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MVP Baseball 2003 | 
 enlarge | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 15646
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: Baseball Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 14606
UPC: 014633146066
EAN: 0014633146066
ASIN: B000088KH7
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Features:
| • | Platform: Game Boy Advance | | • | ESRB Rating: Everyone | | • | Genre: Sports | | • | Picture-in-Picture Base running |
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Amazon.com Review
In baseball, if a pitcher starts losing control the manager yanks him. It's a smart thing to do because baseball tends to flow in streaks. This is why EA Sports came out to the mound and pulled the ailing Triple Playseries. Never a critical favorite, it was too arcade and not enough simulation. Triple Play just wasn't performing, and fans were beginning to notice what the other baseball sims were doing better (almost everything). So rookie MVP 2003 trots out to the mound for its day in the sun. It's a step in the right direction. MVP looks great. The field, players, and animations are all smooth and realistic looking. Instead of placing the camera directly behind the batter in the default view, they've gone for a slightly tilted camera that better simulates a batter's view of the ball screaming in. The only graphical glitch is that the batting box is too small visually. Curves don't break correctly, change-ups don't drop enough, and this just plain looks weird. However, the mini-diamond that shows the situation (including how much of a lead the opposing team's runners take) is just about perfect. Rather than simply demanding you keep your eye on the ball, MVP has a batting box that predicts where the ball will go. This makes hitting too easy and pitching a bit too hard. A pitcher has too little time to get the ball icon within the strike zone. Other sims do it better. The other problem is with fielding. You have decent control (they avoided World Series Baseball's rookie error) but changing players is neither quick nor easy and the game forces your player to dive when you don't want to. Tossing it back to base isn't as intuitive or smooth as it should be either. You'll get used to it but, again, other games do it much better. MVP is a strong debut but it just isn't a contender for the Hall of Fame.--Andrew S. Bub Pros: - Great graphics
- Realistic baseball action
- Franchise mode
Cons: - Pitches don't "break" correctly
- Fielding system is out of whack
- Franchise mode lacks initial draft
Product Description
In baseball, if a pitcher starts losing control the manager yanks him. It's a smart thing to do because baseball tends to flow in streaks. This is why EA Sports came out to the mound and pulled the ailing Triple Playseries. Never a critical favorite, it was too arcade and not enough simulation. Triple Play just wasn't performing, and fans were beginning to notice what the other baseball sims were doing better (almost everything). So rookie MVP 2003 trots out to the mound for its day in the sun. It's a step in the right direction. MVP looks great. The field, players, and animations are all smooth and realistic looking. Instead of placing the camera directly behind the batter in the default view, they've gone for a slightly tilted camera that better simulates a batter's view of the ball screaming in. The only graphical glitch is that the batting box is too small visually. Curves don't break correctly, change-ups don't drop enough, and this just plain looks weird. However, the mini-diamond that shows the situation (including how much of a lead the opposing team's runners take) is just about perfect. Rather than simply demanding you keep your eye on the ball, MVP has a batting box that predicts where the ball will go. This makes hitting too easy and pitching a bit too hard. A pitcher has too little time to get the ball icon within the strike zone. Other sims do it better. The other problem is with fielding. You have decent control (they avoided World Series Baseball's rookie error) but changing players is neither quick nor easy and the game forces your player to dive when you don't want to. Tossing it back to base isn't as intuitive or smooth as it should be either. You'll get used to it but, again, other games do it much better. MVP is a strong debut but it just
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| Customer Reviews: Read 71 more reviews...
 Baseball!!!!! December 5, 2005
It is a great video game to have! It is lots of fun to do on a rainy day. I play with it alot. Most of the time I play a whole season on it. It is my most favorite video game of all!
 Some Changes January 6, 2005
Wewill1992 (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There have been many changes from EA Sports. The group switched its Triple Play series into an MVP Baseball series (which I found out in a cold night at Gamestop in 2002). Instead of pushing a button just to pitch, you have to time your release. You push the button coressponding to the pitch you want, wait untll it gets to the bottom, push it and finally push it again when it is in the green zone. The batting stances aren't that spectacular. The team are good and the season is real. You can trade for a super team. Mike kruco and Duane Kuiper are the announcers in this game. They seem very good and talented.
 The feature, control, and gameplay aren't complete. October 18, 2004
Jiamin He (china)
The gameplay is improved. But the realistic aspect of the game such as pitchers warm up, mount visits, automatic bases running lost in the game. The commentary is so boring and unreal. Those two men don't follow what happen in the game. Besides gameplay, the game also has a lot of problems that baseball fans don't like.
A great baseball game! June 2, 2004
Amar Miletic (Somerville, Massachusetts USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
MVP Baseball 2003 is a fun game. What I like most about the game is that when you pitch, you can control of how accurate your pitch is going to be. When you select a pitch, there is an accuracy meter. There is a green section and blue esction of the accuracy meter. If you hit it on the green section, your pitch will be more accurate and most likely you will throw a strike. If your pitch meter hits the blue, then your pitch will end up as a ball or an easier hit for your opponent. I really ike how you can control the accuracy of your pitch or throw. I would say to any baseball fan, this is a good game to play, so if you ever get the chance, I recommend you buy it.
best baseball game of its year!!!!!!! April 18, 2004
Fatima (Los Angeles, CA United States)
fun never stops with this game.
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