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  • wheels2121
    Pro
    • Nov 2002
    • 672

    #526
    Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

    that shows they did research and didn't just use ratings to make the rotation.....lowe is better than waek obviously, but they're going to go with wake there to make it harder to get a fix on Lowe

    It just shows more great planning for HH, though the slowdown thing is real...haven't encountered the 2 outs bit though.

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    • wheels2121
      Pro
      • Nov 2002
      • 672

      #527
      Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

      that shows they did research and didn't just use ratings to make the rotation.....lowe is better than waek obviously, but they're going to go with wake there to make it harder to get a fix on Lowe

      It just shows more great planning for HH, though the slowdown thing is real...haven't encountered the 2 outs bit though.

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      • GarrettHill
        Rookie
        • Feb 2003
        • 247

        #528
        Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

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        Well, if these are all rumours I'll be surprised.

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        Then don't open it up, and take the game back. From your previous posts it looks like your looking for an excuse to bash the game. I am beginning to wonder if you even have the game, or if you're just trolling.

        The trolls do love to come out at the beginning of the baseball video game season.



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        Shut up dude. All along I have had HH04 as my number 1. This is a legitimate concern.

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        • GarrettHill
          Rookie
          • Feb 2003
          • 247

          #529
          Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

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          Well, if these are all rumours I'll be surprised.

          <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

          Then don't open it up, and take the game back. From your previous posts it looks like your looking for an excuse to bash the game. I am beginning to wonder if you even have the game, or if you're just trolling.

          The trolls do love to come out at the beginning of the baseball video game season.



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          Shut up dude. All along I have had HH04 as my number 1. This is a legitimate concern.

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          • bkrich83
            Has Been
            • Jul 2002
            • 71582

            #530
            Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

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            </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />




            Well, if these are all rumours I'll be surprised.

            <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

            Then don't open it up, and take the game back. From your previous posts it looks like your looking for an excuse to bash the game. I am beginning to wonder if you even have the game, or if you're just trolling.

            The trolls do love to come out at the beginning of the baseball video game season.



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            Shut up dude. All along I have had HH04 as my number 1. This is a legitimate concern.

            <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">



            Relax rook.

            Tracking my NCAA Coach Career

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            • bkrich83
              Has Been
              • Jul 2002
              • 71582

              #531
              Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

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              </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
              </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />




              Well, if these are all rumours I'll be surprised.

              <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

              Then don't open it up, and take the game back. From your previous posts it looks like your looking for an excuse to bash the game. I am beginning to wonder if you even have the game, or if you're just trolling.

              The trolls do love to come out at the beginning of the baseball video game season.



              <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

              Shut up dude. All along I have had HH04 as my number 1. This is a legitimate concern.

              <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">



              Relax rook.

              Tracking my NCAA Coach Career

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              • Capt_Mysterio
                Rookie
                • Feb 2003
                • 20

                #532
                Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

                in response to the Madden trade comment...are you telling me after last year that any team in the league wouldnt have given up a number one pick for marshall faulk? Curtis Martin showed this year that he's about run out of gas. Think about what you say before you say it.

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                • Capt_Mysterio
                  Rookie
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 20

                  #533
                  Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

                  in response to the Madden trade comment...are you telling me after last year that any team in the league wouldnt have given up a number one pick for marshall faulk? Curtis Martin showed this year that he's about run out of gas. Think about what you say before you say it.

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                  • GarrettHill
                    Rookie
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 247

                    #534
                    Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

                    I'm actualy watching a game right now. I'm impressed and I haven't seen any slowdown or this rumord bug. A few things I have noticed: There's plenty of foul balls, I have seen at least 1 per at bat ad he game is in the bottom of the 6th. Very fluid throing crow hop animations. Jimmy Rollins was picked off. Behind the pitcher is sweet. Pitch speeds need a change from default. Most impressive thing for me so far was an intentional walk to Abreu from a righty, commentater mentioned that the righty wanted to face a righty. Not a bad start.

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                    • GarrettHill
                      Rookie
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 247

                      #535
                      Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

                      I'm actualy watching a game right now. I'm impressed and I haven't seen any slowdown or this rumord bug. A few things I have noticed: There's plenty of foul balls, I have seen at least 1 per at bat ad he game is in the bottom of the 6th. Very fluid throing crow hop animations. Jimmy Rollins was picked off. Behind the pitcher is sweet. Pitch speeds need a change from default. Most impressive thing for me so far was an intentional walk to Abreu from a righty, commentater mentioned that the righty wanted to face a righty. Not a bad start.

