Another way to up the difficulty is by turning off all the assists. I've also had fun by purposely choosing weaker players and trying to get them to work as a team by strategizing their batting order and field placement. If you want, you can stack your team with all the best hitters and completely steamroll the competition.
Everybody knows Pablo Sanchez as the home run king, though I'm sure those who have played this remember how good Pete Wheeler is as a runner. All characters are memorable, including their quips, their looks, as well as their batting style and stats. This outfield control will continue to be a bit of an annoyance throughout the entire baseball season, as the player will always have to deal with accidentally sending the wrong character running in the wrong direction.Īside from that control gripe, everything else works as intended. The only trouble comes out on the outfield, where the player must use quick reactions to try and select which character runs to which base, or which outfielder runs to catch the ball. The player can easily pick which area they want to swing the bat at, or where they want to throw the ball, making this far more accessible than its console counterparts. One team throws the ball, the other team hits it with a bat.
I'd recommend the 2001 version.Īs far as sports games go, they don't get much more simple than the original Backyard Baseball. However, from a gameplay perspective, all three are essentially the same, so it doesn't entirely matter which version you pick up for yourself. Except there's one problem: Every voice and sound in the third game was re-recorded, and I don't like it! It sounds like a cheap knockoff of itself, leading me to prefer the 2nd game over the first and third ones. Because of this, you'd expect the third game to be the best version of the three. The big difference is the graphical upgrade to a higher resolution. The third game, Backyard Baseball 2003, is almost identical to the second one. However, it also includes bug fixes, custom character creation, an updated baseball animation, and a selection of real life players to choose from. The second game, Backyard Baseball 2001, uses the same graphics as the first. The selection of characters are all original. The first one, released in 1997, is the one everybody knows and loves. The original 2D Backyard Baseball on the PC is actually split up into three different games.
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