Question About High Heat Baseball

[yount19]

I already have High Heat 2002 for the PC but I am considering purchasing 2003 as well. 2004 has the best graphics but it has no classic stadiums so I will pass on 2004. Any suggestions if 2003 is worth the purchase?

(Mr. Knight, I hope you stumble on to this thread as I know that you were a huge High Heat fan and you can potentially ultimately make this decision for me)

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by yount19

I already have High Heat 2002 for the PC but I am considering purchasing 2003 as well. 2004 has the best graphics but it has no classic stadiums so I will pass on 2004. Any suggestions if 2003 is worth the purchase? (Mr. Knight, I hope you stumble on to this thread as I know that you were a huge High Heat fan and you can potentially ultimately make this decision for me)

yount;

Unbelievably....I did stumble upon this post on the very day I just finished editing the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers team for The Show!

As for your question.....it seems like you already know to stay away from 2004....for PC as they removed some features....and a big one in mouse support(what a pain to transition from mouse/keyboard to a controller for editing.....inevitable ...but at the time...groan)

I honestly can't remember if there was a big jump from 2002 to 2003 to warrant upgrading for anything other than it was the "newer" version. Sorry about that.
I do know that 2001 and 2002 was a great time for baseball gaming and I did create quite a few historical sets for both of those versions. I don't know if anyone still has them and hosts the files though(I don't have them any longer )

Perhaps I'll dig up both versions and see if there was any big difference....but I seem to remember trying to install 2002 and had no luck with it running properly on my current PC.

M.K.
Knight165

[yount19]

Thanks for the reply Knight. I am currently playing a 1989 mod that I downloaded a while back but I can't for the life of me remember where I got it from!? I did find a site called "Baseball Sim Central" and although I do have an account and am able to log in, it will not let me download anything as I am "not authorized" to do so.

Anything that you can dig-up for me would be awesome and if you don't get to it due to time constraints, no biggy!

I have actually been letting the 1989 HH2002 season play on my laptop while also watching my 13' the Show CPU vs CPU/GM season play on my HD television. My wife (god bless her) laughs at me and asks which one I am paying attention to and I say both. After all, I am a baseball whore

My season on the show has been fantastic and you will be thrilled to know that the Mets are playing in the 1 game playoff round against the Braves. There pitching staff was simply outstanding in the regular season and I am rooting for them to go far into the post season. In there season finale they had a September call-up (last name Robles) take the hill against my home town Brewers and he went 8 innings, gave up 4 hits, 1 walk, 6 K's and 0 ER.

I did remove all of the "cheaters" from my season completely and buried them in the free agent pool with significant downgrades to their abilities.

[GlennN]

I loved High Heat 2001 and 2002, but I found 2003 to be the start of a decline (which was accelerated exponentially by 2004). I have been using MLB 2k12 on PC, and The Show on my Vita, but nothing since High Heat has risen to that level. Sad when the great franchises die . . .

[yount19]

Quote: Originally Posted by GlennN

I loved High Heat 2001 and 2002, but I found 2003 to be the start of a decline (which was accelerated exponentially by 2004). I have been using MLB 2k12 on PC, and The Show on my Vita, but nothing since High Heat has risen to that level. Sad when the great franchises die . . .

I have MLB 2K11 on the pc. What is the differences between 2K11 and 2K12? Anything significant?

[Money99]

Didn't MS buy the rights to HH?
If that's the case, I wonder why they did, but did nothing with the game?

[jyoung]

High Heat was developed by 3DO, which went bankrupt in 2003.

However, Microsoft does hold the rights to the High Heat name.

They would still have to hire someone to develop it, though. I don't believe Microsoft has an in-house sports team anymore.

[elguapo79]

If I remember correctly, 2003 had the better sim engine. Also, wasn't that the year they added the cutter?


Speaking of simming -- if you're interested in the sim aspect, there are potentially 1 or 2 teams open at mlbcsimleague.com.

Can't beat it for fun. There's a learning curve, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist, either.