High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

[superjames1992]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

What is so great about this game? I have heard good things about it and I don't have a problem playing older games when I feel the next-gen games are inferior (ESPN NFL 2K5 and NCAA 07 for Xbox). Graphics don't bother me much. I may have to pick this up at GameStop for the Xbox.

[bsb13]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

What is so great about this game? I have heard good things about it and I don't have a problem playing older games when I feel the next-gen games are inferior (ESPN NFL 2K5 and NCAA 07 for Xbox). Graphics don't bother me much. I may have to pick this up at GameStop for the Xbox.

The gameplay is very good, but the graphics are very ugly. Maybe even the ugliest sports game I have ever played on the ps2. Dont expect a whole lot of sig batting stances and stuff like that.

The gameplay will produce VERY realistic stats once you find the right personal settings. The game has a decent amount of gameplay sliders to play around with, and they all have an impact on gameplay unlike a lot of other games that offer sliders.

You may or may not like this game but you can get it for dirt cheap, so it ain't that big of a lose if you dont like it.

[superjames1992]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

The gameplay is very good, but the graphics are very ugly. Maybe even the ugliest sports game I have ever played on the ps2. Dont expect a whole lot of sig batting stances and stuff like that.

The gameplay will produce VERY realistic stats once you find the right personal settings. The game has a decent amount of gameplay sliders to play around with, and they all have an impact on gameplay unlike a lot of other games that offer sliders.

You may or may not like this game but you can get it for dirt cheap, so it ain't that big of a lose if you dont like it.

Thanks. Graphics aren't a big deal to me usually, so I will probably be fine with them. I may have to go pick this up in the next week or so then. Thanks!

[bsb13]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

Does anybody do better when they use the D-Pad to hit/pitch instead of the analog stick?

I feel like my pitching gets rocked more often when I use the analog stick. I also feel like I hit the ball more solidly when I use the D-Pad.

I kinda like it like this though...it reminds me of the good old days on Nintendo lol.

[sergeantv]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

Hey, fellas,
Yes, I think I pitch better with the D-Pad. Can't say much about my hitting - I was terrible all year. But you know, I pitched and used D-Pad but used the stick when I hit. Didn't really try the pad for hitting. Maybe that was it?
Now that my season is done, I am spending time with The Show 06 and ESPN 2K4. I had a season a few years ago on 2K4 and liked it. Played a few innings last night and wasn't impressed. I thought the AI was lacking. Still will mess with it. Tried to fire up the Show 08, but it kept freezing at the load screen. Any suggestions? Played The Show 06 today and liked it, but something is missing - can't quite put my finger on it. I also have All Star 2005 for PS2 and may look at that, too. Reading about Jim's roster work in the All Star thread has gotten me curious.
Anyway, chances are I'll be working on HH rosters this fall and messing around with the other games, too. Also want to get NFL 2K5 going again. Might try Madden 07 this year, though. Not sure.
Ok, guys, I'll talk to you later.
Sarge

[bsb13]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

Hey, fellas,
Yes, I think I pitch better with the D-Pad. Can't say much about my hitting - I was terrible all year. But you know, I pitched and used D-Pad but used the stick when I hit. Didn't really try the pad for hitting. Maybe that was it?
Now that my season is done, I am spending time with The Show 06 and ESPN 2K4. I had a season a few years ago on 2K4 and liked it. Played a few innings last night and wasn't impressed. I thought the AI was lacking. Still will mess with it. Tried to fire up the Show 08, but it kept freezing at the load screen. Any suggestions? Played The Show 06 today and liked it, but something is missing - can't quite put my finger on it. I also have All Star 2005 for PS2 and may look at that, too. Reading about Jim's roster work in the All Star thread has gotten me curious.
Anyway, chances are I'll be working on HH rosters this fall and messing around with the other games, too. Also want to get NFL 2K5 going again. Might try Madden 07 this year, though. Not sure.
Ok, guys, I'll talk to you later.
Sarge

After reading these threads about all-star baseball 2005, it has got me in the mood to play it too. I remember all-star was far from perfect when it came to gameplay, but it wasnt all that bad. I ordered it yesterday off of amazon and should be getting it in the mail soon.

