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This game has it all!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 30 / 31
Date: April 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have played many baseball games over the years...Hardball...the Triple Play series; High Heat 2001 is by far the best in it's field (so to speak). After the initial frustration of learning to time the pitcher and actually hit the baseball I have learned to love this game. Instead of hitting 25 home runs a game as in Triple Play, you have to actually develop the skill of trying to out guess the pitcher and of being patient at the plate just like the Major Leagues. The graphics and playability are awesome, from pass balls to bad throws, errors, hitting the cuttoff man, placing the bunt...and so on, this is real baseball. The general manager options of developing a farm team and making roster moves makes this game a total baseball experience. So, if your team is struggling, just edit a few of your hitter's abilities and averages and the next thing you know you will be fighting for a pennant. Baseball simulation lovers don't miss this one, get it today!

Awesome MLB Action... addictive!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 19
Date: May 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The first baseball computer game I ever owned was "HardBall!" for the Mac. Black and white, two teams, cheezy as all get-out, but I loved it. I played a whole season once, 162 games, tracking home run stats, with those two teams.

Since then, I never owned a baseball game... until now. And man, Sammy Sosa's High Heat 2001 is one hell of a game. The depth and breadth of the game is incredible, from the accuracy of the team rosters to the inclusion of the newest ballparks to the trading model... *gasp for breath* ...it goes on and on.

To the folks below: If you computer is crashing, it's not the game, because SSHHBB2001(for short) has never crashed on me. Try a clean reinstall of your system. Any true gamer knows that the real heart of any game is how the game PLAYS. Graphics mean absolutely diddly.

And anyway, SSHHBB2001 has great graphics! Players faces are mapped onto their bodies, they run, throw and bat realistically, different batters' stances are accurately depicted, the stadiums are accurate down to the advertising and the color of the infield dirt... what game were you playing?

And as far as the gameplay goes, SSHHBB2001 has wonderful gameplay. You can play as pitcher, batter, pitcher and batter, or manager. There are myriad options for customizing your game, making management decisions, etc etc... Plus the game offers X different modes: Exhibition mode to play a single game matching any two teams, Season mode to play a whole season, career mode to (theoretically) play as long as you can, creating your own stats, Hall of Fame, on and on and on. There are also batting practice and Home Run Derby modes. Man, I've had this game a week and I already know my girlfriend will kill herself for buying it for me. :)

Bottom line: Great graphics. Stellar gameplay. Incredible depth, plus infinite tweaking available in the tune.txt file. This game has it all, and I suspect I'll be playing it even more than I played HardBall!.

High Heat does it again

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 22 / 28
Date: March 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Simply the best baseball game you can get. More features than anyone else, yet easy enough to pick up and play. If you want a home run derby, maybe get Triple Play, but if you want real baseball (AND home run derby...), get High Heat.

This game is perfect for what I am looking for.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: August 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is my 1st High Heat game and I have had it for only 3 days and I love it. This game is great for someone who wants to be a manager and not really play the game. (I don't have a joystick so I haven't been able to play the game.) But the GM mode and the minor leagues allow you to do all of the things that a manager would do like manage rosters and develop players in the minors. I had Triple Play 2000 and it was terrible compared to this game.

first truely realistic baseball sim

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: May 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

if you want an exciting baseball game where every other batter clubs one out this game is probably not for you. the graphics leave much to be desired, and the commentary is sub par. However, any true baseball fan will fall in love with this game. this is the first game i have ever played that actually does justice to the sport. if you hit it to the wall you will get a double. if you tag from third on a fly to the outfield you wil usually score, if you are on second base "scoring position" and you get an outfield hit you usually score. High Heat 2K1 gets right all of the little things that rarely are implimented correctly in baseball sims. simply put this is a great game for baseball fans.

An Excellent PC Baseball Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'd read all the reviews of High Heat 2001 and was expecting great things. I've not been disappointed. This is the best PC baseball game available. The graphics are good and the game play is great. Hitting is a challenge as it should be and feels good. When you knock the cover off of it, you can feel it. There is a wide range of stats tracked although I have noticed a couple of errors in my season stats ( my #2 batter has had more AB's than the lead off man which is impossible ;) ). I'm guessing the stat errors I see are from returning to a saved game. Most likely there has been a patch for this for a while but I will confess I haven't looked as the game is very sastifying "as is". In spite of any beef I might have about stat tracking or other very minor unmentioned flaws, this game is head and shoulders above the rest of the baseball games available and I would recommend it to anybody who likes baseball.

