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Ah, Baseball Stars reincarnated!
posted by Vignirsson (SANTA CRUZ, CA) Oct 23, 2007
Member since Nov 2005
4 out of 4 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
For some of you that might not remember, there was a game that reminded me of this game here called Baseball Stars from SNK during the NES days. It was the ultimate in baseball simulation, allowing you to constantly change and upgrade your players, detailing them however you wanted.
Why do I bring this up? As detailed as some of the other baseball sims are (EA, Sony, etc), it is nice to get back to what people really want. Something that is basic and yet open for any and all editing and tweaking. This is as close as you can get to pick up and play, it only took me about 10 minutes to get the hang of the batting and I have watched many hours pass by while playing it.
Gameplay is simple, push the button to swing the bat and locate your bat in the right location for offense, while pitching makes you chose a direction for each different pitch and locate your pitch in the magic square over the plate. Base running and fielding are the same, pressing buttons to move to the base that you want, tapping to run faster, etc. Basic gameplay.
Graphics are something else, but that is what makes it appealing to me. The chibi style characters have a lot of personality and it is awfully amusing to watch the spinny eyes when a batter swings hards and misses or the GLARE that they give the screen when a called strike might be questionable.
Voice over is all right, I can stand to live without it as the announcer isn't THAT lively, but it does seem to blend in pretty well. Background music is the same, nothing astounding but enough to make it entertaining.
What makes the game is the customization and the RPG element when you play a season. The season allows you to play a normal season but also gives you the tools you would need to make your team great, while earning points to improve on all sorts of characteristics and to make trades.
All in all, this is a great effort. It is HUGE in Japan and I can see why. You would be missing out on a lot of you don't rent this game!
Why do I bring this up? As detailed as some of the other baseball sims are (EA, Sony, etc), it is nice to get back to what people really want. Something that is basic and yet open for any and all editing and tweaking. This is as close as you can get to pick up and play, it only took me about 10 minutes to get the hang of the batting and I have watched many hours pass by while playing it.
Gameplay is simple, push the button to swing the bat and locate your bat in the right location for offense, while pitching makes you chose a direction for each different pitch and locate your pitch in the magic square over the plate. Base running and fielding are the same, pressing buttons to move to the base that you want, tapping to run faster, etc. Basic gameplay.
Graphics are something else, but that is what makes it appealing to me. The chibi style characters have a lot of personality and it is awfully amusing to watch the spinny eyes when a batter swings hards and misses or the GLARE that they give the screen when a called strike might be questionable.
Voice over is all right, I can stand to live without it as the announcer isn't THAT lively, but it does seem to blend in pretty well. Background music is the same, nothing astounding but enough to make it entertaining.
What makes the game is the customization and the RPG element when you play a season. The season allows you to play a normal season but also gives you the tools you would need to make your team great, while earning points to improve on all sorts of characteristics and to make trades.
All in all, this is a great effort. It is HUGE in Japan and I can see why. You would be missing out on a lot of you don't rent this game!
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