Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?
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Do any other analog online players feel like it’s totally changed in the last couple of weeks? I was killing it and now I’m lucky if I get 3 hits in a game.
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No. I do not use pure analog.
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@xmartiiniix_xbl said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Do any other analog online players feel like it’s totally changed in the last couple of weeks? I was killing it and now I’m lucky if I get 3 hits in a game.
Its totally fine for me, get realistic results hitting on Legend like a real man.
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@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@xmartiiniix_xbl said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Do any other analog online players feel like it’s totally changed in the last couple of weeks? I was killing it and now I’m lucky if I get 3 hits in a game.
Its totally fine for me, get realistic results hitting on Legend like a real man.
Josh, until you play online you will remain ignorant. Hitting on legend offline is like hitting on all-star or low tier hof online DD. It’s a lot harder then legend offline. Plenty of us who know the game just as well as you do. Plenty of great players who would destroy you and I promise you are not as good as you think and we all know how good you think you are. I respect that you use stride analog and I use it too but playing online DD is a different beast. If you are Canadian your ignorance is astounding. I am Canadian and I’ve humbled myself to realize these Yankees boys know their game and there are some [censored] good players who you can tell play real baseball year round their whole lives. Until you play online you are the noob who doesn’t know his place. If you are gonna brag make a video or something otherwise you just sound like some cracked out part-timer with some serious Rob Ford vibes. Get over yourself Man. -
@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@xmartiiniix_xbl said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Do any other analog online players feel like it’s totally changed in the last couple of weeks? I was killing it and now I’m lucky if I get 3 hits in a game.
Its totally fine for me, get realistic results hitting on Legend like a real man.
Josh, until you play online you will remain ignorant. Hitting on legend offline is like hitting on all-star or low tier hof online DD. It’s a lot harder then legend offline. Plenty of us who know the game just as well as you do. Plenty of great players who would destroy you and I promise you are not as good as you think and we all know how good you think you are. I respect that you use stride analog and I use it too but playing online DD is a different beast. If you are Canadian your ignorance is astounding. I am Canadian and I’ve humbled myself to realize these Yankees boys know their game and there are some [censored] good players who you can tell play real baseball year round their whole lives. Until you play online you are the noob who doesn’t know his place. If you are gonna brag make a video or something otherwise you just sound like some cracked out part-timer with some serious Rob Ford vibes. Get over yourself Man.haha Rob Ford vide, how dare you. Here's why online DD stuff is noobish, now I haven't played online but isn't there a default settings for all players to make the playing field is even?..so I'm guessing the pitch speeds for fastballs and offspeed is at default 5?. See to me that's way too slow so that's why it will be too easy for me..basically a fastball will seem like a changeup to me. Legend at pitch speeds max gives you .4 to .5 seconds to react so basically like in RL, that's the pace I wanna play at not at a snail's pace.
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@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@xmartiiniix_xbl said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Do any other analog online players feel like it’s totally changed in the last couple of weeks? I was killing it and now I’m lucky if I get 3 hits in a game.
Its totally fine for me, get realistic results hitting on Legend like a real man.
Josh, until you play online you will remain ignorant. Hitting on legend offline is like hitting on all-star or low tier hof online DD. It’s a lot harder then legend offline. Plenty of us who know the game just as well as you do. Plenty of great players who would destroy you and I promise you are not as good as you think and we all know how good you think you are. I respect that you use stride analog and I use it too but playing online DD is a different beast. If you are Canadian your ignorance is astounding. I am Canadian and I’ve humbled myself to realize these Yankees boys know their game and there are some [censored] good players who you can tell play real baseball year round their whole lives. Until you play online you are the noob who doesn’t know his place. If you are gonna brag make a video or something otherwise you just sound like some cracked out part-timer with some serious Rob Ford vibes. Get over yourself Man.haha Rob Ford vide, how dare you. Here's why online DD stuff is noobish, now I haven't played online but isn't there a default settings for all players to make the playing field is even?..so I'm guessing the pitch speeds for fastballs and offspeed is at default 5?. See to me that's way too slow so that's why it will be too easy for me..basically a fastball will seem like a changeup to me. Legend at pitch speeds max gives you .4 to .5 seconds to react so basically like in RL, that's the pace I wanna play at not at a snail's pace.
