Saving a few million dollars in team's budget in case players are unhappy with their contracts or if the players acquire penalties costing money is a smart idea for gamers. Also, it's now possible to give players an added stats bonus by playing the batting and pitching minigames during spring training. The dynasty mode in MVP Baseball 2004 had a bug that made it impossible for computer-generated players to evolve into A-list superstars unless the players actually played at least 95 percent of team's games. Games in the dynasty mode can be played in real time, or entire chunks of the season can be simulated in one fell swoop. Meeting these goals boosts managerial rating and team chemistry.
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The game also makes things interesting by giving a constantly changing series of one-year and three-year goals to live up to. If a player is unhappy or wants to be traded, the player may send a message in MVP Inbox asking the players if they could consider their desires. The players' moods can be monitored via face icons in each player's profile. Team chemistry, rivalries, and player moods are also variables in the dynasty mode that can be strengthened or weakened by win/loss records, player salaries, playing time, and position in the batting order or pitching rotation. Responsibilities include setting lineups, making trades, and shuffling players up and down through the team's three minor league farm clubs.
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On the statistics side of things, the game keeps a running tally of current season and previous season statistics in 64 different categories, along with 120 years' worth of league leader statistics.ĭynasty mode lets gamers draft and manage a team for up to 120 full seasons, including spring training games. Games are sometimes canceled due to rainouts, which the computer handles by automatically rescheduling the contest at a later date, sometimes as a day/night doubleheader. It's up to the players whether the players choose to act on or ignore their requests. Other teams will offer trades, and some of the players' own players will ask to be traded. Injuries and suspensions occur throughout the season, requiring the players to adjust lineups accordingly. However, Hack Wilson actually set the MLB single-season RBIs record with 191 RBIs in 1930.īoth the dynasty and owner's modes keep track of all sorts of events and statistics that diehard baseball fans want to see in a video game. Another quirk in the game is that Kuiper claims Hack Wilson set the MLB single-season runs scored record with 192 runs scored in 1930. For example, although Lance Berkman's power and contact stats are both higher batting left-handed in the game by default, Kuiper will claim that Berkman hits better batting right-handed. One interesting quirk about MVP Baseball 2005 is Kuiper's commentary about switch-hitters who are currently batting, claiming the batter hits better from one side when, looking at the batter's power and/or contact stats, they actually hit better from the other side. The scenario editor lets the players adjust 20 different variables-such as the teams involved, the inning, the count, who's on base, and so on-so the players can set up every possible baseball scenario that has ever occurred in the history of the sport. Instead, the player picks from a list of managerial choices, and the outcome of each play is printed onscreen in a running box score. The players don't actually see the players swing or make plays. The manager mode, where each at-bat is simulated based on the choices the players make before the opening pitch. The exhibition mode, lets the player quickly set up a game against another team, and both pick a starting pitcher and adjust the lineup, if need be. Īs far as play modes go, MVP Baseball 2005 includes an exhibition mode, a manager's mode, two different franchise modes, a scenario editor, and a handful of baseball-themed practice games.
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At the time, new rosters could be downloaded to the Xbox and PS2 versions of the game by accessing their online play menus. Rosters are current as of January 12, 2005, and the game included the then new Washington Nationals, along with their then temporary home, RFK Stadium. Two legends teams, 63 legendary players, 15 classic stadiums, five fantasy parks, and more than 100 retro uniforms round out the list of included unlockable features. 2005's installment includes single-A ball clubs as well (mostly from the Florida State League), giving each MLB team three levels of minor league farm clubs. It includes authentic minor league teams and actual minor league players by including double-A and triple-A-level farm teams. Like most Major League Baseball video games, MVP Baseball 2005 includes all 30 official Major League Baseball teams and stadiums, as well as the more than 1,000 individual players that populate each team.
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