MLB 11 The Show News Post

MLB 11 The Show First Look

01:42 PM - December 15, 2010 by seatown27

ESPN's Jon Robinson has just posted his MLB 11 The Show first look. Plenty of information here!

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	"Before each swing, you can also try to guess the pitch and location just like last year, as well as choose whether you want to take a normal swing, swing for power, or hit for contact. Hitting for contact is what's new here, as this is more about simply trying to put the bat on the ball and advancing the runners than anything else -- your batter will take a severe power penalty when selecting this option. On top of that, if gamers want an additional challenge at the plate, Sony has also added true zone hitting into the game. Here, hitters can select the option of not only needing to fine-tune the timing of the stride and swing, but will also need to move a cursor onto the ball as it reaches the plate in order to make contact. According to Gill, this is an option the hardcore fans have been wanting for years. "Again, if we were going to do it, we wanted to make sure we did it right," he explains. In terms of pitching, the meter the game has been using for years has been revamped a bit to incorporate the new controls. Once pitch and location are selected, gamers will pull back on the right analog stick. This causes the ball on the meter to drop toward a line about three-quarters of the way down. As soon as the ball hits the line, the pitcher will then press up on the right stick, but here's the twist -- if your location is on the outside part of the plate to a right handed batter, you'll need to press up and to the right in order to guide the ball into the target that will appear at the top of the meter. This is all about mastering the stick as you'll need to not only time the movements right, but hit your spot. This really adds to the pressure of each pitch. One mistake and you might fire the ball right down the middle, then watch it fly by your head so fast you get virtual whiplash."

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# 461 Knight165 @ 12/20/10 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by beau21


	Question I've thought of before but never asked. Would it be possible for our current-generation of consoles to support in-franchise-roster-updates? I love the ability put in place to manually make/override trades for every team, but it would be great if there was the ability to have roster updates incorporated into an existing franchise. I know this isn't a breakthrough idea so I'm sure it's been discussed before but I'm just wondering is it even possible with the current technology?

Beau;

I know Kolbe and Jeff have been trying to figure out a way to be able to do this in some way....and have it work properly for a while now..
I've given them some suggestions on some things for creating/maintaining rosters....and they always work every angle...so...
I'll check it out in a few weeks!

As soon as I'm allowed to report back...I will.
Right now and for the near future, we'll have to rely on the blogs, but let it be known...they hear us on this stuff.

M.K.
Knight165

# 462 Pared @ 12/20/10 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight165


	THEY SHOULD! M.K. Knight165

See?

# 463 EnigmaNemesis @ 12/20/10 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Pared


	See?

Can't you Mets fans just get along?

# 464 Pared @ 12/20/10 03:24 PM

There's a lot of anger in Flushing.

# 465 Knight165 @ 12/20/10 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Pared


	There's a lot of APATHY in Flushing.

Fixed.

M.K.
Knight165

# 466 CubFan23 @ 12/20/10 04:25 PM

Don't know if this has been brought up but I would love universal slider settings from year to year. I love the sliders I'm using in '10 and would love to be able to set up '11 exactly the same. Then all we would have to wait on is that deadbeat self appointed roster king Knight to do his rosters

# 467 EnigmaNemesis @ 12/20/10 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CubFan23


	Don't know if this has been brought up but I would love universal slider settings from year to year. I love the sliders I'm using in '10 and would love to be able to set up '11 exactly the same. Then all we would have to wait on is that deadbeat self appointed roster king Knight to do his rosters

This probably can never happen, because they are always tweaking or redoing the logic behind all of that... just like the bomb Ramone just dropped about ratings being completely removed and done from scratch for fielders.

So every year the slider adjustments would change. Besides, if gives slider makers, and roster makers something to look forward to.

# 468 Pared @ 12/20/10 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight165


	Fixed. M.K. Knight165

Well that too. There's a lot of things here. Winning ain't one of 'em!

# 469 bhurst99 @ 12/20/10 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisa_Bonami


	Yes, I think different manager styles of play and managing would add dynamic play to different games and teams BUT the most crucial feature should be some sort of Historical Stats and Records keeping of your Franchise play throughout the seasons. Otherwise, what fun is playing seasons in a franchise if you cannot look back on the History you've created?? Baseball is about stats more than any other sport, so there should be Historical Data gathering in my opinion

Knight was pressing for more career and historical tracking last year at the community days. Hopefully, we'll see more of it this year.