Truly the best.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: April 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing baseball on computers since HardBall! on myC64, back in the mid-80s. That game stressed the arcade element, forsure, but it was loads of fun. I tried Triple Play and HardBall on the PC, but they were lacking in... something. That something was realism. High Heat 01 comes a LOT closer than those other games to feeling "real". I was disappointed to see cartoony ball and bat animations in this version, but was pleased to see that I could turn them off.

The graphics are very good but not great. The UI is not perfect. But when compared to others, High Heat shines. END

I love this game -- and I'm not into sports!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game has it all! I enjoy simulation games, but am always looking to spice up my game collection with gear that uses different approaches to that same-old-song-and dance. Sammy Sosa's High Heat Baseball 2001 gave me the simulation/management aspect of the game, while allowing me to play the game as well (if I choose to do so).

Truth be told, I bought the game as an alternative to some other sports games, because it had the ability to be more than just "Baseball Mogul" or some glorified fantasy baseball simulation. And, I didn't need a 3d video card, either!

I didn't realize at the time that the game would end up ranking as one of my all time favorites. I'm not a sports person, but SSHH2001 has hooked me. I find myself playing both the simulation aspect and the "baseball game" aspect about equally. And, as with all GOOD games, you never end up with the same game twice.

The play-by-play in SSHH2001 is predictable after a while, but has improved my swing and my eye for hitting that slider or fastball. I'm still having trouble with the change-up, but I am sure that with more batting practice, even I will improve. The graphics are not the world's best, but I can't complain given all the other fabulous goodies -- home run derby, customizable seasons, draft picks, develop your own farm teams, batting practice with ability to set the types of pitches, simulating seasons, trades, a High Heat MVP, stats that have a bearing on game simulation performance... the list goes on. And for the price, it's gotta be one of the best baseball games around. Heck... even 3DO guarantees your satisfaction. What have you got to lose?

Possibly the best sports sim. ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game, although it has a few minor flaws, is easily the best sports sim on the market right now, and ranks up there with classics such as Earl Weaver Baseball, Front Page Sports Football and Madden.

The game play, especially the batter/pitcher matchup are almost perfect. The ability to move fielders and make plays is excellent. And, the all around feel is like playing in a real game.

Minor stat errors and a fairly poor minor league system take a way from the game a little but, but these items can easily be fixed with 3rd party applications available on the internet on High Heat user sites.

If you have a fast connection, online play is worth triple the price you pay for this game! There is nothing like playing an actual person in a tight game. Online player rankings are also available and used for this game.

Although EA's Triple Play has fancier graphics, the gameplay and realisticness of High Heat makes Triple Play seem like the old Atari basball from the 1970's.

Can I please give it 10 stars instead of 5?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I was one of the biggest advocates of EA's Triple Play series. After the letdown of Triple Play 2000 and 2001, (They haven't made a good one since 1998) I began to be turned off by PC Baseball games. Until, I found HH 2000.

And this game, HH 2001, is even better than its predesessor. The graphics are gorgeous. The AI is the most intelligent I have ever seen in a baseball game. The physics are pinpoint accurate. Outfielders can't throw laser beams from the wall to the catcher in 2 seconds. The pitcher/batter interface is the BEST of any game. And, perhaps the greatest gameplay feature that it has over all other games:

YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRAW WALKS WHILE BATTING. --This may not sound like much, but believe me, it makes the game so much more realistic.

The player editor is a great feature, letting you tweak players abilities (for instance, if you leave it the way it is, Mike Sweeney would be a career .270 hitter...we all know he's better than that!) :-) You can guide your franchise through an infinite amount of seasons. I have one of my teams in the year 2087 right now.

There are so many features that this game offers but I can't talk about all of them in this limited space. But, if you love baseball, you'll absolutely fall in love with this game. Buy it now if you haven't already.

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