Backyard Baseball

I like the game a lot it brings back the nostalgia of the 2001 game, only thing I dont really like / could better is the fielding and that like the originial it would auto make your player go the ball, etc. Other Then that it is a good game.

The game does need a lot of work.....HOWEVER, even in it's current state you can easily find $40 worth of content to pass the days. The way I would look at it is this. If you are strapped for cash and $40 spent will hurt, I'd wait for a sale. If you have an extra $40 laying around, you definitely will get your monies worth, but you do need to be aware that the game is very glitchy and you'd think this was an Early Access launch.

to keep it brief, the game's definitely unfinished, but for what it's worth... ...it's playable and enjoyable! 40 bucks was a lot tho :(

I picked this up hoping it would capture some of what I remembered from the old games, and honestly, it did. It has that same laid back, goofy charm that made Backyard Baseball so much fun in the first place. The matches move at a nice pace, and there's enough to unlock that it gives you a reason to keep coming back. If you're a fan of the old Backyard Baseball games, I think you'll have a good time with this. It's been a fun nostalgia trip for me, and I'm looking forward to putting more hours into it.

great game, brings back a lot of childhhod memories, unfortunately my child hood sucked because i was touched by my uncle, aside from that, to not a drop an online multi mode is wild on release

Backyard Baseball gets you hooked, and the feeling of hitting homeruns is AMAZING !! . It totally nails that "just one more match" loop, and the gameplay is super simple to pick up while still having some decent strategy options when you're drafting a team. The characters have a ton of charm and it's a great, low-stress way to unwind after some high stress games NGL I was pretty annoyed to find out multiplayer isn't available right out of the gate. That's a slight letdown for a game like this, and it definitely takes away from the initial hype when you just want to play with friends. I feel like this game could be more, looking forward to the updates. They were able to remake it, now what I really want to see is a solid expansion that justifies the remake

While it does have some flaws, overall I really enjoy this game.

Honestly there's too many flaws to say this game is good. Batting is super lame. On the default hardest difficulty with the shadow I'm scoring 25 points in a game homer after homer. I turn it off and I can barely score once. It just doesn't make sense to make the difficulty switch that drastic for a mechanic that doesn't even have an explanation tool tip when you turn it on or off. Also any stance other than middle seems to result in foul balls at like over 50% The pitching also isn't that engaging. The ai hits just about everything and because I wanted to win I found a cheese strategy. If they're a righty you lean your outfield right and throw a left curve ball bottom right and they will almost always hit it infield for an easy out. otherwise its in the pocket right and you have a chance to stop it with your outfielders. The perfect throw literally doesn't matter and I still cant figure out what activates the special throws. The game as a whole feels surprisingly repetitive if you're someone who has fun trying to win. Only thing I find interesting is the hypothetical strategies that change based on the stadium you play. Cards are cool too but they don't impact the characters in any way. Not even the skin or something. I remember a WWE game for PS2 had a story mode where you could pick a star. When you played couch co op you could use either the base version or your story mode version which could have better stats. I feel like that could have been a neat concept idk.

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I'm not entirely sure if I can recommend it at this time. It does have quite a few things that I don't think work for it. It's great for nostalgia, it has much potential to be a great game. Couple things i don't like is they removed the zone that the pitch comes in. Now it's either exactly where the ball is going or you have no frame of reference and it's extremely hard to guess where the pitches are going. Like someone else mentions, the breaking balls are damn near impossible to hit correctly. I get it's supposed to be hard without knowing, but idk. Defense seems weird. If you click like you would do in the older games, they stop running for a little bit before moving again. Sometimes it feels as if they're not going where you're clicking. Just a few to name, I haven't had that much time in the game. I refunded it once, but got it again because I'm hoping my money will help them come out with updates and bug fixes to fix the game I love so much. I'll update my review if/when it gets to the quality I hope becomes of it.