Comparing the Games by Sports
Okay, so I decided I would choose which game from each series that I liked the most, some I haven't played but nonetheless, here's my rankings:
- 1 Backyard Baseball
- 2 Backyard Soccer
- 3 Backyard Football
- 4 Backyard Basketball
- 5 Backyard Hockey
Backyard Baseball: It's classic, but the problem I personally have with it is that it's average mechanics (it's not hard to hit a homerun with just an average linedrive and a screaming linedrive practically gurantees a homerun). I do like that it was unique and wasn't mustered by pros yet, but...
Backyard Baseball 2001:I give this one the best Backyard Baseball game. It improved on the missing mechanics, the AI is a lot smarter, and the characters have depth to them. This game also really spiked up the popularity…
Sandlot Sluggers Review
You read what I had to say about Rookie Rush, and so I went out to buy Sandlot Sluggers, the baseball installment of the series. It can be a lot harder than the football version, I can tell you, but if you spend enough time, you'll likely get the hang of it. Again, I'll start off with the bad stuff.
The first thing I don't like is like in the Rookie Rush, a very lack of customization. