Super Mega Baseball 4 is Out! Here's How I'm Playing the Game! (93 ego)

[@travisfletcher6342]

I'm a few hours in and the game isn't nearly as bad as the subreddit might lead some to believe, but the part I am most excited about is watching more Longball HQ videos

[@longballhq3128]

The game's fun, it's a solid patch away from a great upgrade. Let's go dude! I'll keep cooking 'em out for you

[@travisfletcher6342]

@@longballhq3128 In a non DH game you can't change the pinch hitter position on the offensive side of the ball. Like if my LF bats 8th and my P ninth, so I pinch hit for the P with my backup LF and want the next P to take the place of the 8th hole hitting LF, I can't make that change until I'm switiching sides of the ball and the game prompts me to select the batter I'm subbing out. I think the reason behind this is position players can now pitch, so it won't let me make the 8 hole guy the "pitcher" if I'm not down by a lot of runs. This is a small thing but in the very first exhibition game I played I pinch hit for the P and went on a scoring spree so long that I had to go to the bathroom when it was over. When I got back I spammed my select button and never subbed out the 8 hole guy. Extremely minor thing? Absolutely. Entirely my fault? Also yes. Should it be fixed as a quality of life thing? I think so. Is this far too long of a comment? Yes it is. Hotel? Trivago.

[@longballhq3128]

@@travisfletcher6342 You're very passionate, lol. I think I followed you. I never used to bother double switching until the defense came out anyway.

[@reyquezada9062]

The game crashes when you win the championship in franchise mode. Hasn't been fixed since early access. Keep up the good content bro.

[@troy4692]

Just started playing Super Mega Baseball 4. My first SMB experience. Having fun, but I'm sooo bad at pitching. I'm just terrible at aiming. I've been practicing. Getting a little better, but I'm still egregious. Been playing pennant races online. Quite fun.

[@longballhq3128]

There's a learning curve for sure. Check out my tips vid for smb3 if you want to. Only difference now is you position your aim with the last arrow, rather than aiming at the receiving spot of the catcher. They patched that halfway through smb3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqbdd6Kkr9Jld8k&ab_channel=LongballHQ

[@samprasadchalla9874]

How do you hit the ball

[@Atf13311]

Your so good you would destroy me 😂

[@longballhq3128]

haha, appreciate that

[@tg3899]

That's what she said.

[@gaben_watch]

Mets fans seeing Tom Glavine struggle in the first inning to a team named after an aquatic animal: Oh no

[@zanjose9806]

thoughts on the age changes? at first it was a little annoying just cuz im used to the young ones ive come to like and build teams around getting older. But now im liking it much more and appreciate that it is a completely different game. Grace Loopinovich is super old now, Irene fast at 38, oof. just to name a few Ui changes for buttons and stuff were yucky but literally only took me one day to get used to it.

[@longballhq3128]

You're ahead of me on the UI, I kinda hate it honestly, but I'll adapt if I have to. Grace being old is a bummer, she was a favorite, Irene too. Obviously some players are going to be older though. It's for sure weird that we have guys aging backwards, but waddayagonnado. At least Longballo is younger now, can't hate that

[@Kmwallace90]

man I tried playing on 90 ego, such a struggle lmfao. So far I get competitive games on 80 ego idk how you play at 93. much respect man

[@longballhq3128]

Thanks bro. I have a lot of practice, haha

[@oskarjung6738]

​@@longballhq3128 Do you play with a controller or mouse? Cause it looks very difficult for me with a controller.

[@josephangel5962]

I play on switch and its tough. There's an option where either your favor visuals where it looks decent but the lag and what not stinks or you favor performance where it runs like smb3 for the most part but looks like crap

[@longballhq3128]

That's rough man, sorry about that. The switch is probably not the most native hardware for it, had to sacrifice something to run it

[@AllisonIsLivid]

I only know a few of your legends, but I suppose when I can pick the game up myself, I'll have plenty of time to get to know the players I don't. Which team starts with Dave Stieb? I've never pitched a perfect game in SMB3 (had close ones though!) and I now need to achieve that goal with Stieb in SMB4 because it's just necessary.

[@AllisonIsLivid]

Also, is Mo Vaughn in there anywhere? I miss that guy.

[@longballhq3128]

No Mo, unfortunately. Stieb is on the Rakers. I also only know some of the Legends, but it's a good gateway to learn about more of them. I like it.

[@zanjose9806]

brett saberhagen is also in the game, so itll be fun facing him with stieb's team, and also morris, f that guy

[@1nonly.eclipze]

Whats the strategy behind the out of position second baseman?

