MVP Baseball 2004 - Gamecube
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- Step up to the plate with MVP Baseball 2004. The fundamentals of hitting, pitching, fielding, and base-running have been reproduced realistically to give you complete control over every aspect of the game. From swinging for the fences or protecting the plate when you have a two-strike count, the all-new batting model provides unprecedented command of each type of swing in every situation. With solid gameplay and many additional features such as Pitching Challenge and Dynasty Mode, MVP Baseball
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Computer Platform | GameCube |
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ASIN | B0001HAI8G |
Release date | March 10, 2004 |
Customer Reviews |
4.2 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #32,347 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #79 in GameCube Games |
Product Dimensions | 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches; 4.48 ounces |
Type of item | Video Game |
Rated | Everyone |
Item model number | 014633147506 |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Item Weight | 4.5 ounces |
Manufacturer | Electronic Arts |
Date First Available | February 16, 2004 |
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EA takes its MVP Baseball franchise to the next level in 2004. Features realistic player models, historic ballparks and players, full EA Sports Bio compatibility, and an enhanced franchise mode. The all-new Advanced Hitting Control lets you place the bat where you want it. Control the field as you leap over the wall to rob home runs, hook slide into 3rd or barrel over the catcher at home. Manage your teamfrom the minors to the prosand take your ball club to win the World Series!
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Graphics: Not the best I've ever seen, but certainly not the worst. The various overlays and Jumbo-tron screen are nicely done, and the player models look very well-rendered. However, the crowd is poorly animated, somewhat flat and cardboard like. This really isn't much of a complaint, but it can get to you if you play from the pitcher's perspective. And speaking of perspective, the camera angles are also nicely done and I rarely find myself struggling to figure out where the ball is, so it's overally a nice effort. 9/10
Controls: EA Sports wanted to make this game as realistic as possible, and they succeeded. The controls do take a little getting used to, but after a few games you'll wonder how you lived without them. You choose a pitch using any of the four buttons (and sometimes the R trigger as well), hold it for however long you want and then release it, (the longer the harder the throw but the more stamina it drains), and then press the button again when the cursor moves back into the green zone. It sounds complicated, but it's really not. Likewise, when batting there's no cursor to "lock on" to the ball, or anything like that. If you can time your swing right, you'll put wood on the ball. But it's placement that will get you the big hits. Finally, fielding can be a little awkward sometimes (the ball will go through a player's legs for no real reason), and baserunning can get a little confusing, but it's a solid effort that's fairly easy to learn but difficult to master. 8.75/10
Game Design: Ah, the heart of the game. The various modes have their own little perks, like the Pitcher Showdown, where pitchers try and get to a set number of strikeouts, and each homerun or walk results in a strikeout getting taken away. But it's in Dynasty Mode where MVP Baseball really shines. Here, you can take the helm of a franchise for up to 120 years, controlling everything, from trades to free agents to budgets, and you get a nice baseball game thrown in. Additionally, you can control not only your major league team, but your AAA and your AA team, and move people up or down as you see fit. This is probably one of, if not the best, franchise mode I've ever seen. 9.75/10
Sound: The sound is fairly solid. Like most sports games announcers, the commentary is strong, but some phrases are repeated often, and it can become tedious listening to them. The crowd sounds are appropriate; the shout of the vendors, the heckling by a fan, the crack of the bat and the slap of the glove all sound cool. 9.25/10
Satisfaction: Basically, is the game fun to play? To put it simply, yes. You'll enjoy it even if you really don't like baseball that much, and the layers of depths will keep you entertained for a long time to come. 9.5/10
Overall, this is a game that everyone die-hard baseball fan should get, but even the casual fan like myself will like it and play it for quite some time before it gets old. I applaud EA Sports for their great effort, and if you check this game out I'm sure you will too.
With all due respect do we really think this is the best EA Sports can do. I have seen better. What this game lacks is the realism that die-hard (a word in which its origin remains an enigma) --baseball-- fans will enjoy or even better die for. Once they get it they will scrutinize it untill, yes, finally somthing is not good enough.
But enough with my endless raving on how non-realistick this game is because a simulation played on a T.V. will never replicate real baseball. Me and my dreams.
But, don't see me wrong, with all good means the game is not bad. Quite the contrary actually. MVP Baseball 2004 its self is really a good game and most definatelty the most realistick baseball simulation I have ever seen.
The graphics are smooth and stunning and when a replay comes by you find your self falling into a gaze watching as the replay flys by (not that it really matters you can't see where the ball go's any way -- auto-replays are worthless for that very reason). Manuel replays work well despite the lack of effiency in auto-replay.