Why I buy this one ?
- Revolutionary New Pitcher-Batter Interface: Instead of just choosing pitch location and type, you feel like you're controlling the actual pitch with wind-up, power, and release point. Batting offers more control, giving you the chance to react to the pitch and hit 'em where they ain't.
- The Most Lifelike Players and Animations: Player models, movements, and reactions are ultra-realistic and believable.
- New Franchise Mode: Get deep into the action with the most fun and interactive franchise mode found in a baseball video game.
- New Picture-in-Picture Baserunning: Run the bases like a pro with on-base view and runner control. Get the perfect angle to judge whether you can stretch that single into a double, or steal home while another player is caught in a run-down.

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"tHE BEST GAME I HAVE EVER SEEN", This is the game of the year. I enjoy playing this game so much. It has great graphics and the rosters are the same as the 2003 baseball season and that is the best thing ever and they also have a pitching bullpen just for the home tam and the vising team


"Great game", I LOVE this game!!! The only problem (and it's not really that bad) is that I cannot figure out how to save a game in progress. The graphics and wonderful and the game is easy to play once one gets used to the controls. I play at least one game a day and enjoy every minute!

"Good game, but too easy...", This game is great if all you want to do is win. I mean everyone wants to win, but when all your pitchers are 20 game winners and all your hitters are batting over .300, it kinda takes some of the fun out of it. Granted, my team is the Yankees, but they're not as good as that, haha. One thing that I find extremely hard is base stealing. I haven't been able to pull it off yet! The only stolen bases my players have is when I sim the games. I could see if Pudge Rodriguez was catching it would be harder to steal, but Piazza?!?! And while Posada has gotten better at throwing guys out at second, he didn't get everybody, but in this game he has. It seems that whenever a player steals, the guy at the plate takes a called strike which isn't very realistic.

The graphics are good and the ballparks look great. The players look pretty good, though some look better than others. For instance, Giambi doesn't look much like Giambi, but Pettitte looked just like Pettitte. Right down to the chin cleft. Also, the pitchers pitch just like they do in real life. It's especially fun when you have a pitcher that has a distinctive style. I laughed out loud when I played the Angels and Ben Weber came in to relieve the starter. He does that same jerky thing with his glove before he throws a pitch!

I did like the fact that you can download updated rosters and even brand new players like Matsui and Contreras. One thing I don't like about the rosters is that when players are traded, they wear the same numbers and there is no way to change them. That is frustrating not only because of retired numbers, but also because you might get 2 or more players with the same number.

Another thing I like is they actually have umpires and you can see them make the calls, though you can't argue the calls. I think they should have included base coaches too.

All in all this was a fun game, but they could've made it a little better.

"Brilliant!", EA Sports' MVP Baseball 2003 is the best baseball game I have ever played. I'm not sure how they are going to make a better game next year. The pitching and batting interfaces are ingenious. The graphics are amazing, the best I've seen of any of the games I've ever played - and that's a lot.

The game has four different modes (besides "Play Now") - Franchise, Season, Tournament, and Home Run Showdown. I think Franchise is the most fun because in Franchise you are the manager. You are given a set of goals you must complete within a 5-year period. Your team has a budget and payroll, and the players have contracts. Your team may not go overbudget. You will learn this when you first try to trade a half-rate mediocre pitcher for Barry Bonds. The currnecy is in "Points". For example: A-Rod is about 8,000 of 40,040 points the Rangers have. Also when you create a player they are given point values depending on how good or bad you make them. When you sign free agents, they will want a certain amount of money, and if you can't give it to them, they will become angry and refuse to negotiate. Only play Franchise mode if you are an experienced gamer, who plays fair and is experienced in economics. You are graded on your managing skills (F-A+), good grades increase your anual budget.

Season mode is for those who like to stack up their own teams and blow all others out of the water. You can create a mass of elite soldiers and simply add them to your team. And this is where you can trade a half-rate pitcher for Barry Bonds. There is no Payroll of Budget, and you are not graded.

There is really nothing to say about Tournament mode, except that there is pool play or playoffs.

Home Run Showdown is different from a derby, you set a distance, and the first one to reach that distance with all your combined hits (homeruns, flyballs, groundballs) wins. It is a lot of fun.

This game is wonderful for the baseball fanatic. Most of the players' faces are edited to look like them in real life. And there are many signature batting stances and pitching motions (that you can assign your created players.)

