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Summary: Excellent game with a few glitches.
Review: I've been playing baseball games on the computer since the days of Earl Weaver Baseball from EA created by Steve Dombrower. With all of the advances since that day I would like to say I've played a baseball game that puts Earl to shame, I haven't. Yes graphics are excellent but many of the new games seem rely totally on that factor and the fact you can crank homers all day (see Triple Play Series). There is one feature I would love to see incorporated into todays games and that is the stadium editor. It was so fun to create leagues and build stadiums with Earl Weaver, it could be done today but I suppose most of the companies don't want to part with their tools.That said, High Heat 2002 is a fun game to play and is statistically as sound as any of the other graphics based baseball games around, in fact it is statistically better than any of the graphically based games. There are some annoying bugs that a patch will have to fix and I hope a patch will be released quickly. If you want to play a graphics based baseball game on your computer, this is the one to get, no others come close. I have hopes that someday someone will create a fun to play game with all of the tools that Earl had and with today's technology. I would love that game.
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Summary: Buggin' Out on Baseball
Review: In a word: bugs. Way too many of them. They range from minor irritations (the play-by-play announcer and color commentator talking simultaneously) to major league bobbles, like being kicked out of the game and back to the desktop for having the audacity to hit a fly ball to right field. All of this may be and should be fixed in a patch, but right now I'd advise anyone to hold off and save yourself a lot of frustration. It's too bad. This could have been (and still might be, if the fixes come quickly) a great game. Game play is first rate when it works correctly, and the attention to the strategic details of the game is truly impresssive. Somebody(s) at 3DO clearly know and love baseball. But this year's version has clearly been rushed out of the bullpen without a proper warmup. Wait till the bugs are fixed.
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Summary: Could be a good game if...
Review: It could be a good game if it was actually playable, but like it has been mentioned in other rebiews that game just doesn't work. I get kicked out back to the desktop. The game freezzes. The audio sounds like a new born baby mumbling. I've contacted customer support and they act like it is some big suprise that the game does not work. There response was hmmm that is unusual, as if to say I am the only one having a problem. I tried changing the video settings on my computer but nothing has worked. I recomend holding off till 3DO wakes up and realizes something is wrong.
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Summary: Great gameplay, awful bugs...
Review: Most of the reviews I've read say much the same thing, but I'm adding mine to re-inforce the point. I haven't had this for very long, but as far as gameplay is concerned, this absolutely destroys Triple Play. Incredibly realistic, seemingly true-to-life baseball action. But of course this is my chance to gripe, so here goes...
1)Most importantly, about half the time, the game kicks me out to the desktop in the middle of a game, and this on a Dell Pentium III with a lot of features. Very annoying.
2)If you are playing with a Gravis Gamepad Pro, it won't work with driver v.4.4; I had to re-install back to driver v.4.3. More goofy than anything, but a gripe nonetheless.
3)Both the announcers (both play-by-play and stadium PA) and the music are choppy enough that I've had to turn them off, which is annoying because otherwise they seem very good.
4)The difference between the Triple AAA level and Pro level (the next toughest setting) is quite great when playing the computer. Even when I began playing on Triple AAA I could win 33-5 (when it didn't crash, of course), but on the Pro level it is a bit more difficult.
5)I have to turn off some of the graphic features; if I didn't, my bats, helmets, umpire faces, and a few other features were either solid white or grey. Strange. A great game with too many problems to recommend totally; if they can give it a patch to keep from crashing so much, I'll give it five stars.
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Summary: Full of Bugs
Review: Probably the worst piece of gaming software we have ever purchased. There are so many bugs its completely frustrating to play. After following 3DO's recommendations for fixing the problems, the game won't load any more. (Our PC is a high end 700+mhz Dell with lots of resources and high end video card) This is a major league strike out for 3DO.
