ASB2004

[DonkeyKongerko]

the hitting sucks, period. if you put on the auto hitting, you hit like .450 with every guy. it's not very realistic at all. world series baseball has a great pitcher/batter interface

Agreed, basing my opinion on ASB 2003. The fastballs are usually too fast where you have to check swing on every pitch if you want a chance of making good contact. Yes I hit homeruns, but only with power guys, non-power guys will NEVER hit a homerun in this game i swear. Even if you put a guy who can hit 10HR a year in a homerun derby and sit dead-red and swing power cursor at fastballs they just can't elevate it out of the park. Also fielding in ASB2003 pretty much sucks too with the fly balls occasionally dropping in front of fielders. Need I mention that rounding first on a routine double often results in button mashing frustration.

 

(It's ok cuz i got ASB 2003 for $19.95)

Don't Buy ASB 2004.

[Spiff]

the hitting sucks, period. if you put on the auto hitting, you hit like .450 with every guy. it's not very realistic at all. world series baseball has a great pitcher/batter interface

Agreed, basing my opinion on ASB 2003. The fastballs are usually too fast where you have to check swing on every pitch if you want a chance of making good contact. Yes I hit homeruns, but only with power guys, non-power guys will NEVER hit a homerun in this game i swear. Even if you put a guy who can hit 10HR a year in a homerun derby and sit dead-red and swing power cursor at fastballs they just can't elevate it out of the park. Also fielding in ASB2003 pretty much sucks too with the fly balls occasionally dropping in front of fielders. Need I mention that rounding first on a routine double often results in button mashing frustration.

 

(It's ok cuz i got ASB 2003 for $19.95)

Don't Buy ASB 2004.

uh, the fastballs are not too fast. you can hit a pedro or randy johnson fastball, at least i can. i can hit homeruns (on normal batting, that's with the cursor) with players like rowand and loduca. the other day i even hit one with pierre, just using the contact cursor. fielding is fine i don't know what you're talking about. "flyballs occasionally dropping in front of fielders" wtf? you think that doesn't happen in real life? and if you want to round a base on a double just hit L1 before you get to the base it's not really that hard.

[DonkeyKongerko]

uh, the fastballs are not too fast. you can hit a pedro or randy johnson fastball, at least i can.

The point is not that they are unhittable. They are fast enough that you have to start to swing before the ball shows up on the screen in order to make good contact. Then you have to release X if the ball is out of the strike zone. Basically you check swing on every single pitch.

 

As for flyballs, they drop in front of fielders that are camped under them. Also alot of times they catch the ball between their legs instead of over their head and they look like little league homos. Don't defend this game, it's a piece of trash and all the underachievers at Acclaim Sports know it. What next? Are you gonna start telling me how good the franchise mode in ASB is?

[Spiff]

uh, the franchise mode is good. and i'm not the only one that thinks so. if you don't want them to catch it down low, then move the guy up, it's that simple. why don't you whine some more you sissy. if you had any skill at all you could tell if a pitch was out of the strike zone and lay off it. if you like things to be wicked easy then that's fine too.

[DonkeyKongerko]

uh, the franchise mode is good. and i'm not the only one that thinks so.

uh, your mom doesn't count.

 

 

 

Oh yeah? How about the Future Throw? What if I am fielding a ball in the corner and I hit triangle to throw it to second. The ball goes to the cut off man and the guy has rounded second, so I should be able to throw it to 3rd. But OHHHH WAIT, FUTURE THROW has decided that once I hit triangle after the ball is hit, the ball must go to 2nd base and the runner takes third because a cutoff man cannot make a decision for himself because he is a f***ing android. Don't tell me you never hit future throw for the wrong base because you will be lying to yourself. If you don't pick a base the computer usually throws it home too.

 

Why don't you go play the awesome trivia game? Lord knows that wasn't a waste of space on the game disc.

[Spiff]

uh, the franchise mode is good. and i'm not the only one that thinks so.

uh, your mom doesn't count.

