Major League Baseball 2K5
Not enhanced, not adjusted, not tweaked, and not updated. Major League Baseball 2K5 is all new and sets the standard for baseball video games. Dominate the diamond with innovative pitching and batting…
Major League Baseball 2K5 is a sport developed by Visual Concepts, released 23 February 2005 on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Major League Baseball 2K5 is
Major League Baseball 2K5 is a sport game developed by Visual Concepts and released in 2005. It was published by 2K Sports. It is available on PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It carries an ESRB E age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Not enhanced, not adjusted, not tweaked, and not updated. Major League Baseball 2K5 is all new and sets the standard for baseball video games. Dominate the diamond with innovative pitching and batting controls, all-new Maximum Fielding and On Command baserunning featuring active picture-in-picture display, quick select controls, and a plethora of slide options. Indulge in the true MLB atmosphere as a brand-new graphics engine brings stadiums, player models, animations, weather effects, and cut-scenes to life in breathtaking detail. With an exclusive ESPN presentation system featuring expert commentary from Jon Miller, Joe Morgan, and Karl Ravech in-studio, Major League Baseball 2K5 is your…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the MLB series
Major League Baseball 2K5 is the 51st of 129 entries we hold in the MLB series. It arrived 7 months after MLB SlugFest: Loaded. The next entry was MLB 2006 in 2005. Its critic score of 80 is 4 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is MLB 06: The Show at 90.
How it was received
Major League Baseball 2K5 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 70% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Major League Baseball 2K5 launched on 23 February 2005, within three weeks of Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando and Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando, Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Quick answers
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