The pitch speeds on HOF DD are faster than legend default plus you have human opponents who can dot consistently which makes all the difference. But nvm that because you still haven’t shown any proof that you are the beast you say you are. You are a noob to reality. Come to DD and you will see...
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I used to use pure analog but stopped once they took stride timing out. Don’t think it’s back in, or is it? Obviously, loading a stride then having to literally “wait back” on off speed pitches simulated an at bat better than clicking a button, and provided a greater challenge. That said, I mostly play online these days and use PCI+button as it gives me the most control which is best for competitive play (ps please don’t hate me)
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MLB the Show is an arcade game, and while there are styles better suited to simulation, it still relies on user input, so it will never be a true simulation. If you’re interest in realism and simulation, you should check out OOTP. I got burned out from offline the Show since all my players had similar stats and tendencies (as I was controlling them), and have been satisfying my franchise itch on OOTP, while using the Show to compete against others online. I enjoy both games for what they offer!
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@xmartiiniix_xbl said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Do any other analog online players feel like it’s totally changed in the last couple of weeks? I was killing it and now I’m lucky if I get 3 hits in a game.
I'm not sure if I am ready to put it on a change in the game yet, but I have definitely felt that for some reason over the last few days my hitting has really gone south. I am having a much harder time hitting my spots with my analog stick stroke than I was before and just not making any contact. Again, not sure if it's the game or just my eyes, but it's something.
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@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@xmartiiniix_xbl said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Do any other analog online players feel like it’s totally changed in the last couple of weeks? I was killing it and now I’m lucky if I get 3 hits in a game.
Its totally fine for me, get realistic results hitting on Legend like a real man.
Josh, until you play online you will remain ignorant. Hitting on legend offline is like hitting on all-star or low tier hof online DD. It’s a lot harder then legend offline. Plenty of us who know the game just as well as you do. Plenty of great players who would destroy you and I promise you are not as good as you think and we all know how good you think you are. I respect that you use stride analog and I use it too but playing online DD is a different beast. If you are Canadian your ignorance is astounding. I am Canadian and I’ve humbled myself to realize these Yankees boys know their game and there are some [censored] good players who you can tell play real baseball year round their whole lives. Until you play online you are the noob who doesn’t know his place. If you are gonna brag make a video or something otherwise you just sound like some cracked out part-timer with some serious Rob Ford vibes. Get over yourself Man.haha Rob Ford vide, how dare you. Here's why online DD stuff is noobish, now I haven't played online but isn't there a default settings for all players to make the playing field is even?..so I'm guessing the pitch speeds for fastballs and offspeed is at default 5?. See to me that's way too slow so that's why it will be too easy for me..basically a fastball will seem like a changeup to me. Legend at pitch speeds max gives you .4 to .5 seconds to react so basically like in RL, that's the pace I wanna play at not at a snail's pace.
The pitch speeds on HOF DD are faster than legend default plus you have human opponents who can dot consistently which makes all the difference. But nvm that because you still haven’t shown any proof that you are the beast you say you are. You are a noob to reality. Come to DD and you will see...
I don't play anything at default dude, my sliders are work of many hours of tweaking and I play at Legend maxed out pitch speeds.
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@ptfri217_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
MLB the Show is an arcade game, and while there are styles better suited to simulation, it still relies on user input, so it will never be a true simulation. If you’re interest in realism and simulation, you should check out OOTP. I got burned out from offline the Show since all my players had similar stats and tendencies (as I was controlling them), and have been satisfying my franchise itch on OOTP, while using the Show to compete against others online. I enjoy both games for what they offer!