# 470 beau21 @ 12/20/10 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by harvey88


	Actually this already exists in the game. If you press select you can see all of this info. They even have a popup once in a while in game that will show these pecentage numbers. Have only seen this popup a handfull of times but it is there.

Right. I know you can see the statistic.. I'm referring to the "edit player attributes".

When editing/creating a pitcher, I would like to have another area of the pitching attributes where you select the approximate percentage that each pitch you assign is thrown.

This way if I'm creating Paul Splittorff for my '77 Royals.. I can more personalize what type of pitcher he was. If he threw a 4SFB 58% of the time... I'd like to be able to input that number so the AI Splittorff will better represent the real Splittorff's style.

I hope that makes sense?

# 471 artdog5110 @ 12/21/10 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight165


	THEY SHOULD! M.K. Knight165

Amen! I'll just keep hoping!

# 472 Lewis160 @ 12/21/10 05:14 PM

When will we see more screenshots and maybe a gameplay video of Mlb 11 The Show??

# 473 Splitter77 @ 12/21/10 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by beau21


	Right. I know you can see the statistic.. I'm referring to the "edit player attributes". When editing/creating a pitcher, I would like to have another area of the pitching attributes where you select the approximate percentage that each pitch you assign is thrown. This way if I'm creating Paul Splittorff for my '77 Royals.. I can more personalize what type of pitcher he was. If he threw a 4SFB 58% of the time... I'd like to be able to input that number so the AI Splittorff will better represent the real Splittorff's style. I hope that makes sense?

forgot about this. This definitely would be a great addition. I remember it was in high heat 2001.

# 474 myghty @ 12/21/10 07:55 PM

Camera Adjustments!!!! YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

# 475 sdf4977 @ 12/21/10 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyboxer


	A global roster editor would be nice too Knight Even if its an outside the game PC program. Also A print feature would also be appreciated since the PS3 has printer support...

A print option would be awesome. I used to love that in the HH series. I still have print outs from leagues I had on there

# 476 Tyler4 @ 12/22/10 12:53 AM

I wish that The Show would have a player search option. Where you can search players by; first and last names, left or right handed throw, left or right handed hitter, position, and player's abilities. To make it easier find specific players.

I also wish that it would be easier to make realistic/blockbuster trades possible. Where you can replicate trades such as; Grienke and Betancourt for Escobar, Cain, Odorizzi, and Jeffress. I personally don't like having to trade one player for another at one time.

# 477 Rod_Carew29 @ 12/22/10 01:31 AM

Not a bad idea...MVP 2005 had that. I loved it....the quickest way to find a particular player....

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Originally Posted by Tyler4


	I wish that The Show would have a player search option. Where you can search players by; first and last names, left or right handed throw, left or right handed hitter, position, and player's abilities. To make it easier find specific players. I also wish that it would be easier to make realistic/blockbuster trades possible. Where you can replicate trades such as; Grienke and Betancourt for Escobar, Cain, Odorizzi, and Jeffress. I personally don't like having to trade one player for another at one time.

# 478 EnigmaNemesis @ 12/22/10 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyler4


	I wish that The Show would have a player search option. Where you can search players by; first and last names, left or right handed throw, left or right handed hitter, position, and player's abilities. To make it easier find specific players. I also wish that it would be easier to make realistic/blockbuster trades possible. Where you can replicate trades such as; Grienke and Betancourt for Escobar, Cain, Odorizzi, and Jeffress. I personally don't like having to trade one player for another at one time.

Some good stuff here

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# 479 Splitter77 @ 12/22/10 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyler4


	I wish that The Show would have a player search option. Where you can search players by; first and last names, left or right handed throw, left or right handed hitter, position, and player's abilities. To make it easier find specific players. I also wish that it would be easier to make realistic/blockbuster trades possible. Where you can replicate trades such as; Grienke and Betancourt for Escobar, Cain, Odorizzi, and Jeffress. I personally don't like having to trade one player for another at one time.

yup- high heat 01 had that one too.
Come to think of it, that game had everything for a stat junkie. I wish somebody would update that game like they did nhl 2004.

I mean i still like mlb the shows gameplay and graphics better, but all the other aspects of high heats franchise (stats, boxscores, ability to select special boxscores to save, editing, etc) was amazing. I dont think anyone will ever come close to that again unless a baseball game is released for pc only.

# 480 Pared @ 12/22/10 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyler4


	I wish that The Show would have a player search option. Where you can search players by; first and last names, left or right handed throw, left or right handed hitter, position, and player's abilities. To make it easier find specific players.

Keep your fingers crossed!

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