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Affecting the ball after it leaves the pitcher's hand is impossible, so the only option is to choose your spot and let it fly. Each batter has a chart that demonstrates his hot and cold spots in the strike zone-and these spots are key to keeping runners off the bases. Each pitcher has the ability to throw the same pitches he does in real MLB play. It takes some time before hitting becomes second nature, and even then, it can be difficult to track a knuckleball or slider with your cursor. Your batter's cursor size is dependent upon his batting average, so while Barry Bonds' cursor is huge, a pitcher's cursor is barely the size of a baseball. To hit, you must align your batting cursor with the ball and time the swing. The confusing batter interface from WSB 2K1 has been replaced with a more traditional setup. World Series Baseball 2K2 is a generous improvement upon the 2K1 version in this area, but it still hasn't reached perfection. It will often refuse to let you join a server or crash when navigating the network menus.Īs with any sports video game, all the gameplay modes in the world are irrelevant if the gameplay is rotten.

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Beyond the problems with lag, which are inherent to all online video games, the WSB 2K2's network code can be buggy at times. While you're playing online, it's impossible to see the repertoire of pitches in your opponent's arsenal, but then, Pedro Martinez doesn't have a list of pitches scribbled onto his jersey in a real MLB game, either. Getting struck out by a pitch that paused halfway to the plate because of lag can be infuriating, and fielding ground balls is practically impossible when the game stammers. But lag affects baseball video games in a more drastic manner than it does other sports games. Going head-to-head against other players around the country is an excellent idea in theory, and Visual Concepts has done an excellent job getting its other sports games online. There's even a list of the top 50 online players to gaze upon. If you use the same user name and password, your wins, losses, and the number of times you bailed out of games are stored on Sega's server. While the home run derby and franchise modes are welcomed, the biggest addition to the World Series Baseball franchise this time around is the network mode, which lets you play against other Dreamcast owners online. Once you're satisfied with your player's look, you can crank up his attributes and make him a monster on the diamond. There are 13 different appearance settings to fiddle with, providing you with the power to choose the most minute of details, like undershirt type. Another welcomed addition is the create-a-player mode. The home run derby can help you get the timing of swinging for the fences. This year's World Series Baseball includes a franchise mode that carries your players' stats over from the year before and you can read newspaper headlines every day to see how your moves as a general manager, player, and coach are panning out with the local beat writers. You can even monitor all-star voting to see if players from your squad are receiving national recognition.

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A rudimentary exhibition mode is available for up to two players, and you can play full seasons with player and team stats tracked in 13 different categories. If you're looking for depth from your baseball games, the staggering number of gameplay modes in WSB 2K2 will not disappoint. While it's a drastic leap forward when compared with the Wow Entertainment-developed 2K1 version, World Series Baseball 2K2 fails to attain the polished state of Visual Concepts' other Dreamcast sports games. Now that the series has been handed over to Sega's premier sports game developer, Visual Concepts, there are high hopes that a shift in development houses for the franchise will pay big dividends.

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A lack of manual fielding and an unintuitive batting interface were more than enough to nullify the game's stunning graphics. The first World Series Baseball for the Dreamcast had so many problems that Sega decided the sequel should be developed by another company.

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