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Dissapointing: by teddy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Acclaim made a big point in thier graphical technology. While improved they don't live up to expectations. Hitting is almost impossible and commentary is bland.Some good features like create a team save All Star from a 1, but don't waste your money on it.

OH ASB! Where has thou gone?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: March 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've been a huge fan of the All Star Baseball series for quite some time now. I have incredibly fond memories of ASB 2000 and 2001 for the N64. They were the Ali of Baseball Sims. The best. 2000 was great, and 2001 was even better!

Then, the ground fell out.

ASB 2002 for the PS2 was a travesty! A pure, unadulterated travesty. They destroyed the magnificent batting system...Your outfielders ran like they were in tar...and the games took way too long to play.

Now, ASB 2003 is out, which I have played on both GameCube and the PS2. It's better than ASB 2002, but not by much. ASB 2002 gets one star...ASB 2003 gets two.

The batting interface was improved since 2002, but still not as great as 2000 or 2001. At least now you have variable speeds. There's one problem, you CAN'T HIT THE BALL. The pitches...ALL OF THE PITCHES...are too fast. You can either move or swing. You don't have time for both.

Well, they fixed the problems with outfielders running speed. Now they run faster than light! Nice and realistic. I hit (when I luckily make contact with the ball) the ball to someplace there is nobody, within in a milisecond, BOOM, there's an outfielder. It's crazy.

The announcers rarely actually say anything useful, and are sometimes outright wrong. For example, I had a man on first, two men out, and I struck out. "He strikes out with bases loaded!" Ummm, I never even got to second, let alone third. Furthermore, there's no umpire. I never know when I've pitched a strike or a ball until the display comes back up.

What I did like: The graphics. They were great. That's about it.

Save your money for ASB 2004, maybe. Why do video game companies do this? Acclaim had the best baseball game ever, and now they have the worst. How does that happen?

Good? Yes. Great? Heck No.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: March 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Like nearly all games to come from the ASB line of late, this game is nice, but not without its flaws. Generally, the developers didn't put too much effort into the presentation in the way that there is a wealth of menus you must navigate to get to where you want to get, and the background is never-changing, with a uniform font. It is nowhere as easy to decipher as games from EA Sports and 989 Sports. However, there are high points to this game. The animation and graphics are miles above competition. I'm sure you're waiting on the edge of your seat for me to mention Franchise Mode. Yes, it is present. No, it is neither perfected nor polished. No Amateur Draft. Confusing Menus. Standings and Stats get fu...uhh...messed up upon post season entry, and the schedule is extremely hard to navigate. Another huge irk I have would be the lack of isolated instatant replay, the only instant reply is automatically initiated after each play at a set speed from a set camera. Finally, the controls are unorthodox and frustrating. However, my review is based solely upon this perticular game and therefore I have no recommendations in regard to purchasing High Heat, Triple Play, HomeRun King, or World Series Baseball if you are looking for a reccomendation. Sorry if this game got your hopes up - its not worth it.

All Star? What!?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This has to be the weakest baseball series there is. Buy a different baseball game and be much happier.

ok but bad for season play

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There are a lot of things about this game that are great: the players batting is very realistic, the commentary is clear and applies to the gameplay, and the players remind you of the actual people they represent. However, the gameplay is among the worst in baseball video game history. Running the bases correctly is an experiment in futility. Hits that should clearly be a double (off the wall, in the gap) inevitably end up with the runner being thrown out at second because the game stops the player at first and you have to madly press on the gamepad to get them to run to second, which they do inevitably, but too late. Fielding is inaccurate for the outfield. Players stand under where the ball is dropping and it bounces in front of them. Also, every time I play in the season mode, the game ends up letting the better teams from that year (especially the mets and yanks) score 12 runs. These are great teams, but not that great every game. Anyway, I was sorely disappointed with the season mode for all of the details mentioned. But the game is a lot of fun for a buddy to come over and play with. If you are looking to just mess around and play a video game once in a while it's not bad at all, especially for a reduced cost (I would say the game is worth about [money]), but stay away if you want to have a long term investment in a fantasy league.

to many mebory blocks

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

if you have two mebory cards you are pretty good for most of the things to save but there are some things that take up in the 200 hundred blocks and the controlls are a pain to oprerate i thought i would get a desente game with a normal controlling if you have alot of blocks ok befor buying i suggeste renting

It's OK

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

After playing this game, I'd say it's ok. If you really need a baseball game this may suit your needs. I personally will be waiting for a new version from this company or from another company next year. The graphics are pretty good and the hitting and pitching interfaces are workable. The presentation is pretty good. For example, there are broken bats, players run to first base at a realistic speed and players dive and scale fences. There are many things about it that I don't like though. You can't create players in exhibition mode and you can't edit players in any mode. The manual says that once you create a player in the season mode, you can use him in any mode. That isn't true. You can't switch control of outfielders you can only use the guy who is highlighted by the computer even if another seems closer. In easy batting mode, you can't aim bunts. Pitchers get tired way too easily. You can't change camera angles and instant replay is only existant after every play. There are not enough options that you can adjust. The game is ok for now but I will definitely consider buying another baseball game next year. The many flaws of this game need to be worked out.

ASB2k3-new but old

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Now that ASB 2004 is out, I think you are better off buyiing that. ASB 2K3 does not include a manual instant replay and many other cool things.

okay

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

first of all nothin good for gamecube but this game is okay. to make hittin easier go to game options and switch to easy battin. then it gets more easier.

Great game, but a MAJOR problem

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: March 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I gotta tell you, I'm pretty much addicted to this game. Everything about the gameplay is very realistic and the graphics are intense. It takes a little getting used to, but its worth the time.

But, there is one major problem. This is a quote from the booklet..."WARNING: You cannot save Franchise or Expansion mode games using current Memory Cards...Mid Season Franchise or Expansion requires 1 File and 153 Blocks to save. Current Memory Cards have a capacity of 59 blocks."

You CANNOT Franchise or create an Expansion team! I think that is a major negative for this game. If you buy this game, I would highly suggest getting the new Gamecube 16X Memory Card... it is an extra [item price], but it will be very worth it for this game, and, I'm sure, future games will have the same issue. That card has something like 1000+ blocks, so you won't ever need to buy a new card again.

Hope this helps.

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