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 Truly the best baseball experience to date!!! | ||||||
| Baseball fans, you no longer need to cringe everytime you hear EA Sports and our favorite pasttime in the same sentence. Gone are the days of the lowly (once decent) Triple Play series. Last years offering, MVP 2003, ushered in a new era in baseball games; this game takes it to another, never before seen, level. Simply put, this game is amazing. First off hitting is easy. Not necessarily easy in the sense of being able to launch a small, white ball over the wall everytime, but easy to understand. The strike zone is divided into nine sections and you simply need to swing towards the section that the ball is pitched in. Of course that's not so easy as the ball comes whizzing in at 95 mph with some nasty spin on it. The hitting system makes perfect sense and really puts you in the eyes of a Major League batter! Pitching is also intuitive, yet challenging. You choose your pitch, hold down the appropriate button until the meter fills, and tap the button again as it goes through the green accuracy zone. It feels very natural and is fairly easy to execute, but like real life, if you choose the wrong pitch or location... Fielding in this game is the best of any game I've ever played. Hold the button to throw to the appropriate base. Hold it longer for more power, hold it too long and the throw could go sailing into the stands. It's a perfect risk/reward system. Of course better fielders are less likely to miscue than some 2nd year outfielder turned shortstop. Among the other details included in this game are intentional walks, sliding to either side of the bag, barreling over the catcher at home, the ability to charge the mound EVERY time you are hit, and countless others that I don't have the time or space to put in here. There is an incredibly deep dynasty mode, several jerseys, players, and stadiums to unlock. (The old time stadiums are absolutely breathtaking!) Don't get caught in a rundown; run out and pick this one up today! If you love baseball games then this will NOT disappoint you! | ||||||
 Not perfect but worth buying | ||||||
| The best baseball game I've played. Overall, the gameplay is good and the animation and player movement is fluid. But if your favorite player is left handed, don't count on beating your friend in a homerun challenge. For some reason, left handed hitters can only hit it 430ft. or so and powerful right handers like Pujols can hit it 560ft. The dynasty mode now includes AA and AAA but I can't say that I really care. You don't actually play those games and the novelty of calling players up and sending them down wears off. It just becomes a waste of time having to sign minor leaguers in the off season. Unfortunately MVP doesn't have an Owner mode like Madden where you can move your team, adjust ticket prices, build stadiums, etc. Still I'd recommend it. | ||||||
| GREATEST BASEBALL GAME EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||||||
| This is the best baseball game ever invented!! The reality level is the most ive ever seen, the graphic enhancement is unbelievable, the player control is sWEET!, the pitching is fun, and the added bonuses are the best. i give this game five stars easily hands down. if your looking for a realistic yet very fun baseball game go out and buy MVP Baseball 2004! | ||||||
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