MVP NCAA Baseball 2006
 

http://sports.ign.com/articles/648/648278p1.html

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Link to the video: http://streamingmovies.ign.com/sport...BIG_wmvlow.wmv

Unbelievable, EA will have a game for every sport soon. Coming soon, Curling 2007!

I think they would have been better served making a game with fictional players. It's not like college football or basketball where you have quite a few stars. I don't think I can name more than one college baseball player.

What do you mean. The game would have to ship with fictional players. You can't sell a game with college player names on it.

The real names would come from 3rd party roster sets, just like the football game. I doubt roster accuracy is even decent on the first version of this game.

Maybe it's just me, but I have no desire to play a baseball game that doesn't have the sound of the crack of the bat.

Baseball video games are something I play for the experience, not because I like the players or teams. MVP was a terrific game and I still play it on occasion. A college game that "pings" everytime I make good contact? No thanks.

FWIW, I realize this may seem like a stupid, petty, minor gripe, but it really would impact the enjoyment of the game for me. It's one of the reasons I've never been a big fan of college baseball in the first place.

I just really like the MVP engine so this definitly looks intriguing.

Todd

this is old news

i reported this awhile back. i guess no one notice :(

http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~fof/foru...light=mvp+2006

I think he posted because it appears to be official now with the release of the screens, jb.

DOLA

I'm actually excited about this, even though I'm not a big college baseball fan. Maybe just because it's unique.

Interesting. I wonder how the recruiting is handled, and how they deal with players leaving early for the draft (as well as recruits). I could see myself interested enough to pick up a copy.

On a semi-related note, what was the name of that online text-sim college baseball game? I played it way back in the early test phases, and I was impressed by how it worked, both in terms of recruiting and in how players progressed. I didn't like it as much after they started another beta and quit playing...

I have been waiting for this game for about 10 years now.

This seems like a pretty cool idea. I'd definately be interested enough to pick up a copy and play with my beloved UCSB.

I'd be more interested in this than in a MLB console game, actually. No more effing salary cap! :)

Though I can't imagine that the stands of most of the schools would be as full as what they'll probably make them. ;)

I mean they should have made a Baseball Stars type game. Old School. For the most part, people don't care about college baseball. It's a niche sport. Like Women's basketball.

Another big draw: many fewer games in a season. So you can actually play out a season in a decent time.

Yeah, I'm definately all about this game*



assuming it doesnt suck

Cool. I'm all for Pitcher #13 striking out LF #22.

If it's anything like the new NCAA football game, there's an option to automatically assign (random) names to all the teams.

Very good point. Here's hoping it's possible to find slider settings that allow the in-game experience to be both believable as well and realistically challenging. I like to win, but if I go 55-0 and outscore the computer 500-50, I'm a little less interested in playing out the games.

That's not an absolute killer for me though - I had fun simming most of my games in previous versions of MVP and playing only a handful. Same with NCAA Football.

I have no idea what "good" college stats are. Im guessing if you were a top notch team, realistically you could probably win 80% of your games, and outscore the computer by a ton.

True. But I guess my point is I don't want to be able to take an average or worse program and be able to kick the computer's ass on a regular basis - I'd like to be able to find a realistic challenge level that also plays in a believable manner.

http://www.hornfans.com/recruiting/h...y/2005CBAS.TXT

Best winning percentage was .824 last season. All depends on schedule in college ball. South Carolina went 52-8 (.867) in 2000, but usually the best record is .800-.825 every year.

I'm looking forward to eventually checking this out. I had heard plenty of rumors that this was coming out, but it's nice to hear that it is confirmed.

I AM ALL OVER THIS ONE.

i like baseball and hate MLB. beautiful. and of course im a big college sports fan. this is like a dream come true for me. it will be like enjoying baseball for the first time for me.

Wow, did i see 8 west coast in top 15...damn, tha doesnt happen often

dola, i think with recruiting and what not this could be awesome...What would make the game for me would be the option to export to MVP 2005

The west and south kick ass in college baseball for obvious reasons. Every year. The new rules changes are an attempt to correct for that.

What are the new rules changes?

Earliest allowed start date has been moved to be mandatory as the last Friday in February, pending "legislative approval" I think. This would go into effect in 2008.

Right now many western and some southern teams start in January.

Agreed.

Hope it comes out for PC.

it will like previous versions of MVP has.

I wouldn't really say that there has been a previous version.

Mvp 2003, 2004 and 2005 all on the pc and console.


there changing it to college because of MLB license for MVP 2006

I bet it doesnt, FWIW.

MVP is scheduled to ship for both the PS2 and Xbox in spring 2006, promising "exclusive new online features" for both systems.

No mention of the PC.

damn that sucks

Tons O' New screens:

http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/766/766867/imgs_1.html

woot. release date?

finally, I can lead the Iowa baseball team to the national championship!:D

A lot will depend on price.

Have to say im dissapointed the ASU stadium(the top pic) shows grassy hills in the background instead of either desert or like in real life a bunch of buildings from the ASU campus(especially sun devil stadium which looms over the field.

The stadium looms over the back, the side you cant see...but maybe its closer then i thought....wow, i live 20 feet from there and thought it looked different

*reduce beer intake by 25%*

I would imagine that with the number of stadiums they will have to create, they are going to cut corners on most of them.

I would also guess that on this first iteration of a college version that they probably didn't have enough time to really get good reference material for all the stadiums. This will likely improve with future versions (assuming they keep producing the game).

Stadium accuracy for a college baseball sim is rather low on my list of priorities compared to a MLB sim.

Which college baseball stadiums will be featured on the game?

GR: Outside of the obvious facility in Rosenblatt Stadium, EA told us that there will be 16 ballparks on the game. Teams that will have their ballparks on the game include Texas, Ole Miss, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Cal-State Fullerton, Clemson, Florida State, LSU, Rice, Stanford, Arizona, Arizona State, Miami, Nebraska, Southern California, Notre Dame and Tennessee.

http://rosenblattreport.rivals.com/c...asp?CID=477823

They also said not every Division 1 team will be in there, but they hope for the next one will.

Sounds a lot like the SuperRegional host sites.