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Reviews for "Pinch Hitter 2 Full Game"

A fun little time-waster

This was a fun little game, at least at first, where you play the part of a little league kid, trying to accomplish baseball feats at which even most Hall of Fame legends would fail miserably. You begin on the Sandlot level, watching slow pitches in a small playing area come at you, positioning your cursor at just the right place, and clicking your mouse button at just the right time to hit a homerun in ten pitches. Then, you're tasked with the frustrating feat of hitting ten pitches in a row, with no outs or strikes--something most Major Leage ball players rarely do. Then, you need to score 10,000 points in ten pitches, which is really just code for "hit two home runs." Then, you're tasked with the even harder feat of hitting two, back-to-back homeruns, which is affected as much by random luck as actual timing or positioning.

You progress to the Little Leage level, where you do the same, with faster pitches, a greater hitting distance required for homeruns, and a larger point goal in task #3. You then make the very realistic and logical jump from Little League to the Major Leage.

At first, this is a delightful diversion. Then, it becomes tedious and repetitive, as you have very little control over any of the game's physics. The idea is to swing a little low, and hit the ball with the very tip of your bat, but even perfecting this exquisite feat of timing and placement just increases your odds, while the ball still flies fairly randomly most of the time.

Essentially, every level is the same. The real goal is simply to hit game-breaking homeruns, worth 4000 or 8000 points each, every time. Every other hit simply doesn't matter, due to not being worth enough points, or due to the fact that three quarters of the tasks either involve only homeruns or are point-independent. It's great fun at first, but after a few levels, you're just clicking your mouse button and getting frustrated, and need a break before you hurt someone.

way too hard and really glitchy

one of the hardest games ive played, and by far the hardest baseball game ever. and the glitches seemed unbarable for me. for example, u couldnt tell where u were gonna hit the ball. the game will give you an out even if the ball hits the ground and somebody catches it, and you can clearly see that sometimes the ball actually goes thru the bat! i know how hard it is to make games like these but if u do than at least fix it so the player can have fun. this was actually more like a chore for me to do.

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Man, I just love a baseball game where everything is completely random other then where you hit your ball, which for some reason the power is decided on how far away from your bat you hit.

I don't see why so many Baseball games think that the only important aspect is hitting the ball. I had trouble on the World Series on this game because I just kept randomly getting out, how am I suppose to control something like this when it just randomly happens?

Frustrating.

I managed to get to the very end where you can contribute points to your favorite MLB Team's global score. However, it was VERY frustrating getting there. The outfielders caught the ball, even if it was 2 times higher than they were.

Also, the "sweet spot" for the bat was at the VERY END of the bat. (Which is not where the sweet spot is supposed to be realistically) So, people having problems with this game... my tip to you is hit the ball exactly at the upper end tip of the bat. That's the power spot of the bat where you'll "most likely hit homers."

Also, we really have no control over where the ball goes, as well. I've hit the ball on any part of the bat, and more often than not, it'll fly to the very right...conveniently where the outfielders constantly position themselves most of the time. So, half of the time (in the second to last game) you'll be getting outs if you don't hit homers.

Very frustrating game, nice graphics, and lost potential here by creating very repetitive/un-innovative/insanely difficult levels. 3/5

MousebreakerLtd responds:

Thanks for the feedback - we'll try and incorporate it in future games.

nice but difficult

i find this game gr8 fun but when it came to scoring 10,000 point i was at a loss, i know id need to get a few home runs. but i don't know how the power and angle thing woks on this game so i am totally stuck