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MLB 13: The Show - Fact Sheet of Awesome
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heh, I did the same right after watching that video. Fool me ten times....
ConradCervantes
Banned
Don't fix what ain't broken.
So I was at a MLB ball game a few years ago, third row up from the away team's dugout; so this guy comes up to the plate; ball, strike, ball; so now he swings (and misses) and I guess he let the bat go by accident. He absolutely cracks this woman 3 or 4 to the left of me in the face with the bat, like it was bad. Anyway, this lady gets nailed in the face, the management comes down and starts talking to this lady, anyway this teenager comes down and he has the gull to try and ask the lady for the bad. Anyway the crowd started booing him and it was the best thing ever. What kind of asshole would do that?
Also, it was funny because later on in the game he swung too hard again and did the exact same thing except it went into the dugout and hit who knows how many people, and the crowd busted his chops for it.
mugoldeneagle03
Member
Most importantly, are Online games actually playable this year? Going on year 3-4 that it's been horribly laggy
ttocs
Member
What mode do you guys usually play in The Show? In the past I have mainly played Road to the Show but I think I want to play a franchise type game. I'm wondering if it's possible to play a franchise but have a player created character in it? Anyone know?
Keinu - I grew up around baseball so the rules are second nature to me but even so I think they are pretty basic and easy to learn. If you can follow a baseball game and know what is going on, you'll be fine. Things like infield fly rules and third strike bunts may confuse you at first but once you see one, you'll understand. The Show is a sim game though. If you are new to baseball, they have very easy difficulties that can ease you into it. Don't try to start out at normal because hitting a pitcher's pitches can be rough at first. It's a great game though and I really enjoy it, but I'm a bit of a baseball nut myself.
Keinu - I grew up around baseball so the rules are second nature to me but even so I think they are pretty basic and easy to learn. If you can follow a baseball game and know what is going on, you'll be fine. Things like infield fly rules and third strike bunts may confuse you at first but once you see one, you'll understand. The Show is a sim game though. If you are new to baseball, they have very easy difficulties that can ease you into it. Don't try to start out at normal because hitting a pitcher's pitches can be rough at first. It's a great game though and I really enjoy it, but I'm a bit of a baseball nut myself.
The Elite
BOSS
Road to the Show during the month of March and the sporadically the rest of the year while I focus on Franchise.
This year I plan to devote a lot of time to developing a team in Diamond Dynasty and I can see myself playing some of The Show Live content as well.
It's known to be a difficult game but they've slowed down the ball speed this year and added a Beginner's Mode plus 120 "Smart" tutorials. This may be the best one to jump into as a beginner.
ttocs
Member
Do you know anything about a created character being able to play in a franchise/dynasty mode? I thought I heard something about it but I'm not certain.
ConradCervantes
Banned
Probably Josh Hamilton. He's well known for his hatred of baseball fans and drunken slip ups.
The Elite
BOSS
I'm not sure, I always use knights roster for Franchise mode. I guess you can but I'm not sure if you can port over a RTTS character with stats intact. Haven't tried that.
ttocs
Member
Isn't Hamilton like stone cold sober now? He had his issues in the beginning but I thought that was over.
He was "stone cold sober" when he murdered that fan too.
No, if I remember correctly it was an Astro and I think he was black but I'm not sure.
I had a lot of fun with Road to the Show last year until I was traded from my Nats to the Mariners.
Is there a way to prevent that from happening?
To the Mariners? I'm sorry man, nobody deserves that.
ttocs
Member
I had a lot of fun with Road to the Show last year until I was traded from my Nats to the Mariners.
Is there a way to prevent that from happening?
I was with my O's for a while until I ended up with the Yankees. That really killed it for me for a while.
And I don't think there is anything you can do about that. It's a baseball sim and you are owned by the team and if they can fill a spot on the roster that is better than having you on the team, they will.
