Time for SDS to reset and start over
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This game’s hitting engine is not good at all. I still believe they were lying to us about the pci shrinkage because they don’t know how to fix it without breaking the game more. The gameplay is priority, but it’s kind of pathetic the graphics haven’t had an overhaul after most of us purchased $600 next gen consoles, and expecting graphics to be one of the benefits of doing that. But no, looks the same as games 10yrs old that ran on old gen consoles and the gameplay has gotten worse.
It’s time for them to reset and rebuild this game with a new hitting engine and current gen graphics. I don’t care if we have to skip a year of mlb the show but they won’t do it. It’s unethical of them to crank out the same [censored] game every year for a full price tag and see all the problems it has. It’s a broken game.
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@KoaSouljah_PSN you are asking the world for a game that releases yearly to cater to your every wish. It’s just not plausible. Game isn’t as bad as some of yall let on
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They already have. They punted the regular game to get the mobile game ready this year.
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@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS never one time did I hear him say cater to his every wish^ or even imply that. I actually heard normal requests, better graphics and better gameplay. Same thing most players in the community are asking for. Its clear as day the game is broken, all the reviews on every platform show that. Its play able. Just because something is play able doesnt mean its not broken or in need of an over haul.
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If the game played as well as 23, and didnt have all the bugs its acquired since then, people would be happier
The hitting engine itself is fine, they just need to untweak whatever they tweaked
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Ditka06_MLBTS my point still stands you can cry about the content the gameplay lack of content. It’s all the same. It’s a yearly release but let’s be honest yall will always find something to complain about. But you always have something to say so I’m not surprised by this comment.
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@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS so you are not surprised by this one comment huh, what about the thousands of other comments stating exactly the same things on Twitter, social media, Google, this forum. Do you just stick your head under a rock and then come out and say things.
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@KoaSouljah_PSN you are asking the world for a game that releases yearly to cater to your every wish. It’s just not plausible. Game isn’t as bad as some of yall let on
Asking for a significant technological upgrade to the game so that it matches multiple sports games on the market already is, in your words, "asking for the world?" Do you really believe that?
If you do, then allow me to ask you this. Precisely when -- if ever -- would you expect SDS to significantly upgrade the game?
MLB The Show desperately needs to replace RNG engine based play outcomes with physics based play outcomes. It needs to upgrade the graphics, with significant improvements needed in body object modeling and how objects interact with weather (wind and rain), and also how the ground interacts with rain. If you don't think SDS is lagging behind other game titles, then take a look at NCAA College Football 26. I own that game and believe me the quality of graphics in all those areas I discussed are significantly better than what SDS continues to put out.
Just like golf, baseball is a game of physics. The way balls are thrown, hit, react to a pitch, are all deeply ingrained into the psyche of not only players but also fans who have spent years watching the game played. Savvy baseball fans can watch a hitter contact a baseball and know within a second whether that contact is going to be an out, a single, an extra base hit, or a homer with about 90% certainty. That other 10% of the time is the case of a hit being snagged by an outstanding defensive play.
There are essentially five data points for the game to calculate to use nothing but the physics of bat to ball contact to perfectly play out in graphics how that hit performs: exit velocity, launch angle, contact angle, temperature, and wind. Of these, the temperature at game time plus the wind is known before the pitch is thrown. The other three are therefore the data inputs that must be calculated within a split fraction of a second, but modern consoles can crunch those numbers quickly enough.
By contact angle, what I mean is the angle formed by the bat, upon contact, relative to the front side of home plate. Is the bat, at contact, perfectly parallel to the front edge of the plate, or is it canted acutely or obtusely to the front edge of the plate? This contact angle not only determines the initial angular direction of the hit, but also when combined with the launch angle and exit velo, able to calculate the spin that the contact imparts on the ball. Combining this angular measure with the exit velocity and launch angle, and then measuring the influence of wind and temperature, and a nearly perfect replication of every hit can be calculated and fed to the game engine to drive how the graphics of the ball in flight are presented.
Difficulty levels can be implemented by changing the virtual size of the bat's sweet spot, with the largest area assigned to the least difficult level, and shrinking until at the highest difficulty level the sweet spot replicates the size it would be in real baseball games.
If this concept of the physics based baseball video game can be explained in a few paragraphs, don't tell me it cannot be implemented in any of today's generation of baseball video games played on today's generation of gaming consoles. It can and SDS should have done it years ago. And yet, even in MLB 26, we see example after example where it is clear that some RNG calculation is what determines the play, not hard physics. This is where SDS has failed and it is reasonable to call them out for it.
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@Ditka06_MLBTS it you ain’t parroting you are just so off course it just doesn’t make sense. Just keep commenting though as it is your right. Good luck with all that brother.
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL I appreciate how thoughtful this reply was cause this is how I figured out what bruh even said to set you guys off. You’re right, by the way, but I guess easier to build the RNG-loaded mess this game plays like sometimes instead.
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@KoaSouljah_PSN you are asking the world for a game that releases yearly to cater to your every wish. It’s just not plausible. Game isn’t as bad as some of yall let on
We somewhat understand your point. But this game is barely functional and has been like this all year, honestly. If they don't reset, they could completely break their game next year. The PS2 legacy code cannot keep doing this; it is currently breaking and will break completely. SDS should probably look out for their best interest.
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL you want to compare the only game that requires you to lineup a pci to the other sports games? I also can’t believe you said anything about the movement and gameplay of Madden 2k or fifa. 2 of those 3 is all about spamming the same moves over and over. Most of you just word vomit what others say. If this giant was super realistic most of yall wouldn’t play. You want perfect physics on pitches not every pitch is thrown at the same velocity release point and it doesn’t have the same break or rotation every pitch. You want more weather affects? What so everyone one will play a high elevation stadium in warm weather. It’s a baseball game. I mean some of yall run all switch hitters and try to find pitchers with Mets release and pitches. If it’s not one thing it’s another.
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@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS I’m not asking for my every wish. I’m asking for a game that’s not broken and has current gen graphics, but glad you’re enjoying it. You’re one of the few
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Ditka06_MLBTS my point still stands you can cry about the content the gameplay lack of content. It’s all the same. It’s a yearly release but let’s be honest yall will always find something to complain about. But you always have something to say so I’m not surprised by this comment.
Expecting improvement in a game is not crying. Why do you make excuses for a corporation?
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@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL crying is crying whether it’s for the good or bad. The whole point is it will never be enough for some of you. Your want major improvements on a yearly released game. Either play with what you got or force actual change instead of crying and hoping they do something.
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@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL crying is crying whether it’s for the good or bad. The whole point is it will never be enough for some of you. Your want major improvements on a yearly released game. Either play with what you got or force actual change instead of crying and hoping they do something.
Sounds like you are crying to be honest.
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@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL not really but we both entitled to our own opinions.
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@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL crying is crying whether it’s for the good or bad. The whole point is it will never be enough for some of you. Your want major improvements on a yearly released game. Either play with what you got or force actual change instead of crying and hoping they do something.
Oh, great, I should have read more. We found another Dev's burner. You guys are embarrassing.
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@Jacob151167_XBL lmao
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@Jacob151167_XBL sure bro you caught me
