• for PS1

First, this game feels a little slower than the last two years. Even at the fastest game settings those 100 mph fastballs look pretty much the same as the 70 mph changeups. That means that batting isn't very hard, but getting a human opponent out is difficult.

The graphics weren't all that wonderful either, but aren't a major problem. Stadiums look rather bland and don't seem all that true to life. Players also look a little strange as well. Nothing really makes you feel like you are actually at the game.

In the sound department the play by play seems to be wrong a little more often than in previous games, which could likely bother some gamers. The announcers also get a little too excited over plays that aren't all that special.

This game, much like any sports game really, could have benefited from the franchise type of play that has made the Madden series, as well as some of the Dreamcast titles, nearly infinitely playable. I would have loved to see some type of minor league system and some of the top prospects in this game.

As I said the game is very good. It's just hard not to focus on the negatives when the game hasn't changed much and there is nothing new to report. There are few real problems, just disappointments. It more or less all comes down to whether or not you feel you need to be playing with updated rosters which, unfortunately, were finalized a little too early yet again this year.

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EA resting on laurels  Mar 05, 2001 By gregory donaldson
a good game, but almost no improvements (or changes of any kind) from TP 2001... i still like it a lot but was expecting something more....

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No real changes from last year, so still very solid  Mar 08, 2001
It has been said before and I'll say it again, this new version is almost exactly similar to its 2001 counterpart. The rosters have been updated, so A-Rod is on Texas here. The new stadiums from last year's version, such as Enron and Pac Bell have been "spruced-up" a bit, so they look nicer. TP 2001 was a great game, and since this year's version is the same, this is also a great game. However, if you are not into baseball that much, and own TP 2001, there is no real need to upgrade to TPB. Overall, it is what you would expect from an EA sports game.

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freezing up  Mar 14, 2001 By gregory donaldson
alright i dropped my rating to two stars cause it has been freezing up on me from time to time.... always in the 8th or 9 inning too, which means i have to start over

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Sad...this is the same  Mar 07, 2001
I just got this hoping for some new features, sad to report that this is nearly the EXACT SAME game as last years(TP 2001). The graphics evened seemed a little grainier than before. Sadly, some of the same problems still plague this game...I am sick of having my shortstop or second baseman catching balls in the outfield! The announcers have the same lines as last year, and SF's Pac-Bell park still shows NO signs of the Giant Glove or Coke-bottle in left field! What's up EA??

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