The off-speed pitches will have intricate motions that are designed to replicate what’s happening on the mound. A fastball will be the easiest straight up and down motion. For example, Kershaw pitching out of the wind up will have a slower release timing so you’ll have to sit at the top a little bit longer than a pitcher throwing from out of the stretch.Įach pitch will have its own gesture. Again, each pitcher has a distinct pitch timing and motion. Once you hit the 12 o’clock position, there’s a release mechanic in which you must pull the right stick back down to where you placed that initial arrow. Green is good, yellow means slow down, and red means you’re failing. There’s also dynamically colored feedback to help you with timing as well. There are two gears that will start to close in to help you identify the timing. Regardless of the motion, every pitch will finish at the 12 o’clock position. So while a fastball will have the same gesture motion (up and down), the speed at which it is performed will change from pitcher to pitcher.
You’ll perform this same gesture using the right stick and you’ll need to do it at the same speed, which correlates to the motion of the pitcher on the mound. Each pitch type has a distinct motion that needs to be performed at the same speed as the preview. The next thing you’ll see is a preview of the pitch motion. This is important when finishing your pitch motion. Using your left stick, you’ll move your pitch arrow and circle left or right in relation to the ball placement within the zone. But it definitely drew comparisons to NBA 2K which uses a similar mechanic (and was largely hated by the community).įor those who didn’t get to play around with the mechanic, the recent stream gave us a look as to how it will work. I, unfortunately, didn’t get invited so I have no idea how it actually works. Those who were invited into the recent Technical Alpha got to play with the new Pinpoint Pitching mechanic but, of course, no one was able to share their opinion on it. It’s a difficulty vs reward balance that players will have to weigh. In other words, Pinpoint Pitching is a high skill cap mechanic that rewards players with great control over the R stick. If all three are performed correctly, you’ll generate a perfect pitch with very, very high accuracy.
This motion will be rated on a GRD system: Gesture Performance, Release Timing and Direction of Release. PInpoint Pitching combines a little bit of the Meter and Analog pitching functions along with a new specific gesture motion that you’ll perform with the R stick. With the revamped PAR (Perfect Accuracy Region) - which is designed to give players a better idea as to where their intended pitch will land in the strike zone - Pinpoint Pitching will give them the best result if performed accurately. Pinpoint Pitching is the most challenging of the three mechanics, but also the most rewarding as it can result in the most accurate pitches.
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