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srudoff said:
see this is kinda what i was getting at
mvp trashers point out that it's arcade and that dynasty's broken. they claim that espn is the "best baseball game of all time", "the game for serious simmers", etc. yet none of these "serious simmers" have taken any time to make sure dynasty is not broken on espn. i actually saw one poster say that he was going to stop reading these boards because he'd rather not know about any game killing bugs because he was having too much fun playing espn. while that's fine for that guy and probably many others, it goes against all these people who can't stop talking about espn as the ultimate sim game. i guess i'm calling out these people to kinda point out why they claim to be "serious simmers" but are content to hope that espn's franchise isn't broken instead of actually making sure it's not before making their claims.
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I've played MVP (owned it for a while), and the on-field action alone couldn't hold ESPN's jockstrap in my opinion. I've played about two dozen games so far, so I've spent a fair amount of time with the game. But really, I noticed how much better this game is within the first couple of innings when I drew a walk.
ESPN certainly has some flaws. The animations often suck. The general crowd noise is flat. There are a couple of minor bugs like the scoring of errors. The substitution AI could be improved a little. But nothing that takes away from drawing walks, pitching walks more easily, and seeing CPU guys steal and hit & run. The point is, this game really feels like baseball, while MVP feels like baseball-flavored substance. I don't even miss the pitching meter any more, which was my favorite part of MVP.
I certainly think dynasty is important, but if it's THE most important thing to you, then you shouldn't even be playing these games, you should be playing Out of the Park. If on-field gameplay is the most important thing, ESPN is easily more realistic than MVP. It is the NBA Inside Drive of baseball this year. In fact, the realism of this game becomes even more apparent the more you play it.
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