Right... guys... someone please help me. I'm in the UK and I know nothing about Baseball (except that it's a bit like Rounders - I kid, I kid). I picked up MLB12 when I was over in the states, having heard a lot about how good it is. I'm always on the lookout for a local multiplayer game that isn't PES/FIFA. I've tried to play it, but what the hell am I doing?
If I play it goes a bit like this:
My turn: strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike
CPU: Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Until I'm all out.
I really wanted to love this. I wanted my friends to love it, but it seems brutally hard - and not knowing about Baseball I don't think the game gives me enough feedback on where I'm going wrong.
How do you make it work?
If I play it goes a bit like this:
My turn: strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike
CPU: Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Until I'm all out.
I really wanted to love this. I wanted my friends to love it, but it seems brutally hard - and not knowing about Baseball I don't think the game gives me enough feedback on where I'm going wrong.
How do you make it work?
The Elite
BOSS
Have you played around with the sliders? Adjusted the difficult setting? Pay special attention to the pitch speed, contact and batters eye sliders. Turn them up for Human/Player and down for CPU.
The beginner's mode in 13 looks like it is made for you as well.
Hmmm. I totally get that from a sim perspective, but it kills the fantasy.
Maybe this year I'll start on a random team, that way I won't feel burned by getting traded.
Just try and get you're timing down, learn how to utilize your pitches better, especially learn where to place pitches. Should be tons of tutorials and Youtube vids online.
backbreaker65
Banned
Hitting blog also with some tips with a new feature called beginner mode, which teaches you timing and ball recognition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ochFV9Ym6dc
Sounds like you need MLB 13's new beginner mode
Basically go into practice mode, play as pitcher but camera in batter mode. Throw fastballs in the middle. Then vary location, then mixing in changeups. Recognizing the difference between the fastball and the changeup is the key (at least I think it is) because it's 2 different speeds.
Once you understand those 2 and understood the timing for those, the curve's (and there's a lot of them) are around the change-up's timing, but the release point and end point will be different. Curve's more about location, either it's in or it's out. Same with sliders.
If you want to get in the game faster, use guess pitch. it helps a lot, by eliminating(or guessing it correctly) at least one of the pitches in their arsenal, you will generally know whats coming and adapt accordingly.
turnbuckle
Member
I've found the online to be very good since 2010. You run into some bad connections here and there, but I can't blame Sony for people not having a good and WIRED internet connection.
So is Matt Vasgersian still in it this year? I hope he sticks around and they got rid of Eric Karros.
Shouldn't happen this year with the improved ball physics.
Duane Cunningham
Member
COOL. That's what I was waiting for to make up my mind.
Jeez Dave Campbell was only in it for... one year? Wasn't Rex Hudler in it before that?
storybook77
Member
endresults
Member
Isn't Lyons the guy that took off his pants during the game to supposedly get dirt out of his pants?
Apparently yes. I don't know him, so when I googled him it's the first thing that came up.
Thanks for the replies.
What control system do most people tend to use? I think when I booted it up I had three options, and I started with the most casual mode (I sucked) and then later changed it to the middle setting (sucked more). I did watch a few YouTube vids to try and get into it but the bloke playing looked like he was batting with pulling back and pushing forwards the analogue stick, when I'd been using just a button press. I got the idea that the first two modes might just be redundant, maybe like how the simple driving settings are to most people who play Forza?
What control system do most people tend to use? I think when I booted it up I had three options, and I started with the most casual mode (I sucked) and then later changed it to the middle setting (sucked more). I did watch a few YouTube vids to try and get into it but the bloke playing looked like he was batting with pulling back and pushing forwards the analogue stick, when I'd been using just a button press. I got the idea that the first two modes might just be redundant, maybe like how the simple driving settings are to most people who play Forza?
turnbuckle
Member
Rex was replaced by Karros. Campbell's been in there since at least 07
The Elite
BOSS
I switch to both button pitching and hitting now. Can't be bothered with the analog shit anymore. It's all about timing, not trying to sim a swing with my thumbs.
