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MLB 15 The Show OS Community Impressions

10:40 AM - March 31, 2015 by Millennium

Now that MLB 15 The Show is available for everyone, we would like to hear some early impressions from the OS community. Early impressions from the lucky OSers that found a copy early, can be seen here.

Please, only post impressions.

If you have questions, please use this thread.

If you want to see the beauty the game has, check out our member submitted Photography/Videography thread.

If you have bugs to report, please use this thread.

With that said, let's hear those impressions!

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# 181 BL8001 @ 04/01/15 08:11 PM

For some reason post game the PA announcer always awards the win to Jake Arrieta.

Happened when King Felix won, when Harvey won, when kluber won and today when the CPU beat me and the win for Jose Fernandez was credited to Jake Arrieta.

Jake sure does get around.

# 182 LetsgoGators @ 04/01/15 08:44 PM

The game is awesome this year just like every other year, very bothered at the fact they removed the timing hitting where you would control your stride and everything at the plate, but directional hitting is very cool

# 183 Arty23 @ 04/01/15 09:23 PM

Where are all the hitting coaches?? I know coaches have to be cleared, but McGwire's been a hitting coach for five years and Mabry's been a hitting coach for three years. Seems like only 7-8 real hitting coaches are in the game. Disappointing.

# 184 RnRexpress3423 @ 04/01/15 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PhilliesFan13


	Seems to be a major bug. I heard this today as well.

I noticed this as well and it sure is annoying. The game gets so many little things right, but something so little like this should not happen at all.

# 185 johntait1 @ 04/01/15 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ltw0303cavs


	4. I have not started franchise but if The Show could have a MY League where you can have ability to be commissioner and veto trades ? Would be awesome.

I thought that was what 30 team control is for? Correct me if I'm missing something.

# 186 bronxbombers21325 @ 04/01/15 11:15 PM

This is by far the best game in the franchise. I haven't found anything I'm disappointed at so far. Only unrealistic thing I've witnessed to this point was Stephen Drew hitting a grand slam.

# 187 Heroesandvillains @ 04/01/15 11:49 PM

Hey! Auto Baserunning now equals auto steals! Yes.

SCEA SD, thank you.

# 188 HozAndMoose @ 04/01/15 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Heroesandvillains


	Hey! Auto Baserunning now equals auto steals! Yes. SCEA SD, thank you.

I wish there could be a separate option for that

. I want players to steal on their own but i want to control everything else.

# 189 RunN1st @ 04/02/15 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ltw0303cavs


	...I am having so much fun with this game, it's beautiful , gameplay is great...How cool is it on a party clouded day, that the lighting changes as you play ? 2. Quick counts has been great, plus as a guy who has struggled as a hitter, I can artificially work counts, get walks, up pitch counts because let's face it, if you can hit my god how much more fun is this game ? 3.the sounds, the animations are just so detailed, it just immerses you....

The lighting in partly cloudy days is unreal... Sometimes it looks dead on like the real thing. This feature alone will help me complete an entire season/s. Every game seems different and the stadiums show off their unique character. (Whoever at SCEA decided to make the sun feature a priority deserves a pat on the back, a raise and a fat kiss from Scarlett Johansson!) Keeping it PG

The sounds at the Oakland Coliseum with the drums, horns and chants make me feel I'm actually there. And the dirt drying as you play is a subtle reminder that you've invested in a small journey and should see it thorough to the end.

OT: Also, one quick tip, I was struggling mightily with fielding but I decided to give the High camera a shot and it makes it much easier to field. Love fielding a ground ball with my shortstop, planting and then firing a bullet to first base.

The SCEA guys can officially walk this one off, and flip the bat as they round the bases!

# 190 BL8001 @ 04/02/15 12:20 AM

I dont think the sliders work.

Just played SD vs the phils.

The phils hung 5 on me in the 1st. So after 2 scoreless innings I started experimenting. So I raised all my batting sliders all the way to the right. I am in the 9th inning and I have 4 hits total.

I had 1 before making the change. I notice nothing different.

And one thing I dont get is if I am using directional/timing, why are my batted balls nowhere near as varied as the cpu's?

I hit more than enough liners directly to outfielders, they dont even have to move. Meanwhile the cpu is hitting gappers and have gone down the RF line a dozen times in all the games I have played causing my RF's fits.

The cpu also loves to smash one at my infielders who do that whoa the ball ate me up animation yet the cpu is daringly bare handing my grounders.

So far this game feels heavily in favor of look at the cpu go! Meanwhile I am over here trying to find my bat and glove.

