LADYDRAGON.com MLB 2000

There are a lot of baseball games and these times especially, a lot of 2000 editions are coming out. MLB 2000, is one of them.

Playing baseball is very easy with MLB 2000, you can be the pitcher, the hitter or the receivers. You can also choose all your players, build up your own team and also create your players. All the types of game are there too. For example, homerun derby, where you just hit balls for homerun, you can. Of course, there is the practices, the season games and the spring games. MLB 2000 is very complete.

To pitch, you got all the buttons making different style of pitching on the screen. After that you have press the button of your choice, you press the X button to pitch and you place the target where you want the ball to go. It is possible to hit the player, so try to avoid that. If your pitch is hit, your control will be change to the player near the place where the ball will fall. So you only need to place this player on the dark target on the ground.

When you are the hitter you push the L2 button to do a guess on where the pitcher will throw the ball and after that you place

MLB 2000

"What a play!"

MLB 2000

"Your catcher is always bumped up."

the target where the pitcher really send the ball. When the ball is placed to be hit, you push the X button. MLB 2000 is so precise that if you hit the ball a little more under, it will make a fly ball. The opposite is also possible.

One minor problem is visible in the game. Sometimes when you pitch and the player hits a foul ball, he runs to first base instead of staying on home plate.

The 3D graphics are amazing, we can recognize the players' actual faces. Also the images sequences are really fast, 30 frames per second, that give a big advantage when you are at the plate. The stadiums are detailed as well and Vin Scully with Dave Campbell from ESPN are really good in calling the action.

Finally, MLB 2000 is exciting and puts you in a baseball game with a lot of action. The game is fantastic and you will hold your breath when you see the amazing plays. Also, MLB 2000 is the first baseball game with the spring training option.

Companies

Developer and Publisher:
989 Sports
www.989sports.com

Category
Baseball

NOTES

Interest : 85 %
Control: 85 %
Graphics : 90 %
Sounds/Music : 90 %
Originality : 85 %

TOTAL : 87 %

Requirements:

Console:
Playstation

Number of Players:
1 or 2 players

Memory Card:
1 - 6 block

ESRB Rating:
Everyone

Jean - François Dignard

Master J