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PS2 | Sports | All-Star Baseball 2002

Boxart for All-Star Baseball 2002
All-Star Baseball 2002 30 screen shots
  • GRAPHICS: 5.0
  • SOUND: 4.5
  • CONTROL: 4.0
  • FUN FACTOR 4.5
  • AVG USER SCORE 4.4
  • AVG CRITIC SCORE 4.3
Winner of the GamePro Editor's Choice Award

First Look: All-Star Baseball 2002

First Look by JAKETHESNAKE | 01/04/2001 | 16:42:23 PM PST

The king of Nintendo 64 baseball, and one of the best baseball series for any console, comes to the PlayStation 2.

The All-Star Baseball series for the Nintendo 64 were some of the best baseball games for any console. Besides looking fantastic, the games pleased both fans who wanted sim-style gameplay and those who wanted to just pick up and play.

But the All-Star series has played its last inning on the N64, and with All-Star Baseball 2002 Acclaim is moving the whole ballgame to the PS2. And with the power of the PS2, what was a great-looking game should become a jaw-dropper. A single player's head, for example, will now include more polygons than did an entire stadium in the N64 version.

And now that All-Star is no longer limited by the space of N64 cartridges, there will be a lot more room for color commentary. Bob Brenly (now manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks) will join his former play-by-play partner Thom Brennaman, while the voice of the Texas Rangers, Chuck Morgan, will be the announcer.

Eye and ear candy aside, All-Star 2002 promises all the same deep-but-adjustable gameplay of its predecessors, including all Major League players and stadiums, team management, player trades and creation, injuries, home run derby, and more. All-Star Baseball 2002 steps up to a new plate this April.


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