LADYDRAGON.COM - All Star Baseball 2003

Developed by Acclaim Studios Austin and published by Acclaim Sports, All Star Baseball 2003 will please its fans once again plus this time it is its first time done on the GameCube and it is endorsed by four time World Series Champion shortstop Derek Jeter.

In the main menu your selection are Quick Play, MLB Play, Expansion, Franchise, Players Cards, Home Run Derby and the Special Features is where you can access Batting Practice, Trivia Game, Team Management Statistics and the Options

The features this year are;

All 30 Major League teams, including logos' and uniforms.

More than 900 players.

Official stadiums, with active dugouts and bullpens, real time scoreboards and jumbotrons, with stadium features.

All-new player models, featuring 3-D Cyberscan technology, giving All-Star Baseball 2003 the most realistic representation for player faces ever seen in a video game.

Future throw technology allows players to make incredible super-smooth catches and throws like never before.

Innovative 3D batting interface and power/contact swing selection.

User control over check swings.

Never-before-seen broken bats.

Season awards like the MVP, Cy Young, Rookie Of The Year, and Gold Glove.

Franchise Mode allows users to play and build their favorite team for up to twenty consecutive seasons.

All-new Expansion Play allows baseball fanatics to choose a city, stadium and team logo, and add that team into the Major leagues for season play.

All-new Expansion draft, whereby users will draft from a pool of unprotected players and build a team of free agents and minor leaguers.

First time ever -- official in-game player trading cards, which enable users to collect, trade and unlock cheat codes throughout the game.

More than 50 stadiums to choose from, including 8 classic and 10 expansion stadiums.

Cooperstown Hall Of Fame team, featuring favorite sluggers from the past, such as Mike Schmidt, Reggie Jackson and Yogi Berra.

Seven authentic stadium camera angles for television broadcast views.

First time ever -- a 3-man broadcast booth with Bob Brenly (Manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the 2001 World Series Champions), Thom Brennaman and Steve Lyons.

All Star Baseball 2003 always made pitching easy but this time they added anew feature where when you place the ball if you are too far out of the strike zone your controller will vibrate.

Plus a new fun feature is the batting triangle called the Batting Cursor where you can adjust where you would like to bat well you can not really move it while the ball is coming because it comes to fast but it can help you in some instance if you place it right.

Plus there an option called Location Guess where you press the R button and you can then guess where the ball comes from which adds more control to your batting swing of course if you guess right.

Acclaim is know to put on the market year after year a solid and good baseball game and this year is no different so if you are looking for a good baseball game, All Star Baseball 2003 is a good addition to your collection.

Companies

Developer
Acclaim Studios Austin

Publisher
Acclaim Sports

Category
Baseball

Notes

Originality: 91%
Gameplay: 92 %
Graphic: 91%
Interest: 92%
Control: 92%
Sound: 91%

TOTAL: 91 %

Requirements

Console
PlayStation 2

Multiplayer
4 Players

Rated by ESRB
"E" Everyone

Vicky Parker

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