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The frontrunner........

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: January 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game appears to be the front runner for baseball games for the Xbox console. I've been a big fan of the EA Sports Triple Play series, but their hayday may be running out.........

X-Box + ASB= best game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: January 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I cannot wait for this one, All-Star baseball has always been the best baseball game and now it's coming to the best system ever. Franchise mode with no memory card needed! The 3-D batting icon has always made ASB stand above the other games. I would wait outside in the rain for this version. Thank goodness I can order online.

All-Star Performance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is gonna be the game of the year. The 3-D batting of ASB has always been tops. The X-Box version of this baseball title will rule. Did I mention FRANCHISE MODE? It's SHOWTIME!!!

DEREK JETER COMES THROUGH AGAIN!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: February 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

People will talk about this game years from now. It's the first baseball game to have player cards, franchise mode, expansion mode and a trivia game. This ASB series has always been fun, .ign is saying it's the best one yet so I am very excited about getting the 2003 verison.

asb 2003

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 46
Date: February 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I think this is a fun game but is very repetive and gets boring after a half hour...You cannot play asb 2003 all day like you could with Halo, Madden 2002, nhl 2002, or NBA live 2002

Best Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: February 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this is the awsomest game in the world the graphics are amazing the players look real and the unifors and logos are awesome.This is definately a five star game

All of these reviews are worthless

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 13 / 27
Date: February 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

How can you people review a game that hasn't even been released yet. Save your comments until you've actually played the game. Don't rate it based on speculation.

My general first impressions after my first evening of play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: March 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Graphics are pretty good. There are some artifacts, but I am on a 53" TV. Some of the artifacts are things like the players holding the ball on the outside of their glove when picking up a grounder or the detail image of the ball leaving the players hand is static, not dependent on where the player throws the ball. Even with these shortcomings, the graphics are nice. Some of the faces on the players look life-like. Jason Giambi (in NYY penstripes) looks great. The crowds have been scanned in also. So although I hate to see people sitting in the stands wearing Braves hats (especially when my Astros are playing someone like the Cubs, who would be wearing a Braves cap at that game?) at least Acclaim went far enough to make it look more real. Compared to the baseball games I have seen on the PS2 this is a superior graphic version.

Game play is pretty good. The controls are intuitive and offer a good range of play. You can know very little and still play a game with little effort. As you play more, you learn the finer points of drag bunts, widening lead-offs for runners, and superior batting. This game is not like most other console baseball games I have played - meaning it's no homerun fever. I am pretty impressed with the pitching mechanics: choosing pitches and controlling them without the knowledge of the other player is a key to low scoring and good games (it's called "tension" - Triple Play programmers please take note!) Acclaim's mechanics in this area are great; choose the pitch type and pick a location. During the windup you can then move the pitch in the zone via "ghost" mode: you can't see where you are exactly moving it, but neither can the batter. To give the pitcher a little more knowledge of how much he has moved the pitch, Acclaim has defaulted the vibration in the control pad to on. As you move the pitch out of the zone, the vibration increases; move it back in the zone it disappears. Greater distance outside the zone is a greater vibration. You can turn this feature off, but why? Set the pitch up way inside (vibration begins) and as you windup, move it a little into the zone (where the vibration suddenly stops.) Great idea, great execution. Batting is good too. The batters can "guess" what the pitcher is going to throw and if correct and if making contact, then the batter really gets a great hit. Guess wrong but hit the ball and you get things like broken bat singles (yes, the bat breaks and ball and bat are in play,) pop-ups and dribblers. You can also ignore guessing the pitch and focus on just hitting. You can control the angle of the bat: thus if you want a pop fly you can control that easily by pitching the bat angle. Need a grounder, pitch the bat the other way. This can help when you want a sacrifice fly to score a guy from 3rd or want to hit a screaming line drive down the 3rd base path. You also, as a batter, have two types of batting zones: a larger zone that encompasses the whole batting surface of the bat and a "sweet-spot" zone, which is smaller. Making contact in the sweet spot will generally produce a base hit; so with the stronger batters, like Helton, you might fly it out and with finesse batter like Ichiro, you might produce a line drive single. Controlling the players in the field is not yet my best skill; fortunately for me, ASB 2003 allows you to turn on some computer help. This puts the guys into general motion during a hit and allows a little easier novice play. There are also some cool features in controlling the players in the field: using the triggers will allow you to move both the infield and outfield to play depths. Have a guy on first? Move the infield to double play depth. Jeff bagwell up? Put on the "Bagwell Shift" and move the infield and outfield to an extreme right field shade. Barry Bonds up? Move those outfielders to deep, deep positions. You can adjust all this on the fly and it works well.

Outside of game play there are some pretty cool features in the ASB 2003. You can play Quick games, Exhibition games, and League games. There is also a batting practice session. During BP you can choose a left-handed batter who only throws four-seam fastballs, or you can choose a right-handed knuckballer. The choices are pretty deep in this area. You can also play Home Run Derby. Now here is the kicker: you can choose players from the "Legends of Cooperstown" collection. That means you could have Ernie Banks, Reggie Jackson, or Nolan Ryan on your side. Wow! I played Home Run derby last night and my national league team was as follows: Jeff Bagwell (Astro,) Lance Berkman (Astro,) Moises Alou (former Astro, now Cub,) and Joe Morgan (former Astro inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Red.) Joe Morgan is huge...and looks menacing. Acclaim has also taken a cue to put "players cards" into this game. As you accomplish stuff on the field you can earn points: retire the side and earn a single point (so unless you quit, you will eventually get a point each inning as you finish getting the other team out.) Retire the side with all strikeouts and get 5 points. Etc. These points accumulate and you can buy packs of Donnerus cards: each pack has 6 cards. You can trade them too, so I assume if you have a memory pack you could take them to other geeks' houses and trade away.

Overall, I think this is a pretty good game. I think I am going to get a lot of play out of it and at ... for ASB 2003, that's what you want.

Awsome graphics but hard to control

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game has the most unbelivible graphics I have ever seen, even by X-Box standards. Batters look and act exactly like their real-life counterparts, down to the way they shake their heads after they strike out. The game play, on the other hand, is a little unresponsive and batting takes a little time to get used to. I highly reccommend this game to all baseball fans.

Best Baseball Game out there. Period.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

a) Visually Beautiful
b) Easy to Learn
c) Great Gameplay
d) Great options, stats, locations
e) Incredibly Fun

If you're a baseball fan: Welcome to your new addiction.

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