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The best baseball game this year is still poor

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 16 / 19
Date: March 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've played High Heat, All Star and Triple Play for the PS2, and Triple Play is the best of all three. That said, it has some serious shortcomings.
I'll begin with the positives. The stadium graphics in TP are the best of the baseball games, and the fielding is the most fluid. It is fast-paced without being too arcady-not easy to do with a baseball game. The draft continues to be a great feature.
But some of the best features of previous Triple Play editions continue to be neglected in recent years. There are no injuries. Any position player can play all 162 regular season games without fatigue, and thus there is no reward for having a deep roster. Pitchers recover from throwing to full strength after two off days. A 50 win season is highly possible for a good pitcher if you juggle your rotation. Though the fielding is the best of available baseball games, players tend to hold onto the ball when quick throws are necessary-many potential double plays go for naught. The AI is poor. Computer batters will consistently swing at out-of-the-zone pitches, but have no trouble making solid contact on any strike. I have yet to see a called third strike. Stealing bases is too easy. The trade feature is pathetic. Any player for any player is the rule... trade your utility infielder for Ivan Rodriguez. Not even a 'this trade is deemed unfair... proceed anyway?' comes up to give a guilty conscience.
EA should include some of the features from their best sports game (Madden) that make it so much fun. Franchise mode, multiple player trades, and created teams are a few ideas. EA needs to beat the Monkeys they have at the code writing computers, or at least add more of them so that this game takes a step into the NOW of sports simulation. And gives us a baseball game worth playing.

What a shame!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 25
Date: January 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

MLB Triple Play 2002 was quite a disappointment from my standpoint. Basically, the graphics are very poor and the player's faces don't look anything like players. For example, Luis Gonzalez (the player one the cover) is missing his facial hair. It's not that different than Triple Play 2001, only updated rosters and added stadiums for teams who changed. When I compared the two games, the stadiums in Triple Play 2001 looked a lot better than the ones in the 2002 version.

Triple Play 2002 also skimped on the pitches for individual players. They gave a fastball and a change-up to every pitcher (whether they really throw it or not) and added some other pitches that did not match pitching styles i.e. giving a curve ball to Armando Benitez instead of a splitter, etc.

Another weak aspect of this game is the lack of game modes. They have all the same things as Triple Play 2001, exhibition, season, playoffs, and homerun derby. Yawn.

I suggest you don't buy this baseball game. I perfer Major League Baseball High Heat 2002. The graphics are beautiful and the gameplay is so well developed that sometimes I think I'm in the stands watching the game! Also, the player's faces match the ones in real life (which is nice to know considering Triple Play 2002 didn't get anything right.) Buy Major League Baseball High Heat 2002, it's a 50 dollar payment very well spent. Check out this game at Amazon reviews to find out more about it. I guarntee, you will not regret getting this game over Triple Play 2002!

No fun or enjoyability

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: February 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ugh... I played this game at All-Star Fan Fest in Seattle. I thought this game would be easy to play and fun knowing that EA Sports is the best sports game company. But, to my surprise, it fell short, way too short. Pitches are impossible to hit, I could have faced Rick Ankiel and he'd have 15 strike out and I'd only get 3 hits off of him, even in easy mode. Pitching and fielding isn't any easier. You have to go threw a long process to select the pitch and there are little squares you have to pitch to instead of picking the exact location you want. Terrible idea. When you field, it isn't to easy to track down the ball causing a lot of errors and infield singles. Even when you do field the ball properly it is still a time-driven hassle to throw the ball to the correct place.

All in all, poor gaming design by EA Sports. I personally think Triple Play 2001, last years version, is much better. If you really like baseball, I would suggest purchasing a better title such as High Heat Baseball 2003.

Best Baseball Game (for now)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

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.

Believe the Hype

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: March 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Triple Play is back baby. The controls are the same and the action is still fast and furious. The graphics are slightly improved, and the gameplay on Rookie is still far too simple to be fun. But turn it up to pro and look out, it's a ball game. Is it perfect, no. But it's still the best baseball game out for PS2. The game is missing a franchise mode. But after a 162 game season, I couldn't care less. EA Sports does it again. So don't believe the naysayers, the great one is still the great one. "All Star" and "High Heat" might have the massive stats and franchise modes, but for sheer playability, good graphics and enjoyment, Triple Play baseball is still the king. Now if only EA Sports could make a decent basketball game they'd rule the sports gaming world.

