http://www.operationsports.com/feature.php?id=995MLB10 The Show Hardcore Fact Sheet
The long awaited Home Run Derby® leads the deep features list in MLB 10 The Show
for PS3. Fully implemented in the season modes and available as a stand
alone feature, Home Run Derby follows the current MLB rules and flow.
The MLB®All-Star Futures Game™ will also be available within
season modes in its correct timeframe (just before the Home Run Derby),
as well as fully functional online leagues.
Additional new features for the PS3 game include “Catcher Mode,” the ability to call the game as the catcher, select pitches, and be the ultimate field general, just like Joe Mauer. MLB 10 The Show will also offer daytime transitional lighting, a newly added “Movie Maker”
menu giving the user the ability to select multiple replays to add to
and edit a single movie, and 11 new stadiums. Five new Minor League
stadiums will be introduced, as well as a selection of classic parks
available on the PS3 for the first time including Forbes Field, Crosley Field, The Polo Grounds, Shibe Park, Sportsman Park, and Griffith Staduim.
Online multiplayer has vastly improved this year to bring more of
that competitive fire out amongst friends. First and foremost, the
game will detect and respond better to adverse network conditions and
bandwidth has been reduced to help the speed and flow of online
gameplay. Along with the core online league play, where gamers
can customize leagues including choosing players, teams, and length of
schedule, MLB 10 The Show will now offer fullyfunctional
online season leagues! The new online season leagues will save
anddisplay MLB Player stats, track player energy, allow for
trades/injuries, and offer 40-manroster functionality. Alongside this
will be weekly live roster updates, available every week throughout the
entire MLB season, trackingroster changes, addition of new MLB players
(with correct attributes), and player attribute updates to reflect hot
and cold streaks.
Lastly, The Show will offer the ability to view every
game you've ever played online, complete with opponents, box scores,
and game logs. There is simply no better place to turn up the smacktalk
and settle a little baseball rivalry than playing it out online in The
Show The gameplay in The Show has been enhanced considerably with improved logic,
animations and presentations resulting in a wider variety of hit types
(including more choppers), improved ground ball friction, improved run
down logic, and upgrades to the Throwing Meter, which will
reflect each player’s arm strength based on attributes. The ground ball
friction will provide more realistic bounces and ground balls getting
by the corner infielders when hit down either foul line allowing for
extra bases when the ball rattles around in the left and right field
corners. Ball collision improvements now enable the ball to bounce off
of any part of the batter's body and take the correct trajectory after
impact. If you dive for a ball and miss it, the ball can be smothered,
kicked, and deflected, all outcomes following real life ball physics.
Comebackers to the mound can deflect off the
pitcher’s body who can then turn a great looking 1-6-3 double play. We
have also added the always popular 3-6-3 double play, ability to rob
HRs, dives, sliding catch plays, tumbles, rolls, over running bases,
getting caught on a pick-off move when leaning the wrong way, base
runner line drive reactions, multiple levels of check swings, and
umpire reviews of HRs hit down the foul lines (they can get
reversed!)—all new aspects of the gameplay those not only looks great,
but feel right.
MLB 10 The Show once again raises the overall level of detail and realism from customizable fan chants, to jumbotron animations, to crowd atmosphere. Not
to be outdone, stadium ambiance will be improved with the addition of
HR/splash counters, fireworks, steam, noisemakers, towels, thunder
sticks, crowd reaching over the rails, and crowd detail, such as
interaction with vendors and placing Ks. Mascots are also available for
all teams and each will show off signature moves throughout the game.
The popular “Road to The Show” mode returns with version
4.0 featuring the addition of two new interactive training modes, new
settings, and new presentations. Interactive training will consist of a
set of mini-games designed to improve a player’s fielding and pitching
ability, adding to last year's introduction of batting and base running
training. In Road to The Show users will also have the new
Game Watch and Game Completion options which allow the player to set
how much of the game they wish to view. “Franchise Mode” also returns to the game, including the 40-man roster, salary arbitration, waiver transactions and September call-ups.
Due to hit stores in March 2010, just in time for Spring Training, as
the only officially licensed first party videogame exclusively for the
PlayStation®3 (PS3™), PlayStation®2, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), and
the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) go, MLB 10 The Show is prepared to deliver a one-of-a-kind experience for all fans, new and old.
NEW FEATURES IN MLB 10 THE SHOW
- All-Star Break (includes Home Run Derby® and MLB® All-Star Futures Game™) (PS3) – The long-awaited return of Home Run Derby will take place in MLB 10 The Show for PS3. Fully implemented in our season modes and available as a stand-alone mode, Home Run Derby follows the MLB rules and flow. The MLB® All-Star Futures Game™
will also be available within season modes in its correct timeframe
(just before the HR Derby). See if your Road to The Show player is
invited to either the Home Run Derby or the Futures Game!
- Catcher Calling the Game (PS3) –
The catcher will play a bigger role in season modes, Road to The Show,
and exhibition games. Thecatcher will give a sequence of signs and
users will have the ability to change theirindicator.Specifically for
Road to The Show, the feature will allow a catcher to calling the game.
