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MLB The Show 17 Video - Gameplay Improvements & Animations Expansion

03:08 PM - February 7, 2017 by Steve_OS

Check out the latest MLB The Show 17 video, featuring gameplay improvements and an expanded amount of animations available for this year. The video also provides more details on new ball physics, the all new Catch and Throw engine, Cat and Mouse gameplay, and the new catcher throwing meter.

Don't forget to tune into the MLB The Show 17 Twitch stream on Thursday at 5:00 PM ET, as the team gives more details.

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# 221 CBoller1331 @ 02/08/17 07:20 PM

At 27 seconds you can get a good view of a certain logo on the left field wall that may or may not give away something about presentation....

# 222 Lovesports @ 02/08/17 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CBoller1331


	At 27 seconds you can get a good view of a certain logo on the left field wall that may or may not give away something about presentation....

Yup, I saw that too. MLB Network in the house

# 223 ShowTyme15 @ 02/08/17 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by CBoller1331


	At 27 seconds you can get a good view of a certain logo on the left field wall that may or may not give away something about presentation....

The MLB Network logo was in 16 as well. This isn't new.

1:46 mark Left Center Field wall logo at Petco.

# 224 CBoller1331 @ 02/08/17 08:12 PM

Never noticed it in last years game. I guess i was just looking so hard for all the new stuff!!

# 225 Bobhead @ 02/08/17 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sandmac


	Old player models from 2010 have been an eyesore for literally years. With respect to your point, player models would most certainly have to included in even the earliest of builds -especially marketing pieces like this one. They're not going to hold those back like the high-render art elements like grass etc for later reveal.

Actually quite the contrary, graphics are almost always the last piece in any development cycle, especially in a situation where the developers are pressed for time, because:

- graphical changes require the least amount of bug/crash testing and
- you can't actually run a demo build until the core changes (mechanics, internal processes, animation triggers) are finished... that means you wouldn't even be able to produce a trailer until you get that stuff done first

It's like building a house. You wouldn't paint the walls or the furniture, put in molding and floor-tiles, or any of that cosmetic stuff, until the building is structurally sound and functional. Beams and columns, electrical outlays, floorboards and sheetrock all have to be done before you can worry about cosmetics.

# 226 WaitTilNextYear @ 02/08/17 09:44 PM

Regarding the new Humanity AI--my understanding is it forces the AI to make mistakes (be "human")--I am thinking of so many threads being started as people vent about it happening to them at inopportune times....

Might be smart to install that feature with an on/off switch. I would use it.

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Originally Posted by Adam_SDS


	We definitely checked the wall distances again this year...

The only ones I knew to be obviously wrong for sure was CF at AT&T Park which said 382 FT in '16...should be 399 FT. Also, Busch stadium was 336 FT to dead center in '16 and should be 400 FT.

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Originally Posted by CBoller1331


	I mean obviously i have no time for single base hits.....do you think i am some sort of peasant?!?! lol I guess theres just some baseball lingo we don't use in Chicago...??...ive always heard what you guys are discribing as "texas leaguers" as "duck snorts"...

Listening to Hawk Harrelson, I see...

Sometimes those duck snorts can stretch into Texas leaguers, or even cans of corn. A bit farther and you can put it on the board, yes. But when the good guys grab some bench....[total silence for 8 minutes]...he gone. Mercy.

# 227 Bobhead @ 02/08/17 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear


	Sometimes those duck snorts can stretch into Texas leaguers, or even cans of corn. A bit farther and you can put it on the board, yes. But when the good guys grab some bench....[total silence for 8 minutes]...he gone. Mercy.

LMAO this is a masterpiece

# 228 zack4070 @ 02/08/17 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CubFan23


	not sure if it was mentioned, but it looks like the bullpens have been moved, no signs of the mounds or the pitchers sitting along the wall

I heard they are going to have more removable seats there. I dont think the wall is going to almost 90 degree twice where the bullpen used to be

# 229 cutler6 @ 02/08/17 10:41 PM

At 2:14 Progressive Field logo on backstop wall is missing behind the head of Lindor.

# 230 Speedy @ 02/08/17 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by CBoller1331


	I guess theres just some baseball lingo we don't use in Chicago...??...ive always heard what you guys are discribing as "texas leaguers" as "duck snorts"...

I'm going to use duck snort as much as I can this season now.

