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Editorial Review: Product Description: MODEL- 14607 VENDOR- ELECTRONICS ARTS FEATURES- MVP Baseball 2003 This is a whole new ballgame! Knock the dirt off your cleats in the first season of MVP Baseball, the all-new, reengineered baseball franchise from EA SPORTS. MVP Baseball 2003 incorporates a new pitcher-batter interface-giving players the opportunity to be more strategic with their pitching and batting-and an all-new, picture- in-picture, on-base view, to create added dimension and strategy for base running. Realistic stadiums and highly detailed player models and animations bring the baseball action to life like never before. Knock it out of the park with MVP Baseball 2003, the most authentic baseball experience on the field! * Powerful new pitcher-batter interface: Own the game from the mound with Total Pitch Control, and dominate at the plate with Full Swing Control. * Run the bases like a pro: Innovative picture-in-picture base running gives you unique on-base views and total runner control. * Build a world champion: Step deep into the role of general management and take your game to the next level with a completely new Franchise mode. * Design input from the pros: The Players Council features Major League Baseball stars Eric Chavez, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Trot Nixon, and Todd Pratt. * Head-to-Head Home Run Showdown: Battle your friends in this head-on duel for distance. * EA SPORTS Trax: Includes new music from Burning Brides, Sum 41, Taproot, The Exies, The Donnas, and more. Amazon.com Review: In baseball, if a pitcher starts losing control the manager yanks him. It's a smart thing to do because baseball tends to flow in streaks. This is why EA Sports came out to the mound and pulled the ailing Triple Playseries. Never a critical favorite, it was too arcade and not enough simulation. Triple Play just wasn't performing, and fans were beginning to notice what the other baseball sims were doing better (almost everything). So rookie MVP 2003 trots out to the mound for its day in the sun. It's a step in the right direction. MVP looks great. The field, players, and animations are all smooth and realistic looking. Instead of placing the camera directly behind the batter in the default view, they've gone for a slightly tilted camera that better simulates a batter's view of the ball screaming in. The only graphical glitch is that the batting box is too small visually. Curves don't break correctly, change-ups don't drop enough, and this just plain looks weird. However, the mini-diamond that shows the situation (including how much of a lead the opposing team's runners take) is just about perfect. Rather than simply demanding you keep your eye on the ball, MVP has a batting box that predicts where the ball will go. This makes hitting too easy and pitching a bit too hard. A pitcher has too little time to get the ball icon within the strike zone. Other sims do it better. The other problem is with fielding. You have decent control (they avoided World Series Baseball's rookie error) but changing players is neither quick nor easy and the game forces your player to dive when you don't want to. Tossing it back to base isn't as intuitive or smooth as it should be either. You'll get used to it but, again, other games do it much better. MVP is a strong debut but it just isn't a contender for the Hall of Fame.--Andrew S. Bub Pros:
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 Rating: - Best Baseball Game Ever!!!This game is really cool. You can practically do anything that you see in a real baseball game. I also like the pitching meter which is so easy to learn and how the controller vibrates when you are close to pitching a ball. This is to all the people who want to try out this game: rent it first to see if the game is good then buy it right away if you do like it. ~Peace Out~ Rating: - awesome gamethis game lets you do almost everything. the only bad things about the game is that when you are on defense, somtimes your players would dive when you dont want them too. it doesnt happen all the time, just about once a game, which can lead to extra bases for the hitter. another thing is that most of the hitters have the same batting stance. the goods of the game. full swing control. you can do it all, hit a ground ball, line drive, bunt, hit to right field or left or center, or just swing for the ... Read More Rating:  - Awesome!!!!This game is great. The controls are easy and it is so realistic. The graphics are good, but only for the players. The crowd look like moving cardboard. Other than that it is a great game. Rating: - Best baseball game to buy!If your looking for a baseball game to buy this is the one. I've played allstar baseball, mlb, and world series baseball 2k3 and they don't even compare to mvp 2003. The franchise mode is great. The pitching meter is very easy to learn and use. The graphics are great and this is a must buy mvp 2003 is hours of fun. Rating: - Best Baseball Game In AgesBut, people are leaving out major, dumb things EA messed up on. First off, the fielding. You can play with manual fielding, but you CANNOT manually dive for balls or climb the fence to rob homeruns. To me, that is flat-out pitiful. I get the feeling, they will change that for the next version. Also, as someone mentioned, the ball hardly ever goes into the fielder's glove, yet you still make the catch. Graphically, that's a downside. It really looks ridiculous when it hits their head & such. ... Read More |