3rdamention
Member
Textures look great, animation is great, crowd looks great, but DAT TURF looks awful. What is going on with that?
NEOPARADIGM
Banned
No, Dave has been there the whole time (well, until now). Karros replaced Hudler.
sorry, beaten
The Elite
BOSS
Bad representation of Toronto's crappy artificial turf. It's one of the worst looking in the game.
I got MLB'12 on day 1 for Vita at a Midnight release at Gamestop. I felt so silly going in there and there was like 3 other much more popular games with midnight releases that night.
They were all lining up for SFxTekken, and I think Mass Effect 3, and I think there was one more..don't remember. And there I am at midnight for MLB Vita and the sales person is like "oh...ya uh...ya we did get that... uh here!"
I guess they'll get me again for MLB '13! Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed more gameplay videos.
What's crazy is I have a ps3 and I agree the ps3 version is the better buy of course...something about playing it on the handheld makes me all happy.
They were all lining up for SFxTekken, and I think Mass Effect 3, and I think there was one more..don't remember. And there I am at midnight for MLB Vita and the sales person is like "oh...ya uh...ya we did get that... uh here!"
I guess they'll get me again for MLB '13! Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed more gameplay videos.
What's crazy is I have a ps3 and I agree the ps3 version is the better buy of course...something about playing it on the handheld makes me all happy.
the androgyne
Member
Shouldn't be a concern.. despite being fully japanese you can get by easily with help from www.spiritstranslation.com.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Are the features lacking from the Vita version a big deal? I've never played an MLB game and was considering this iteration for portable baseball.
The Frankman
Banned
Is this the official thread for MLB 13?
Crappy representation of crappy turf? Cool.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
I don't understand why there is even lag online.
Especially considering pitching and hitting occur at two exclusive instances. The player on one end inputs the command pitch and parameters, this gets sent to the other player and then generated on his end. He hits the ball in real time. Considering lag is less of an issue for defense.
Once the pitcher throws the ball, you don't control it mid-air. So why does the other player need to react to the pitched ball in real time with lag? Makes no sense.
Especially considering pitching and hitting occur at two exclusive instances. The player on one end inputs the command pitch and parameters, this gets sent to the other player and then generated on his end. He hits the ball in real time. Considering lag is less of an issue for defense.
Once the pitcher throws the ball, you don't control it mid-air. So why does the other player need to react to the pitched ball in real time with lag? Makes no sense.
The Frankman
Banned
No servers, peer-to-peer connection.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
Yeah. I claim to be no expert on how these things work. But once you input the data and commands for the pitch, the game determines what kind of pitch will be thrown. Couldn't they send that data wholesale to the other user, and generate the pitch outcome in real time on his console. He reacts to said pitch, hits the ball - this data is sent to the other player and they match up in real time again once the ball is put in play.
I don't know, I just always though pitching and hitting were exclusive elements that could be done separately.
storybook77
Member
You aren't taking things like base stealing or pickoff attempts into account though.
Square Triangle
Member
I'm ready for MLB 13.
That is, I'm ready for another GAF league to fall apart before April.
That is, I'm ready for another GAF league to fall apart before April.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Either way I can't wait to get this. Looks to be amazing; debating on picking up the bundle.
The Frankman
Banned
I'm ready for Ryan Braun to be banned this year also!
...
do you want to be the reason the terrorists win? No?
then pick the bundle up! Hell with the bump Vita will get off the PS4 announcement sell that version for 30-35 bucks, call it a day!
Liquidsnake
Banned
Thank you.
The Elite
BOSS
Don't have time to post it all here right now but check out the OS forums:
http://www.operationsports.com/forums/mlb-show/
Some guy was selling the Vita version on eBay over the weekend and a few people bought it. Pitch speed is almost too slow this time around.