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The best game ever!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is great. It is perfect for those of us that like the gameplay but also the stratigic part. You can manage your minor league teams from AAA, AA, and A!!! This is a realistic twist to a baseball game and is especially important in a career mode. And by the way, you can play a career mode for 60,000 seasons!! Just remember to save often because, yes, it does have some bugs. So, all in all a good game and great for the simulation type players.

High Heat 2002

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I think this game is the best baseball game every made. I almost didn't buy it because alot of people had problems with it. But i haven't had much problems at all. I have a PIII 600 with 192MB ram and a Voodoo 3500 and it works just fine.... The game plays alot like last years game but it is a little harder and the graphics look alot better. Plus i down loaded all the stadium updates and the sound updates to make it super cool. There are so many add-ons on the internet, you can customize the game to your likin... I love the game and play it all the time. Just hope it'll work on your computer.

Best Baseball Game Out There

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: March 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

3DO did it again with this title. Ultra-realistic baseball with much improved graphics from the past. High Heat is so much better than EA Sports' title Triple Play Baseball. High Heat is great for that fan who wants every last baseball detail.

Warning this Game looks good but fails!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I can't believe 3do would put out a game that has one major problem: Several computer owners with high end video cards cause the game to crash in mid game. Like other users the game just stops in the middle of the game. The game was working great with my Matrox 2 card but I was hopping to make the game look a little better so invested about ... for a new video card (3di Radeon 32). After installing the new card and running the game it crashes. I do give the game 2 stars because it looks great when it runs put without a patch this game is useless! As of May 2 a patch has not been released and 3do still has not answered any of my e-mails for tech support.

It wont run.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: June 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This applies to the PC Version only.

I have a brand new system, and the game will not run on it at all. It crashes sometimes mid game, most of the time I cant even get the game started. It is very disapointing, and I feel I wasted my money. However, when it does run for short periods of time, the game looks great, with the exception of choppy sounds, and flickering graphics. The game play is realistic, and better then Triple Play. But I cannot use the program due to the fact that it refuses to run. So I say, purchase at your own risk.

The best Baseball game in 2002

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Great graphics, very realistic. Have some bugs which can be easily corrected. Make sure your video card driver can support DirectX 8.0. If not, the game will crash to the desktop when playing. 3DO has a list of updated drivers on homepage for video cards. Install the updated driver before installing High Heat Baseball 2002. And enjoy the best PC baseball game this year.

By Far the Best out there

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I am very critical of baseball video-games, I own a lot and I play a lot. This game is by far the best I have ever played. Just the options that are available in this game surpass any other. With full control over minor leaguers (AAA,AA,A) this game real gives you the feeling of being in control of a major league baseball team. The graphics are true to life, but the sound does leave something to be desired. The announcers are choppy, and seem to burt things out. But I still give it Five stars because the game itself reaaly is the best.

High Heat 2002

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

As a Baseball Game fan since the microleague series, this is the only true baseball game on the market. Its shines in its realism, statistics, goods graphics, and ability to tailor your own baseball world. I rarely give any game 5 stars because of the fact that no videogame is without flaws and expecting perfection is misleading. I do only complain about the lack of crowd reactions to home team success, however this is minor and there is no other alternative on the market. The others are only arcade games for non baseball fans.

I liked 2001 version more...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

High Heat Baseball is my favorite PC game of all time. In this annual baseball series, my favorite is the 2001 edition, which I think got most everything just right for the fun factor (after the patches, of course). However, I must admit that the 2002 edition disappointed me. I hear the 2003 edition is just the same thing pretty much, so I would probably not like it, either. Why don't I like the 2002 version?

First, the graphics. The 2002 colors are much too gray/dusty (I couldn't believe how much more pleasant the 2001 edition looked after I returned to it; it is like a bright cheerful day compared to the fogginess of 2002. Plus, the players all look and MOVE like zombies, despite of or perhaps because of the higher polygon count. They are all tall and stiff; I hate that stiff-armed animated walk after a base on balls, I cringe at the batter animation when a foul ball is hit. The worst graphical horror is when the game is played on a "bright" day and the players wear the short sleeve uniforms; the arms look wrinkled and quite hideous, and coupled with the already stiff animation, definitely makes the players look like zombies. Don't believe me? Play 2001 and 2002 back-to-back, and you will see. Yeah, sure, the newer stadiums look cool and the billboards flash and some of the newer animations do look neat, but I still prefer the cleaner, more simplistic graphics of the 2001 edition overall.

Next, the batter interface. I hate it. I rarely strike-out more then 10 per game in 2001, but I don't understand the 2002 strike zone, and I rarely strike out LESS than 10. Balls which look much too low are called strikes. The pitching animation looks rather jerky/uneven/not so realistic. This makes judging the ball path harder. (I tried the batting practice session, too...the horror!! Pitching animation did NOT match at all where the ball was released; it was therefore impossible to figure out where the ball was coming from!) Grr. Plus, that dumb whoosh sound as the ball comes closer ALWAYS throws off my timing. The WORST thing, however, is the much increased difficulty in checking your swing. Once you start swinging, you better make sure you make contact because you are unlikely to check in time unless you have uncanny reflexes.

Next, the sound. Overall, it is better, and I like the rock soundtrack and the 2 commentators. BUT, they cut each other off a lot, especially if the stadium announcer is on, so a lot of times what they say doesn't make much sense and is way too choppy. And I hate the hecklers because sooner or later, the game locks on one heckler who will repeat the same taunt in an endless loop until you turn it off. Stupid bug. The patch didn't fix it, either.

Now, don't get me wrong, overall this is still a decent baseball game, but there are enough small details which frustrate me that I prefer the earlier edition. One last thing...2002 lets me upgrade my 2001 roster into the new version, so I did. Brought them into AAA league, which was where they came from in the 2001 version. And they proceeded to demolish the competition 96-2 in the first game. Hm. Barely struck out, despite being at bat, oh, 100+ times. But I struck out like mad in the pro league. Needless to say, the game is not too balanced moving from AAA to pro. But there you go...

The 2002 edition may have more glitz and glamour overall and more neat downloaded files, but I think I'll stick with my tried-and-loved 2001 edition of High Heat.

Could be a good game if...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: March 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It could be a good game if it was actually playable, but like it has been mentioned in other rebiews that game just doesn't work. I get kicked out back to the desktop. The game freezzes. The audio sounds like a new born baby mumbling. I've contacted customer support and they act like it is some big suprise that the game does not work. There response was hmmm that is unusual, as if to say I am the only one having a problem. I tried changing the video settings on my computer but nothing has worked. I recomend holding off till 3DO wakes up and realizes something is wrong.

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