Triple Play 2002 (Xbox)

by Pandemic Studios

Product Features

• 3D Scanned Faces - From A-Rod to Zeile, you'll recognize all of your favortie star players.
• New Signature Pitching and Batting Styles - Classic pitcher-batter showdowns come to life with more personalized animations than ever before.
• New Facial and Hand Animations - The action gets even more realistic with incredibly lifelike player animations.
• Beautiful Ballparks - We've completely re-done all the Major League stadiums, showcasing the stages for baseball's dramatic match-ups.
• Swing for the Big Moment - Unique camera angles and electric sounds build up the big moments that make baseball the greatest game on earth.

Product Details

• ASIN: B00005V6BH
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,333 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Triple Play 2002 gives next-generation gamers the essential MLB experience. America's national pastime comes to life with new scanned player faces, new player models, and a faster pitching interface that keeps the action flowing. All the favorite Triple Play options are here and better than ever, including Create-a-Player, free agents, authentic ballparks, and the fantasy draft. New to this edition is widescreen TV support so you can see every last detail, a refined and intuitive pitcher-batter interface, signature batting and pitching styles, 3-D scanned faces of everyone from A-Rod to Zeile, and all-new commentary from Bob Costas and Harold Reynolds.

Product Description

The season comes down to one last pitch, one final swing of the bat. Major League Baseball is built on big moments, and no game captures the essence of big league drama like Triple Play 2002 from EA SPORTS. Americas national pastime comes to life with new scanned player faces, new player models and a faster pitching interface that keeps the action flowin

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What a huge disappointment!, April 2, 2002

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F. Esteve "Franco" (San Juan, PR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Triple Play 2002 (Xbox) (Video Game)

Unfortunately, this was the first baseball video game I've actually sat down and played. I'd seen them before, but never actually played them. ...Triple Play 2002 has got to be one of the worst baseball games in history unless you still live ten years ago, a time this game was cutting edge.

1. What's up with the player bodies. On the box there's a rendering of Luis Gonzalez in the back which looks great, but in the game he looks just as disproportioned as everyone else. All the players look like the old baseball dolls with the big heads. I even smacked my controller against the screen to see if their heads would bob side to side.

2. The general proportions of the game are horrible. The players look like midgets on a midget sized field. Sure the stadiums look great in certain shots, but the standard game shot is bad.

3. The commentary by Bob Costas is flat, and like someone else mentioned the other guy sounds like a bad Chris Rock imitation. Sometimes it doesn't even apply to what's happening on the field.

4. The sounds aren't too great either, and the same cheesy intro music over and over for important players is boooring. Not to mention the repetitive playing of Twisted Sister's classic 80's "I want to rock" which is good to hear maybe once for feel and nostalgia's sake, but after 40 times, one can certainly do without it.

5. The field looks horrible. The graphics in general look like a game of maybe 5 years ago, except like I mentioned before some of the stadium models.

6. Gameplay is too simple. When you can hit a minimum of 8 homeruns per game, it is a real disppointing game. The game is too simplistic. This does not necessarily mean it is not fun, but after a few games, that's it, it becomes boring as there is no challenge in it. You can see where the ball will be pitched and even if you hide that, it isn't all that hard.

7. Wow 7. MAJOR GLITCHES HERE! Nothing can turn one off a game as much as bad programming. There are glitches everywhere in this game, but one I could not live with and is unforgivable considering one catalogs players in a database and should check them when making a quality game. This is the player of the game. More than once with different teams, the picture of the player of the game would not match the player. For example, let's say the player of the game was Maddux, then you might get a picture of Barry Bonds next to his name. This is ridiculous and is a total turn off.

In conclusion, don't waste your money here...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WORST BASEBALL GAME EVER, April 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Triple Play 2002 (Xbox) (Video Game)

This is by far the worst baseball game I have ever purchased. First of all, I'm going to call it a softball game for the rest of this review because that's what the ball looks like when you're swinging. Their is no way to turn off pitch aid so you know where the computer is going to throw it every time. The game's only good aspect is that it doesn't take long to play but that doesn't make up for its awful graphics, terrible gameplay and misery it will put you through.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Terrible Game, May 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Triple Play 2002 (Xbox) (Video Game)

This game is terrible. It is slow and boring. I rented it and got bored with it after about five minutes. This game is marketed as a realistic simulation, but is far from it. In exhibition, it won't take you more than a couple of minutes to realize that every other foul ball goes to the same exact same place. The same thing happens with homeruns and basehits. They all end up going to the same exact spot with the same exact animation. Also, where are the routine fly balls. Homeruns outnumber fly balls 100 to 1. It is not uncommon to see multiple back-to-back-to-back homeruns in a game or even in an inning. Actual player skills make no difference. Hitting a homerun with Barry Bonds is just as hard (or just as easy) as hitting a homerun with some guy who didn't hit a single homerun last year.
You would think that by switching the level of play, the homeruns would slow down. Not exactly. The only difference is that the computer starts hitting all of the homeruns. It is no fun winning 100 to 1 or losing 100 to 1. A quick glance at the scoreboard and you would think that you were playing football or basketball. Hey! The uneven level of play is starting to reminf me of the MLB and their greedy salary-cap hating players.
I haven't even begun to mention the minor problems with the game or the problems with the graphics. I'm the kind of guy who likes all of the "little things" added to a game to keep it more realistic. In Triple Play 2002, you have to hit 90 mph curveballs in the Homerun Derby and the Expos sell out every game. Baseball is one of the easiest sports to get right because it does not have continuous action. EA Sports needed to get this right because of the increasing competition from Sega Sports. They failed miserably, making me even more devoted to Sega Sports. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!