base, its a cat and mouse game with the pitcher. I would rather have the control over whether or not I dive back safely to the base instead of it being a dice roll based solely on baserunning attributes.

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by MauerMorneau09

Confirmation posted by Ramone on the stream time today. 2 PM PST

Man this should be good!!!

[HustlinOwl]

Quote: Originally Posted by MauerMorneau09

Confirmation posted by Ramone on the stream time today. 2 PM PST

So again no Retro mode info?

[tnixen]

They might not be full blown new player models but I definitely see some improvements!

His arms look better to me too.

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by eric7064

There's a reason for that though. You can see when they are about to pick you off with the fielder running to cover the bag . It'd be far to easy to let us mannually dive back.

It's not a surprise to the runner in real life anyway when the fielder runs to cover the bag.

[breakfastcat]

Quote: Originally Posted by tnixen

They might not be full blown new player models but I definitely see some improvements! His arms look better to me too.

You know, I know this board likes to talk about new player models all the time, and I agree with it for the most part. They feel outdated, compared to what other games are doing. But the more I think about the current ones, the more I realize that it's not necessarily player models themselves that aren't great. It's really just the cloth physics on the jerseys that could be improved.

They could keep all the same overall model and animations intact, but if they could make the jerseys have more free-flowing physics to them so that they don't look so stiff, similar to NBA 2k's jerseys, I think it would do wonders for the look of the players. Have the jerseys bounce slightly when players are running, let them subtly blow in the wind, twist when players swing, etc. Stuff like that would make a big difference to the look and atmosphere of the game, without having to go and re-do the player models entirely, animations and all. I don't know how possible something like that would be to implement, but it's gotta be easier than changing the entire animation engine for all new player models.

Seeing the slight change in Arrieta's sleeves in that pic makes it seem like they are going more down the route of improving jerseys, and hopefully something like more advanced cloth physics is not too far down the line.

[tessl]

Quote: Originally Posted by tnixen

They might not be full blown new player models but I definitely see some improvements! His arms look better to me too.

I can't reveal my sources but I have it on good authority he has been doing dips, pull ups, curls and Arnolds during the off season.

[PhantomPain]

I haven't played The Show extensively for 3 years now and last time was on ps3. Looking at that video, and not sure if it has been fixed for a while now, but the pitcher seems to snap his wrist when he throws like you would expect him to in real life. Previous games I played, it never looked right. Now it looks much more fluid and natural.

Again, this may have been fixed for a couple of years but I was happy to see that.