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MLB Slugfest 2003
Overall: if you are a big baseball fan and you want to get a game that you can take serious, play seasons, make trades, manage teams, create players... then this is not the game for you. if you are just looking for a fun game that will allow you to have a good time and do not care to much about baseball, then this is probably the best bet for a baseball game. Gameplay: being a big baseball fan, some things on this game are incredible annoying. its almost as if the progammers have never seen a baseball game before. for example, if you hit a homerun off the foul pole, it is not a homerun. also, my friend hit a homerun that bounced of a wall in the stands, back into the field and it did not count as a homerun. inside the park homeruns and triples are more common than singles, and a batter who hits a line drive to left field can be thrown out at first base. if you hit a ball to the gap, it bounces of the wall at rediculous angles and speeds, bounces way far away from the outfielder allowing the runners to get extra bases every time. each team has only 3 pitchers that you can choose from, and there are no substitute batters or pinch runners etc. when playing against the computer, if you throw a low fastball, the computer will be way ahead of the ball and miss almost every time, despite the pitch being 120 mph. also against the computer, when they reach base all you have to do is stand right by the runner. they punch your fielder, you drop the ball, they try to take the next base and you simply pick up the ball and throw them out. it works pretty much every time. each pitcher has 4 pitches but they rarely are the pitches that the pitcher pitches in real life. all pitchers are basically the same, so there is no advantage to being randy johnson, or pedro martinez for example. the pitches have crazy movements to them, making it almost impossible to determine a ball or strike, you basically just swing at every pitch. also, all pitchers have the same windups, and all batters have the same stances.
although all these qwerks are very annoying, i bought the game expecting it to be similar to other midway games. they are meant to be fun instead of real, and thats exactly what this is. there are a bunch of cool things you can do, for example: sliding tackles, beating up base runners, beaning on command, charging the mound, sweet diving catches, power throws from the outfield to the infield, and a bunch of other stuff. its probably the funnest baseball game on the market, but if you want a realistic game, do not buy this game.
Graphics: graphics are great. every players face looks almost exactly like that player. they did a really good job with the faces. the cutscenes after outs, innnings, and the game that show players celebrating or being angry are very smooth and have great animations, although they get old after a while because there are only a couple of them. the ballbarks look amazing, exactly like the actual ballparks. this is probably one of my favorite things about the game.
Audio: i haven't really played around with the surround sound (if it even has it). the commentators are kind of funny at first, but they get old very fast, and the stuff they say is extremely stupid. other sound effects, like when a player hits a homerun are pretty sweet though.
Suggestions: try to actually watch a baseball game and get to know the rules, and also try to proportion the amount of homeruns, triples, doubles etc more like that of a real baseball game. it is very sad that inside the park homeruns are almost more common than singles.
Overall Score: 8.0 / 10
