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Upgrade from 2K1, but still some work to do...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you haven't looked at 2K1 yet let me save you some time, DON'T!!! We all know it stinks and all we Dreamcast gamers feel at least a little ashamed for SEGA. If you have looked at WSB2K1
here are the updates in this version.

PROS:

(1) Fielding! 2K1 was almost massacred with ratings saying that "automatic fielding was so boring". I admit I was one of them. Well, here it is. This was sort of a problem for me as it sometimes a pro and con at the same time. One minute your player makes a stupid dive right over the ball, the next a diving catch or snag of a line drive 10 feet in the air. HOWEVER, this manual fielding isn't so bad as everybody says, although sometimes I wish that automatic fielding was an option.
(2) Graphics! WOW! If you gamers thought that 2K1 had some sweet microchips for graphics take a look at these. I'm talking about the view of stadiums here. I'll get to players' graphics a bit later...
(3) "Oh, the selection of modes..."! This pretty much sums up this section. You can choose from Quick Start, Season, Playoffs, and Franchise gameplay modes. There are also, of course, Options where you CAN create a player.
(4) STATS! If you play sports for none other than stats, get it on the spot. I love getting stats, and they show it all... (pitchers) ERA, I.P., Saves, W/L, and CG. (for batters) BA, HRs, Hits, RBIs, SLG%, SB, and Runs scored. Let me tell you, Mr. Ichiro Suzuki can sure rack up the stats in this game!

CONS

(don't be scared because I didn't put up enough pros up there!)
(1) Graphics... I told you I'd be back for player graphics! The players don't look anything like the real thing. Although you rarely get close enough, unless in replay, to see their faces, Ichiro Suzuki looks more like Ronald McDonald! And Cal Ripken Jr. (which is retired now, of course, but the game doesn't know that: another con!)
(2) Gameplay Realism... Have you ever seen Ichiro Suzuki throw a that little white ball before?? I'm sure you've seen his April 8th, 2001 throw to David Bell to nail Terence Long of Oakland at third base?? In this game Ichiro's throws are almost as good as mine! (No offense, Mr. Sultan of Swat!!) They just go up, up, up, etc., and then drop down perfectly to the base they are throwing to. Only 3 times (out of some 100 bil. throws) have I seen him throw a lazer beam, but only when he is standing perfectly still for about 2 seconds flat.
(3) Create Mode... Now, of course, like most of you gamers, I like being fair to the CPU and try to make a well balanced team and it seems when SEGA made this they wanted that, too. COME ON!
The trading won't let you trade for anyone else unless they have exactly the same ratin or you getting ripped off. You also can't trade more that I player at a time. If you want to get some superstar (I tried to trade for Scott Rolen to bring him to the Cardinals) you have to create a player literally a clone of a body-builder with 100% rating to get someone of that value!! Try trading for Ichiro now..!!! I also need to say that this clone will put a log-jam in the statistics with .400+ avg., 60+ HRs, 150+ RBIs, 100+ SBs, etc.!! Like I said if you are a statistics person like me, you have to hate that.
(4) Celebration... We all want to make our favorite team suped up for the postseason to go all the way, of course! Unlike you NBA, NHL, and NFL 2K, 2K1, 2K2 you will find a mean suprise at the end of the World Series. (assuming you got the guts to go all the way to the big dance!) NO CELEBRATION, TROPHY PRESENTATION, ANYTHING!!!!! The least WSB2K1 had was a little sendtence in the season mode say "Congratulations, you are the WORLD CHAMPS!". In this game, they all just trot off the field (even after a Game 7, walk-off grand slam by Cliff Floyd of Boston: of which I was getting hoarse from yelling) as if this was a preseason game, which they would celebrate anyway! Also, as the review below me states, when you hit a walk-off HR, the player does not get credit for it. Only for the RBIs and Runs. Also, what happened to MVP, Gold Glove, and Rookie of the year awards?!?!?!?!?

I could add more, but the reviews below me will probably fill the rest of you questions (and time) with useful answers. I hope this helps you, a fellow consumer, to be thrifty about spending money on video games. ...