Yeah OOTP would be a pure simulation but isn't it basically a manage only game?. I wanna play baseball not manage a team so my only choice is The Show, so I make it as realistic as possible...so I play at the hardest level with Sliders that's been tested for a month and with Analog Stride cause that's the only method of of hitting that simulates swinging a bat in the game. Then I just play an entire season with spring training on Broadcast with every pitch of the season and do 30 Team control so the CPU doesn't make weird trades and stuff...I only play with my Jays and let the rest of the league play and I intervene if something silly happens.
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@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@xmartiiniix_xbl said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Do any other analog online players feel like it’s totally changed in the last couple of weeks? I was killing it and now I’m lucky if I get 3 hits in a game.
Its totally fine for me, get realistic results hitting on Legend like a real man.
Josh, until you play online you will remain ignorant. Hitting on legend offline is like hitting on all-star or low tier hof online DD. It’s a lot harder then legend offline. Plenty of us who know the game just as well as you do. Plenty of great players who would destroy you and I promise you are not as good as you think and we all know how good you think you are. I respect that you use stride analog and I use it too but playing online DD is a different beast. If you are Canadian your ignorance is astounding. I am Canadian and I’ve humbled myself to realize these Yankees boys know their game and there are some [censored] good players who you can tell play real baseball year round their whole lives. Until you play online you are the noob who doesn’t know his place. If you are gonna brag make a video or something otherwise you just sound like some cracked out part-timer with some serious Rob Ford vibes. Get over yourself Man.haha Rob Ford vide, how dare you. Here's why online DD stuff is noobish, now I haven't played online but isn't there a default settings for all players to make the playing field is even?..so I'm guessing the pitch speeds for fastballs and offspeed is at default 5?. See to me that's way too slow so that's why it will be too easy for me..basically a fastball will seem like a changeup to me. Legend at pitch speeds max gives you .4 to .5 seconds to react so basically like in RL, that's the pace I wanna play at not at a snail's pace.
The pitch speeds on HOF DD are faster than legend default plus you have human opponents who can dot consistently which makes all the difference. But nvm that because you still haven’t shown any proof that you are the beast you say you are. You are a noob to reality. Come to DD and you will see...
I don't play anything at default dude, my sliders are work of many hours of tweaking and I play at Legend maxed out pitch speeds.
Buddy that’s HOF dd. You’d also be facing the greatest pitchers of all time with funky deliveries, tons of movement, and pin point location. The CPU strategy is weak no matter the sliders. CPU sucks at tunnelling pitches, exploiting and finding holes in swings and dotting consistently. If you want a walk against humans better be prepared to foul off a lot of pitches instead of CPU randomly missing spots. Again, you need to face human competition which you are obviously afraid to do cause it will shatter your reality; of which you are a noob.
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@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@xmartiiniix_xbl said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Do any other analog online players feel like it’s totally changed in the last couple of weeks? I was killing it and now I’m lucky if I get 3 hits in a game.
Its totally fine for me, get realistic results hitting on Legend like a real man.
Josh, until you play online you will remain ignorant. Hitting on legend offline is like hitting on all-star or low tier hof online DD. It’s a lot harder then legend offline. Plenty of us who know the game just as well as you do. Plenty of great players who would destroy you and I promise you are not as good as you think and we all know how good you think you are. I respect that you use stride analog and I use it too but playing online DD is a different beast. If you are Canadian your ignorance is astounding. I am Canadian and I’ve humbled myself to realize these Yankees boys know their game and there are some [censored] good players who you can tell play real baseball year round their whole lives. Until you play online you are the noob who doesn’t know his place. If you are gonna brag make a video or something otherwise you just sound like some cracked out part-timer with some serious Rob Ford vibes. Get over yourself Man.haha Rob Ford vide, how dare you. Here's why online DD stuff is noobish, now I haven't played online but isn't there a default settings for all players to make the playing field is even?..so I'm guessing the pitch speeds for fastballs and offspeed is at default 5?. See to me that's way too slow so that's why it will be too easy for me..basically a fastball will seem like a changeup to me. Legend at pitch speeds max gives you .4 to .5 seconds to react so basically like in RL, that's the pace I wanna play at not at a snail's pace.