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                      • bkrich83
                        Has Been
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 71582

                        #536
                        Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

                        </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                        in response to the Madden trade comment...are you telling me after last year that any team in the league wouldnt have given up a number one pick for marshall faulk? Curtis Martin showed this year that he's about run out of gas. Think about what you say before you say it.

                        <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                        Tracking my NCAA Coach Career

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                        • bkrich83
                          Has Been
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 71582

                          #537
                          Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

                          </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                          in response to the Madden trade comment...are you telling me after last year that any team in the league wouldnt have given up a number one pick for marshall faulk? Curtis Martin showed this year that he's about run out of gas. Think about what you say before you say it.

                          <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                          Tracking my NCAA Coach Career

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                          • EmpireWF
                            Rookie
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 439

                            #538
                            Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

                            I just got the game earlier tonight and played it for a few hours. Here are my first impressions after diving into franchise mode and a few games:

                            1) I dislike the menu's they have, call me stupid but I don't feel like tilting my head sideways to read what the menu on the left says. This got me really annoyed and started to hurt my eyes after awhile.

                            2) Gameplay is better than I expected which is a relief. The whole pitching and hitting physics are great. I love this pitching method after having ASB the past 2 years. At times it seems a little slow but I just have to get use to it all. I'll have to fiddle around with the camera angles for fielding to give me the best edge while playing.

                            3) Franchise mode is well done but could've been better. There are almost no 'cheese' trades by the CPU which is great. The minor leaguers feature is awesome and had me trading for a Cardinals stud pitcher who should be developing into an ace in a few seasons. I can see that I'm going to get hooked come spring and summer time.

                            4) Sound isn't as bad as people make it out to be. The only gripes I have is that they should've added more sound effects for the menus. In-play wise, I really don't have a problem. Commentary is good but I know that after a few weeks of playing it, I'll get bored at that part of the game.

                            5) Graphics. To me, they look almost identical to those of HH 2k3 on the PC last year. The new animations kick *** but get lag at times. The crowd looks ridicously wrong, lol. The stadiums look good but somewhat cartoony. Players faces look pretty good if you ask me.

                            6) Some careless bugs in such menus like rosters. I go under the Majors-Pitching category and it gives me all the batting guys. And vice-versa. Also, in career mode they shouldn't force you to go through all the teams just to check your own teams stats, etc, out. It should bring you up to your own team right away, but I guess thats a minor thing to worry about.

                            7) I've played on Pro and All-Star, each 1 game. All-Star was harder to hit on and still the highest amount of runs I was able to get was 1. Over time, I should be getting better. I played with the Mets both times. The 2nd was a game against the Braves in Atlanta. We were down 1 run in the Top of the 9th with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 2 outs. Cedeno is at the plate with the count 2-2 and strikes out against Smoltz. UGH! Damn, I must get more patient at the plate, lol.

                            8) I simmed a little of my franchise and the scores were ridicously high. 11-3, 12-5, 9-6 were common scores of games. Ofcourse, lower scores did show up. Oh well, gotta take the good with the bad.

                            At first I wasn't sold, but the gameplay is just great for me. No doubt that once the real season gets kicked off, I'll get hooked. I'd give it a 7 or 8 out of 10.
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                            • EmpireWF
                              Rookie
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 439

                              #539
                              Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

                              I just got the game earlier tonight and played it for a few hours. Here are my first impressions after diving into franchise mode and a few games:

                              1) I dislike the menu's they have, call me stupid but I don't feel like tilting my head sideways to read what the menu on the left says. This got me really annoyed and started to hurt my eyes after awhile.

                              2) Gameplay is better than I expected which is a relief. The whole pitching and hitting physics are great. I love this pitching method after having ASB the past 2 years. At times it seems a little slow but I just have to get use to it all. I'll have to fiddle around with the camera angles for fielding to give me the best edge while playing.

                              3) Franchise mode is well done but could've been better. There are almost no 'cheese' trades by the CPU which is great. The minor leaguers feature is awesome and had me trading for a Cardinals stud pitcher who should be developing into an ace in a few seasons. I can see that I'm going to get hooked come spring and summer time.

