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High Heat Baseball 2002 for PlayStation 2 Videos >>
Summary This game is a rip-off. A shame since Sammy Sosa's was so great. This game should not have been released until they fixed all of these bugs. I thought my computer wasn't working. It is so frustrating, the stores won't even refund my money. I want what I pay for to work. I think it was wrong for them to rush it out. I would have been happy with an expansion pack for the 2001 game instead of something that doesn't even work at all! Do NOT BUY IT!!!Sound Sound is bad. The announcers are all off and unfinished. Horrible.Gameplay I would like to discuss this but there is hardly any the game does not work or even install properly.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary some parts i liked in the game but others weren't so good. Like i like the graphics and sound but they didn't have enough options like {HR Derby,Create players,franchise, and sign free agents.}Sound I liked the sound it was real good. The anouncer was good. he wasn't like the anouncer in Triple Play. That guy was horrible.Gameplay The gameplay was good but the base running was hard. like you couldn't go back once u started to run. but other than that the game play was good.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Rod WarrenFrom coweta, Ok Review Date 05/31/2001 Overall Rating  4 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Overall great game. A lot of fun, I love to play it.Sound Sound is probably the weak point of the program.There is alot of choppy sounds and the announcers talk over one another often. Also some of the audio clips sound like a russian rock band. mayce good for russians and acid freaks but they rather inbarous me around my house. and the worse part is that you cant turn of the batter walk-up music. Gameplay Game has excellent graphics,and excellent gameplay however there is way too many bugs at this point to give it a top rating. once they release a fix thats adequate the game will be super.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Let me say one thing first. I, generally, don't care for sports games. I find them too unwieldly, particularly the football games. I'm just not that fast, and most of these sport sims just leave me frustrated and exhausted. But not so with High Heat Baseball. I'm at pro level which is only a little tougher than rookie, and I'm holding my own against the opposition.Sound Sound plays well at the plate. If you connect well with a ball you hear a good crack! If you don't you also hear that, and the ball takes off from your bat accordingly. The announcers do a pretty good job, although they can be monotonous at times, repeating the same thing again and again. "Here comes the always dangerous so and so..." ad infinitum is one example. But then, what announcer doesn't have his ad infinitum, ad nauseum style that makes you want to puke? I guess you could look at it as an unwanted taste of realism if you like. The crowd noises are the best I've ever heard in a game. They really seem to get into it, and when you catch a batter sleeping or swinging away at a strike three call, it's a rush to hear the crowd's approval.Gameplay I like the speed of the gameplay. You don't have to have lightning fast reflexes to get to the ball on time like in many sport games. The computer is generous with high hanging flyballs and slow grounders that gives you enough time to get to them. I also like the idea that it takes only the press of one button to throw to the various bases. Pitching is fun as well. It's easy to fool and be fooled in pitching which is really what the game of baseball is all about. The heart of the game begins and ends with pitching, and if you pitch well in High Heat Baseball, you will be rewarded for it, so heads up! This game respects a smartly played game.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By BrianFrom Downers Grove Review Date 05/16/2001 Overall Rating  3 of 5 Rate this review? Summary It is a good game and it is fun to play but we are taking it too easy on these video game companies who continue to charge large sums of money every year for the newest version of a game 98'99'00' ect. While in return we get games with very little real improvement and huge oversites! I know the makers in the game have to see some of these problems before they release the game and they don't do anything about it so they have something to improve on next year. The bottom line is that we need to start getting a return on our PS2 investment. It is not acceptable to give a game a good rating just because it happens to be the best baseball game.( In this case, it is a race to the bottom) It should get a good rating because it stands on it's own merit and it delivers what we expect (and more) out of a PS2 game. There are some good things about the game however. Below I will address both the positives and negatives of high heat 2002Sound The sound kicks. I like the music "get ready for the launch!"Gameplay The Gam play is fun and it keeps you attention long enough for the experience to be considered worth while. However the are some huge oversites.1-the rosters are far from accurate, no Ichiro? No Julio Zuleta on the Cubs but they do have Cory Patterson? In general in does not effect gameplay, but if your playing with one of your favorite teams and they don't have one of your favorite guys it is not as much fun. 2-Baserunning- no burst of speed button is a huge mistake. After you hit the ball your hardly pressing any buttons it's like your just watching. For those of us who grew up on NHL 93-2001, the lack of activity is a drag. 3-It drives me crazy when the screen says that one of my pitchers just got tired and sat down, even though he is on the mound! Also, when they say "and next up...the always dangerous Julian Tavaraz" He's a pitcher! He's not dangerous. My motto: If you can't say something accurate don't say anything at all, it hurts the credibility of the game. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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