[@longballhq3128]

I talk about that in the video 4:32 basically he's my best option, with Knoblach needing a day off the fielding penalty is the only issue with out of position guys, so brett still has over 50 fielding rating at 2nd base

[@CapySlappy1]

Hey, just a heads up there’s a glitch where if you win the championship right now, it causes the game to crash and not save the progress of the game you just won. I wasn’t sure if you were playing ahead and recording behind, but I wanted to let you know so it doesn’t become an issue!

[@longballhq3128]

sheesh, I played this game today, but I'll watch out for that, thanks for the heads up

[@CapySlappy1]

@@longballhq3128 yeah I gave up after I won a championship deciding game 3 times so time to wait for the patch 😥

[@longballhq3128]

@@CapySlappy1 dang bro, I assume it was franchise and you want to go to the next year? I mean, congrats on the triple trophy I guess

[@richardhall8914]

I won the championship and had no glitch on Xbox ❗

[@CapySlappy1]

@@richardhall8914 ok that’s good to know that it’s only a pc issue right now and not a console one

[@ashleybecker7723]

The strike zone is def higher...used to be bottom of mound now its at the top of the mound

[@wilo_2961]

i think that's mostly because of the camera change, not because they made the zone taller

[@longballhq3128]

yeah, I think the camera is what did it, either way it's an adjustment

[@CaptainCanuck1975]

I've been really enjoying the game so far. My only complaints are with the UI and some of the sound effects.

[@longballhq3128]

Yeah, I'm mostly on that page as well

[@pamsuepmnos2371]

Did Marco DeMarco get traded? Why's Jefe in center for the grapplers?

[@longballhq3128]

He was tense, so they benched him

[@heyitswesty]

I just found this video I know it's old but I started playing this game when it hit gamepass on xbox and you can see the last pitch location if you hit a button on the RT menu while at bat. I don't even know if you still play but the feature is in the game.

[@longballhq3128]

maybe it got added, that's cool

[@Coffee_KingTV]

My sweet spot is batting ego at 99 base running 99 fielding 90 and pitching 65

[@longballhq3128]

you're wiiiiiiiiiild

[@thedooder500]

Do you move the hitting reticle when you’re batting as the pitch is coming?

[@longballhq3128]

yes, it doesn't really move itself at high ego

[@-MDCCLXXVI-]

Do you switch between contact and power swing? I’m trying to decide whether to go power swing every time.

[@longballhq3128]

I usually go power until 2 strikes

[@Colliholic]

Any thoughts on batting? I feel like contact hitting is weaker? Balls are hit a lot softer imo

[@longballhq3128]

I could see that. It hasn't stood out to me too much yet. It seems like power might have been nerfed across the board, so if a guy is low power and they swing contact, so no power from a charge either, then yeah might be a weaker hit. I think you're right

[@brennantmi5063]

As a Grappler fan they look gutted to me. The issue was never the rubber so Black is whatever, and the lineup lost their good traits, Kelby Losing her power and Bambino's RBI Man going to Bad Jumps. They then slapped a level 3 wiffer on Demarco. They get nothing trait wise on offense to make up for it wile every other is oozing with great hitter traits. I guess we are lucky Godsendez also did not get a negative. What really hurts is the Grapplers were really top heavy before, relying on the Star bats to score runs in between hit less innings from the rear of the lineup. It was debatable if the star bats were good enough to carry before and since they have fallen back and everyone else has jumped forward I think it is safe to say the Grapplers are a Duds and Duds team.

[@brennantmi5063]

Oh yeah, for franchise their dozen of young talent is now super old and development funds don't do anything for them anymore.

[@longballhq3128]

What do you mean Kelby lost her power? I gotta disagree on Black, she's a crucial addition; they did have a weak rotation. They're not one of the better teams though, I can agree with you on that

[@brennantmi5063]

@@longballhq3128 I was referring to Kelby's Power vs righties that would get her to 99 power most of the time.

[@longballhq3128]

@@brennantmi5063 oh gotcha, yeah that's a blow, but she's rid of rbi dud at least

[@wilo_2961]

I am happy Eduardo and Zoom got buffed especially with Zoom having little hack because I could not hit with them before. I played a season Zoom finished below .100 avg and was top 10 in Ks despite only playing 13 games. I do feel like the changes balanced out, they’re much more of a pitching team now

[@LordJudgement1818]

thanks for the gaming. you should finish the season with the beevolves though. then go ham on this game.

[@longballhq3128]

I wish I finished too, but it just doesn't make sense right now not to ride the hype of the new release. It's not impossible that I'll revisit the Beewolves down the line

[@Alex-qf9js]

What platform, you playing on? I and several others have had real problems getting it to run without stutters and crashes on PC.

