tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16702769.post115614835635128756..comments2007-04-13T19:18:13.346-06:00Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12575318112376584494noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16702769.post-1156177010452950452006-08-21T10:16:00.000-06:002006-08-21T10:16:00.000-06:00The MLB thing was pretty much 2K's vengance for EA snapping up the NFL's rights until sometime after the Apocalypse. The fact that, relatively speaking, no one really gives a shit about baseball games (or anything other than Madden, really) is immaterial.<BR/><BR/>GameSpot had a grading-the-cover-athletes feature a couple of years back. Damned if I can find it now, but I think they only found two or three guys over two years (EA, 2K, and 989) who actually had decent years.Doogiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808174251615410850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16702769.post-1156174733884462982006-08-21T09:38:00.000-06:002006-08-21T09:38:00.000-06:00<I>"EA Sports no longer has licensing rights for MLB video games. As such, EA put out MVP NCAA Baseball in 2006."</I><BR/><BR/>This unfortunate fact nearly led to a 500-word rant from me on the subject. But then I shelved the box and my frustration abated.<BR/><BR/>You see, I am the unlucky owner of the latter game, thanks to mis-identifying it in the store. I saw the EA brand, MVP Baseball and 2006 on the box and the rest of my brain promptly shut off. The low, low price should've made me suspicious. Only once the package was opened did I realize my mistake.<BR/><BR/>As for the game, it might be okay if (a) I had any interest in the mechanics of college baseball (such as athlete recruitment), or (b) if the game was based on actual people (in dynasty mode you can choose to identify all players by number only, or by CPU-assigned names).Avi Schaumberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10179891833935919331noreply@blogger.com