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Not worth the time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 19
Date: March 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This could be the worst baseball game I have ever played I couldn't even get through the first game. It is that bad. Do yourself a favor and don't get this game. Get All Star Baseball 2004 instead. You will thank me for it.

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: July 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ok,I'll tell you why this is a bad baseball game. First, the graphics are not to great. Almost all of the players look the same and don't even look like the players in real life. The stadiums are not great either. I only rented this game once and I got tired of playing this game after two days. I don't know why people like Sega Sports games because they are not good at all. A good thing about this game that I liked were the rosters, because they are the most updated. Also there are not a lot of features in this game as in other baseball games. This game is not worth [money]. Before buying it I would rent this game. I think the best baseball game would be AllStar Baseball 2004. If you are a real baseball fan, get this game. I already have this game and it is the best baseball game I ever played. The graphics are great, the gameplay is great, and there are so many more features than any baseball game! Don't hesitate to buy this game and if you don't buy it, you will regret it.

Gameplay is poor and Franchise is weak

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: March 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game was a major dissapointment. I'm a huge franchise fan and spend at least as much time dealing with that aspect as actually playing the on-field game. The franchise in WSB 2K3 is a big dissapointment. They've added a coaches aspect in which you need to hire a manager, pitching & hitting coaches and a scout. All the people are fictitious and it's really more of a nuisance than anything.

Gameplay itself is a nightmare. It is produced in a way that makes it look a little more like a TV broadcast than other games, but the positives end there. The players move very stiffly, the graphics are shoddy and the pitching interface is less than intuitive.

Don't waste your time - All Star Baseball 2004 is a far superior game.

Very very disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What a let down.... The intro is horrible, its a mix of "in game" replays, all blocky and no real videos of players. Then the game graphics is just AVERAGE. LOW FRAME RATE. The fielding, throwing, running, and all the motions are done well, looks very realistic. The replay is cool. However for some reason the game just seems CHOPPY.

The sound is bad, the ping or pong or sound of connecting the bat to the baseball is cheapy. The broadcasters are cool especially Rex "The Wonder Dog" Hudler, LOL, its a trip hearing his voice every time, this is one of the good things. Then when you start a game, it shows the players warming up on the field up close and the game starts, there is NO picture shot of the stadium! HUGE let down here. Then when you are fielding, the game goes back to "normal" game mode in 2 secs after the fielding is "done". So you CAN'T run around and check out the stadium in 360 fashion, since there is no stadium pics of any kind, you don't get to know the stadiums on this game! It fails to deliver "cool I can check out how the stadiums are," FORGET it! Then all the players looks the same, same thickness except for minor different stances. The player faces are mostly wrong except for few players which sega concentrated on.

The roster system is bad, after you make trades you can't set batting orders except during starts of each new game, and often the game says that you have "illegal roster(s)" and you have to "fix" them but one click of the button, very confusing cuz you dont know "what happened" to your team rosters and the manual dont help. The camera option is super horrible, you can only toggle pitcher/batter view for 1player vs computer games and NOT for 1player vs 1player. Basically after a baseball is hit the TV screen switches to the field view and the TV screen goes back to the normal game view in 2 secs, and since there is NO camera option for fielding, all you see is hit and field part, you dont ever get to see the ENTIRE ball travel; Also as a fielder you dont get to see the ball "coming" at you. The gameplay is decent. Overall this game is very average verging on crab cake. This is is even worse than some PS one baseball games such as the sony one. I made the wrong choice by not buying EA one...

Disappointed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: March 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After reading as many reviews as possible in attempting to decide b/t WSB and MVP, I finally made the decision and went with WSB. I had seen and played the XBox version, and was assuming that the PS2 version would play the same way. I was wrong - the PS2 version is marred by jittery frame rates which give the feeling of something being played on a slow PC. It detracted from the depth of the game for me instantly. And it is deep, no argument. The stat keeping and franchise modes are plusses. Nontheless, I returned the game and purchased MVP. While MVP is not perfect (difficulty striking out the CPU, even with good pitchers and "good pitches"; an abnormal level of line-outs; infielders move quicker than should be able to; baserunners down the first base line are rather slow, the result of which is very few infield hits), it is much more enjoyable to play. EA has cured the "arcade" style of play (i.e. too many HRs) that hurt the Triple Play series and has done an excellent job taking video baseball genre to a new level with its pitching meter. Bottom line - do yourself a favor and buy MVP if you have a PS2, and rent both if you have an XBox.