                              4) Sound isn't as bad as people make it out to be. The only gripes I have is that they should've added more sound effects for the menus. In-play wise, I really don't have a problem. Commentary is good but I know that after a few weeks of playing it, I'll get bored at that part of the game.

                              5) Graphics. To me, they look almost identical to those of HH 2k3 on the PC last year. The new animations kick *** but get lag at times. The crowd looks ridicously wrong, lol. The stadiums look good but somewhat cartoony. Players faces look pretty good if you ask me.

                              6) Some careless bugs in such menus like rosters. I go under the Majors-Pitching category and it gives me all the batting guys. And vice-versa. Also, in career mode they shouldn't force you to go through all the teams just to check your own teams stats, etc, out. It should bring you up to your own team right away, but I guess thats a minor thing to worry about.

                              7) I've played on Pro and All-Star, each 1 game. All-Star was harder to hit on and still the highest amount of runs I was able to get was 1. Over time, I should be getting better. I played with the Mets both times. The 2nd was a game against the Braves in Atlanta. We were down 1 run in the Top of the 9th with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 2 outs. Cedeno is at the plate with the count 2-2 and strikes out against Smoltz. UGH! Damn, I must get more patient at the plate, lol.

                              8) I simmed a little of my franchise and the scores were ridicously high. 11-3, 12-5, 9-6 were common scores of games. Ofcourse, lower scores did show up. Oh well, gotta take the good with the bad.

                              At first I wasn't sold, but the gameplay is just great for me. No doubt that once the real season gets kicked off, I'll get hooked. I'd give it a 7 or 8 out of 10.
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                              • bkrich83
                                Has Been
                                • Jul 2002
                                • 71582

                                #540
                                Re: High Heat Sightings and First Impressions here...

                                </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                                I just got the game earlier tonight and played it for a few hours. Here are my first impressions after diving into franchise mode and a few games:

                                1) I dislike the menu's they have, call me stupid but I don't feel like tilting my head sideways to read what the menu on the left says. This got me really annoyed and started to hurt my eyes after awhile.

                                2) Gameplay is better than I expected which is a relief. The whole pitching and hitting physics are great. I love this pitching method after having ASB the past 2 years. At times it seems a little slow but I just have to get use to it all. I'll have to fiddle around with the camera angles for fielding to give me the best edge while playing.

                                3) Franchise mode is well done but could've been better. There are almost no 'cheese' trades by the CPU which is great. The minor leaguers feature is awesome and had me trading for a Cardinals stud pitcher who should be developing into an ace in a few seasons. I can see that I'm going to get hooked come spring and summer time.

                                4) Sound isn't as bad as people make it out to be. The only gripes I have is that they should've added more sound effects for the menus. In-play wise, I really don't have a problem. Commentary is good but I know that after a few weeks of playing it, I'll get bored at that part of the game.

                                5) Graphics. To me, they look almost identical to those of HH 2k3 on the PC last year. The new animations kick *** but get lag at times. The crowd looks ridicously wrong, lol. The stadiums look good but somewhat cartoony. Players faces look pretty good if you ask me.

                                6) Some careless bugs in such menus like rosters. I go under the Majors-Pitching category and it gives me all the batting guys. And vice-versa. Also, in career mode they shouldn't force you to go through all the teams just to check your own teams stats, etc, out. It should bring you up to your own team right away, but I guess thats a minor thing to worry about.

                                7) I've played on Pro and All-Star, each 1 game. All-Star was harder to hit on and still the highest amount of runs I was able to get was 1. Over time, I should be getting better. I played with the Mets both times. The 2nd was a game against the Braves in Atlanta. We were down 1 run in the Top of the 9th with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 2 outs. Cedeno is at the plate with the count 2-2 and strikes out against Smoltz. UGH! Damn, I must get more patient at the plate, lol.

                                8) I simmed a little of my franchise and the scores were ridicously high. 11-3, 12-5, 9-6 were common scores of games. Ofcourse, lower scores did show up. Oh well, gotta take the good with the bad.

                                At first I wasn't sold, but the gameplay is just great for me. No doubt that once the real season gets kicked off, I'll get hooked. I'd give it a 7 or 8 out of 10.

                                <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                                Great post Empire. I too don't like the menus very much. Because of my weak will I buy all the baseball games every year, and I have found that with HH especially you have to play it for a while to truly appreciate what it has to offer. I am not saying it's better than any other game, just that it takes time to appreciate the game.

                                Tracking my NCAA Coach Career

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