MVP is much different from Triple Play. First of all, pitching can be a little confunsing at first. You must first select the location of the pitch with the number pad, and then you select which pitch it will be with the arrows. You must hold the arrows until the pitching gauge fills, and then let go, letting it go back to the top. When it crosses the green strip, you must then press the pitch again, for accuracy. The entire time you are holding the location of the pitch, too. This took me a while to figure out, but once I did, it became very easy.

 

The batting is also easy. All you have to do is press the control button. If you want the ball to go high, for a sacrifice or a homerun, you prees the arrow up key. If you want a grounder, you press the arrow down key. If you want the ball to go to left field, you press the left arrow key, or if you want it to go to right field, the right arrow key. Like I said, easy. Of course, you don't have to press the arrow keys. You could just press the swing button and let the ball go on account of where on the bat you hit it.

 

Besides a normal Season mode, MVP also comes with a Franchise mode. This is where you select a team, and have to manage that team for about ten seasons. Each team has special goals to complete: 6 seasons over .500, 3 seasons with more than 3 players hitting 20+ homeruns, sweep your rival three times, etc. Each team has different goals, and also different rivals. These goals make the concertration not only on winning, but completing them.

 

In MVP you can vreate your own player, and then sign him onto your team. Butt, if you make you player a 99 at everything (as good as any player can be), he will be around $6-9 million dollars a year, making your budget very tight. In order to raise your cap, you must complete goals, and, most of all, win.

 

The graphics remind me of Triple Play 2002. A little fuzzy. But the spectacular gameplay and the wonderful pitcher/batter interface makes the MVP Baseball franchise a one to watch out for.