[@longballhq3128]

That's sucks bro, sorry it's not working for you. I hope they fix it fast so you can play. I got it on steam, I was stuttering too, but not crashing. It seems to run smooth for me with the shadows and shading turned down to medium

[@CapySlappy1]

@@longballhq3128 if you turn in fast sync in nvidia control panel and a frame limiter to 60 it fixes the issue

[@skippy6456]

you playing with two monitors? sometimes it gets fucked and you gotta alt tab in and out to fix it up

[@longballhq3128]

@@CapySlappy1 Thanks, I'll give that a shot

[@longballhq3128]

@@skippy6456 I have one monitor

[@samprasadchalla9874]

How do you hit the ball

[@King_Coop]

Any benefit/reason not to always pinch hit the pitcher?

[@longballhq3128]

because they can stay in the game and keep pitching. If they come out, they can't re-enter

[@King_Coop]

@@longballhq3128 Makes sense. Ill ended up giving it a try and saw it forced a pitching sub vs it just being a DH situation. New to the game, really appreciate you following up!

[@longballhq3128]

@@King_Coop DH is another rule set where the pitcher isn't in the batting order and the DH slot is available instead. No problem!

[@skippy6456]

I hate that too man. the gigantic grey box when you R2

[@longballhq3128]

YES. So annoying, honestly. Surely they'll change it soon.

[@TheZioba]

You're so good at batting and hitting the ball with good contact. How do you do that? Right now I'm in a Pennant Race, palying at 70 - 73 ego and I'm having a hard time putting the cursor correctly on the incoming pitch. Do you use a joystick?

[@TheZioba]

Do you use a dead zone on your joystick?

[@longballhq3128]

I just use a ps4 controller is all. I think it's practice is all

[@TheZioba]

@@longballhq3128 Thank you so much for the answer!

[@PeteyDoe]

a big part of it is anticipating where the pitch will be, like real baseball

[@baangmywaang]

I would like to see a combo league and do a shuffle draft with the old and new players

[@Gabhom9]

Do you always aim batting? Also you only use power hitting correct? Im new to this game.

[@longballhq3128]

You have to aim at higher ego. I typically use power, but I switch to contact with 2 strikes very often, for easier timing and to concentrate more on the zone

[@babum4925]

What you think about the new player models?

[@longballhq3128]

idk man I can live with them. I like some more than others. The overweight ones are a little much imo

[@Nerdybdirty]

I recently finished a short season at 85 ego going 13-3 but lost in the championship round🙄 i swear there were innings where no matter how good your pitches were, the game wouldnt let you get an out😅

[@longballhq3128]

It feels like that sometimes. gl on your next run

[@flpndrox]

This is far and away the highest ego ive yet seen for 4 on KZbin.

[@longballhq3128]

haha, lets go!

[@Lotzo]

9:50 bro Idk wth.. But when I don't record, I do good.. But when I do record I play like trash 😅😮

[@longballhq3128]

the pressure is too much 😂 We battled back though, let's go You'll adjust eventually bro

[@Lotzo]

@@longballhq3128 Ima just stick with it. I went 15-9 this pennant race week

[@richardhall8914]

Every one wants MLB style baseball I say quit whining it is a great game in ego ⚾👍

[@longballhq3128]

I like it

[@omnigeek]

Dude I struggle with 35 ego

[@morrispryce4198]

how do u change ego

[@longballhq3128]

from any menu: options button on your controller and select it from the pop up on the right side

[@jmaster2930]

the game is so fun! but damn tht ego😩 i only play at 45 lmao

[@longballhq3128]

Haha, I worked my way up. Try 46, I bet you can handle it Yes it is fun!

[@BurningIce1313]

I like the game and all but so many weird things that seem worse then smb3

[@longballhq3128]

yeah, I'm a bit surprised at some of the changes. I have a theory that metalhead might listen to the vocal minority sometimes, not realizing it, like making the UI huge. Idk who asked for that, they apparently thought it was a thing.

[@babum4925]

They nerfed bambino😭😭

[@longballhq3128]

ik bro, I feel you

[@MisterTeal]

SMB2 is peak

[@longballhq3128]

That's a hot take. I loved it too, but I think 3 improved on it and 4 adds some new stuff on top

[@mnmfreak502]

I despise the batting in this game. Pitch is high in the zone? Pop up. Pitch is to the right? It goes right. Pitch is down? It's a ground ball. Pitch is to the left? Guess where it's going. Every. Single. Time. But when I hit the batter in the head with a 375 mph fast ball he hits a line drive home run. It's so predictable and just ruins the game. I think this game has a better use as toilet paper.

[@longballhq3128]

I find the batting very fair. You have to adjust your aim and timing depending on pitch location, just like in real life.

[@mnmfreak502]

@@longballhq3128 I was playing on switch which didn't help. Poor frames. Harder to control. I hated it.

[@longballhq3128]

that sucks. it's for sure not built for switch unfortunately @@mnmfreak502

[@georgenewsome1757]

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