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Great game when it doesn't crash

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: May 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Probably the best baseball game out there in terms of statistical realism, graphics, features, etc., but it constantly crashes, even with the patches that are provided on the 3DO web site, tweaking PC settings, etc. It's brutally annoying and frustrating to have to save the game every 1/2 inning, and constantly restart the PC when it crashes. 3DO offers a community bulletin board and free email, too, but this customer service can not overcome the overall lack of stability.

Terrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: August 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game has been a tremendous disappointment. I've been working on it for hours, still can't get it to run. Not only that, it's taken over my computer! None of the other games that I used to enjoy run, either!

I have a very new system: AMD Athlon 650, Matrox G400 vid card, but this game requires Microsoft DirectX 7.0a -- in fact, it installs it on your computer when you install the game, but it doesn't check to see if DirectX7.0a is compatible with YOUR system. If not, watch out! As far as I know, there's no way to know this before hand. I've troubleshot everything according to the instructions given in the game to no avail. All the diagnostic tools say everything is fine, but... still no game.

Right now I'm trying to figure out how to uninstall everything and get back to where I started. It's not as easy as you'd think, because the uninstall that comes with the game doesn't uninstall DirectX7.0a. You're still stuck with that one.

I wish I could say something about the game itself, but for obvious reasons, I'm totally ignorant of any of the wonderful features espoused by the other reviewers.

All I can say is, I think you're taking your chances with this one, and considering the wide availability of baseball sim games out there, you might have a better experience with something else.

Not so realistic after all

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 14
Date: May 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because I did not like hitting 50 home runs in 20 games in that other baseball simlulation (you know what I mean). So after the great reviews I had read about it, I gave SSHHBB a try, but I'm really disappointed. The game suffers from some sort of "keep scores close" programming when you play against cpu controlled teams. Once the human player starts scoring, the cpu controlled team suddenly hits everything. Example: David Cone hitting a homer of a Kerry Wood curve ball that was out of the strike zone low and away. Realistic? Give me a break! Besides the game crashes everytime you try to perform a double switch.

It's so real! (Yeah right)

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 15
Date: April 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

In the commercial Sammy claims that his game is "...so real." I beg the differ, this game is o.k. but all the hype is cheap. The gameplay may be good but where it counts (graphics) this game falls short.

Apparently one of the only people not

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: April 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

To be sure, High Heat is a decent baseball game.But I don't find the interface between batter and pitcher THAT muchbetter than others, and I really have hard time getting past the truly substandard graphics, the choppy gameplay (NOT my system), and the listless commentary. This game is fine, . . . but this game does not revolutionize baseball sims as we know it. I was disappointed...all the reviews and hype say this is the tops. It just didn't live up..it's the Phantom Menace of baseball sims!

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.

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.

terrific pitcher-batter contest

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

HH2001 is an incremental improvement over the '2000 edition; what's best about it is they did not mangle the game's scintillating pitcher/batter interface. Sure, it's hard to learn how to hit in this game, but hey, that's major league baseball! What makes this process fun from both sides is that the simulation is solid enough to require you to think like a major leaguer. Ahead in the count? throw the high heater. Behind, with runners on? Keep the leadoff guy close, and throw strikes with the hope that your outfield shift is gonna catch Jim Thome hitting it right, rather than somehow pushing into the HUGE gap in left field. It's impressive -- the same agonies and thrills i experience as a fan of the game are mine to relive within HH2001's comprehensive physics and gameplay engine. That's the mark of a great sports sim -- you apply your real-world knowledge rather than concoct some wierd scheme to adapt to a its shortcomings.

Negatives? Well, the graphics are still goofy. Players have strangly craned necks and the facial scans are sometimes downright scary (Sean Casey of the Reds appears to have been run over by a train repeatedly prior to gametime). The player voice sounds are comical (like Charlie Nagy would ever shout, "Grab some pine!" at a strikeout victim. Oh, brother.) and the animations too often over the top (charging the mound, etc.). But the graphics in now way impede great gameplay.

In short: If you love the zen of baseball, no other "arcade" style sim comes close!

What Matters Is That It Plays Better Than The Others.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

April 12, 2002

I've tried "Triple Play" and "Hardball", and rate
"High Heat" higher than both. This copy has served
me for two years. It's plusses are many.

It has the first and foremost necessity to be a good
baseball game: intuitive pitching and hitting. Being
able to catch the corners and trick a batter is what
makes a baseball game playable and replayable.

There is good detailing about the players, and attention was
paid to the various styles of swinging the bat.

Character creation is easy. Teams, players and seasons
are all programmable. However, moving players around is
a chore, and time-consuming.

The minuses?

Well, although the High Heat people promised roster
updates, my 2001 version was left high and dry.

Yeah, graphics occasionally go wonky.

Some of the interfaces are maddening, as, in my version at
least, they display only eight of the nine players in the
starting lineup, or four of the five pitchers in the
starting rotation. It can be infuriating when you try
to switch people around. Hopefully that's been improved
in newer versions.

High and buy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This high heat was a definate improvement over the previous one. The first thing i noticed was that the players look and feel was much smoother. The players also looked alot better. Unlike HH2k the models did'nt all look like brett butler. The homerun derby is pretty much the same, except for the smoother stroke, and there is a custom season feature which was a pleasant surprise. High heat 2001 delivers.

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