Triple Play Baseball

Long the PlayStation favorite, can Triple Play remain at the top of the standings as it debuts on the PS2?

Triple Play?s biggest new feature?cursor-based pitching and batting?is also its biggest shortcoming. With no option for ?old school? Triple Play controls, many fans of the series will feel left in the lurch. Even worse, the cursor interface just doesn?t play very well. The inability to mask your pitch location almost ruins the two-player game, robbing the pitcher/batter confrontation of any tension. The one-player game is much better, but even still, other shortcomings muck up this ballpark, like weak A.I. baserunning.

If you?re not a hardcore baseball purist, you?ll shrug off these complaints and enjoy Triple Play?s action-packed arcade-style day on the diamond. Otherwise, check out the surprisingly good High Heat 2002. The PS2 pennant race is definitely still on, but Triple Play sure isn?t one of the contenders.

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