The controls in this game are your basic number pad controls.
For pitching and defense: When you pitch, you control how fast the pitches will be and how much movement is on them. Any pitcher may have up to 5 pitches, and Pitch Types are rated on a scale of 100. There is a pitching meter that will tell you how much speed and movement is on the ball. And finaly, there are different types of curveballs and sliders, some sink, some move across the plate, and ect. Controling your fielders is difficult at first but you will adjust quickly. Use the arrow keys to throw to a base. You can also contol how hard your fielders throw by holding in the key.

For Batting: All you realy need to know is CTRL is swing. But you can control if you will hit a fly ball of groundball by using the arrow keys.

For Baserunning: Use the arrow keys to control which base you want them to run to.

This game is excellet. If you love baseball, you will love this game.

The only thing was - When I first got the game and installed it, there was too much choppiness to play. I was very fustraited. I soon realised that the feature "Live Big Screens" was on. I turned it off and the game worked fine. all the feature is, is a screen on the score board showing the exact same thing on the monitor. It really makes no difference.

Overall Presentation: Brilliant. Menues, Gamplay, Graphics, all brilliant.

Graphics: The best I've ever seen on any console.

Gamplay: Outstanding. Will not take up much time, the games seem to be long, but when you look at your clock you realise it's only been about 25 minutes.

Sound: Excellent quality sound. Commentators can be repetative (but who isn't) but they will keep you in the game.

Lasting Appeal: This game will last you a long time. Once you are done with a season, play another one, you won't get tired of it.

Difficulty: Not too difficult. Rookie, Pro, and All-Star. Rookie is increadibly easy, you will soon move on to Pro and All-Star.

If you ever read a negative review about this game, DO NOT LISTEN!!!! This game is a masterpiece by EA Sports.

"Very Impressive... but with a few problems", I love MVP Baseball 2003. I am not a very skilled player when it comes to computer games, so I am not put off by the lack of you having to aim your bat as well as get the timing right. Stealing bases is pretty hard, and sometimes I feel the spectacular catches are a little too common. In addition, I wish the game had the bullpen warmup system and it would also be cool if the pstchological side of baseball ( anger at getting hit by pitch, frustration on a missed play, would show, but maybe that'll be in MVP Baseball 2004.

Overall, the game was great.

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"Stranger in a strange land", I got a computer that would play my son's harry potter ame a year ago, and am not a real afficinado of computer games...I don't know an interface from a poker face, and I think that gameplay sounds like an Ice Cube Movie...but I have a little bit of an affection for baseball...again I am not a crazy man, but I go to the ballpark occasionally, and I used to play a little in high school.
With that being said I love playing mvp. Again I don't know alot, but I am having fun. I do not win every game, but I am kicking butt in my division. It is challenging enough to have to make decisions. I lost Barry Bonds a month in, and it actually affected the outcome of the game. I have him back now, and it seemed to bolster the playing of Jose Cruz jr, who bats behind him. You really do get to make decisions that seem to make a difference.
Again, I don't know anything...but I know what I find fun. Sorry, that seems simplistic, but if it is fun, why carp about it. I"m having a blast, and can't wait for the big series against the diamondbacks.

"Quite a bit of fun", If you're a baseball fan, you'll certainly enjoy this. It very much has a "you are there feel," thanks to outstanding graphics (I prefer playing with the classic center field camera POV, rather than the more popular "catcher cam" one), pretty good game play, and play-by-play commentary. The commentary can get redundant after awhile, and I have no idea what this "can of corn" analogy refers to.

Rather than go through all the good points which have already been mentioned, I wish more miscellaneous features were included and would be implemented in a future version. While I understand the designers decided to focus on mostly on the action so as not to bore the player, I would like to see, for instance, the catcher throwing the ball back to the pitcher, rather than having the ball mysteriously materializing in the pitcher's hand every time!

Also, where are the coaches and manager? Yes, a team's staff can change at any given moment, but if you have the options to trade players so they appear in different uniforms, why can't they do the same for managers/coaches? I'd like to see managers visiting the mound when the pitcher starts to become inefficient. And views of the bullpen, so the announcers would say, "Now warming for [particular team], [relief pitcher.]

In-between innings, they should also have the box score in addition to the upcoming players for the inning. And when a player comes up for bat a second (or more) times, I want to see the stats for the current game, not the updated batting average and such.

