Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr.
Reviewed by Jamie Schneider
Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey JR is not as good as All Star
Baseball '99, but has it's fair share of entertainment. Griffey's game is not as
simulated as All Star Baseball '99 which some people find that's what
automatically makes a game. Griffey has exciting play with high scoreing games
and fantastic camera views. In comparing the three baseball games (Griffey,
All Star Baseball '99, and Piazza) the edge would which would most likely go
to All Star Baseball '99 because of the superior graphics which Griffey and
Piazza do not have. One thing that lowers the quality of All Star Baseball '99
is the bugs that are in it which reduced it's over quality. Griffey is more of a
fun time game than All Star Baseball '99 and Piazza and if you like that it is
a game for you.
Graphics 6 out of 10
Graphics in the game are not great which comes short compared to All Star
Baseball '99, but the animation in the game is great. To tell you the truth
after more than three years in the making the folks at Nintendo and angel
could smoothed out the graphics. After a while you really do not notice the
graphics because of the animation and the outstanding camera views. The
Stadiums in Griffey have a tremendous amount of more detail than All Star
Baseball '99. That is where All Star Baseball '99 lacks in the graphics
department. Griffey has fans cheering in the stands which you can pick out
one by one when you are close to them. Even though the graphics aren't that
great it really does not affect the gameplay.
Music and Sound 10 out of 10
The Sound is simply fantastic. The crowd is also cheering along and have smart
reactions to play's. There are planes flying over the field while playing (I think
that's pretty cool). Another interesting aspect is an ambulance roar past the stadium.
The sound is very good and it surpasses All Star Baseball '99 and Piazza way past
the charts. All Star Baseball '99 game sounds are not interesting at all. All they
have is a little crowd talking and little or no reaction to big plays. Another little
interesting thing in Griffey is when you go to places like Montreal there is hardly
any crowd there. Which that would have crowd noise not as loud as other teams
stadiums. The last thing about sound is the music has little interesting melodies
to when a batter steps up to the plate. All in all the sound is the best out of
the three games out of all three.
Game Challenge 4 out of 10
Griffey is not a very challenging game at all. You can have very high scoreing
games (I beat Montreal 34-2 with St. Louis). This another aspect Nintendo and
angel could just touched on, but it is because of the arcade part of the game so
if you want to run up the score you can. The game challenge is very easy so if
you want something more difficult get All Star Baseball '99 because Piazza is
the same as Griffey.
Game Play-Fun 8 out of 10
The Game Play can leave you playing for hours. One thing is the quickness of a
game. It does not take three hours to play one game. You can get it done in about
twenty minutes. The game pace is fast and furious. The hitting is always fun
when you are the home team and you hit a home run and the fireworks go off that
is always fun. Fielding is also great because you can make dive to catch a ball
and jump the wall to take away a home run.
Frustration
There is basically no frustration in the game (or it's just me). I feel that there is
no frustration after if owned All Star Baseball '99 and had to return it three times
and not have Acclaim ever respond to you then the frustration has been sucked right out.
Replayability 6 out of 10
Replayability is very high right now which you can have a lot fun playing with, but
in a year are so you would want to probably move on to a better game. You can defiantly
go out and play it day after day and not get tired of it but you would eventually.
Game Value 9 out of 10
This is most defiantly worth $50 dollars. One reason is the frustration with All Star
Baseball '99 at $60 dollars and Piazz not getting the graphics and game play around
$70-80 dollars. So I would say this game is worth the price.
Overall 8 out of 10
In Conclusion all I would like to say is that it is a good game and I feel the folk's
at Nintendo and angel did a good job. Griffey's game for N64 is a lot better than the
Super NES game so if liked that game you are in for a thrill.