Mr. Showtime Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 I'm back with yet another PS2 review. Just some quick backround info. MVP Baseball is a product of EA Sports, everything in the game has been redesigned from the previous series "Triple Play". Alright, lets get this show on the road. Unlike ASB2004, no lame Smash Mouth music greeting you when this game begins. Players and managers from the Diamondbacks let me know the following, "If it's in the game, It's in the game." I was unaware of this. Anyway, not much in the way of a video package to introduce the game, but that didn't bother me. The main screen of the game blows away ASB in my opinion. The graphics are tremendous, but I expected nothing else from EA, they do one hell of a job. The announcers are good, I can see why they went away from the announcers who did the Triple Play series. Don't want to have anything pertaining to the old series in the new series. One thing that I cannot stand is that this game very much revolves around the analog joystick. You can't do anything without it, I'm not a fan, but after awhile of playing the game, I started to get used to it. No batting cursor like you have in ASB, which to me is a good thing. Before every at-bat you see the hitter hot and cold zones, which is a great feature. The camera views while you're hitting are great as well. X swings, and you can use the joystick to decide if you want to get the ball up in the air or on the ground. Pitching is real tricky. They went with something you would see in a golf game. Where you decide how much power the pitch has, then you have to stop the cursor in the green area. I think it's an interesting new feel to the game, I haven't played it enough to say if I love it or not. Franchise mode is pretty sweet, but not as deep as ASB. No minor league players as far as I can see, however Josh Paul is on the team. As far as the roster goes: Olivo, Borchard, Rios are on the team. Well, the first two we're inactive when I began playing my franchise. I just put Josh Paul on the inactive list along with that douche Porzio. (I can't believe he is in this game) :fyou Porzio. ASB beats MVP in the sense that the manager has way more options in ASB then MVP. As I talked about in the ASB review, you can send the manager to the bump to have a talk, and you can warmup pitchers to. In MVP, you just take the pitcher out and that's about it. I won my first game of the season against KC, 10-9. Had a 7-3 lead and blew it, Colon got hit hard, then Gordon let the flood gates open. Came back with 4 in the 9th to take the lead, ofcourse I gave the ball to Koch, and he had some Keith Foulke aciton going. Had the tying run on 3rd with two down, and snuck out of the jam with a fly ball to right. If anyone has questions I'll do my best to answer them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 You didn't have Buehrle opening day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Showtime Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 You didn't have Buehrle opening day? Nah, I went with Colon. I was up against James Baldwin, needless to say, he didn't last long. Four run first inning knocked him out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Have you played WS2K3? And overall would you say ASB is better than MVP? What about throwback jerseys in MVP? and for pitching do you select the pitch type, then do the power thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Showtime Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Have you played WS2K3? And overall would you say ASB is better than MVP? What about throwback jerseys in MVP? and for pitching do you select the pitch type, then do the power thing? I bought WSB2K3 as well, hasn't gotten here yet. I don't really have a use for all of the features that ASB has in the franchise. It's still too early to decide I guess. Didn't see any throwback jersey's yet. Yeah, you select the pitch, then the meter starts. You have to hit x, then the meter goes down, then it heads back up where you have to stop it in the green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubKilla Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 One thing that I cannot stand is that this game very much revolves around the analog joystick. You can't do anything without it, I'm not a fan, but after awhile of playing the game, I started to get used to it. Pitching is real tricky. They went with something you would see in a golf game. Where you decide how much power the pitch has, then you have to stop the cursor in the green area. I think it's an interesting new feel to the game, I haven't played it enough to say if I love it or not. Sounds complicated to me..... baseball games shouldn't be this complicated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Showtime Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Sounds complicated to me..... baseball games shouldn't be this complicated It's not really hard because everything happens so fast. But I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cy Young Porzio Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 I know you only benched porzio in spite of me, but i will get the last laugh when i get teh game and he is my 20 game winner or 40 saves man (havent decided yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Showtime Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 I know you only benched porzio in spite of me, but i will get the last laugh when i get teh game and he is my 20 game winner or 40 saves man (havent decided yet). Not because of you. I've hated Porzio for a long time, I had to put him on the inactive list so I could get White on the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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