Three Things MVP 05 Still Does Better

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by Woodweaver

Half built? Robbed 3 years in a row? The truth?

Yes, hyperbole at it's finest.

[mmorg]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bumble14

Jim- I wrote the article- I'm Christian McLeod. There was nothing factually wrong about what I wrote about The Show's hitting system. The bottom line is that PCI is not 1:1 left stick hitting like in MVP. That is EXACTLY what I talked about in my article, and even in Brian's response he admits that along with PCI there are other factors that go into into what determines where a ball is hit in The Show. I never said one thing in the article that was not factual about the hitting system in The Show. I agree with you though in that people are not reading this article. What I think many people are not understanding is that I said I enjoy the game immensely, and have it on my short list of GOTY. That being said- there are certain areas that MVP still does better than The Show, and those were clearly defined in my article.

That hitting system is broken. The hitting system in MVP belongs in a video game not a true simulation like The Show.

[ochonflcinco85]

i never played mvp,and i dont plan to,i love this game and thier needs to be some minor changes and thats it,im shure mvp was buggy(as ea always makes games)and besides you talk about the shows unrealistic hiiting system,but thiers an easy solution,and it happens to be the most realistic you can make hitting in any baseball game as of now,and thats simply to use you mind and skill and turn off that guess pitch grap,use you own skill

[Keith121212]

How did I know Bumble wrote this article

Because of how wrong it is.

The hitting in MVP was very unrealistic and more importantly way too easy so of course there are a number of individual mistakenly believing that the hitting in MVP was good, let alone even comparable to how good it is in "The Show"

[Acedeck]

The hitting in MVP allowed you to control how you wanted to push/pull various pitches, but didn't allow you to aim where you wanted to swing. The same counter-argument could be made that it didn't allow precision with your swing, since controlling *where* you swing is equally as important as controlling how you swing.

MVP allowed you to uppercut, swing down, swing level, and push/pull pitches. It didn't let you actually aim where your bat swung. That's a huge fault in a swinging system, in my humble opinion. I'm not saying The Show gives you 100% control of your swing. I'm simply stating my point that MVP by no means contained 100% control, like the OP seems to imply.

[mwjr]

My biggest problem with MVP's owner mode is that your MLB team started out playing in what was essentially what was a minor leage stadium.

That just wasn't realistic at all, and I found it amazingly difficult to generate money to build it up.

And thos sim times. LORD, those sim times. It took forever to sim games if you were so inclined, as I usually was since I couldn't play every game.

That said, MVP was a fantastic game, and it's a shame that that such a revolutionary a game - a game that was on the precipice of something amazing, much like NFL 2K5 - was killed before it got going because of these stupid exclusive licenses.

[Crown42Royal]

Decent article.

[hydrostar]

Just want to chime in and say that I also don't feel it was wise to post this article in this forum. This encourages the kind of arguments that the hard-working moderators try so hard to prevent. Not a very good idea.