The pitch speeds on HOF DD are faster than legend default plus you have human opponents who can dot consistently which makes all the difference. But nvm that because you still haven’t shown any proof that you are the beast you say you are. You are a noob to reality. Come to DD and you will see...
I don't play anything at default dude, my sliders are work of many hours of tweaking and I play at Legend maxed out pitch speeds.
Buddy that’s HOF dd. You’d also be facing the greatest pitchers of all time with funky deliveries, tons of movement, and pin point location. The CPU strategy is weak no matter the sliders. CPU sucks at tunnelling pitches, exploiting and finding holes in swings and dotting consistently. If you want a walk against humans better be prepared to foul off a lot of pitches instead of CPU randomly missing spots. Again, you need to face human competition which you are obviously afraid to do cause it will shatter your reality; of which you are a noob.
And that's exactly the reason why I would never ever want to play online...its basically what can players do to exploit the game's physics..no thank you...I like a game of baseball, not a game of arcade superhero human baseball.
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@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@the_fools_sip_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@xmartiiniix_xbl said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Do any other analog online players feel like it’s totally changed in the last couple of weeks? I was killing it and now I’m lucky if I get 3 hits in a game.
Its totally fine for me, get realistic results hitting on Legend like a real man.
Josh, until you play online you will remain ignorant. Hitting on legend offline is like hitting on all-star or low tier hof online DD. It’s a lot harder then legend offline. Plenty of us who know the game just as well as you do. Plenty of great players who would destroy you and I promise you are not as good as you think and we all know how good you think you are. I respect that you use stride analog and I use it too but playing online DD is a different beast. If you are Canadian your ignorance is astounding. I am Canadian and I’ve humbled myself to realize these Yankees boys know their game and there are some [censored] good players who you can tell play real baseball year round their whole lives. Until you play online you are the noob who doesn’t know his place. If you are gonna brag make a video or something otherwise you just sound like some cracked out part-timer with some serious Rob Ford vibes. Get over yourself Man.haha Rob Ford vide, how dare you. Here's why online DD stuff is noobish, now I haven't played online but isn't there a default settings for all players to make the playing field is even?..so I'm guessing the pitch speeds for fastballs and offspeed is at default 5?. See to me that's way too slow so that's why it will be too easy for me..basically a fastball will seem like a changeup to me. Legend at pitch speeds max gives you .4 to .5 seconds to react so basically like in RL, that's the pace I wanna play at not at a snail's pace.
The pitch speeds on HOF DD are faster than legend default plus you have human opponents who can dot consistently which makes all the difference. But nvm that because you still haven’t shown any proof that you are the beast you say you are. You are a noob to reality. Come to DD and you will see...
I don't play anything at default dude, my sliders are work of many hours of tweaking and I play at Legend maxed out pitch speeds.
Buddy that’s HOF dd. You’d also be facing the greatest pitchers of all time with funky deliveries, tons of movement, and pin point location. The CPU strategy is weak no matter the sliders. CPU sucks at tunnelling pitches, exploiting and finding holes in swings and dotting consistently. If you want a walk against humans better be prepared to foul off a lot of pitches instead of CPU randomly missing spots. Again, you need to face human competition which you are obviously afraid to do cause it will shatter your reality; of which you are a noob.
And that's exactly the reason why I would never ever want to play online...its basically what can players do to exploit the game's physics..no thank you...I like a game of baseball, not a game of arcade superhero human baseball.