This featurewill give a new level of control to the catcher where he
will have responsibility to selectpitches and position himself to block
balls that are in the dirt or wild. Catcher in RTTS has its own new camera view
- Online Gameplay Improvements (PS3) –
This year, the online gameplay experience has been improved a great
deal as the game will detect and respond better to adverse network
conditions along with reduced bandwidth to help the speed and flow of
online gameplay.
- User Controlled Pick-offs (PS3) –
Want to surprise a base runner with a quick move or lull him to sleep?
The new pickoff mechanism will now allow users to choose from a quick, casual, or deceptive pick-off
type. In exhibition, season, and Road to The Show modes, you have the
ability to decide which move you want to make as a pitcher. As a base
runner in Road to The Show you now have to pick up on the pitcher’s
move or get thrown out leaning!
- Custom Music, Fan Yells, and Chants – New to The Show this
year, users can now assign music or a recording to an entire team, not
just a player. Edit tracks to assign batter walk-up music or record
your own voice and assign it to play for the team or player during the
situation of your choice.
- Movie Maker (PS3) – Newly added is
the Movie Maker menu within the Pause Menu. This will give the userthe
ability to select up to ten replays to add to a single movie and do all
their editing fromthis menu. The user will now be able to start
recording their movie on a newly createdtimeline and then pause their
movie, choosing different camera angles of theirplays.
- New Stadiums (PS3) – MLB 10 The Show will
offer 11 new stadiums. In addition to all current MLB stadiums, five
new Minor League venues are available, as well as classics parks now be
available on the PS3 for the first time. The classic stadiums include Forbes Field,Crosley Field, Polo Grounds, and Griffith Stadium.
- New Fielding and Pitching Training Modes/Practice Drills (PS3) – In MLB 10 The Show
users will have the ability to choose from two new interactive
training/practice modes. The additions of pitching and fielding
training sessions round out the Road to The Show training suite.
Fielding training will consist of two types of training focus
on the user's throwing with the new throw meter and focus on a
combination of throwing and decision-making. Pitching training will
have two options—Knockout and Simulated Game, both focusing on control
and accuracy, with goals provided for each session. These training
modes will extend to practice modes for both fielding and pitching and
are a perfect way to polish and improve your baseball skills in The Show!
Road to The Show Version 4.0 (PS3) – Road to The Show (RTTS) 4.0
features the additions of two new option settings; RTTS Game Watch and
RTTS Game Completion, that allow users to set how much of the game they
wish to view. With settings of All Pitches, All Fielding, Result Play,
and Off, user's will have the choice to view every pitch of the entire
game, or trim the viewing down to just the result pitch. Users will now
start their career in AA and will have to earn their spot in Spring
Training. In order to enforce good fundamental baseball, two new
systems have been implemented. The first is a mistake tracking system
that will keep tabs on how users play the game and will penalize for
throwing to the wrong base, not covering the right base for the out,
etc. The second feature is a new Green Light system that has been
implemented to reward good base stealing and penalize those that
shouldn't be stealing. If a user continues to steal once the green
light has been revoked, their playing time will diminish. Once revoked,
users will have to improve their speed and base running ability in
order to regain the green light. Finally, there is a new stat tracking
system that keeps stats for your player’s career versus every pitcher
or batter faced during the current season that can be accessed at any
time.
- Full Online Season Leagues (PS3) – Along with improvements to the traditional online leagues, MLB 10 The Show
will offer fullyfunctional online season leagues! The new online season
leagues will save anddisplay MLB Player stats, track player energy,
allow for trades/injuries, and offer 40-manroster functionality.
- Weekly Live Roster – An updated
live roster will be available every week throughout the entire season.
Included in the update will be all roster changes, addition of new MLB
players (with correct attributes), and player attribute updates to
reflect hot and cold streaks.
- 1-30 Player Season Modes (PS3) – Because
roster control is an integral part of Franchise Mode, giving the user
the ability tocontrol one or all 30 teams is now essential to the mode.
To do this, the user has the option to select how many teams (or all
teams) they wish to control rightfrom the start of their franchise or
season.
- New Camera System (PS3) – MLB 10 The Show is
set to raise the bar for sports gaming and offer the most robust and
realisticcamera system available. Camera positioning will make you
double takeand make sure you’re not watching a live MLB telecast.This includes an all new broadcast fielding camera as an option
- Real-Time Presentations (PS3) – MLB 10 The Show
has boosted the number of overall animations by capturing more than
1,250 new gameplay animations, more than 1,000 new presentation
animations, and more than 400 personalized pitcher and batter
animations. To accompany this upgraded experience, The Show introduces a new broadcast camera for fielding that will make you feel like you're watching a live telecast.
- Stadium Realism and Experience (PS3) – As the leading MLB experience, MLB 10 The Show
takes pride in the detailsoffering daytime transitionallighting,
similar to our day to night transitional lighting. Notice the sun
position and length of shadows as the 1:00pm first pitch reaches the
afternoon. All players on field will be shown in real-time; this goes
for dugout and bullpen players. Not to be outdone, stadium ambiance
will be improved with the addition of HR/splash counters, fireworks,
steam, noisemakers, towels, thunder sticks, working digital and analog clocks, crowd reaching over the rails, and crowd detail, such as interaction with vendors and placing K signs.
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