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ESPN: Need I say more!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: February 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Now I know it is hard to review something that has not come out, but with what I have seen so far I Like!!! Big Time !!!! ESPN and Sega have figured out a way to take the baseball game and make it an artform. From power pitching to complete base running control ESPN looks to take last years model and completely blow it away. The screenshots I have seen are beautiful, and the gameplay videos are awesome. No crazy stuff like the EA Game has been doing for the last 2 years. ESPN makes the gameplay simple and realistic to make you keep coming back for more. All the rivalries are there. What better way to start off a season than in Yankee Stadium as the Boston Red Sox. Curt Schilling will have his way with the the big unit Randy Johnson. Sorry, yankee fans but Schilling is better!!!! And once again see Boston make A-Rod look like a fool (no bitch slaps at the ball, please Nim-Rod). But you can also play as the New York Mets, whose revamped lineup and pitching staff could over power Smoltzy and the rest of the braves. But I digress.

The best thing about ESPN Baseball 2K5 is that there are no steroids involved, and no Jose Canseco. It is the baseball game of the year in my book, and for $20.00, half the cost of that other baseball game.

Just got MLB 2k5 too...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: February 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

[Prolude] Sorry Boston Guy but the winner of opening day will be Yankees and Schilling will get clobbered again by Sheffield again.[smiley]
I just got MLB 2k5, it just killed MVP!
1. Graphics were actually good. Sosa looked good, Beckett doesn't have joker smile again, and It's looking good like two years ago. Certainly, it's silky and beautiful.
2. The roster real updated again just like last year! Sosa guy was in O's! Not like MVP (they must have done on 1.15/05 again)
3. New color anaylst Joe Morgan was real simulating! I'm glad they ditched that retard guy out.
4. Skybox was totally actually good! I say, that was BEST feature that came out in baseball game ever. Skybox is just like a place you can unlock teams, players or jerseys. Or you can see the replay picture that you've saved too!
5. K-Zone was not too easy than I thought. It was kinda fussy, but EA's precision bar is worse.
6. There were more cutscenes than EVER!
7. You can choose the player's batting music soundtrack! (all custom)

Conclusion: MLB 2k5 just kills MVP on graphics, gameplays, audios, and everything.
MY OPINION: It was good thing that T2 locked MVP for 7 years.

[epilogue]: Again, Boston Guy, Yankees is the one that will smile first, second and last!

Best Baseball game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This year's competition's winner is MLB 2k5. But don't get me wrong. Here's why.
I also bought MVP too, but it was trash compared to MLB. MLB had good graphics, good faces like Tejada, Sosa, Kevin Brown, you name it! I don't know why people are crying for gameplays. It seems fluent and easy. GM Career is cool. You can see potential of players and promote and demote easily! Skybox was the coolest! You can post the image, unlock things, play darts, air hockey and watch TV! And the price 19.99,,, you can't beat that!
Save your precious 10bucks for MLB and don't buy toxic MVP!

It breaks the heart to write this review...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: February 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I find the 2K5 sports games the hands down best sports simulation games out there. So naturally, MLB 2K5 was a much anticapated title for me. Unfortunately, I have been disappointed by the latest installment from 2Ksports. Graphically, the game is stunning, uniforms, player models and stadiums look great. But the lack of depth in the franchise and owner modes not to mention the choppy game play make this year's game less than stellar. If you can get past the lack of fluidity in the fielding and batting, you will thoroughly enjoy the K-Zone pitching. It is far and away the best idea for pitching simulation yet. You cannot beat the 19.99 price, and all things considered, for the price it is a good game. But we have come to expect a lot more from 2Ksports this year for the small price tag. I am not going to say run out and buy MVP by EAsports, because I have not played it. But overall, a very disappointing installment of the 2K baseball series. Now that they are the sole possesors of the MLB license, hopefully this is not a forshadow of things to come.

Sweet!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was so dissapointed at ESPN MLB last year, that there were bunch of dust at the ESPN MLB cd case... . Well this year, they lowered the price, so I thought I might try it. And.... I. T. W. A. S. A. W. E. S. O. M. E. !!! I never know they really got upgraded from last year!!! Like their ad. 'Not Enhanced, Not Adjusted, Not Tweaked'. It's completely new game!! The features were just great! Skybox, where you can adjust pictures, unlock things, play darts and rest! There are deeeeeepened ESPN Presentation too! That knocks out MVP! But the coolest thing is the Graphics and Animation. There are LOADS of Crowd Cutscenes, Best Face Graphics (Loads better than MVP), and good animations!! Don't buy MVP... it just waste your 10 bucks! Buy MLB and you won't be dissapointed!

PS: I also just heard Take 2 (the company of MLB 2K5) took away the MLBPA License for 7 years!! No more MVP!! Well I feel bittersweet anyway

It's fun, but still needs some work...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 17
Date: March 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Sega Sports is gone, so now we have Visual Concepts (their old sports devloper) working with "2K Games and developer Kush." Visual Concepts can just focus on baseball thanks to E.A. swiping their greedy hands on the NFL license. But hold on to yourselves, this will be the only baseball game on XBOX for years. Unless Microsoft decides to step back on to the bandwagon, with no more E.A. MVP Baseball after this year, I think they should consider it.

Anyway, now we got Visual Concepts and Kush games with the hold of the MLB license and E.A. will have no more baseball. Sega Sports is gone, but we still got baseball from Visual Concepts. MLB 2K5 is Visual Concepts first game without Sega by their side. I have to say, as a whole, this game is whole heartedly worth spending 20 dollars on but I'll say to you it's not the best baseball game this year. MLB 2006 on the PS2 I feel is the best game this year. MVP is a close 2nd and here we have 2K5 in a close 3rd. I think 2K5 plays so much better as an online experience as Visual Concepts has proved year after year so keep that in mind when buying.