Again you wouldn’t know cause you don’t actually have any experience of what a real baseball game is because you’d rather demote yourself to playing a weak a22 CPU that makes you feel super human rather than your fellow brothers who exploit your weaknesses and force you to play a real game of ball. What makes a real baseball game is the human vs human component or the pitcher vs batter mind games. Sorry bud but you are a noob. Let us know when you become a man and play some real ball facing the greats instead of the likes of Chris Bassit and minor league call ups. It’s easy to respect your joy of real MLB teams and likenesses but when it comes to bragging on a forum when you’ve never faced human competition just makes you a NOOB to reality. Rob Ford would be proud.
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@hikes83_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Pure Analog Stride hitting is always the way to go when playing The Show, it seems more natural and doesn't involve aiming at a target like its Duck Hunt or button mashing X like its a baseball game from the 90s. Its an actual swing of a baseball bat but I'm sure you know that already, its just that causal PCI noobs don't understand that. But to get to your question..no, once you practice for a while and play about 20 games you'll get a feel for the hitting and you'll realize when you hit a high fly ball or hit into a double play its your fault...don't be discourage like a casual noob, just keep practicing and take swings and it will all come together.
We all know you think your method is the best Josh... if you step in the box in real life, timing is the only thing that matters right? Doesn’t matter what plane you swing the bat, as long as the timing is perfect.
Yeah that’s very realistic...
Now if you said Zone with analog stride, I’d say you have a point but pure analog is the least realistic method
This right here. I used zone hitting with analog stride. I feel the most comfortable doing that ever since MVP Baseball introduced analog hitting on PS2 years ago, although theirs was more like directional hitting with analog stride. The combination of the PCI with the down up swing motion of the right analog is not the easiest but it is the most rewarding and (for me) the best way to time the pitches. I recommend to anyone looking for a rewarding challenge, but stay away from analog flick. That makes you only go up for normal swings, left or right for contact swings, and down and then up for power swings, which can mess with your timing having to switch. Analog stride will let you pick normal, power or contact swing using the face buttons pre-pitch while using the same analog motion for all three.
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@ptfri217_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
I used to use pure analog but stopped once they took stride timing out. Don’t think it’s back in, or is it? Obviously, loading a stride then having to literally “wait back” on off speed pitches simulated an at bat better than clicking a button, and provided a greater challenge. That said, I mostly play online these days and use PCI+button as it gives me the most control which is best for competitive play (ps please don’t hate me)
You can choose between analog flick and analog stride. You can also do zone hitting with analog swinging instead of buttons. That’s what I use, zone hitting with analog stride swinging. You get the PCI but still get to swing with the down-up motion of the right stick.
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Wow that’s awesome! Thanks for the info! May have to switch to zone plus analog stride swinging. I’m wondering if there’s a boost for timing the stride. If I remember correctly, perfect stride and perfect swing time was OP back in the day. This may give more control than just perfect swing timing on buttons, or at least it should (it used to).
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@ptfri217_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Wow that’s awesome! Thanks for the info! May have to switch to zone plus analog stride swinging. I’m wondering if there’s a boost for timing the stride. If I remember correctly, perfect stride and perfect swing time was OP back in the day. This may give more control than just perfect swing timing on buttons, or at least it should (it used to).
It definitely feels like you have more control and it also feels rewarding when you get that perfect/perfect. Mentally for me I get the same feeling I get when making solid contact in real baseball lol. Also, if you’re gonna use my suggested set up, you can use the face buttons any time before each pitch to pre-select your swing type. It’s a normal swing by default, but you can choose power swing by holding X on Xbox or square on PS, contact swing by holding B on Xbox or circle on PS, and you can switch back to a normal swing by holding A on Xbox or X on PS. You only need to hold it down for a second and you’ll feel a quick vibration feedback to let you know it switched, and then you take the same analog swing motion regardless of the swing type you choose. Only thing to remember is that it switches back to a normal swing by default for every pitch, so if you wanna go to a contact or power swing again you have to do it for each pitch. You can also switch it up anytime before you swing if you change your mind. Definitely try it out in practice mode to get used to the feeling of it all but it’ll come quickly and naturally. As for the PCI, that’s all preference but I find that altitude works best for me with the color set to orange (weird choice, I know). I always keep the outer PCI off and I try to play without the inner PCI too but switch it on and off depending on how well I’m seeing the ball.
