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@kingdutch_psn said in Night games - Too dark:

I’m playing the PS5 version in 4K, I’ve noticed in the night games everything is a lot darker. Sometimes it looks like some stadium lights went out. Is there a HDR setting I’m missing in the game, or is this just how it is? Show 20 wasn’t this bad and my TV settings are fine, I have a Sony Bravia. Anyone notice this?

Yup, you're spot on. It's been like that for years. It's just weird. Last year Citi Field in the outfield look like if you weren't an avid baseball fan and played the video game you would think the team in real life didn't pay their lighting bill for night games. It was completely dark in the bleachers. This year a bit better but now they put light in the top deck in LF which I have no reason why (lmao) it's always dim there (check the images online) but the RF porch which is always lit for night games is dark.

Same goes for Oracle Park. RF bleachers dark. Everything from LF to LF center to center fine but to RF dark. It's something about RF they like making dark for night games. So now Yankee Stadium and Petco Park RF stands is lit now their LF bleachers is dark which doesn't correspond with their real life counterparts. I just don't get it. You have all the time in the world research(which it shouldn't be difficult even if you have internet) and implement this for diehard fans who watch these teams consistently and emulate their favorite teams (roster updates, Franchise, etc.). Like I said, completely weird. You would think in the world of developing and simulation sports this would be a minuscule task.

I think for many of the known stadiums the lighting got better for night games compared to last year where certain stadiums like Citi Field, Yankee and Reds stadium looked eerily dark especially in the outfield. But that still isn't an excuse. You have pictures all over the internet...I mean you have exclusive rights with Major League Baseball to render their ballparks. You mean to tell me developers can't even look at night games on TV and transfer that knowledge over to a video game? Is rendering lighting in a game that difficult? I understand maybe trying to make the background dark to probably make the players on the field graphically pop but the graphics will do so anyway for night games if you used real life lighting. It just simple things such as lighting that make you wonder. There is no mentioning of classic stadiums like Ebbets Field, Tiger Stadium, Municipal, Three River Stadium. Create a Stadium is a bummer, even if they took three years to develop. I just don't think there is no care really for the visuals but only DD, Franchise and RTTS. We get new accessories but those should be a given and added years ago.

I say what the heck I want to say. And no it's not "incredible." But because you're an Xbox gamer everything looks great cuz you got an actual game. If you look at the lighting for different stadiums in MLB the Show it's nothing remotely like the actual games. But this is supposed to be simulation right? What can be more difficult than looking at stock photos or any live games and applying it to a video game? You know how many years people were complaining about only that? Like C'mon, at least make it look like there's a conservative effort.

@kingdutch_psn said in Lighting:

I agree. Especially in the bleachers and upper deck in many of the ballparks there’s almost no lighting. I’m playing on PS5 in 4K HDR. It’s been like this for years and this year it only seems worse. How do the fans in the bleachers even see their hot dogs??

What's so funny is it has nothing to with HDR or the processed rendering of a game. It's SIMPLY not paying or giving the slightest bit of attention or care to something that is seen every two games of series for over 50 years: NIGHT GAMES. The proper lighting should be fixed, signed, sealed and delivered if not in an updated patch or by the start of the next game. How do you make the stands that dark and call it simulation is beyond me. Are there any Twins fans playing as the Twins on the Show see the night games at Target Field? Bro.. it's completely pitch black...like seriously. It's one thing to say you're complaining about lighting and it's another to see that. As Twins fans how do you take that seriously especially for game players who slave over Franchise Mode and treat their franchise team like the real thing?

It can't be dimming the bleachers light to make it easier for the batters to see because there are some stadiums where the seats are brightly lit like bleachers behind the LF wall at Camden Yards.

This is what got me...the bleachers in LF are well lit like the real Camden but if you look at Petco in San Diego where the seats in LF are similar to that of Camden... it's dark. Now Petco Park, compared to what it is was for years, is the place to be. Why? Because of the most electrifying guy in the game today...MLB The Show's COVER ATHLETE FTJ. How is it that Camden is almost on point but the stadium that is hot in the ratings right now where your cover athlete plays looks so dark. Go look at Minute Maid it's ridiculously dark for night games--and this is a team that made it to two WS.

@ptfri217_psn said in Lack of Developers in the Forum:

@collin_sds_psn said in Lack of Developers in the Forum:

I read almost everything.

Bless your soul! I’m new to these forums and man oh man... It’s worse out here than teaching evals from a Covid semester. May be done after I’m finished traveling cause for a gamer, it’s neither entertaining nor useful. Sorry you gotta read this man.

There's always these types.

@benevides401_psn said in Almost no change in the last 8 years:

They literally just put out the same game every single year, and I keep buying it because I love baseball and want updated rosters. But there needs to be some competition to force Sony to make a better game. You can play mlb the show 14 and there really isn't a big difference all the way up to 22. Some of the game modes are pretty cool, but gameplay wise they just collect your $60 and re release the same game every year.

And all they have to do is watch the games on TV and mimic the real game to upgrade. They do own the exclusive gaming rights of MLB. It just doesn't make sense that you can't have multiple motion capture sessions of new and exciting defensive plays in the diamond, outfield, behind the plate ready for the following season release. There are so many routines to copy from 50 years of baseball let alone the past 10 years to better the game. Think of it, when the catcher gets a pop up in the the show they either go back to home plate or go back to the dugout. The catcher never picks up the face mask when going back to the plate or the dugout. They leave the mask in the spot they dropped it. Make a cut scene where the catcher at least bend over before the next batter or from high view show the catcher walk back to the dugout with a mask in hand. Simple things. Simple things.

Some of these things should have already been added.