The "positive little things" thread

[TheLooseCannon]

Re: The "positive little things" thread

Yeah i think MVP 2005 did have it but it didnt happen always, it was one of thoese rare things.Sometimes the ball would roll into the ivy and they would call a ground rule double. I think it happened to me about 3 times i think.

Whoa, that's weird, never happened for me. I still have MVP 2005 though, so I'll have to check it out sometime.

Also, as for the 360 version, I suppose you guys could list those things in this thread, but just make sure you specify if it was a 360-exclusive type of thing like the vendors.

[PapiChullo]

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After hearing all of the bad stuff about this game, I was thinking about returning my copy, that I've been afraid to open. But after reading this thread, it's got me a little excited about the game again. As soon as I find some ps2 rosters, I'll probably break it out.

[wayne23]

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I purchased the entire team's IE report on the Mets and when certain batters came up to bat, my infielders and outfielders would automatically adjust according to the IE batter's tendencies. I thought I would have to manually adjusting them. Very cool.

[Jistic]

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Are you talking about the ivy thing? If so then I think you are wrong, in my Cubs Franchises in MVP 2004 and 2005 that never happened once, the ball always bounced off the ivy like it was solid.

Some more things:

-The League News section covers a ton of things, I like it when it says when teams complete sweeps, Jim Edmonds getting his 1000 RBI, pitcher's throwing shut-outs, and seeing when other teams resign their guys. Not sure how many years I'll be able to get through in GM Mode, but apparently guys will get inducted into the HOF (I think MVP 2005 had this too), that's cool, not sure how it works out though.
-Pujols & Edmonds hit HRs in Wrigley and the fans chanted "Throw it back!". Hasn't happened yet, but I remember they would do that in High Heat, that was awesome.
-The stat overlays during at-bats is awesome, I love being able to see all those stats without having to pause the game, nice.
-And like someone else said: In Game Saves!!!!

What's a nice touch is John Miller actually says, "It's off the Ivy" I thought that was cool stadium specific commentary in game.

Also I had Griffey hit a HR off of me. Then he robbed D. Lee of a HR. When he came up the next time Morgan talked about how he's killing us at the plate AND in the field and they showed both highlights. Thought that was cool.

[slickdtc]

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What's a nice touch is John Miller actually says, "It's off the Ivy" I thought that was cool stadium specific commentary in game.

Also I had Griffey hit a HR off of me. Then he robbed D. Lee of a HR. When he came up the next time Morgan talked about how he's killing us at the plate AND in the field and they showed both highlights. Thought that was cool.

Wow. Just freaking wow! That's so awesome!

As for the one guy who said that Manager would argue calls in MVP 05, he is correct. However, I don't think they would argue fair or foul, though I'm not sure. I know they argued if the ball got to the base first and balls/strikes, but not sure about fair and foul.

This thread is so great. I mean, you see so much negative and the positives are always forgotten. Man, hearing about all these Cubs things makes me want to play with them.

[RGmoney]

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I purchased the entire team's IE report on the Mets and when certain batters came up to bat, my infielders and outfielders would automatically adjust according to the IE batter's tendencies. I thought I would have to manually adjusting them. Very cool.

Yeah, that is a nice touch.

[nemesis04]

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I purchased the entire team's IE report on the Mets and when certain batters came up to bat, my infielders and outfielders would automatically adjust according to the IE batter's tendencies. I thought I would have to manually adjusting them. Very cool.

I thought we would have to adjust them manually. I am not sure I like that, will have to see.

[RGmoney]

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I thought we would have to adjust them manually. I am not sure I like that, will have to see.

You don't have to stick with the IE. It can be called-off/changed.

[Scooter3]

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I'm enjoying having a choice of first and last names which 90% are announced.

[nemesis04]

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You don't have to stick with the IE. It can be called-off/changed.

That is good, I like to move players around based on how I pitch. Thanks for checking.

[backbreaker]

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The whole catcher experience, from him calling the game on IE reports, to the Catcher Cam. I'm the Angels vs. the Mariners, the catcher, Molina was calling the pitch types and I was going along as scripted. Ichiro, got a double the 1st at bat, and a triple the 2nd at bat based on Molina calling the pitch types. So when Ichiro got up to bat on his 3rd at bat Molina didn't call the pitch types and I was like c'mon dude call a pitch but he wouldn't. Some would say that is a bug, me on the other hand saw it as Molina was out ideas on how to pitch to this guy and left it up to me and I subsequently struck him out. Now here's the kicker, When Ichiro came up to his 4th at bat Molina started calling pitches that I threw to get him out when he decided to let me call the pitches. I was like damn, that was cool as hell.

Although it takes some getting used too, Catcher Cam after a few hours of training my brain and motor skills to adapt to it, is pretty damn awesome feature.

[RGmoney]

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The whole catcher experience, from him calling the game on IE reports, to the Catcher Cam. I'm the Angels vs. the Mariners, the catcher, Molina was calling the pitch types and I was going along as scripted. Ichiro, got a double the 1st at bat, and a triple the 2nd at bat based on Molina calling the pitch types. So when Ichiro got up to bat on his 3rd at bat Molina didn't call the pitch types and I was like c'mon dude call a pitch but he wouldn't. Some would say that is a bug, me on the other hand saw it as Molina was out ideas on how to pitch to this guy and left it up to me and I subsequently struck him out. Now here's the kicker, When Ichiro came up to his 4th at bat Molina started calling pitches that I threw to get him out when he decided to let me call the pitches. I was like damn, that was cool as hell.

Although it takes some getting used too, Catcher Cam after a few hours of training my brain and motor skills to adapt to it, is pretty damn awesome feature.

Now that is pretty cool. I also like how each catcher as a rating for "calling" games. As for the Catcher Cam, it took me some time to adapt to it as well. I thought it would be more of a gimmick like "First-Person" mode was in the NFL 2K series, but it's not. I use it about 50/50 now, depends on who I'm playing. I always give new features a series try before saying yea/nay on them. It's always a challenge to try and get my "35-yr" old mind/reflexes to adapt... LOL

I'm having a blast with this game. I believe that is some of the bugs/glitches(no game-killers for me) in the Xbox/PS2 versions are fixed in the 360 version, those guys will have a pretty good baseball experience.

[backbreaker]

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I also like IE based, the realtime reports, I like how you can scroll in the batters info, and if you have an IE, I like how when the count changes, if you leave it on weak vs. it will tell what pitch he's weak against in this type of count and it changes realtime.

[nemesis04]

Re: The "positive little things" thread

The whole catcher experience, from him calling the game on IE reports, to the Catcher Cam. I'm the Angels vs. the Mariners, the catcher, Molina was calling the pitch types and I was going along as scripted. Ichiro, got a double the 1st at bat, and a triple the 2nd at bat based on Molina calling the pitch types. So when Ichiro got up to bat on his 3rd at bat Molina didn't call the pitch types and I was like c'mon dude call a pitch but he wouldn't. Some would say that is a bug, me on the other hand saw it as Molina was out ideas on how to pitch to this guy and left it up to me and I subsequently struck him out. Now here's the kicker, When Ichiro came up to his 4th at bat Molina started calling pitches that I threw to get him out when he decided to let me call the pitches. I was like damn, that was cool as hell.

Although it takes some getting used too, Catcher Cam after a few hours of training my brain and motor skills to adapt to it, is pretty damn awesome feature.

This is good to hear, glad to see there is some failure built into the IE reports.

May have to upgrade to a purchase instead of trying it out. Keep them coming!

[ComfortablyLomb]

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Hey, so, some people are actually coming out of the woodwork who enjoying this game? Excellent.