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@car-ramrod-18_xbl said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@hikes83_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Pure Analog Stride hitting is always the way to go when playing The Show, it seems more natural and doesn't involve aiming at a target like its Duck Hunt or button mashing X like its a baseball game from the 90s. Its an actual swing of a baseball bat but I'm sure you know that already, its just that causal PCI noobs don't understand that. But to get to your question..no, once you practice for a while and play about 20 games you'll get a feel for the hitting and you'll realize when you hit a high fly ball or hit into a double play its your fault...don't be discourage like a casual noob, just keep practicing and take swings and it will all come together.
We all know you think your method is the best Josh... if you step in the box in real life, timing is the only thing that matters right? Doesn’t matter what plane you swing the bat, as long as the timing is perfect.
Yeah that’s very realistic...
Now if you said Zone with analog stride, I’d say you have a point but pure analog is the least realistic method
This right here. I used zone hitting with analog stride. I feel the most comfortable doing that ever since MVP Baseball introduced analog hitting on PS2 years ago, although theirs was more like directional hitting with analog stride. The combination of the PCI with the down up swing motion of the right analog is not the easiest but it is the most rewarding and (for me) the best way to time the pitches. I recommend to anyone looking for a rewarding challenge, but stay away from analog flick. That makes you only go up for normal swings, left or right for contact swings, and down and then up for power swings, which can mess with your timing having to switch. Analog stride will let you pick normal, power or contact swing using the face buttons pre-pitch while using the same analog motion for all three.
The stride with buttons is dependant on the CPU; always late; with stride I can start earlier if I'm struggling. It's the way to go.
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@yankblan_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@car-ramrod-18_xbl said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@hikes83_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
@joshjays44_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:
Pure Analog Stride hitting is always the way to go when playing The Show, it seems more natural and doesn't involve aiming at a target like its Duck Hunt or button mashing X like its a baseball game from the 90s. Its an actual swing of a baseball bat but I'm sure you know that already, its just that causal PCI noobs don't understand that. But to get to your question..no, once you practice for a while and play about 20 games you'll get a feel for the hitting and you'll realize when you hit a high fly ball or hit into a double play its your fault...don't be discourage like a casual noob, just keep practicing and take swings and it will all come together.
We all know you think your method is the best Josh... if you step in the box in real life, timing is the only thing that matters right? Doesn’t matter what plane you swing the bat, as long as the timing is perfect.
Yeah that’s very realistic...
Now if you said Zone with analog stride, I’d say you have a point but pure analog is the least realistic method
This right here. I used zone hitting with analog stride. I feel the most comfortable doing that ever since MVP Baseball introduced analog hitting on PS2 years ago, although theirs was more like directional hitting with analog stride. The combination of the PCI with the down up swing motion of the right analog is not the easiest but it is the most rewarding and (for me) the best way to time the pitches. I recommend to anyone looking for a rewarding challenge, but stay away from analog flick. That makes you only go up for normal swings, left or right for contact swings, and down and then up for power swings, which can mess with your timing having to switch. Analog stride will let you pick normal, power or contact swing using the face buttons pre-pitch while using the same analog motion for all three.
The stride with buttons is dependant on the CPU; always late; with stride I can start earlier if I'm struggling. It's the way to go.
Not sure what you mean by stride with buttons. I agree with you on the stride swing. It’s all I use with the zone hitting. I’m not a fan of the button swings at all. For some reason that just feels cheap and very 90’s lol.
