baseball

I am extremely pleased with EA's new baseball game. I think the graphics are wonderful and the players are very life-like (at least the star players). Also, the new batting and pitching interfaces are cool and add signifant enjoyment to the game. I've always disliked the batter interface in all the other current games. I've craved something more simple and I think it's great that I could try to either pull the ball, go opposite field, pop it up or hit a grounder.

I've played last years High Heat on PS2. I enjoyed High Heat, but I like MVP Baseball better. Furthermore, I've played All-Star Baseball on N64, which I did not like at all. So, I'll really happy that I made this choice. Lastly, the announcers (Kruk and Kuip) rule, meat, but maybe I'm only saying that because these guys broadcast SF Giant games.

After playing Triple Play last year, I was looking quite forward to MVP this year. The graphics and sound are both really impressive. The gameplay is interesting, but can get boring. The batter can hit up or down or inside/outside, but no movement of the batter him/herself. The pitching is much improved in that you have a zone to target for maximum pitch effectivness except the pitches are highly accurate, and the computer opponent rarely swings at balls outside the strike zone.

Overall it is fun to play for a few times but gets boring after awhile (and homeruns are nearly impossible to hit). Wait until they improve it more next year.

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~