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In article <1992May14....@nlm.nih.gov> mcm...@csb1.nlm.nih.gov (Chuck McMath) writes:
>Hey, you guys complaining about Hardball III, how about giving us some of
>your impressions about the game.  From the ads I have seen it looks like
>a great visual game, but I am curious about its qualities for someone
>who is interested in the statistical aspect of baseball games.
>
>Give us info, puhleeeeze!

Get "Bo Jackson Baseball", it's much better in terms of playability,
graphics and sound.  Best of all, the game "talks"!

In article <1992May14....@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> cj...@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Jack Lee) writes:
>In article <1992May14....@nlm.nih.gov> mcm...@csb1.nlm.nih.gov (Chuck McMath) writes:
>>Hey, you guys complaining about Hardball III, how about giving us some of
>>your impressions about the game.  From the ads I have seen it looks like
>>a great visual game, but I am curious about its qualities for someone
>>who is interested in the statistical aspect of baseball games.
>>
>>Give us info, puhleeeeze!
>
>Get "Bo Jackson Baseball", it's much better in terms of playability,
>graphics and sound.  Best of all, the game "talks"!

I have both HB III and BJB.  IMO, 2 BIG Flaws in BJB:
    o No Batting practice and batting is TOUGH!
    o While it supports SB, Adblib, etc... most of the sound is through the
      PC speaker -- kinda cheesy
    o (hmmm, make that 3 flaws).  It doesn't like EMM managers (didn't run
      with qemm 6.0) so you may have to run a stripped config.sys for it.

I think HBIII is a much slicker product, but is not as good on the arcade
playability side.  BJB *does* have a very good implementation of batting,
pitching, and fielding.  I find it a lot easier to read the pitches and
discern a ball from a strike in BJB.  This is not to say HBIII is bad as an
arcade game, it's not.  It just isn't quite as good as BJB.

While I'm not much of a statistical type player, I'd say that HBIII is much
better in terms of atmosphere, stats editing, and managing.

BJB could have been a great game with a bit more polish.  Overall, I think
HBIII is a better choice, but it's close.

-edg-

Just a few general questions about HB III.

(1) In Hardball I, each pitcher could throw different pitches at with varying
    effectiveness from pitcher to pitcher. One guy even had 4 fastballs, but
    they were FAST. Does this feature exist in HB III?

(2) Do you have the capability of controlling all fielders (infield & outfield)?

(3) Can you set up a league and play out a season?

(4) Does each player have individual stats, such as running speed, fielding 
    percentage, ect. ?

(5) Any comments about game speed (I have a 386/33) and smoothness of the
    graphics?

Thanx,

James.
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