 

 

 

Oh yeah? How about the Future Throw? What if I am fielding a ball in the corner and I hit triangle to throw it to second. The ball goes to the cut off man and the guy has rounded second, so I should be able to throw it to 3rd. But OHHHH WAIT, FUTURE THROW has decided that once I hit triangle after the ball is hit, the ball must go to 2nd base and the runner takes third because a cutoff man cannot make a decision for himself because he is a f***ing android. Don't tell me you never hit future throw for the wrong base because you will be lying to yourself. If you don't pick a base the computer usually throws it home too.

 

Why don't you go play the awesome trivia game? Lord knows that wasn't a waste of space on the game disc.

haha you are so feeble minded, it's kinda sad. you are all worked up about this game for some reason, i don't get it.

 

you can change the future throw. i guess you are not clever enough to figure it out. if you are fielding the ball and you hit triangle, it's gonna go to second, not the cutoff man. the cutoff man is a totally different button. secondly, (and stay with me here, it gets a little complicated haha) if you hit L1 to throw to cutoff, then triangle before it gets to him, and the guy is rounding second base, you can change it to square before it gets to the cutoff man. he'll throw to third, not second.

 

"a cutoff man cannot make a decision for himself because he is a f***ing android"

 

hahaha wtf you either want the game to do everything for you, or you don't understand how video games work. i would guess the latter, since you apparently can't figure out how this one works.

 

maybe a sesame street counting game is more your speed.

[doubleM23]

All-Star Baseball 2004 is pretty, good, IMO. Have no way to compare it because I only played it so far. Hitting is tough, but I was starting to figure it out. The real problem I had was that I rented the game from Blockbuster over Spring Break and didn't have a manual so I had no idea how to do anything. I'm pretty sure if I knew what buttons do what, I'd really have liked the game.

 

Oh, and the Franchise Mode is really, really deep.

[DonkeyKongerko]

Sometimes it is not possible for a player to throw it all the way to second from the corner of the outfield. And guess who gets the ball?

 

No..no.. its not your mom. It's the cutoff man.

 

Would you like to know what the definition of cutoff man is?

 

The cutoff man is an infielder that moves as a target directly into the path of a ball that is thrown from the outfield to the catcher at home base. This situation occurs when the ball is batted to any outfield location, and on the hit a lead runner seeks to advance all the way to home base. Some teams choose to assign the home base cutoff responsibilities to different infielders, such as the pitcher, first baseman or third baseman. We will keep it simple. The first baseman will be our only home base cutoff man.

 

In addition to the cutoff play at home base, we will also use a cutoff play to defend against runners advancing from first base to third base on a normal base hit to right field or center field. In this situation, the shortstop will be the cutoff man. When the ball is batted for a single into right or center field, there can either be runners at first and third base, or a lead runner at first base only.

 

The diagram below shows the movements of the players involved. Because the second baseman can see that the ball is hit to normal depth in right field, no relay man is needed. He sprints to cover 2nd base. The shorstop moves into position in direct alignment between the right fielder and the third baseman. He waves his arms at the right fielder to signal that he is the target for the throw. The right fielder throws through to third base by hitting the shortstop chest high with a strong accurate throw.

 

I'm sorry I did not include the diagrams due to time constraints. If you feel you need them, please email me and I can probably have them sent to you. If necessary, a verbal explanation can also be included at a minimal fee.

 

Did you get tired of playing the Trivia Game already?

It's ok why don't you spend some time guessing the pitch and pitch location. That is very helpful and about as much fun. Good Luck (in life) :lol:

[Spiff]

what the hell are you talking about. i've been playing this game for like a month and i haven't run into your problem, i guess you just can't figure things out. that's ok. no reason to get all fired up. and the your mom stuff, wow. what are you, four years old?

 

"It's ok why don't you spend some time guessing the pitch and pitch location."

 

i don't know what that's supposed to mean. i told you have no problem hitting, you were the one whining about how hard it was.

[Mr. Showtime]

Am I the only one who finds this whole debate insane?

 

Donkey doesn't like the game, that's fine. He's trying to debate Spiff and get him to admit the game SUCKS. If you don't like the game, why waste time talking about?