I'm thankful that EA finally got their collective act together and made a decent baseball game. After buying and attempting to play the non-updated/patched High Heat 2003 last year, I vowed to never buy a High Heat product again. Phew, MVP Baseball is awesome. True the pitching meter is quite different, it's also quite fun. It actually challenges you to throw a good or bad pitch, rather than just hitting the button. I don't think the learning curve is tough, like others do, I picked it up within an hour. The sound is perfect and puts you in the stadium. The graphics rock and the players look realistic, not the scrunchy, lemon-face of other baseball games. The announcers rarely repeat anything and actually have good & relevant things to say. I can't think of any negatives, as I like the changes, except that gameplay seems a bit rushed sometimes. Although having a baseball game play out in less than three hours is most likely a good thing. :-) Enjoy this great baseball game, you won't be sorry!
Somewhere along the way, EA Sports' Triple Play series had taken a turn for the worst. What was originally a great baseball series curiously became an arcade slugfest, complete with gimmicks you'd more expect to find in... Read Full Review
The Good: -The pitcher-hitter interface is excellent, complete with strong and weak points for each batter. A good pitch will make the hitter guess at what you're throwing, but a poor pitch may reveal where your ball wi... Read Full Review