# 191 HozAndMoose @ 04/02/15 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by BL8001


	I dont think the sliders work. Just played SD vs the phils. The phils hung 5 on me in the 1st. So after 2 scoreless innings I started experimenting. So I raised all my batting sliders all the way to the right. I am in the 9th inning and I have 4 hits total. I had 1 before making the change. I notice nothing different. And one thing I dont get is if I am using directional/timing, why are my batted balls nowhere near as varied as the cpu's? I hit more than enough liners directly to outfielders, they dont even have to move. Meanwhile the cpu is hitting gappers and have gone down the RF line a dozen times in all the games I have played causing my RF's fits. The cpu also loves to smash one at my infielders who do that whoa the ball ate me up animation yet the cpu is daringly bare handing my grounders. So far this game feels heavily in favor of look at the cpu go! Meanwhile I am over here trying to find my bat and glove.

What difficulty setting are you on? I know for a fact at least some of the sliders work.

# 192 CaseIH @ 04/02/15 01:45 AM

Really loving how the game plays and looks, although its that way every year, as these devs seem to always outdo themselves each year. I wish NBA2k and Madden devs were this good

Gameplay wise I cant find anything to not be happy with, love adding in sliders errors for OF/IF, I know that had been ask for in the past so glad to see it be put in.

I have noticed teams are more aggressive stealing bases, I always put this slider at max cause teams were aggressive enough, and now you can leave it at default setting.

Teams seem to make more errors with fielding at default slider and OF misplay balls. Seems harder to make good throws to in the IF, so that adds more errors, always had to bump up errors some cause AI never made enough, I think they might this yr and I know I will,lol.

I always lower strikes slider down cause it seem pitchers were throwing to many strikes, but at default this year they don't. Plus I like the tweaks to QC's, loved that feature last yr, as I now get realistic walks pitching and hitting, and QC tweaks on counts is better this year.

Played a game in the rain and you could barley see it rain, I think the rain could be a little harder at times, but obviously you don't want downpoors because that would cause a delay.

IM always happy with gameplay and graphics and this year is no different. Only complaints Ive ever had is the people who do pitcher repertoires do a bad job. But the new physics to pitching I love how the balls are breaking this year, and 4 seamers even move some and aren't perfectly straight.

The other complaint Ive always had is the stupid ridiculous names and looks of players, really wish this along with pitcher repertoires was improved upon. I do use OSFM so its not a huge issue, but I would like a franchise with fake minors to play along with the doing a OSFM chise. I don't like having to change so many players names and looks though, so I never doend up doing it.

Don't know about stats and franchise mode yet as I haven't got into it, but did not like having sveral different Spring training ballparks to play in, as I did notice that there was only 1 for Cactus and 1 for Florida, that's sucks, but I can live with it, even though Im one who play all my spring games.

# 193 LowerWolf @ 04/02/15 01:47 AM

Some quick thoughts since it's 12:30 a.m. and I've got work in less than 8 hours:

Decided to dive right in and start my season. I beat the Marlins 5-3 to get things started. I started fresh instead of importing my MLB 14 save. I may have to reconsider though. Man, I miss Heyward ... and Upton ... and ...

Graphics feel ... weird to me. But that's normal for me when I first play a new sports game. And I played a ton of MLB 14, so I'm used to it. Animations are much improved. It's a thing of beauty watching Andrelton pick it.

Weird bug: I'm using Catcher Classic 2 as both my hitting and pitching cam. When I'm pitching, the ball was gray, almost invisible, very hard to see. When I was hitting, it was bright white and easy to see.

Only one game, but the CPU seems like more of a threat on offense. I had to work my out of several jams.

I like a clean screen. The scorebug is all I've got showing, everything else is off. So it's a bit annoying to see the defensive positioning map pop up. I hope they can patch in a way to toggle it off.

It's going to take some getting used to seeing the ball off the bat now, but when I get used to it, I think I'm really going to like it.

Vasgerian and the PA guy called out "Melvin Upton Jr." Can't believe the team got the audio updated that fast.

Melvin Upton Jr. is a bench warmer in my dynasty.

I hated the main menus at first. But they grew on me quickly.

I love having the quick snapshot with the standings, league leaders, etc., on the season/franchise page. Well done.

Thank you for leaving the fantasy draft/cyber face trick in the game. From what I've seen, the cyber faces look really good this year.

I wish they kept the simple callout for pitches. I don't like seeing my swing feedback, but I miss having the red/blue for strikes/balls when I turn it off.

I don't really care about the radio show one way or the other, but it seemed well done for the part I listened to.

Gameplay felt really good. It's going to take me a few games to adjust to the new graphics.

# 194 Redskinsfan26 @ 04/02/15 01:53 AM

It's probably already been said, but I really like the fact that you can earn cards for DD just by playing regular old exhibition games. 2k, Madden, and Fifa should all implement this.

# 195 LastActionHero @ 04/02/15 02:05 AM

Ok first impressions here we go.

Almost everyone has said it but the two things that you notice right away is the beautiful lighting and how much better the fielding works. It finally is coming to a point where you really have the feeling you're stick skills really make a difference. It's more challenging and so much more fun this year. This all combined with smoother transitions and more animations AND the long awaited cutoff button makes this "alone" putchase worthy imo.

