Customer Reviews

Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The Good:

*Great cast of charters with different abilities
*Great-looking ballparks
*Wacky Power-ups give the game the arcade feel


The Bad:

*Minor gameplay annoyances


The Bottom Line:

If you have played this game last decade on your PC, you probably remember the characters Pablo Sanchez, Dimitri Petrovich and Vicki Kawaguchi and others. They are all back. It seems like they have grown up, too. In the PC version they seem to be somewhere in middle school and now they look a bit older, about early High School age. This is also supported by Pablo's ability to speak English(in the last decade's version he couldn't as was clearly stated in his bio.)

The Story Mode involves you making a character and going around other ballparks, beating other teams and stealing their captain before your final challenge of taking on the bully team. The game is fairly shallow in terms of replay value, but because it is a budget value game($29.99 opening day price,) the short burst of fun fits the price tag.

Minor annoyances are sometimes being out on a shallow hit to the outfield and all the fielders seem to have rocket arms. Mini games are also very shallow and quick.

At the end, this is still a good family game, especially if you like baseball.

Attention achievement hunters: Achievements are fairly easy and you should get all 1,000 in about 5 hours or so.

My son loves the sports games. I like those games which are appropriate for his age and also allow me to interact and play along. This game has great graphics and we love the powerups.

Overall the game is ultimately fun. It takes the style of the Mario Superstar Baseball theme. As you progress through the story/campaign mode, you recieve the best player from the opposing team to join your team. You also have the ability to use power-ups which is also similar to Mario Superstar Baseball. I beat the story mode in two days. It was rather simple but fun. I believe it is a good game and I would recommend this as a family game or for children age 13 and under.

An all around winner with pretty good graphics and excellent action. My grandchildren have become skilled enough to beat up the old grandpa unmercifully.