Betrayed by EA sports, yet again....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

EA sports has made another lackluster game. With the heinous invention of nba live '02 behind them, the EA production team now creates a lackluster baseball game. I would conisder myself a fan of baseball, but not an avid fan (perhaps, this is why i like the game, im almost ashamed to say) The game itself is decent. The gameplay is average once the difficulty settings are changed, on amateur i scored 28 runs in game !!(pretty amazing huh) Im currently in a season on pro and the games have been pretty true to life...somewhat.
The modes of play are EXTREMELY limited. You only have single, season, and homerun derby (there may be another one that im forgetting). The graphics are decent, however the players faces are hillariously emotionless and the commentating is sometimes annoying and a bit unaccurate. Overall the games deserves 2 and half stars, not three. If your an avid fan of baseball, then you probably wont like this one, perhaps the all-star and high heat are up your alley. In a nutshell this game is for the casual fan.

What went wrong?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: January 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I played a demo of this game and it's worthless. It's so hard to put the bat on the ball even on the easy mode. The pitches just wiz by, you have to swing and guess it will be a strike (it's that hard to tell). Pitching isn't any easier and it takes a long time to throw the pitch you want. This makes games seem much longer, almost like the length they are in the Major Leagues. It just takes away from the fun of it. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait until Triple Play 2003 comes out to see if it got any better.

Not too bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is definitely addicting. The graphics and gameplay are really awesome. The most annoying parts of the game are the music, the fact that home run derby is way too easy, and that the easiest level is too easy and the hardest level is to hard. Playing the pro (middle) level is just about right. I win some games and lose some games. It's a bit hard on the pro level to strike people out, but it can be done. One truly great mode to play is human vs. human. I believe that this is the most realistic part of the game. The batting cursor can be invisible so that you really have to tell what type of pitch (fastball, curveball, etc.) it is before you can swing. It really gives the game a good, true feel to it. As said before, the announcers are sometimes inaccurate with their calls and there needs to be a dynasty-type mode, but overall I would definitely recommend this game.

Fun but too easy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

yo! dude this is a pretty good game but on easy you can [rock]by winning 35 to 2. You can also hit 30 home runs. On medium you still win almost every game just by a closer score. But on hard its impossible to beat. If you really want a challenge this is a good game to buy or if you want the easisest sports game around.

TRIPLE PLAY 2002

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: March 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

TRIPLE PLAY BASEBALL IS ONE OF THE MUST OWN BASEBALL GAMES! I LIKE HOW THEY HELD BACK A YEAR AND NAMED THIS YEAR 2002. IT JUST GOT TO DAMN ANNOYING LISTENING TO PEOPLE NAMING THEIR GAMES A YEAR AHEAD OF ITS TIME! THE GRAPHICS ARE VERY GOOD, THEY DON'T STAND UP AGAINST POWER HOUSES LIKE GT3 OR MGS2, BUT THEY ARE STELLAR. THE GAME PLAY IS GREAT IT JUST GETTING WRAPPED UP IN A 162 GAME SEASON IS ENOUGH TO GET ME TO BUY THIS GAME, BUT YOU CAN ALSO MATCH UP WITH A FRIEND AND SLUG IT OUT IN A GAME OF HOMERUN DERBY. ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT ANNOYS ME WITH OTHER TITLES IS THAT THEY NEVER SEEM TO KEEP THE ROSTERS CURRENT. TP2002 ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE RIGHT ON TOP OF THE ROSTER ISSUE. EVERYBODY IS INCLUDED. THE SOUND IN THE GAME IS ABOUT AVERAGE AND I LOVE HOW THEY GOT BOB COSTAS AND HEROLD REYNOLDS TO TAKE OVER THE COMMENTARY. IT WAS ABOUT TIME THAT THEY GOT RID OF THOSE OVER USED JIM HUGHSON AND BUCK MARTINEZ. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY SAID THE SAME THING IN TP99-2001. THIS WAS A MUCH NEEDED IMPROVMENT FOR THE SERIES. WELL IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHICH OF THE BASEBALL GAMES TO GET THIS YEAR, TAKE IT FROM A BIG BASEBALL FAN AND PLAYER, THIS IS DEFINATLY THE GAME TO SPEND...WELL EARNED [MONEY] ON!

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