All-Star Baseball 2005 Review

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(More customer reviews)First off, let me say that this rating is a very strong 4 stars. I will not give any baseball game a 5 star rating until a create-a-ballpark feature becomes available. Going into this spring, last years World Series Baseball 2K3 was the one to beat and All-star Baseball 2004 was horrible. The batter's system was horrible and the graphics were sub-par.
On to this year's version. I always buy two titles a year. Why? Because one title doesn't have everything. Usually the game play is better on WSB and the stadium selection is superb on ASB. And at $39.99, ASB 2005 was a steal. The graphics have improved and the game play is the biggest turn around!! Especially the batting interface. One major complaint though. I hate having to earn the special features of the game!!!!! Argh!!!!! ASB 2005 advertises over 80 ballparks, however, until you complete a few (a dozen or so) specialty situation games, you can only access about a third of the ballparks. I bought the game, you have my money, no give me what I want!!!!!!
Pros
-better graphics
-much improved batter interface!!
-very unique and imaginative ballparks (only seen about 1/3)
-batting stances and pitching windups are very accurate
Cons
-can't access all of the special features (very frustrating)
-haven't used expansion mode yet (last year's was a pain)
-Jeter has too much power (however, I can get over this)
Bottom line....at $39.99...it's a steal!

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