Picked up the last copy at my local Best Buy for $20. This is the first baseball game I've picked up since Home Run King for $5. I certainly hope this is far better than HR King.
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Picked up the last copy at my local Best Buy for $20. This is the first baseball game I've picked up since Home Run King for $5. I certainly hope this is far better than HR King.
I got this for my roomie's birthday on PS2 (he's a baseball nut) and he's loving it. I'm tempted to try it (cute stuff does that to me) but I'm bad/not interested in sports games unless they're highly arcadey.
The best way to describe this game is as an old-school baseball game with all the modern amenities thrown in (including some that other games don't even use, like the batting cursor). It's also got the most unique and fun create-a-player mode in the history of sports games (you take your player through college in a mini-rpg to build up his stats). It's the best of both worlds if you're burnt out on modern sports games. I paid $40 for it only 2 months ago and I don't regret it at all.
I do have one gripe with this game, and it's a big one. Far too often, my pitcher ends up stapled to the mound during a play that should be his. By the time I figure out which infielder I'm actually controlling, it's too late.
As documented in the manual, the PS2 version offers fielder-toggling via L1 as a bandaid for the game's inclination to appoint an out-of-range defenseman to an infield play. You'd think mapping L1's function to C or Z on the nunchuk would be in order, but neither seem to have any function. Unlike the PS2's manual, Wii's says nothing about toggling.
I've dumped so many hours into the Wii version; I'd hate to get rid of it in favor of the PS2, but this is borderline game-breaking.
hmmmm ARBM made it sounds like I should get the PS2 rev instead.
I can't believe I haven't thought of it before, but I'll go into defensive practice mode tonight and set it to slap popups on the grass repeatedly. There has to be a button to switch infielders somewhere on this fucking thing.
How does one "slap a pop up on the grass"? Pop ups never touch the ground.
I always play with the classic controller and on that you can switch fielders; I don't remember which button off the top of my head but I think it's the right shoulder button.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me
They do when you can't get your pitcher to respond to one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
I have to recommend the PS2 version at this point in spite of its longer load times. After simulating the situational pop up for about ten minutes, I couldn't find a reliable way to switch fielders on the fly.
Did you try the classic controller?