The Best Baseball Game Out There

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This has got to be the best baseball game on the market.The learning curve is not to steep and you will be hitting the ball with ease in no time.Base running,throwing and fielding are all excellent.
I just got through playing a complete season which took about 3 months playing it pretty regulary and made it to The World Series and won....the cpu is smart and depending on what skill level you have the game set on the cpu is a tough opponent.

Pitching in this game RULES!Curveballs,Sinkers,sliders,fastballs,Change-ups,forkballs and splitters.They're all here!

The players are so realistic it's like you are controlling real life players.Each player has their own unique body type,batting stance and swing.

Mark Mcguire looks and acts JUST like Mark Mcguire.All of the players are true to life.

If you own a Dreamcast or are thinking of buying one this game is a must in your Sports Collection.

Not the best, not the worst.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I had high hopes for this version of World Series Baseball after the disaster that was WSB2K1. This game is definitely a solid improvement, but it wasn't the grand slam that I was expecting.

PROS:

1. The stadia and fields are very realistic.

2. At first, I was concerned that there was no "spring training" or "batting practice" mode. Then I figured out that "rookie" mode is all about BP.

3. This game has the best create-a-player that I've ever seen.

4. Actual gameplay (controls and movements) is top-of-the-line. Better than any other baseball game I've seen to date. Once you master the reaction needed to field grounders (after changing infielders, if necessary) and position yourself for shagging fly balls, you're golden. I will agree with the other reviewer who mentioned that there seems to be at least one dropped fly ball per game, but in my case (thankfully), it usually happens to the CPU.

CONS:

1. No color commentary. There is a play-by-play announcer, and it is not very dynamic play-by-play--the announcer will repeat himself frequently. And if you score more than 100 runs in a game (yup, I have), he gets really confused. It's quite humorous.

2. Every single player has the same home run "trot" that involves pumping his fists in the air and landing defiantly on home plate. It's funny to see a player like Edgar Martinez--who shows very little emotion on the field in real-life--acting like he has never hit a home run before.

3. You can strike out anybody, anywhere, anytime by simply locating your pitch just beneath the strike zone. It doesn't matter what pitcher you are using.

4. There are lots of bugs. I won't repeat them since other reviewers have covered most of the, but one that is worth mentioning (and proves that I've played the heck out of this game) is that no player can have more than 127 homers in a season. Once you hit the 128th, the counter resets to -127 and counts back to zero. NICE.

5. I'm not sure why Sega even included the ability to "trade" in Franchise mode, because the CPU will reject any trade. I tried to trade Barry Bonds for Charles Gipson. Ixnay. Now THAT'S funny.

There are other issues, but these are the major pros and cons. I'm still waiting for a computer baseball game that truly blows me away but in the meantime, there is always the real thing.

Many Inaccuracies, but Still Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Although I've found the gameplay much better than other baseball games, there are several things that are quite annoying about 2K2:
1) The reason the batting averages are so high is that anytime a runner is moved over, even on a groundout to the shortstop, it is considered a sacrifice.
2) Your catcher always throws out the computer's base stealer.
3) Pitchers hit far too many home runs.
4) It's useless to try to dive with an infielder, becuase if you miss the ball, the outfielder dives as well, so the computer will get a double or triple.
5) You can always move up on a flyball, because the computer will throw 2 bases ahead. This counts as a sacrifice fly, which also improves the batting average.
6) If you hit a "walk-off" homerun in the bottom of the ninth, the batter will not get credit in the statistics for either the hit or the home run. He'll only get credit for the RBI and run.
7) There's a glitch that allows a pitcher to get the win and the save.
8) Even though fielding is user-controlled, the computer intitially picks your fielder. Many times, it picks a fielder that is further away from the ball, and the one it should have selected will be running to cover the bag. This can make it tough to get some ground balls.
9) You can only do straight-up trades for a player of equal or lesser value. This really takes away from the franchise mode.
10) Your outfielders throw to the base, not a cutoff man. That means if the computer has a runner on 2nd and gets a base hit, you either have to concede the run and hold the batter at first, or try to throw the runner out at home and allow the batter to go to 2nd. The game doesn't allow you to select another fielder while the ball is in the air so that you can cut the ball off.

