Cheap MLB 2005 (Video Games) (PlayStation2) Price
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$39.99
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| PLATFORM: | PlayStation2 |
| AGE GROUP: | 5 years and up |
| CATEGORY: | Video Games |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| ESRB RATING: | Everyone |
| FEATURES: | Only baseball game to offer strike zones proportional to individual hitters, Pressure sensitive pitching takes advantage of analog buttons, All stadiums designed with city specific details including: haze, water effects, fireworks, and animated objects, Polygonal, fully animated crowd members, For 1 or more players |
| TYPE: | Video Games, PS2 (PSX2), Sony Playstation (Play station) 2, Playstation2 (Play station2), Sports, Outdoors, Great Deals (Outlet store) |
| MEDIA: | CD-ROM |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| ACCESSORIES: | |
| UPC: | 711719732624 |
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Customer Reviews of MLB 2005
MLB 2005 Returns to glory Review #1: (Written in the same format as most 10-12 year olds)
OMG this game is awsome! You can hit the bal far and creat players that are really strong and good! I mad a player who hit 142 homeruns! This is the bst baseball game ever! Buy itnow! My Mom did!
Review #2: (For people who actually want to know whether this is a good game or not)
The MLB series used to suck. Bad. Big time. But apparently, the folks at 989 sports threw their old game design kits out of a 12 story window and started fresh, because MLB 2005 is back and almost at the top of the leaderboard. It has the best franchise mode of any game this side of Madden '04. The graphics get the job done and the controls--sorry, "Total Control"s--are spot on.
My favorite part of the game, however, is uploading my face onto a created rookie via the EyeToy. It's pretty cool making a funny face (like Bonds hearing he had to visit the pee doctor) and then mapping it out onto the next big thing.
Another thing MLB has going for it is "Career Mode" where you must fight to make it onto a big league club and earn bigger and better contracts and more playing time. There's a handful of retro jerseys and upwards of 50 retro players and a few old time parks to take some swings in.
As far as gameplay goes, pitching is fairly simple, batting (at least on rookie difficulty) is as simple as see it--hit it. There's even interactive Hot/Cold zones, so if you keep hitting the down and aways, your guy will get better at it, thereby affecting his attributes. Fielding isn't too bad and it's nice having separate buttons for jump(R1) and dive(R2). Baserunning takes some getting used to, but stealing is fairly easy as long as you don't use a catcher or pitcher. Or John Olerud. The announce team is spot on, but Matt Vasgersian gets a little annoying ("Guys, the third baseman, is hitting under .200 so far in the early stages of the season")
As for the negatives, there is no create-a-team, franchise seasons MUST be 162 games long, and the stadium crowds are paper thin.
Now, as far as online goes, I haven't had a chance to test that out yet, but here's what 989 says they can do: Voice chat, online leaderboards, official or user tournaments, real life sports tickers, messaging and user-mail (not e-mail), and weekly roster updates. Sounds tasty.
I'm very satisfied with this game, and the $... price point is an added delicacy. Having played All Star Baseball 2 seasons ago and World Series Baseball last year, I can safely say that this game is the best of the three. Definitely a solid purchase for any PS2-owning baseball fan.
Least glitches found.
I have played three of this years baseball titles and this one is the one that has the least glitches in my opinion.
I could only play ESPN Baseball for about a half an hour because of the shoddy swing mechanics and the awful graphics. MVP has a great presentation and the best pitching/batting interface but too many things keep it from exceling such as slow outfielders, no wind in stadiums , and baserunners who never steal. While that may not bother some it will bother baseball fans.
MLB 2005 has solid gameplay. The fielding is tight. The fielders get the ball out of their hands as opposed ot how they seem to hold on to it for too long in MVP. You can actually get double plays in this game and your outfielders don't have a one to two second delay while trying to brake for a ball hit in the gaps. The batting and pitching is solid and the game remains fun to play. The only major complaint I have is that there are no check swings. This will cause one too many strike outs but it's a fair tradeoff when you at leats know your outfielder can cover the gaps.Another problem is that the game only lets you hold 10 pitchers on your roster.I would like to have a little more freedom there but that'a a minor gripe. The graphics are slightly above average. They won't wow you but they are not as choppy as ESPN.
The Franchise mode is fabulous. It makes Madden's look small. It is quite fun and addictive to try to keep everything running all at once. I especially enjoy how you can listen to your players and treat them accordingly. It makes it more fun than just playing baseball.
So overall this game while sporting some problems in my opinion has the least of the big three and provided the most fun while being true to the sport.