Even so, the game still edged out 2k Sports' Major League Baseball 2K5 among critics. Reviewers continued to rate MVP highly, with Metacritic scores of 86 and 87 for the Xbox and PS2 versions, respectively, though MVP 2005′s marks were slightly lower than those of its predecessor. MVP Baseball 2005 brought subtle changes to the MVP 2004 formula, including a "hitter's eye" system with color codes that helped players identify pitch types out of the pitcher's hand, as well as an owner mode, the addition of Class A minor-league teams to dynasty mode, and spring training minigames. Īlbert Pujols was the cover player for the 2004 installment of the series. It received a runner-up position in GameSpot 's 2004 "Best Traditional Sports Game" award category across all platforms, losing to ESPN NFL 2K5. GameSpot named MVP Baseball 2004 the best PlayStation 2 game of March 2004. These improvements netted the PS2 and Xbox versions of MVP 2004 twin scores of 90/100 at Metacritic, far outpacing the competing All-Star Baseball 2005 and ESPN Major League Baseball. In a baseball gaming first, MVP 2004 was licensed by both the MLB and Minor League Baseball, featuring real minor-league teams at the Class AA & AAA levels. The 2003 game does not penalize a user for releasing a player during the season in franchise mode, whereas the 20 games invoke a salary penalty for releasing a player under contract.īuilding on MVP 2003 's surprisingly successful rookie effort, the 2004 edition made major refinements to both the game's control scheme and its dynasty mode. The 2003 game is the last game that uses a points system for player's salary, starting with the 2004 game an actual dollar amount is used for salaries. Randy Johnson and Miguel Tejada were the cover players. At the review-aggregation site Metacritic, MVP 2003 was given a score of 81/100 for the PlayStation 2 and 82/100 for the Xbox. Introducing an innovative pitch meter and zone-based hitting system (see below), MVP 2003 was well received by critics, most of whom considered the game's overhaul to be a major improvement over Triple Play′s last entry.
MVP Baseball 2003 was released in 2003 as the successor to EA's Triple Play games, though it bore little more than a graphical similarity to its predecessors, which had been heavily maligned by critics in the series' final years.
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