The best sports game yet created!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 29 / 29
Date: September 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love baseball, and I am a huge fan of it. And of course, I wanted a baseball game for my PS2. Now, don't get me wrong, there are many baseball games to choose from out there. You have MVP Baseball 2003, All-Star Baseball, and the just plain stupid MLB Slugfest by Midway. Honestly, I don't know who would like the Midway sports titles, but that's another story. My point is, stacked up against all of the other baseball, title World Series Baseball 2k3 is by far the best. Yes, this game does put gameplay way ahead of presentation, but does that matter? The graphics are passable, but the gameplay is out of this world! When I had All-Star Baseball 2003, the game was fun, but I rarely played, and when I did, I found myself quitting the game after maybe four or five innings. WSB 2k3 was playale for ages. I play probably two games a day now. I love it that much! It is another superb title from Sega Sports, and should be bought by any baseball lover. My Rating-9.1.

World Series 2k3- The Early Verdict

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: February 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Early word coming out of the Gamers Convention is this year's title is already making strides to improve on last year's release. Some of the things that are going to be improved are being able to change the swing of the batter from a normal swing to a power swing, sort of the way that we were able to do on the old Genesis titles. There will be five old school ball parks, one of the really cool things for us retro folks is that every team is going to have a choice of five different uniforms to wear during any game, preseason, season, or career. My guess is the uniforms will be the home, road, alternate, retro home and retro road or even two seperate retros from different time eras.
A lot of the people I talked to were disappointed about last year's AI when it came to changing your pitcher....have no fear this year you will have to warm up your pitcher therefore bringing a more strategic angle on managing in late inning situations. Once again as in last year's titles you will have the chance to take your franshise through an UNLIMITED number of seasons and this year you will be able to fire your manager during any time...even in the middle of the season if he gets you off to a 3-21 start.
The other thing that was supposed to be new for this game is more numerous individual and team rewards after each season building on last years few awards that you were rewarded at the end of the season. The early scoops on this game sound much better than both MVP Baseball '03 (EA's new title), all star baseball 2004, or HH 2004. As far as the gameplay and detail. Just gotta wait until it comes out now to update this review which is based solely on knowledge leaked out by the sega sports team.

WSB Coming Out on top

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: February 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've had a chance to play it and I'm lost for words. This is by far the best baseball game ever produced. It has incredible graphics and gameplay, including a deep franchise mode which will keep you busy all year long. The AI has improved deeply the games are much more realistic and fun. They've added new retro players and ballparks, including uniforms. This game is #1 and belongs in your home.

Happy with my decision....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: April 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Like many of my fellow Baseball fans, I wasnt sure what game to buy this year. But I finally made a decision based on various reviews and got WSB 2k3.

For me I need a game that is as realistic as possible stat wise and AI wise. The graphic arent that really important, but I dont want something that doesnt even make an attempt at looking..good.

But 2k3, was a pleasant surprise. The graphic are good, the stadiums are very impressive, the players are...ok. The frame rate that people have complained about soo much, I havent seen yet.

AS for the rest of the game. Well let me explain this. I am playing a season with the Indians, and I was playing my 3rd game against the "O's". It was 3-4 O's up, and come the 8th inning they put in their setup man, and then come the 9th they put in their closer. I was pleasantly surprised that the AI was smart enough to put in a closer and setup man in the correct situations.

ANother aspect I like, is the time off factor. Again since I am the Tribe, I have Elis Burks, and if you know him , ya know he cant play everygame. SO if you dare do so, he will go down on an injury or if you over play him he just wont be able to produce. That is just one little thing I really like about this game.

The game is EXTREMLY deep as in manager and stats. You control every aspect when it comes to your lineups and Minors, and contracts and everything else! it is really impressive

One thing I dont like is that the managers are fabricated, and you cant change the names. Like whats a game if you cant see Pinella freaking out and gettin thrown!

Oh well. I like the game and I think I really made a good choice. If you are a guy who likes stats, and baseball played "correctly" I would get this game

Great, but not perfect

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you like to customize and micro-manage a team and carry it all the way to the World Series, this is the game for you. From the player's uniform # to the color bat he uses, WSB offers the most customization out of any sports game I've ever played. Saving in-game, pitching from a normal TV cam, and great replays are some highlights. Many players' batting stances are way off, but they are changeable. The sound and commentating [are bad]. However, the graphics are good, the ESPN presentation rules, and fielding is fun. Definitely recommended!

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