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Summary: Very good but not quite great
Review: Right out of the box this game has a few problems. 1) I was playing the game and I hit the ball into the outfield when all of the sudden the outfield started to warp out and get all fuzzy. I called 3do and they said that it was a problem with my Nvidia geForce 2 ultra card. They had me turn off the AP texturing and it stopped. 2)The play by play is much better then last year, more forcefull and more accurate, however when the stadium announcer is talking and the play by play guys start to talk while the music starts to play what happens is it sounds like they are talking under water and then cuts out. I again called 3do and they told me to do some things and if that did not work try to download new sound card drivers (I have a pentium 4 1.5 ghz system, my drivers are new)It did not work 3) Its bottom of the 8th, the game is tied and I am at the plate with bases loaded and two outs, zzzzzzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg, the game kicks me out and straight to my desk top. Another call to 3do and I get a Hhhmmmm. The game has bugs that should have been fixed prior to release and this is very aggrivating to me. Now if you can get through all of that and actually play the game you will be treated to a good game. Graphics are pretty good, and game play is fun. I also enjoyed some of the new features, you can visit the mound if your pitcher is having trouble, it rains, players argue with the umps and can get suspended. When a ball is popped up you see one of the players point to the sky, and game play is very rapid. So is it fun? Well yes it is, it is a very good game that could have been great and still may be when the problems I discussed are fixed. You can either buy this game and get angry as you have fun or you can wait until the bugs are squashed.
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Summary: A Great Baseball Game
Review: That's the best way I can describe it, just a good solid game. As for the laundry list of problems described by one reviewer, I have to agree with the choppy play by play announcing. Something obviously is wrong with the game itself in that area, but I'm over it. As for the other problems he had, they seem computer related. This game DEMANDS a pretty decent operating system to work up to 100%. Im running Pentium 4 1.6 with a Geforce 3, and it works pretty well, but some effects just dont seem perfect. The realistic graphics are a real attraction to this game. Also, the game play (hitting and pitching ) are simple, keeping the game fun. I pitched in NCAA Division I, and I can tell you the ball comes off the bat as real as I've ever seen in a video game. Overall, if your looking for a damn good baseball game for your computer, go for this one. Its also got "create your own players" capability which is always a good thing. Take care and enjoy.
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Summary: THE BEST !!!!!
Review: The absolute best baseball ever - period!!! Better than the 2001 edition, and I did not think that possible. A classic. The gameplay, graphics, stadiums, simulation, etc... is totally realistic. A must buy! The premiere grand-cru of baseball games.
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Summary: High Heat 2002 is not worth the money
Review: The most anticipated game from the company that brought us High Heat 2001 --what many consider the best baseball simulation if not the best sports game ever-- is a dud! High Heat 2002 is not worth the ... asking price, it isn't even worth ... and here are the reasons: *Graphics compatability -- Last years version was fully compatable with many laptops. The requirements that 3DO says the game needs are met by my laptop. Even Triple Play 2002 works on my laptop. High Heat does not and it wasn't designed to work, even though tech support said it should. *Graphics Overall -- The players look like guerillas! Who ever designed the models apperently has never seen a human being, let alone knows what one looks like when swinging a bat, throwing a ball or running. I have a top of the line 3D accelerator on my desk top, but even that does not help. The players' helmets are so bright, they look like night lights and the bats look like lightsabers. I keep expecting Obi-wan and Darth Maul to come jumping out of the dugout for a turn at bat. Plus fan animation would have been nice, but it doesn't exist. *Added features --rain outs, 40 man roster in September, nice but to sacrice the look of the game. No *In general it seems while they were tweaking the engine, the plain and simple truth is they ruined a great game. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It really is no better than Triple Play 2002, which isn't great in and of itself. Bottom line save your money or buy NHL 2001 and play that all summer like I plan to.
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Summary: The guys have done it again! Get this!
Review: They realized that they didn't need a "name" on the title to sell the product (Last year's edition was "Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball". This product can stand on it's own, it doesn't need a "name" to sell it. The story goes that Vladimir Guerrero was using last year's version to help time himself against certain pitchers, and 3DO heard about that and put him on the box - if a real player uses the game, shouldn't you? This is by far the best PC baseball game out there. Are the graphics the best? No, probably not. However, it is the best representation of a "baseball game" you can find on the PC. New stuff this year is great - new camera angles, graphics, sound, animations, manager mound visits, snap throws. It just gets better and better! One of these days, they might get to "High Heat Virtual Reality Baseball 2038" where you're actually *IN* the game. :) Until we get there, this is about as good as you can get. Get this, you won't be disappointed.
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