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not very fun

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I liked the graphics for triple play 2000 but the game itself is so bad that its frustrating.After playing a few games of this I decided id have more fun playing MlLB 98. With the MLB series for Playstation I dont know why any one would get this. This or Highheat baseball is te worst baseball series for the Playstation.

This is Not Baseball

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Yeah the title is right. This is Power Baseball. I nearly see 2 HRs a game at least. I like playing games that are real. Baseball is a lot different than this game. It is no fun at all. I wish I can see a game that actually has realistic baseball. You know the one that you don't score all of your runs off of homeruns. In this game there hardly is a Pitching rotation. Your Pitcher can basicaly pitch every 2 games. So do not buy this game.

at times extremely fun, but a tad bit unrealistic

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

TP 2000 is an all-around solid baseball game. The graphics are life-like and the players' movement is realistic enough. I used to play Hardball on a PC and am probably a little spoiled when it comes to managerial control, etc. because of it. I don't like the fact that you can not modify an existing player or when you create a player you have no limits as to how good you can make them (also I was annoyed with the rating of "Awesome" given to a player who has a higher than 90% rating in a given category). The game play itself is good but has a few annoying characteristics. The thing that bugs me the most is that the Computer, if put in a situation with men on base (which is all the time), will throw an insane amount of pick-offs. It really disrupts the game play because you will chop at anything the pitcher throws to the plate just so you don't have to sit through 5 more pick-off attempts. If that happened in a real game, the fans would riot. The capper, is when the Computer eventually picks off your man on first, which there is a good chance that that will happen at least once a game (sometimes twice, or three times). .......... The way the pitching is set up is silly: pressing X for a strike and O for a ball. They should just do what Hardball does and have a cross-hair that is easier to control the better the pitcher is. The homerun derby is a joke: on the easiest level, I have hit over 100 homeruns, at the hardest, the Computer opponent will just rock you by 40 or more. I would like to see them set up a tourney like they do for real, with a more realistic number of homers. The distances on most of the homeruns are ridiculously high (550 and what not). They also need to work on the instant replay: too basic. I'm glad that I bought the game, but really hope they make an effort to simulate the game of baseball further and not do more arcade-style action in 2001, which I am tempted to buy.

Only Fair, I'm Afraid

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I hate to be a naysayer, but the game is only fair at best. I suspect that most of the glowing reviews were written by gamers who had just played it for the first time and then rushed to their computer to write a review. It's one of those games that's great the first time you play it and then it gets to be old really fast.

The major problem with the game is that hitting is very unrealistic and very easy. Once you get a little experience, batting averages tend to hover around .750. In addition, the game is centered around the homerun, so any player, including the 150 lbs catcher who starts for my team, is a serious homerun threat. On the hardest level, my friends and I average about 8 or 9 homeruns a game, and most games tend to be 23-3 blowouts. As fun as this might sound, a season quickly becomes a procession of long, boring, one sided games.

There are other minor flaws. The AI is glitchy, the computer manager makes illogical and constant pitching changes and base stealing, like most other things, is too easy.

FUN BUT EASY

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a very good baseball game, but it is easy to hit homers, there is little competition (once u play it for a while) and it is kind of annoying having to tap the button to steal and try to hit at the same time. thats why it only gets 3 stars from me. It is still a very good baseball game.

Good baseball game, but not best.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: December 05, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed trading player most. Until TP99, all teams must have at least 1 player at every position. But in TP2000, it doesn't matter.

However, the game is not so good. There are no injuries and too many hits. I hope next year edition is much much better.

Play Ball !

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 17
Date: November 18, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Triple play has the realism that you'd want in your playstation game. Levels range from novice, in which the computer helps with the steals and pitching techniques, to pro to all-stars; in the latter two levels you'll have to do your own stealing. My favorite is the home-run durby in which you can compete to see who the real power hitter is. It's one of the best Baseball games i've played so far. There are numerous amounts of secret codes you can get from on-line that'll make the game more interesting. I'll highly recommed getting this game.

Total fun! If you're looking for a baseball game, buy this.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 21, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I have had the game since April and played a whole season - which finally wrapped up today with a World Series sweep. Anyway, this is the type of game if you do play an entire season, you can play once a night and still have time for the other games in your collection. TP2000's graphics are great, the 3-D style makes it seem like you're there in the game. One thing I didn't care for were the announcers. They are good, but after a couple of months hearing them every night was more than enough. I am looking forward to TP2001 in a few months.

A good buy for all baseball fans

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The Triple Play 2000 by EA Sports is a good buy.

Baseball is of course baseball which means that the rules are the same as in baseball. But the game has a lot of very fine features.

The graphics are great. There is a good view of the different stadiums, the players are hitting and running in a realistic way.

The sounds are also very good, and the commentators seems to be some of the best compared to other games from EA Sports.

You have a lot of opportunities in this game. You can play a single game of one inning if you wants to, or you can play an entire season with playoffs and everything. If you want a short cut you can simply start by playing the play offs.

Trading players is well organised and very straight forward - so its easy even to a beginner.

The final words: A good buy whether you are a baseball fan or just a person who finds baseball interesting.

Way Too Easy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun,but way too easy.I have played about 42 games in a 60 game season,and Nomar Garciaparra has already hit 40 homeruns.In a 162 game season he would be on pace for 143 homeruns.I played a game yesterday,and I won 44-0 without cheating.I just couldn't stop hitting.I've won every game except 1.That 1 game was simulated by accident.If your looking for a challenge,this game is not the place to get one

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