MLB 14: The Show Fact Sheet What's Hot/Not

[nemesis04]

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how is online features a low point??? This has been the most overlooked area of the game since its inception and the last sports franchise to incorporate and online franchise. This is PS4 and PSN has been leaps and bounds improved on the PS4 compared to the PS3. PS Plus needed for online play, so it better be up to standards

He is referring to actual gameplay online. He is not putting down the additions.

[HustlinOwl]

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He is referring to actual gameplay online. He is not putting down the additions.

gameplay online is a lowpoint how does he know has he played it?

[carli10]

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Hi does anyone know the actual date mlb the show 14 is gonna be released for ps4?? Amazon says it's may 31 is that the actual date or haven't said anything yet? Thanks

[nemesis04]

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gameplay online is a lowpoint how does he know has he played it?

The jist of what he is saying is based off the Show's past performance of actual gameplay the new features will not be as special if it is not on par play wise. Its a fair statement.

[HustlinOwl]

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The jist of what he is saying is based off the Show's past performance of actual gameplay the new features will not be as special if it is not on par play wise. Its a fair statement.

oh no doubt, but 13 was not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. I can see the headaches if primarily an offline gamer and trying to make switch to online, but thats the case with all games.

[ShowTyme15]

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Hi does anyone know the actual date mlb the show 14 is gonna be released for ps4?? Amazon says it's may 31 is that the actual date or haven't said anything yet? Thanks

No one knows yet. It'll most likely be out sometime between May 6-27. Won't be the 31st as that is a Saturday. I don't think we'll find out an actual date until April.

[MrOldboy]

MLB 14: The Show Fact Sheet What's Hot/Not

oh no doubt, but 13 was not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. I can see the headaches if primarily an offline gamer and trying to make switch to online, but thats the case with all games.

If you had two people on wired connections the lag was almost imperceptible. If one person had wifi it was playable, even with both on wifi it was playable, as long as the people weren't in different countries. Most people playing online in The Show use wired connections, at least most that I encountered in DD. It's pretty easy to tell once you've seen all the scenarios.

If the net code was improved at all from last year won't be huge, just because it was pretty good in 13. There is a point where you just can't overcome the physical delay that is caused by an internet connection. You can have some predictive stuff in the net code, but even the best online games suffer some lag.

[aa2ba]

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Looking forward to creating my Tracy McGrady Sugar Land Skeeter RTTS until the OS rosters are released!!

[bwiggy33]

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For some of the people that are unhappy about Left handed infielders, they won't be included in any of the SCEA created players (draft picks), so it's really not that big of a deal. It may have taken some time away from other things but I can't imagine it taking an absurd amount of time to really impact something ground breaking for this game. I know for me the big thing is that they won't be having IF draft picks in franchise that are lefties. That would tick me off to no end.

Anyway definitely a fair list. Quick counts, player lock, and left handed infielders are stuff I will never use but there's many people out there who wanted quick counts and player lock so I totally understand them including that in the game. In fact I think those are two very big additions for the majority of the population. I don't play much RTTS at all so first person experiences are not what I enjoy. I'm also a huge sim guy so playing with quick counts is isn't something I dig at all, but I have the time to actually play full games. It's a different story for people who have families and what not going on.

For me what I was looking for in the fact sheet was exactly what Nemesis pointed out in his post. The PS4 only animations, fly ins, and then some of the improvements on both systems like CPU plate logic and whatever else. That to me is what is going to freshen up this game. It's such a fantastic game but I was starting to get to the point where I was bored of seeing the same animations, presentation, etc. The PS4 version is going to help keep me interested for a while and the best part about it is it will only be improved upon each year with the abilities of the PS4.

Also I can't stress this enough. For people who haven't played Next Gen yet, you will find out that what games can do with animations and physics is worth the upgrade alone. People look at these screenshots and nit pick little graphics things, which is fair because that's human nature. However, will you really notice the littlest details while playing? Probably not unless it's a close up view on replay. The animations and physics will make people forget about any of those little things that are slightly off. Even playing FIFA 14 (which is basically a port) has completely blown me away with gameplay. I can only imagine what better developers and more development time can do.

[jcmreds]

I'm really looking forward to player lock. Not having to build my player up from scratch is a cool option to have.

[Bengals1]

Does anyone know if you can own all of the teams in a season?

[Knight165]

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Does anyone know if you can own all of the teams in a season?

Do you mean control?
If so...yes.

M.K.
Knight165

[Aggies7]

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Good read. I couldn't agree more except I am excited for the player lock. I probably won't use it all the time, but the feature intrigues me.

[Blzer]

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I'm confused by "left-handed infielders." By that, I mean does the game stop you from switching a lefty thrower to one of those positions, like second base? I haven't tried, so I'm not sure. Or does it mean you can't create/edit a lefty thrower and assign their primary/secondary positions to one of those positions?

I actually did do this once in World Series Baseball 2K3, and they had an animation tied in for the lefty turning the double-play at second base. It was pretty cool!

[SoxFan01605]

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I'm confused by "left-handed infielders." By that, I mean does the game stop you from switching a lefty thrower to one of those positions, like second base? I haven't tried, so I'm not sure. Or does it mean you can't create/edit a lefty thrower and assign their primary/secondary positions to one of those positions?

I actually did do this once in World Series Baseball 2K3, and they had an animation tied in for the lefty turning the double-play at second base. It was pretty cool!

Up until now, the game would automatically switch the player's handedness to right if assigned one of those positions in the editor.

This also had the side effect of accidentally having players' handedness switched even if you just happened to cycle through the "illegal" positions when editing rosters-e.g. if you took your lefty RF and made him 1B, but cycled through 2B to get there, he would become a righty unless you manually went back and changed it.