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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.

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.

This Stinks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 15
Date: April 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the worst baseball games I have played. I play EA games which are much better. Even though this game has great options, the timing and video is terrible, it is not compatible with a Geforce2 GTS. I needs a patch for it, which is not out. The tech support is also terrible, you send a message and you could wait for years. DON'T BUY IT!!!! Get Triple Play!

Full of Bugs

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Probably the worst piece of gaming software we have ever purchased. There are so many bugs its completely frustrating to play. After following 3DO's recommendations for fixing the problems, the game won't load any more. (Our PC is a high end 700+mhz Dell with lots of resources and high end video card)

This is a major league strike out for 3DO.

High Heat 2002 is not worth the money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: March 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The most anticipated game from the company that brought us High Heat 2001 --what many consider the best baseball simulation if not the best sports game ever-- is a dud! High Heat 2002 is not worth the ... asking price, it isn't even worth ... and here are the reasons: *Graphics compatability -- Last years version was fully compatable with many laptops. The requirements that 3DO says the game needs are met by my laptop. Even Triple Play 2002 works on my laptop. High Heat does not and it wasn't designed to work, even though tech support said it should. *Graphics Overall -- The players look like guerillas! Who ever designed the models apperently has never seen a human being, let alone knows what one looks like when swinging a bat, throwing a ball or running. I have a top of the line 3D accelerator on my desk top, but even that does not help. The players' helmets are so bright, they look like night lights and the bats look like lightsabers. I keep expecting Obi-wan and Darth Maul to come jumping out of the dugout for a turn at bat. Plus fan animation would have been nice, but it doesn't exist. *Added features --rain outs, 40 man roster in September, nice but to sacrice the look of the game. No *In general it seems while they were tweaking the engine, the plain and simple truth is they ruined a great game. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It really is no better than Triple Play 2002, which isn't great in and of itself. Bottom line save your money or buy NHL 2001 and play that all summer like I plan to.

This game sucks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 13
Date: April 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I just bought High Heat Baseball for my PC. With baited breath I waited for this game. It was going to be great, and why not, I have HHB 2001 and it was the best game I've ever played, so why shouldn't the newer version be just as good? Now I am stuck with this piece of junk. What a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT. I have been trying to play season mode, everytime I play a game I get kicked back to my decktop. I have been unable to complete one fricking game. I get close to compleation and I get kicked back to my desktop. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Save your money. This game sucks. Some of you may be thinking that it may be my computer, and so did I at first. But it is a new PC less the a few weeks old, so I don't think that it is my PC. Again I state DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. I'M BEGGING YOU KEEP YOUR MONEY.

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 16 / 24
Date: March 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have been waiting months for this game to come out, and the day the local software store got it in I rushed out and bought it right away. I was so excited, I couldn't WAIT to play! Thank god this store has a great return policy on open software.

I am a HUGE fan of High Heat, but this year took a step backwards. The graphics, while improved in some aspects and worsened in others are alright. The animations seem too fast, I liked the "tight" feel of 2001. I also don't like the new blue stat/score boxes in-game. They look blocky and the font is bad.

The sound has really not improved. All of the sounds from 2001 have been carried over to 2002 with the exception of new announcer voices. The Main Menu and Options screens now have varying musical themes following a rock/techno theme, what they have to do with baseball is beyond me.

My main problem is the differences with the difficulty settings. If you play on "Rookie" level you are pretty much going to win no matter what. Bump it up to "Triple A" and it's pretty much the same (I have had 10-16 run innings many times, I even won a game 46-0). So go up one more notch to "Pro" and all of the sudden the computer is pitching one-hitters and nailing every pitch you throw to him no matter how much you switch it up. And what's even more bothersome is that there is 2 more difficulty levels above that! Better balance with the levels would have been a nice touch.

More minor problems include your baserunners with a mind of their own even when you specifically state in the options that you want full control. Announcers saying things at the wrong times or audio being cut off half way through their sentence. I even had the game dump to my desktop right as I hit a game winning homerun before.

I'm not saying that this game is absolutely terrible, I just don't think it was an improvement over 2001 which I belive is one of the best games I have ever played. High Heat 2001 never made me pound on my keyboard or swear at my monitor in frustration....every single game of 2002 did.

*Word of note for anyone who is having a problem with their graphics when a ball is hit into the outfiled. There is a box in the "Preferences" screen right underneath your Video Card selction with a check mark in it. You need to un-check it every time you go into the Preferences screen because for some reason it likes to automatically re-check itself every time you enter Preferences.

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.

Buggin' Out on Baseball

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: March 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

In a word: bugs. Way too many of them. They range from minor irritations (the play-by-play announcer and color commentator talking simultaneously) to major league bobbles, like being kicked out of the game and back to the desktop for having the audacity to hit a fly ball to right field. All of this may be and should be fixed in a patch, but right now I'd advise anyone to hold off and save yourself a lot of frustration.

It's too bad. This could have been (and still might be, if the fixes come quickly) a great game. Game play is first rate when it works correctly, and the attention to the strategic details of the game is truly impresssive. Somebody(s) at 3DO clearly know and love baseball. But this year's version has clearly been rushed out of the bullpen without a proper warmup. Wait till the bugs are fixed.

Excellent game with a few glitches.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 18
Date: April 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing baseball games on the computer since the days of Earl Weaver Baseball from EA created by Steve Dombrower. With all of the advances since that day I would like to say I've played a baseball game that puts Earl to shame, I haven't. Yes graphics are excellent but many of the new games seem rely totally on that factor and the fact you can crank homers all day (see Triple Play Series). There is one feature I would love to see incorporated into todays games and that is the stadium editor. It was so fun to create leagues and build stadiums with Earl Weaver, it could be done today but I suppose most of the companies don't want to part with their tools.

That said, High Heat 2002 is a fun game to play and is statistically as sound as any of the other graphics based baseball games around, in fact it is statistically better than any of the graphically based games. There are some annoying bugs that a patch will have to fix and I hope a patch will be released quickly. If you want to play a graphics based baseball game on your computer, this is the one to get, no others come close. I have hopes that someday someone will create a fun to play game with all of the tools that Earl had and with today's technology. I would love that game.

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