Because of all of these glitches, the game is definitley challenging. Because it's hard to "master," it's more fun, but some of these things are very basic that could have been avoided by using a little more care.

Complete junk

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Bad graphics,bad pitching,bad control.Stay far away from this game.

so-so

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i would give it a 3. Its okay. The good things are that the graphics are good, and the stadiums look like their real countier parts. The bad things are that the anouncers always repeat the same thing over and over again and the announcer makes mistakes. If its a linedrive to center field, he will say the ball is hit a mile in the air to deep right and that kind out stuff. Another bad thing is that when the ball is hit into the crowd, it just dissapers when its own the crowd. A wacky thing is that it you are two feet away from the ball you will still catch it and you could catch the ball when you are standing backwards.

David Nathanson's World Series Champion Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The best game for Dreamcast by far!!! Great graphics and tons of modes (Spring Training, Head to Head competition, franchise, etc.) allows you to have a fun, fun, fun, time. I reccomended to any sports lovers.

Play the game before you review it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am so sick of everyone giving this game bad reviews. Quit your whining!

This is by afr the best baseball video game availible and the bets on the Dreamcast. What's up with people complaining abou the graphics? They are better than last years version.

Then they compalin about the defense. First of all they compalin about haivng auto fielding then they complain about fielding being too hard! Fielding is very easy.

The pitching is amazing. Every pitcher pitches exactly like they do in the Major League's. From Curt Schilling to Tom Glavine to Roger Clemens. They all pitch just like they actually do i the MLB. Also having hot and cold zones for each batter helps you get your opponents out much easier.

The hitting is also great. Last year it was impossible to score at all, but this year there's always a mix of pitching duels and games with a lot of runs. Hitting only takes the use of the joystick and one button unlike some other systems games where it takes 3 buttons to do one thing.

There are only a few things that bug me about this game 1) You are called out stealing a lot when you should bbe safe 2) After hitting a homerun wheter you're Sammy Sosa or Livan Hernandez they all run around pumping their fists int he air, no Sosa leap, no nothing. 3) Every once in a while you will hit several homeruns in a row, which leds to blow-outs against the computer 4) On rookie level you can see where the computer is going to pitch before they pitch, it is so easy I scored 22 runs before the ocmputer got an out

This is an amazing game and is a must-have for Dreamcast owners. The ebst Dreamcast baseball game.

Can be fun but not realistic at all.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...This game doesn't simulate real baseball very well.

1) It's nearly impossible to draw a walk.
2) It's tough to strike out the computer no matter WHO you use and no matter who the batter is.
3) The computer NEVER swings at pitches out of the zone.
4) It's almost impossible to strike the cpu out swinging no matter who you use.
5) Throwing fastballs gets you killed. Randy Johnson's fastballs get hit out by SS's in the game. Billy Wagner too. Randy Johnson is so ineffective in the game you'd think he was a AAA callup instead of maybe the Best LH power pitcher in history. LH'ers in this game can even hit hr's off him, it's a joke.
6) The computer doesn't K on splitters they either are taken for strikes or they get hit. Splitters in real baseball are not strikes. They break sharply into the dirt and even great hitters swing at good splitters in the dirt and whiff.
7) Fielding grounders is hard and the ball often goes by you all the way to the wall for a triple. Diving/leaping is all but useless.
8) Your fielders throw casually and never get a runner at the plate.
9) No matter who your catcher is, if the computer attempts to steal you will throw them out.
10) The announcer misses the action half the time.
11) You can smash a double off the CF fence but then get thrown out at 2B.

DON"T WASTE YOUR MONEY![....]

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is garbage compared to 2k1. I don't know what they were thinking. My biggest problem is the excessive control they give the controller. I've probably played 20 games so far and almost every game, when I had to try to field something hit in the infield and missed it, the ball would roll into the outfield. Then the controller would automatically set to he outfielder who would start going in the direction I had the infielder going. And by the time I would get to the ball, the player would have stretched (maybe) a single to a double or triple. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED.

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