Cheap Triple Play 2002 (Video Games) (PlayStation2) Price
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Graphically, no one can touch the stunning visuals and attention to detail that EA Sports has given to every ballplayer and stadium. Most players' faces accurately resemble their real-life counterparts (albeit with oversized heads), and they come complete with customized batting stances and perfectly rendered uniform detail. The ballparks themselves come alive in breathtaking beauty as a variety of camera angles put you right on the field and in the seats.
But too many inconsistencies and omissions hold this game back from greatness. Most unrealistic is the frequency of home runs and the ease with which you're able to score runs--the novelty wears off pretty fast after swatting long ball after long ball and finding yourself tied 9-9 in the 4th inning. Playing at the rookie, pro, or all-star level does little to stem the outpouring of runs, and does even less to shorten the tedious game pace, perhaps the most unintentionally realistic part of Triple Play 2002. Fielding could use some fine-tuning as well. And when does EA Sports plan to reintroduce injuries to this series?
Game modes still feature fully customizable season options and the home run derby, either one-on-one or tournament (up to eight players). But gone from the derby, strangely, is the option to choose from past legendary players and members of the 500-home-run club.
Calling the action this year is the two-man announcing team of Bob Costas and Harold Reynolds. Costas thankfully keeps things more low-key than his real-life persona, while Reynolds dishes the sass like a pro ("This isn't an eye test--swing the bat!"). --Larry White
Pros:
- Best visuals of any baseball sim
- In-game music builds up dramatic moments
- 8-player home run derby
- No injuries
- Unrealistic gameplay
- Slow, uncustomizable game pace
- Player heads are too big for their bodies
| PLATFORM: | PlayStation2 |
| AGE GROUP: | 8 years and up |
| CATEGORY: | Video Games |
| MANUFACTURER: | Electronic Arts |
| ESRB RATING: | Rating Pending |
| TYPE: | Video Games, PS2 (PSX2), Sony Playstation (Play station) 2, Playstation2 (Play station2), Sports, Outdoors, Great Deals (Outlet store) |
| MEDIA: | CD-ROM |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| ACCESSORIES: | |
| UPC: | 014633144413 |
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Customer Reviews of Triple Play 2002
Fun Not the BEST baseball game I've ever played but it is quite "fun", and that is where it counts for me! Its pretty easy to hit but the pitching is where it makes up for in challenge. When you pitch you get a box that is in front of the batter. you move the ball around in that box and then pick "slider", "curve" or "fastball" type with the "X" or "O" etc. When you line up the square for the batter you can hit a home fun. The idea is to find where the pitcher's ball stopped if you get the square over it you can get a homerun. Its a decent system in which they have polished up with the next games but this one is fun! I find that the two player game is the best but the single player was good for me because of the line up for my two fav teams. The Braves and the Diamondbacks. I hear 2004 is much better but for the price this is a fun game.
AWFUL
this game is terrible. its way to easy to be realistic. im hitting hrs w/ my leadoff hitters and 9th hitters. you cant put together a REALISTIC game. baseball is a game of strategy and patience, and the score is like 20 to 17. its pathetic
Best Baseball Game (for now)
This game is why I bought my PS2. The graphics are incredible. The strategies that you can execute in the field and at bat are very lifelike. The movement of the players and the reaction of the ball in different stadiums is so real that its scary.
With that said, there are a few things that bother me about this game:
1) In the game, the home team takes the 3rd base dugout in every stadium. What's up with that?
2) Where are the injuries?? I beamed Mike Piazza in the head, ribs, and back a half-dozen times in this game and he kept coming back for more!
3) Fighting (like in the NHL series) would be nice (see point #2 above).
4) It's pretty easy to score runs, which will make the game kinda boring after a while. I guess if we face facts that it's a computer, we should realize that there will be repeatable scenarios under which you can always score.
I've been a baseball fan all of my life and pros and cons aside - this is a terrific game to play. I think it might cure my offseason blues.