There should also be more signature calls to their respective stadiums. It's rather generic to hear: "and it's off the wall!" when you're playing at Fenway Park and the ball bounces off the Green Monster. When you hit a dinger at Yankee Stadium, why not mention when it lands in Monument Park? And why are players so complacent about an ump's call? Can't they argue and even get thrown out of the game if they get too far? There should be more camera angles and also a more active crowd. Why every stadium seems to be sold out is beyond me, no matter how bad a team is. There should be some kind of random element to this, based on how well they're performing in the standings.

There should be some views of the crowd during the game, like the "real" game itself. It gets boring when MVP 2003 is all game, but lacking the bells and whistles that the "real" version has.

The players don't always respond correctly. When you see instant plays of dingers, you see the pitcher running and reacting like a normal base hit had occurred. Most pitchers usually stand on the mound, turn around to look at the trajectory, and hope it's not gone. :) Also, the fielders tend to be too proficient for their own good. A lot of them seem to run toward the ball, with the back facing home plate, rather than simply taking a few steps back to make the catch. If you hit a foul down the first base line, the first basemen turns towards the area of the ball and extends his mitt, as if he was going to catch it.

Another thing missing is when the home team gets a winning run in the bottom of the 9th or extra innnings. It's especially annoying when you get the proverbial walk-off homer. The announcers just talk away before duly mentioning that the homer is hit and that the game is over. I'd like to see more jubliation on the field, not just the team clapping for winning every game. And the losing team should show more emotion, too, not just linger on the field. They should be dejected, heads bowed, sitting in the dugout ready to eat their towel, etc.

Weather and other elements (ballboy/ballgirl, flying debris, birds, etc.) should also be included. And the scoreboard for stadiums should be worked on so they show real information. And during the game, they should flash scores in progress, so you have an idea where your team is. Not every stadium uses fireworks, so it is out of place seeing it just about every time.

When a player is injured, show it! Show them reeling in agony or trying to walk off their injury. A simple message that a player is hurt and is being replaced doesn't cut it. I suppose I'm pushing it by wishing confrontations between teams (i.e., the dugouts empty) would be included, but I guess they really need to keep the game family friendly. Otherwise signature fan chants from certain stadiums would've been included. :)

It's still a pretty fun game regardless of the trivialities I wish were included. ;)

"Good game, for first version", THE GOOD
a great looking baseball game, that plays really well, with several minor flaws, but overall very good for the first installment in this series. I have a feeling MVP 2004, or more likely 2005, is going to be a 5 star game.

THE BAD
1) the hot/cold hitting zones idea is pointless. Just never pitch to the blue zones, and they'll never hit a home run.

2) base running AI is buggy. Sometime players try to take extra bases at riduculous times (like on a bunt base hit), and they stay put on 2-out hits when they should be running with the crack of the bat, and individual baserunner control, expecially when you have more than one on base, is so difficult, it's almost impossible to get everyone doing what you want before they're thrown out.

3) The opposing pitcher delivers much too quickly, often even before the score/ count is displayed on screen, or before you've had time to take a lead or plan what you want to do.

4) a lot of the small details of baseball are missing, that I hope will be implemented in the 2004 version. Things like...
- having to warn up pitchers in the pen first
- being able to shift alignment around of your defense (with more fine control than there is now, and without reverting to standard alignment for every batter that comes up.)
- more access to stats of opposition and your own team during the games, so you can make substitution decisions better.
- a more advance batting interface ... as it is now you only have to get the timing down, position of swing is handled automatically, which takes half the fun and challenge away if you ask me.

Overall, a very good game. I definitely recommend it if you're like me and need your baseball fix on days there are no games on TV. I really hope they improve upon this good start next season.

"America's Pastime--MVP BASEBALL", What a game. This is no doubt the best baseball game in the world! The graphics are mouth dropping and the players look life like. You couldn't ask for anything better. There's an indepth Franchise, where you can run a team for 10 years. AWESOME! And then they have every other game mode possible. Like Home Run Showdown, Tournament, and Season.

Quick advice, get this game if you LOVE BASEBALL. MVP BASEBALL rocks the house, don't buy High Heat or ALL STAR BASEBALL. EA you've done it again.

"America's Pastime--MVP BASEBALL", What a game. This is no doubt the best baseball game in the world! The graphics are mouth dropping and the players look life like. You couldn't ask for anything better. There's an indepth Franchise, where you can run a team for 10 years. AWESOME! And then they have every other game mode possible. Like Home Run Showdown, Tournament, and Season.

Quick advice, get this game if you LOVE BASEBALL. MVP BASEBALL rocks the house, don't buy High Heat or ALL STAR BASEBALL. EA you've done it again.