Backyard Baseball 2005
by Humongous Entertainment
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Video Game Reviews of Backyard Baseball 2005
Customer Review: Great game!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just picked up Backyard Baseball 2005 for the PC and I must say, it's quite a cool game! All the locations you can play in are quite cool looking and varied, and the pros as kids are hilarious! I love me some Ichiro! I'm about halfway through my first season and I can't stop playing it. Check it out!Customer Review: much improved
Summary: 4 Stars
My nephew loves the new kids songs and the whole family likes the 3-d fields. One of them even has a movie playing on the screen!Customer Review: Backyard Sports is now 3-D!
Summary: 4 Stars
My eight-year-old daughter and I both really enjoy this new Backyard Sports title from Humongous. I wasn't sure that I would like the change from the 2-D animated style of their previous games, but they kept the wacky cartoony flavor in the 3-D models, and having the camera fly around the fields is pretty cool. The fields aren't ordinary baseball fields--the kids play in an Everglades swamp, in a southwestern desert, and on a midwestern farm complete with a tornado and crop circles. We both really enjoy the humor of this game. I especially like the color commentary by Abner Doubleplay. My daughter enjoys the crazy power-up pitches.We have an older Nvidia Gforce 3 card and have had no problems. I have heard that some older video cards aren't supported by the latest DirectX from Microsoft. Maybe that is the problem some people are having. I've always found Atari's tech support helpful when I gave them a call, though I haven't had to in a while.
The only reason I'm not giving this five stars is that I wanted to play with my gamepad, and the button mapping is quite awkward. Unlike other games I have that say they support controllers, there doesn't seem to be any way to remap the buttons. So we just use the mouse and keyboard. (My daughter doesn't mind. I'm the one who plays console sports games, so I'm used to a gamepad.)
Customer Review: Sorry I bought it
Summary: 1 Stars
After much anticipation (original release date was 5/11/04), I bought this for my 7 year old. He loves Backyard Basketball and Football, and wanted to buy Baseball 2003, but I persuaded him to wait for the "new and improved" 2005 version.Well, we installed it and have had nothing but problems. I've called Atari 3 or 4 times, and they claim it's the video card/graphics driver. I downloaded Intel's newest (from 2002), but like several of the other reviewers, it cuts out at certain spots and when you hit the space bar. We have yet to play one game, after setting up fields and teams and listening to the announcers. I followed all the Atari troubleshooting tips (closing all background applications running, etc.), NOTHING WORKS! My son is disappointed, I am frustrated. I thought about spending the money to improve the computer/replace video card, but what if that doesn't work too? All the driver tests work for 3D and Direct X 9.0, I'm convinced it's NOT a driver problem but a software problem. I want my money back!
Customer Review: What are these other reviewers talking about? It ROCKS!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got this game over the weekend and I can't believe how much fun it is. I like it a lot more than Baseball 2003 because now it is all 3D. If those other people are having problems they should try buying a new computer.Season Play is great too because now I can unlock some more pros. I just got Piazza over yesterday. I also unlocked a robot called Clanky after playing one of the practice games. He is an awesome pitcher!
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