Egawa Suguru no Super League CD
Care for some tea?Genre: sports - baseball
Publisher: Sega
Year: 1995
System: MD CD
Gameplay Score: 2
Gameplay Notes:
Slow speed, especially when fielding and baserunning. It's as if the game drops to 10 FPS. The transition between pitching to fielding is jaring and doesn't allow you adequate time to field within the infield. Also, fly balls are impossible to catch as you can't tell where your fielders are and they don't move to the ball by default. All movement is up to you. When batting the ball comes at you fast, making it hard to connect. And when pitching it's nearly impossible to place the ball at the right spot. Holding one direction sends the ball clear to that side of the screen. Even careful tapping could send it way out of the strike zone. Pretty tough to get three strikes on anyone. The one nice thing they added is a power meter to choose the pitch speed.
Level Design Score: 2
Level Design Notes:
There's a season or a one game mode but they're absolutely buried in layers of Japanese text-heavy menus. It takes forever to get into a game.
Theme Score: 1
Theme Notes:
Japan League license, complete with full rosters. There's a massive focus on the teams and players, including a card which pops up and must be dismissed between every player and every inning. Also there are screens showing a manager or commissioner guy. It's just him with a cup of tea. I don't know who this guy is but he's kind of creepy.
Art Style Score: 2
Art Style Notes:
Sprites are ok, but this game is pretty ugly, all things considered. The color palette is truly awful. All browns and oranges. It reminds me of the The Natural.
Audio Score: 3
Audio Notes:
Overall Score: 41
Review ID: 12505
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