Windows

Triple Play 2001

PC baseball games always seem to have an advantage over their console counterparts. The graphics are better, the load times before games is ten times faster (over Playstation, though that may not be the case with N64), and the game usually packs in more stats and added features. This is all true again this year (although the Playstation 2 may swing the pendulum next year, especially in the graphics and player heads/polygon area). If you have a PC and also have a PSX or N64, buy the PC version of this game. You won’t be disappointed. This is one of the best baseball games you can get your mitts on.

Triple Play 2001 is still a good game, but it is nowhere near the improvement I was expecting. I was hoping for upgraded graphics on par with the most recent NBA Live game, one of the best-looking sports games I've ever seen. There are some minor improvements that could be made, but we get big heads instead. The only new feature I can honestly recommend this game for is the legendary players option. Other than that, if you already own Triple Play 2000, this isn't worth the upgrade. Bottom Line: Decent graphics and animation but not as good-looking as last year's title. Sounds start off well then become distorted to a small but annoying degree. Legendary players have been added to the Big League Challenge, which is a very nice new feature. This isn't a bad game, but it isn't worth upgrading to if you already own Triple Play 2000.

Mit Triple Play 2001 bringt EA Sports Baseball derart gekonnt auf den PC-Bildschirm, dass nicht nur eingeschworene Fans des amerikanischen Nationalsports ihre wahre Freude daran haben. Dafür ist neben den lebensecht animierten Spielern vor allem die intuitive Steuerung verantwortlich. Den EA-Entwicklern ist damit im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes der große Wurf geglückt. Unter Zuhilfenahme weniger Hilfsmenüs werfen Sie binnen weniger Minuten knallharte Bälle. Ebenso einfach steuern Sie die Spieler übers Feld oder überlassen dem gut reagierenden CPU-Assistenten diese Aufgabe. Lediglich die Regeln müssen Sie sich selbst aneignen: Erklärendes Begleitmaterial, das den Einstieg erleichtern könnte, liegt nicht bei.

Simulations- und Manager-Aspekte suchen Sie besser woanders. Die 80er-Wertung daher auch.

A gaudy, arcade-style baseball bash for fans who dig the long ball.

One of the definitions for the word irony in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is: "incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result." This description fits EA's latest baseball game, Triple Play 2001.

Overall, you'll want to steer clear of this game if you're a hardcore baseball gamer. Even if you just want some fun and don't care about realistic action, you're still better off picking up Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001, which delivers great graphics as well as great gameplay.