For the past few weeks I have been putting MVP and WSB thtough it's paces and the main thing that prevents WSB from winning the crown is the batting model or more specifically, the "too quick" and choppy looking batting animation. To be honest, I can't believe that this isn't mentioned more by reviewers. Because the animation is too fast and looks to be missing some frames, you have to actually hold back a bit from swinging or you will be out in front of everything (even on the fastest pitch speeds). Also, the difference between pulling a ball and hitting to opposite field is almost impercievable becasue the difference between the two is a micro second. Thefore you get no sense of where you hit the ball untill you see it in the field. This is totally opposite in MVP, where the swing is fluid and the timing and ball contact is PERFECT. It's a shame, because everything else about WSB is great, but hitting is 50% of the game and it just ruins it for me. The fielding is challenging and probably the best I have ever seen in a bb game. The pitching sysytem is great, with the variable pitching enabled, even though MVP's provides more interaction. In short, MVP's hitting model is just so much more rewarding and "feels" so much more like really hitting a baseball in real life. The pitches coming in look the best of any video game to date, in thier speed and movement. In WSB, anything that's not a fastball, drops 3 feet as it crosses the plate.
I really wanted to like WSB, since it provides a much more "complete" baseball experience (bullpen warmups, manual dives, solid AI, realistic strikeouts, etc), but in the end I was willing to forego a few of these things and choose the game with the better pitcher/batter interface. It was a very hard decision. I actually returned and re-bought WSB twice because I was so on the fence, but the game that was more fun won out in the end.
I really wanted to like WSB, since it provides a much more "complete" baseball experience (bullpen warmups, manual dives, solid AI, realistic strikeouts, etc), but in the end I was willing to forego a few of these things and choose the game with the better pitcher/batter interface. It was a very hard decision. I actually returned and re-bought WSB twice because I was so on the fence, but the game that was more fun won out in the end.
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