The lighting combined with the shadows changing during the season really gives the stadiums a unique look every other time and makes me wanna try out every stadion every different month and time

oh yeah thanks for giving us more starting times. Much requested feature of mine.

Ok before I make this way too long I'll point out some other things I noticed:

-Balls hang less, linedrives that used to get caught because of too much hang time are now hits!
-Directional hitting is great, I was getting high pitches one at bat so I tilted the cam up and boom he threw another high pitch and I hit it over the fence. Felt great.
-Grass and dirt look much improved (still hoping we get the 3d rendered grass during at bats and while pithing in '16) and the dirt drying out makes it all more vibrant.
-The camera doesn't follow all the foul balls anymore which is a good thing. Small things like this keep the pace going but there is still enough to enjoy if you're not a button basher

-I like the hidden pitch selection that you can call up with R2. I wish we could have this while pitching as well!
-The new camera cuts really enhance the broadcast feel, together with split screen and the more player emotions the presentation game has gone up.
-The new minor league stadiums are cool!
-The menus are slick and snappy.
-I've never been a licensed equipment guy but man does it look good and ads to the experience.

Some things I didn't like.

-I'm still seeing players morphing and tags through players. The last couple of years they said they've been working on this aspect but it still happens too many times to my liking. Hopefully next year if they implement HumanIK this will finally be a thing of the past.
-Again no quick counts option for live games
-Pure Analog batting taken out. I must say I'm not hating the new way too much and it has some advantages, like deciding to make a contact swing last second, but I'd rather still have it in.

Ok that's it for now.

Again great job SCEA, thanks for letting me show up way too tired at work.

# 196 Smallville102001 @ 04/02/15 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by GWPump23


	Hmmm... 10-games in & the camera hasn't followed a foul ball into the stands? I hear that fans will catch foul balls, but I haven't witnessed this? The pitch... The swing... Foul ball leaves the screen... Announcer "Ball hit down the line & into the crowd"... Pause, then crowd sound like they're reacting to an incoming souvenir... AND... Camera hasn't left me during any of this? I check the reply & the fans gather & stand up to catch the ball, but the replay ends just before the ball reaches their extended arms??? NOT complaining here, I'm loving this title (always do)... maybe this is an attempt to speed games along? Just seems to contradict what I've read & actually seen during the Twitch broadcasts... And, yes... I'm using "Broadcast" presentation (broadcast offensive & defensive camera views too) & not "fast play" Am I missing something? -GW-

I noticed this last year has while but I think it is worse this year. It sucks not seeing the foul balls to because when you hit a ball hard and far its nice to see just how close it was to being a HR or a double had the ball been fair.

# 197 dazzelle @ 04/02/15 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by erod550


	Disappointed that catchers still have superhuman reaction speed on little choppers in front of the plate. It's been a problem the last 2 or 3 years and hasn't changed this year. No catcher should be able to field a chopper out in front of the plate and tag the batter before he gets two steps out of the box, especially a left-handed batter. That just should not happen ever, and it already happened within the first 4 games I played. Was one of my biggest peeves from previous years and it's still there. :\

Been one of my biggest annoyances in MLB TS and thought it was finally going to be fixed after it was mentioned in one of the streams but sadly its still the same.

I just got the crushing trophy and now that the ps4 takes a picture when you earn it i have a picture of the catcher in front of the hitter, the hitter got tagged out by running into the back of the catcher.
Catcher was up and had his mask off before the batter finished his follow thru.

# 198 Blazzen @ 04/02/15 07:43 AM

The game is just down right excellent. I've been playing on default "legend" and I've had some varied games. I've won 10-7, I had a perfect game thrown against me, I've lost 11-1, I've won close games like a 4-2 contest against the pirates last night.

One of the biggest things I noticed is the variance between baserunner speed. Slow guys actually feel slow now and you can take your time on infield plays. Fast guys are FAST and pressure the defense. Excellent change widening the speed gap between players.

Just an excellent all around game. I really only play baseball and football games and my god the difference between The Show and the Football game we get every year is just night and day.

"A" grade for the Show. 9/10 if not 10/10. Bravo!

# 199 Hilman11 @ 04/02/15 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by CaseIH


	Don't know about stats and franchise mode yet as I haven't got into it, but did not like having sveral different Spring training ballparks to play in, as I did notice that there was only 1 for Cactus and 1 for Florida, that's sucks, but I can live with it, even though Im one who play all my spring games.

I've been playing my spring training games in the minor league parks. Lots of variety there.

# 200 BuckeyeBoyd @ 04/02/15 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Hilman11


	I've been playing my spring training games in the minor league parks. Lots of variety there.

I love playing in the minor league parks. I miss playing in the old parks. I must must have played half my games in the old parks--especially Crosley Field.

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