All Star Baseball 2001 Review

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(More customer reviews)I guess it would have been too much to hope for thinking theGameBoy version would be as good as it's N64 brother, which may be thebest sports game on any console. The GameBoy either doesn't have the power or Acclaim just couldn't pull it off. Maybe a little of both. I guess I should have been worried when I saw the game was not backed up by a battery. Instead you have to deal with the dreaded password. Acclaim's website was very misleading in the sense it lists this games features in the same breath with the N64 version. All the stadiums are not reproduced, there is only one generic one. Trades are not possible. Although the box boasts 100 different batting stances I have seen only the same few all the time. There is no tracking of season stats, other than standings. All the players are one race it would seem. The sound effects are poor and the constant organ music drives you bats (no pun intended). The batting interface is an exercise in futility. It's near impossible to string hits together and all the scoring in the games I have played by both sides are homers. Fielders seem superhuman making hits even more difficult. There is also almost no way to tell balls and strikes. Pitches off the plate are called strikes and some crossing the plate are balls. Forget about drawing any walks. The pitching interface though I do like, although pitchers realistically have only 4 pitches not 8, which means there is no difference between Rnady Johnson, a flamethrower, and Greg Maddux, a finesse pitcher. They both have the same pitches. The more I play may prove me wrong but all players seem to have the same abilities making it seem like even the worst hitter in the lineup can be Mark McGwire. Stealing bases is near impossible and pickoffs are too frequent. The bullpen mode is nice but how come you can tell when a reliever is ready but not know when the in-game pitcher is tired? I could find no way to tell this so I guess you have to assume 6 or 7 innings is enough work, although one pitcher I faced pitched 11 innings! I think the fielding interface is fine, although when you adjust fielders against a batter I wish they would return to default once he is out or on base. You could literally play at double play depth or outfielders playing in by mistake the whole game. There is one positive though. You do have Major League rosters and a Hall of Fame squad. I was disappointed in this game but I haven't given up. I will continue playing and hope to uncover some silver lining. Sorry Acclaim.

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For it's one, two, three strikes--you're out in All-Star Baseball 2001 for the Game Boy Color. Smell the freshly cut grass, pine tar, and foot-longs as you take the field with any one of the 30 Major League teams. Be sure to hone those batting skills in the Batting Practice mode. As player/manager, you'll bat and pitch for the team, as well as make the hard decisions about which players (over 700 of them) get traded, called up from the farm team, or sent back down. If you're really in for a clash of the titans, try the Cooperstown Hall of Fame team, which includes recent inductees Reggie Jackson and Nolan Ryan.

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