Three Things MVP 05 Still Does Better

[jim416]

My opinion, but pitching was NOT better in MVP, but that's a bit off topic from the article.

I loved the running scheme in MVP and what the AI did to assist you was quite good.

I don't use guess pitch, etc. so can't comment.

[dckettle]

I forgot how much better MVP was in these aspects. Thanks.

[Mo]

Totally agree on the running system, I don't why Sony made it so complicated.

[EWRMETS]

It's time to put the love for MVP to rest. I can play a completely realistic game in MLB the Show on all star default sliders. In MVP, you had to push the sliders all the way to the right, just to get the CPU to throw strikes.

MLB the Show is the clear, best baseball game of all time. I don't think MVP was even better than World Series Baseball 1998.

[teebee]

Disagree with 99.9% of this article, the hitting with the left stick was far and away the worst part of the mvp games, not the best

[bcruise]

Nice article. I do agree to a point on batting (though I prefer the unpredictable nature of hitting in the Show) and franchise, but I don't understand what makes the baserunning so much different/better. I just flipped on MVP '06 to compare it to the Show's classic mode (which more closely resembles it, though I prefer "New" myself....)

In both games the bases are represented by the face buttons, and they are used to highlight the runner on those bases for individual movement. They also both use the directional pad to command which base you want the runner to run to - if I press left on the D-Pad in both games, for example my runner will run to third without stopping. The ONLY difference here is that the Show requires you to press both the face button and d-pad button at the same time (you can press/hold face button and press d-pad too), while in MVP you can let off the face buttons. Is that really so much more complicated that it's tougher to learn?

I'll give the stealing nod to MVP and agree with you there because it is easier to select runner, release, press d-pad, WHILE BATTING. Show requires a press of L2 + base icon while batting which is a bit more complicated.

Edit: I'm not including RTTS in this, because I think we all know how we feel about that. I'm only talking about regular mode baserunning.

[rondoman]

I believe there is an MVP message board to profess all your love for MVP.

The Show 09 is the best baseball game ever made IMO. If you love MVP so much, well, go play it.

[gr18]

For us 360 gamers,it's really clearcut that MVP 05 is sadly better than the junk 2k has brought us.So as of now we have to pull out our old xbox to play a good baseball OR football game.It's MVP 05 and 2K5,but there's atleast hope for Madden this year.