Backyard Baseball Review – Leave This One on the Bench

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Backyard Baseball Review To be up front, I did not grow up on Backyard Baseball. It was Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball, every day, twice on Sunday.

So when the Backyard Baseball revival was announced, naturally, my first thought was “what the hell is Backyard Baseball?” Well, unfortunately, I got my answer. After spending the last week with it, I’m flabbergasted.

This is one of the most frustrating games I’ve played in years. I’ll start with what works, because the list is short. The visual presentation is charming.

The team behind this reboot found a way to modernize the chunky, big-headed kids from 1997. More importantly, they did it without losing what made those characters recognizable in the first place. Character models are solid and more expressive than the originals.

The fields are bright and filled with small details. The overall art direction respects the

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source material rather than trying to reinvent it, and I gotta give kudos for that. If a screenshot were all I had to judge this game by, I’d call it a success. The audio is fine, though it isn’t a highlight either. The soundtrack stays upbeat and suits the backyard aesthetic well enough. It never strays far from what you’d expect out of a game with this sort of aesthetic. Pleasant background noise about sums it up. Field Woes But Backyard Baseball completely crumbled the second I stepped onto the field (or cemented alleyway). Hitting and pitching hold up reasonably well on their own, only because both systems lean on simple, forgiving inputs instead of any real depth. Swing timing works the way you’d expect – aim, wait, press button. Picking pitch types barely gives pitching enough nuance to stay interesting. Fielding, though, is where the whole experience falls apart. It’s...

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