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Sooooo MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS GAME!!! | | beastie719 from Shippensburg, PA says (19/Oct/2001): | Where do I start?! The game is good but I have one question. Do the programmers actually sit down and PLAY these games after they make them? It doesn't seem like it. I played for two days and came up with a LONG LIST of problems.
First, as everyone else has said, the homers are too easy to hit. And sometimes, when you hit a home run, the batter does not get credited with a hit! Also, the songs in the game get old REAL fast, they should add a few to make it less irritating.
It's also too easy to throw runners out at first and second on hard hit singles to the outfield. Also, you can't change the controls to control the other team during the game. Other games allow you to do that between innings (if you want to hit for both teams or pitch for both teams), it would be nice to have that option here.
The computer is too predictable, when subbing during games, reliever A always comes in first, then reliever B and reliever C (pinch hitters are the same way). The season length options aren't good either. They only offer 14, 29, and 162 game seasons. I would like to see more options (40 games, 81 games, 120 games...or let the user pick the number). Also, the announcers mispronounce alot of names (that's not too bad, but it's annoying).
The computer doesn't substitute players realistically during All-Star games. The same starter might go 7 innings (if you don't knock him out in the first with 5 homers) and the starters play the entire nine innings! ANOTHER THING...what's with the weird order the pitchers are listed in in the post-game box score? (they're all out of order!)
Why does everyone like the new angles that they show the home runs in? I don't like it because everytime you hit a homer the view changes and you KNOW it's a homer. I like a little suspense while the ball is going deep (is it out?..should I run after it? The new angle removes the suspense of "back..back...back...GONE!!!") With the new view, you don't even bother running (on the basepath's and in the field).
Someone also said it would be cool if they kept track of records (most hits in a game by a player ,most runs by a team, etc.) and show something on the screen when a record is broken (and maybe show a fake newspaper headline after the game)
There should also be more ground balls AND errors in the outfield, especially on those IMPOSSIBLE catches the computer likes to make on balls hit to the gap (errors in the infield too). Hit batters, wild pitches, and bench clearing brawls would be great too (fellas at 989 sports, it's called "realism"...look into it!) It would also be nice to actually LOSE a game now and then...I'm 112 and 5 and I'm batting on All-Star difficulty.
AND FINALLY...how about throwing in some creative options that allow the user to "unlock" bonus players? For instance, if you hit four homers in a game with a player (which isn't hard) then you unlock Babe Ruth to use in the home run derby. Or strikeout 15 batters in a game and you can trade for Nolan Ryan. Just a few ideas...other than that, the game is great!
| This Game Is Cool!!!!! | | Eduardo Novoa from Monterrey says (11/Jan/2002): | Well i'll say that mlb 2002 is a great game, but i agree with the reviewer at the top of this list, the homers are easy, sometimes the hitter doesn't get a hit marked when you hit a homer, but the cool thing is that in an exhibition game you can play with a same team i mean you can play with the yankees and play vs the yankees cool, aren't it?
other thing is that you can create players
good game 989 sports!
| good and bad | | Travis Allen from East Peoria,IL says (16/May/2002): | The graphics are excellent in this game except for the faces on some players. the sound is ok the commentary sucks! they use the same old comments and it's always the same people too! at the start of the season u could hit a home run and it will say 0-1 today...wat up wit dat? the averages are off alot! the rosters (even if thier from last season) are out of date! The create a player is really good, the create a pitcher is really good (they are both good. the field and batting is excellent.
| Brennan Ethridge Cochran Georgia ( 7/ 26/ 02 ) | | Brennan Ethridge from Cochran Georgia says (27/Jun/2002): | This game has good graphics! The only thing wrong about this game is the commentary stinks but, you can create your own player. The bad thing about create a player is you dont get enough points to improve the player, besides the sucky commentary the game is GREAT!!
| Fun , but frustrating not gettin credit for stuff (and other glitches) | | Cub and Wallace fan from Paris,USA says (13/Aug/2002): | I love sittin back on a quiet day and playin this game. Unfortunately, i didnt know about these little glitches until i read this website. I mean I kinda noticed something was wrong when i could've swore Sosa hit a homer and the announcer said he flyed out last time, but i didnt expect that. That kinda ruins it for me, i mean whats the point in playing a season to try to put up the best numbers for your players and try to get lots of homers when you dont get credit for it? So, that ruins this game for me. All-Star Baseball 2000 for N64 has better graphics and gameplay than this game! of course ive got a playstation2 and i guess i expect better.
Well basically, these glitches ruined the game for me and now i think it suks.
SORRY 989 SPORTS , BUT YOU COULDVE DONE BETTER. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.
ILL NEVER BUY ONE OF YOUR GAMES AGAIN!!!
| Good layout. Graphics suck. 2 many glitches | | Ben from Reading, USA says (14/Aug/2003): | Hitting homers is pretty cool, but since when do you have to reach first for it to count as a hit? Also, since when is that if you hit a foul ball, if you reach second before the ball lands is it a hit? Finally, it's almost impossible to steal a base.
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