Top Five MLB Games of the Last Decade

[cdpig]

problem with MVP, was the left handers grip. it could be giambi or tony womack, but i was hitting 50+ hrs. i did love that game. The Show 09 had the scripted or it's #1. should do an all time so we could get Baseball stars in there.

[MattFoley]

Yeah, High Heat should have definitely been on the list. It had by far the most realistic stats for a played game. The pitcher batter battles were awesome. Only game where I played all 162 games without simming a game.

Though All Star did have some good things, and should some promise, I would not have had it in the top 5. And if you are including all baseball games (PC), I would have OOTP.

Do not know why, but really disappointed that High Heat was left off. The greatest baseball game I have ever played.

[Eski33]

I think this is a very short list but I will add my faves:

1) MLB The Show 10 (although the series has been outstanding)
2) MVP 2005 (cannot wait til EA gets to play ball again)
3) MLB 2K7 -- The one 2K baseball game that demonstrated great promise
4) World Series 2K2 -- Great graphics on the now defunct Dreamcast
5) High Heat 2000 -- Loved this game on my PC

Honorable Mention:
The NCAA MVP series

Five worst:
1) MLB 2K9
2) MLB 2K8
3) World Series (Dreamcast)
4) Triple Play 2000
5) MLB 2000

[rondoman]

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HUGE PROBLEM WITH MVP 05:

I dunno why no one mentions this but it was a piece of cake to pinpoint your pitches each and every time in this game. Me and my buddy would end up in 1-0 and 2-1 games all the time because of this.

Being able to throw strikes on the corners every dang time really took a lot away from this game IMO. Other than that, the game was awesome, but that is a pretty major part of the game.

[choadler]

I agree Rondoman. MVP 05 didn't become one of the greatest until I played the PC version that was modded. Unmodded MVP 05 is nowhere near as good as MLB The Show 7,8,9, or 10. In fact, High Heat might surpass MVP 05 unmodded.

[SDwinder]

Choadler took the words out of my mouth. MVP 05 PC unmodded was lacking. The PC mods made it a GREAT game. What made me put that down was the presentation/graphics of MLB 2K7 360. The Show 08 made me put that down. High Heat PC series was great too, before MVP.

1. The Show 09/10 PS3
2. MVP 05 PC modded
3. High Heat 2004 PC modded
4. MLB 2K7 360

[24]

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i agree with all of the choices. I still play MVP on both my ps2 and my desktop and i enjoy it just as much to this day probably even more than i did when i first purchased the game. with all the mods you have for the PC version such as total classics or MVP 94 you are given different opportunities to play different styles of baseball. i honestly started to hate EA sports immediately after they secured the NFL liscence because i knew something was going to happen. if only 2k took the NHL, NBA or even both the NHL and NBA liscences i would not have really cared. cheers to the 2000's

[Scottdau]

The Show 10
All Star baseball
MVP

[bcruise]

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To be fair, HH was never all that good either without its extensive modding (yes, I consider the tune file to be that), out of the box it played as exaggerated and arcadey as any game has. Try throwing a good curveball on the default settings...LOL. So it's not really fair to hold that against MVP, IMO.

But I still think at least 1 version of the Show has to be #1 - it doesn't even require mods and is easily my favorite sports series of all-time.

[dickey1331]

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I'd just change the top order: #1 MLB 10: The Show, #2 MVP Baseball 05

Agreed.

[Blublub]

I agree with everyone that High Heat in some form HAS to be on any top 5 list. I'd easily drop ASBB. While it did have some revolutionary features at the time (e.g. working scoreboards), it pretty much played like poo. And how many people played MLB 2001 on the PS1? Wasn't the platform dead by then?

Also, shouldn't this include text sims? If so, how could OOTP in some form be left off?

I think there were enough innovative and/or interesting titles during the past decade to warrant a top ten...

[jpup]

The Show 10, 09, 08, 07, 2006. That's the list.

[roadman]

HH is on my decade list, too bad it didn't make this list. I'm a stats person, and HH had the closest to ML stats as possible out of the other games besides The Show.

[boinker]

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Agreed with all the choices.

[jaxpac]

HIgh heat being left out is a major flaw with this list.