MVP Baseball 2005

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MVP Baseball 2005 is a baseball video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It features Boston Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez on its game cover. It is available for the PlayStation 2, the Xbox, GameCube, the PlayStation Portable and the PC. The main new feature in the 2005 game is the "Hitter's Eye" system, which turns the baseball different colors in the pitcher's hand (remains white for fastball, turns red for breaking pitches, green for off-speed pitches, orange for knuckleballs, etc.) and leaves a trail as the ball flies through the air toward the plate to aid in hitting, which game developers said had been too difficult in previous versions.

The game boasts full Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, and Major League Baseball Players Association licenses. It is also widely regarded to have the best graphics and gameplay of any other baseball video game on the market.

In addition to the advent of the Hitter's Eye, an Owner Mode feature and pitching and hitting Mini Games have been added. Other minor features include the ability for the managers to argue with the umpires at any time (automatic ejection for arguing balls and strikes) and a slow motion overhead view of the plate that can be accessed after each and every pitch (pitch/swing analysis) to see pitch location or the batter's timing. Games can also be rained out, forcing a player to play a double-header. MVP Baseball 2005 supports online play.

MVP Baseball 2005 also boasts a "Dynasty Mode", where players can select any of Major League Baseball's 30 teams and manage and/or play as them for 125 seasons. Games can be simulated along the way to speed up the game. Also in Dynasty Mode, gamers can trade players, negotiate contracts, call up and send down players to and from the minor leagues, and scout new talent, among many other activities.

As is in other baseball video games, Barry Bonds's likeness is replaced by a bearded caucasian man named Jon Dowd. Dowd is widely considered by female gamers to be amongst the most handsome characters in video game history. This avatar has the same attributes as Barry Bonds, but since Bonds withdrew from the player's union licensing agreement, Electronic Arts was forced to put a generic player in his place. Other real-life players also have alternate names and likenesses including Kevin Millar (Anthony Friese), Cory Lidle (Alan Hughes), and Brendan Donnelly (Scott Barcik). Many of the names are those of the game's developers.

MVP Baseball 2005 also received the award for best sports video game of 2005 from X-Play. It is still widely heralded as one of the best baseball video games ever made.

Due to a late 2005 contract with Major League Baseball, MVP Baseball 2005 was the last addition to the MVP/Triple Play EA Sports baseball franchise. Because of the lack of an MLB baseball game for the PC, many modifications, including a "MVP 06" mod, have been released at various sites, mainly MVPMods.

The announcers in the game are Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow, who are real life TV announcers for the San Francisco Giants.

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