It sucks that your copy of mlb the show 08 is freezing on the load screen. I'm sure you could search around in the show forums and maybe find out what the problem is.

[Pared]

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Hey guys, check out this amazing comeback I had:

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Man I miss High Heat.

[bsb13]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything &amp; Everything Thread

Hey guys, check out this amazing comeback I had:


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Man I miss High Heat.

[sergeantv]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything &amp; Everything Thread

Great video, Pared.
I miss HH too. I wonder where this series would have gone had 3DO not gone out of business. The cynic in me says they probably would have upgraded the graphics and added bells and whistles to try to be competitive and at the same time gameplay would have declined and we'd be here crying in our beer about how HH used to be the best game out there and what happened to them!
Of course, with enough roster work, you can get some realistic teams and keep it alive! The gameplay still rules after all these years. Since my season ended, I've played a bit of the old ESPN 2K4, The Show 06, 07, and 08 and even Hardball. The Show and ESPN are beautiful games. And they play some dynamite baseball. But for my 2 cents, HH is the one I want to play when it counts. Great physics, sharp AI, and even the limited bells and whistles keep me pretty happy. The graphics are pretty lame, but then again, I was pretty happy with "Electronic Quarterback" with the little red dashes. I alone contributed to the rise of Duracell stock because I went through a million 9 volts!
If you like it, keep playing! It ain't perfect, but with all the roster customization you can do, this game could last for years to come! Enjoy, Pared, bsb, and all my fellow baseballheads!!
Sarge
By the way, I still haven't simmed the playoffs in my season. Still haven't gotten over that playoff loss to Philly.

[bsb13]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything &amp; Everything Thread

I just came across the strangest thing......

I decided to program my DVD remote to my PS2, and like everyone knows, you have to stick that black receiver thingy in memory card slot 2. Anyway, after getting it setup...later on I popped in high heat and went into the tuning menus and every time I highlighted a slider it would zero it out all by itself. I thought something was wrong with my controller so I hooked up a different one but it was still doing the same thing. So I decided to take out the black little receiver thingy out of the memory card slot and all of a sudden it worked. I played some of my other games and it didn't seem to affect anything, but for some reason it started making the tuning sliders in High heat act weird.

[boomhauertjs]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything &amp; Everything Thread

Doesn't this have a complete player editor? Can't you edit ALL attributes, names/positions, etc., etc.

Might be a good roster project.

Anybody answer this question? I'd be intrigued because I really want to play a baseball game on my 360, but I have a feeling MLB 2k9 is going to be a piece of crap.

[boomhauertjs]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything &amp; Everything Thread

I found this interesting note on a discussion about MVP baseball.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...91-post22.html

"I don't think so (if it works like HHEdit does and that's what Blaise said). With HHEdit you didn't need that because HHEdit would save the roster file as an Xbox file. That way it would be recognizable by the Xbox. HHEdit was also able to read an Xbox file once you exported it to your PC via Action Replay."

I wonder if the roster could be saved to a 360 file?

[jim416]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything &amp; Everything Thread

Anybody answer this question? I'd be intrigued because I really want to play a baseball game on my 360, but I have a feeling MLB 2k9 is going to be a piece of crap.

I actually found HH XBOX360 in a drawer. Every player can be edited, names, everything.

[jim416]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything &amp; Everything Thread

I found this interesting note on a discussion about MVP baseball.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...91-post22.html

"I don't think so (if it works like HHEdit does and that's what Blaise said). With HHEdit you didn't need that because HHEdit would save the roster file as an Xbox file. That way it would be recognizable by the Xbox. HHEdit was also able to read an Xbox file once you exported it to your PC via Action Replay."

I wonder if the roster could be saved to a 360 file?

This is interesting because the roster guy (Pudge) still posts his rosters...

http://pudgerosters.stoic1337.info/

[boomhauertjs]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything &amp; Everything Thread

I don't have an Action Replay or Transfer Kit (or HH2004 for the 360), but I'd be interested to see if it works. Anybody out there have the tools? I'm guessing you'd need DangerZ's editor, Pudge's Rosters, an AR or Transfer Kit, and HH2004.