Triple Play Baseball

Triple Play Baseball is a baseball sports game released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows in 2001. It would be the last game in the Triple Play series released for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows. However it was the first game in the series to be released on the PlayStation 2. The game features Oakland Athletics first baseman Jason Giambi on the cover.

Triple Play Baseball
Developer(s)Treyarch
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesTriple Play 
Platform(s)PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows
ReleaseWindows
  • NA: March 4, 2001
PlayStation, PlayStation 2
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Triple Play Baseball was the first and only game in the triple play baseball series not to feature a year on the title. The new game featured a robust "create a player" option and Big League Challenge Mode. The players can play a single player game, a full season, playoffs, or Home Run Derby. Team selection and transfers come under player control. On the PS1 version, Jim Hughson and Buck Martinez provide the commentary, while on PS2 version it is Sean McDonough.

Singer Vitamin C provided motion capture for the video game, which featured her cover of The Waitresses' song "I Know What Boys Like".[2]

Reception

The PlayStation version received "generally favorable reviews", while the PC and PS2 versions received "mixed or average reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3][4][5] Rob Smolka of Next Generation said of the former console version in its June 2001 issue, "EA Sports dropped the year from the title, but little else has changed for this final version for the original PlayStation."[27] Daniel Erickson later said in the magazine's July 2001 issue that the latter console version was "drop-dead gorgeous and fun at parties, but it'll disappoint sim fans to no end."[28] Glenn Rubestein of Extended Play gave the same console version all five stars and said it was "the game to own this season. Its graphical prowess and full range of features make it the most complete title on the market. EA Sports' commitment to quality really shines through, offering one of the best baseball games ever seen on any home console system."[34]

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