MLBPA Baseball
The only EA Sports title without a numberGenre: sports - baseball
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Year: 1994
System: Genesis
Gameplay Score: 2
Gameplay Notes:
Hitting is decent. You can move around in the box which I'm discovering is an oddity in Genesis baseball games. I felt like I could hit the ball most of the time. Fielding on the other hand is strange. The ball moves incredibly slowly and you can't see the arc of it. You can only see its shadow. Fielders move slowly as well. The physics just seem off. This is all in stark contrast to the SNES version which plays fast and smooth.
Level Design Score: 3
Level Design Notes:
Exhibition, season, and world series modes
Theme Score: 3
Theme Notes:
MLBPA but no MLB license Presentation is excellent, as is typical of EA Sports titles
Art Style Score: 3
Art Style Notes:
Very nice artwork Character models look like slightly cartoony but are mostly realistic. Players have minimal animation Players don't have the right stances, like Griffey who is hunched over like he's Rickey Henderson.
Audio Score: 1
Audio Notes:
What happened? The SNES version had great sound but this one is not good at all. It has the same grating crowd noise in La Russa Baseball which can't be turned off. The game is otherwise silent during gameplay. The menus have garish music that is jarring due to the rest of the game being so quiet.
Overall Score: 46
Review ID: 1079
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