MLB The Show 17 Gameplay Livestream Breakdown

[Steve_OS]

We had our own MLB The Show 17 twitch stream, right after Sony Interactive Entertainment had theirs. Make sure you are subscribed to our Twitch channel, so you get notified when we go LIVE.

In this MLB The Show 17 gameplay breakdown, Millennium runs through the entire stream and points out plenty of details you might not have noticed. Give it a watch and post your thoughts and don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel.

[tessl]

Good video Millennium.

Quick manage - maybe it has something to do with this.

New Ways to Play: Now with new managerial and gameplay options that provide different levels of acceleration to progress your franchise while maintaining the control you want to.

Part of humanity AI seems to be fielders changing their fielding and throw power depending on speed of the base runner. Speaking for myself that's fine so long as it isn't always perfect. One of my favorite player was HOF'er Lou Brock. One way he got to 3,000 hits was by putting pressure on the infielders with his speed. I don't mind an occasional miscue on a "routine" ground ball especially with a fast runner because it happens IRL. As they speed up their normal routine they sometimes make mistakes.

One thing I noticed was the first baseman seemed to always dig the ball out of the dirt. I wonder if 1B with lower fielding attributes sometimes bobble a ball in the dirt.

Run downs - very difficult to program but IRL the fielder with the ball runs at the base runner, not to the next base.

Ball spin - major addition and the potential improvement to the value of ground ball pitchers could be a game changer. In manage mode the value of good infielders then also becomes important.

Thanks for the stream.

[jeffy777]

Absolutely love these breakdowns. Thanks for taking the time to do this, Millenium!

[wiser66]

Well done Millenium. This breakdown really hits all the high notes. Plus I know you or your chat will let me know if the stripe on Encarnacion's left forearm wrap is 1/16 mm too large, so there's that too!

[tessl]

Quote: Originally Posted by wiser66

Well done Millenium. This breakdown really hits all the high notes. Plus I know you or your chat will let me know if the stripe on Encarnacion's left forearm wrap is 1/16 mm too large, so there's that too!

LOL - I don't see Millenium doing that stuff but there are people who notice things like Mike Trout's shoelaces being tied right over left instead of left over right.

[My993C2]

I hate you guys. No I really do hate you guys. Seriously I do.

Every year it is the same thing. Every year I say to myself "I will not buy the game this year", because every year I get about 3-4 months into the season, then the dog days of summer set in where I begin to burn out needing to play a game almost every day and I end up let the CPU vs CPU games play the rest of the calendar until the playoffs. But every year SDS comes out with some upgrade to the game where they make me think "Oh that sounds cool, glad they fixed it, or glad they enhanced how the game plays". This year the new feature seems to be the new ball hitting physics where the bat is now round as it is in real life versus as described in the review a flat surface. So a round bat will make pitching and hitting in the game that much more realistic.

Did I mention I really do hate you guys? Prior to watching this review I was definitely skipping MLB 17. But now I am not so sure I can. LOL

[tessl]

Quote: Originally Posted by My993C2

I hate you guys. No I really do hate you guys. Seriously I do. Every year it is the same thing. Every year I say to myself "I will not buy the game this year", because every year I get about 3-4 months into the season, then the dog days of summer set in where I begin to burn out needing to play a game almost every day and I end up let the CPU vs CPU games play the rest of the calendar until the playoffs. But every year SDS comes out with some upgrade to the game where they make me think "Oh that sounds cool, glad they fixed it, or glad they enhanced how the game plays". This year the new feature seems to be the new ball hitting physics where the bat is now round as it is in real life versus as described in the review a flat surface. So a round bat will make pitching and hitting in the game that much more realistic. Did I mention I really do hate you guys? Prior to watching this review I was definitely skipping MLB 17. But now I am not so sure I can. LOL

I know you are a manage mode player like me. In the link above from a gamestop promo they mentioned "new managerial and gameplay options".

I remember last year someone advocating for the manager to call every pitch in manage mode. I love manage mode precisely because I can set the controller down and only pick it up when I need to make a move. I want the catcher to call pitches like IRL. That's probably the only thing which could cause me to continue playing the show 16 instead of the show 17. Everything I've seen announced so far looks fantastic.

[My993C2]

Quote: Originally Posted by tessl

I know you are a manage mode player like me. In the link above from a gamestop promo they mentioned "new managerial and gameplay options". I remember last year someone advocating for the manager to call every pitch in manage mode. I love manage mode precisely because I can set the controller down and only pick it up when I need to make a move. I want the catcher to call pitches like IRL. That's probably the only thing which could cause me to continue playing the show 16 instead of the show 17. Everything I've seen announced so far looks fantastic.

We'll have to wait and see what the new managerial feature is. It might not even be accessible in MoM game play. Only time will tell. But yeah there are some nice game play changes in MLB 17 that are coming down the pipe. The round bats and better fielder throwing logic are definitely good to have to make the games that much more realistic.