I would love to hear this get into the commentary.

"Sale with the pitch...and Kris Bryant with the swing...oh, looks like Bogaerts or Jackie Bradley can't get there...and it falls in! Wow, what a duck snort that was."

# 231 ShowTyme15 @ 02/08/17 11:16 PM

Hopefully they added more between inning city shots or other types of cutscenes.

# 232 modernlord @ 02/09/17 12:04 AM

Many dimensions were wrong or missing O.co was missing the 330FT down right field line Nationals park was 377FT down line when it should've been 336FT also Anaheim was missing 347FT down left field line PNC park should be 379FT in left center not 325FT. Camden yards was missing the 373FT to right center also the line on top of the fence at Citi field should be orange not yellow and Safeco field the left field corner wall is straight across at 331FT and not angled like it was when they moved that little manuel scoreboard. Kauffman stadium is missing the 387FT dimensions in yellow in the gaps. That's all I can think of at the top of my head but I'm a bit of a stadium freak and I know what they all look like!!!

# 233 CBoller1331 @ 02/09/17 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear


	Listening to Hawk Harrelson, I see... Sometimes those duck snorts can stretch into Texas leaguers, or even cans of corn. A bit farther and you can put it on the board, yes. But when the good guys grab some bench....[total silence for 8 minutes]...he gone. Mercy.

Gosh, I read that whole quote in his voice and just cringed. Truly disgusting and annoying!!!....but I basically use the same baseball vocabulary he does. Wow. I am so ashamed

# 234 ShowTyme15 @ 02/09/17 12:48 AM

Went back to watch the video. noticed (at the 3:58 mark) Ken Griffey Jr. and Jackie Robinson's retired numbers are missing. Could have been an earlier build obviously. Just pointing it out in case it went missed in the stadium feedback thread.

# 235 bcruise @ 02/09/17 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear


	Regarding the new Humanity AI--my understanding is it forces the AI to make mistakes (be "human")--I am thinking of so many threads being started as people vent about it happening to them at inopportune times.... Might be smart to install that feature with an on/off switch. I would use it.

I suppose you're right, but since this only deals with the AI we wouldn't have to worry about the bickering from manual fielding guys, only auto. If a user takes the wrong angle and runs past a wall ball, that's on them.

In Millennium's breakdown of the vlog he said he got the impression that taking correct angles to the ball was going to be more important this year. If that ends up being correct, then the route a user takes to the ball on a carom will become VERY important to successful outfield play. Can't wait to see whether that's the case - it should be pretty evident right from the first time we start seeing live gameplay (i.e. tomorrow)

# 236 Smallville102001 @ 02/09/17 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BSUFAN

Don't see how. The way the game looks when we first see it ever year is basically how it ends up looking by the time the game is finished and if we were going to get new models we would most likely have seen it already.

# 237 LastActionHero @ 02/09/17 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ShowTyme15


	Hopefully they added more between inning city shots or other types of cutscenes.

Yeah, I like the one of Citi Field where you see the fans going in to the park. They should expand more on outside stadium shots if you ask me!

# 238 cable guy @ 02/09/17 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear


	Regarding the new Humanity AI--my understanding is it forces the AI to make mistakes (be "human")--I am thinking of so many threads being started as people vent about it happening to them at inopportune times.... Might be smart to install that feature with an on/off switch. I would use it. The only ones I knew to be obviously wrong for sure was CF at AT&T Park which said 382 FT in '16...should be 399 FT. Also, Busch stadium was 336 FT to dead center in '16 and should be 400 FT. Listening to Hawk Harrelson, I see... Sometimes those duck snorts can stretch into Texas leaguers, or even cans of corn. A bit farther and you can put it on the board, yes. But when the good guys grab some bench....[total silence for 8 minutes]...he gone. Mercy.

I just hope humanity based AI, is also ratings based.... which would be off the charts incredible. Good fielders, good outcomes. Bad fielders, bad and drive you insane outcomes. But a on/off option is always a good thing

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# 239 tnixen @ 02/09/17 09:39 AM

Is this where today's live stream will be?

https://www.twitch.tv/sonysandiegostudio

I just wanted to be sure

# 240 dalger21 @ 02/09/17 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by tnixen


	Is this where today's live stream will be? https://www.twitch.tv/sonysandiegostudio I just wanted to be sure

Yup, that's the spot.

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