What to expect:
The big change this year is the batting and pitching aspect. No longer is the "aim and pitch routine". The game now requires you to line up 2 cursors, much like a free throw routine in the old NBA Live Series. You have to line up 2 targets in a cross hair, the closer you are, the more accurate the pitch. As a pitcher gets tired, the cursors move faster, thus making it harder to launch and accurate pitch. It works well, and feels great, and is a good fresh change from the norm. If you don't like it, I believe it can be toggled off in the options screen so you can play it the old way. Batting still has a cursor, but before the pitch, the batter "on a bad pitch" has the ability to guess the location of the throw. If you guess the diretion, you'll douse the pitcher with a hit or even a home run. The guessing game feature is quite simplistic, but freshens up the game in my opinion.

Custom soundtracks, while not as important to some, is a welcome addition for baseball. Not only can you apply your custom music to the stadium atmopshere, whether it'd be playing between pitches, between innings, after a big hit or great catch, you and customize a music tune for each of your players as they come to bat. How cool is that? Get your big gun guys pumped up with a flurry of AC/DC or Eminem or what ever trips your trigger! I wouldn't reccommend playing the barney theme song though, might not pump you up as much. But the custom soundtracks is a big plus considering E.A. still refuses to offer it in their sports games.

The graphics look good in 2k5,but I think MVP and MLB 2006 has it beat overall. Animations are choppy at times and I thought even last year the animations looked a bit more fluid and smooth. I just didnt' have as much fielding,it felt, well not as fun as MVP. I still wish the other baseball games would take after E.A. and use that throwing meter, I like the ability to control the power of my throws, but you don't have that option in 2K5. But great looking players, batting stances, and (potentially) fluid gameplay is doused by average animations while fielding. But it's not to the point where it's bad and hurts the game, it's just not as good as MVP and I expect more from Visual Concepts. One fresh I feature added is the "control the runner" behind the base. When you have a batter up and a man on base, you can take control of the runner and let the batter work on his own. It really gives the game from freshness. It really makes you feel in control of your baserunner and I felt it easier to steal bases.

The players faces look better in MVP, but 2K5 still gets the job done. Batting is still a blast. I really think it's fun to go up against a pitcher and it feels like baseball. Some people don't like the 2 button interface for batting, there is normal, and power swings. Some like it, some don't. I like the ability to slam one out every time, but I think it balances it out because if you use the powerswing too much, it's much easier to strike out when you're using your power swing.

Visual Concept added the "Slam Zone this year". This allows your batter to have a chance to guess where the ball might go after the pitcher chooses his target. The screen goes into a closeup battle between pitcher and batter and the game goes into a Matrixesque mode and slows down into slow motion and zooms in on the ball from the pitchers hand. During this short 5 second outing, the batter and pitcher have to tap at the button continuously during the slam mode as fast as they can to gain power for both the batter and pitcher, when the ball reaches the plate, take your shot. Whoever wins the battle will have a better chance at having a positive and if you tap out the pitcher enough, expect a big hit. Sounds confusing, but it's quite easy to get into and can be toggled on or off in the option screen. It usually will only happen when the pitcher disrupts a pitch or throws wildly, so don't expect it much.

Fielding seems to work fine with the exception of the breakups in animations. It still is a great playing game and I really love baseball, so for 19.99, really, what is not to like?

Custom soundtracks, good graphics, (including sweet looking stadiums, great player models and faces), good sound, good gameplay and good game overall is a bit put down by average animations that should have been better. If you only want to spend 20 smacks, 2k5 is the way to go. Online is great too, so keep that in mind when you pick one or "both" baseball games this year. Both are great in their own right.

Believe the hype ESPN MLB 2K5 is the winner this year!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Having bought all of the 2K5 sports series, I was eager to purchase MLB 2K5. With Spring Training starting in a few days and an estimated street date of March 2 for MLB 2K5 I didn't know if I could wait. But it's in already and even before spring training started. I am very pleased with this game. The graphics are great, batting is perfect, and the best improvement for any baseball video game ever is the pitching. For only twenty bucks I highly recommend this game. After reading the so-so reviews for MVP if you're deciding which game to purchase this should be a no-brainer

Go Twins!!

The most innovative Baseball game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: March 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got MLB and MVP both. I liked them both at first, I played more, and I finalized that MLB was better than MVP. Since Take 2 got the MLB license, and locked MVP up for 7 years, they could have been better, but best this year.

PROS:
Better Graphics than MVP
Great Animation (Don't ever listen to IGN.COM)
Commentary at best (added Joe Morgan)
Good player ratings.
Day Progression (Play the game in Shea or Yankee Stadium and check out the difference between 1st inning to 5th inning)
Better Gameplays
Two Modes to play (Pure Baseball or Videogame)
Best Franchise Mode this year by GM Career mode
Enhanced Minor League
Customized Soundtrack!!! (All Star had it last year and MLB 2K5 enhanced it!!)
Unlockable Classic Legendary TEAMS (Not only players)
K-Zone Pitching is VERY accurate
Accurate batting stances (Sosa, A-Rod, Manny, and More) and Pitching styles (Never saw Livan Hernandez pitching style accurate than Ever!)

CONS:
Slam Zone (I don't know how they got that idea)
Too much fielding errors (however I can go over with that)
Batting looks good but hard
Gameplay could have been better
Few commentary errors

I loved it, and I recommend you guys to buy it and you'll probably like it. Save your 10bucks

Wild Pitches

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Is there a way to cut down on the wild pitches. Too many a game.

Much more fun that MVP Baseball........

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: March 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Why?

- Better graphics
- Better controls (sometimes less is more)
- Much better production values. You feel like your at a real game.

Well worth $19.99!..............

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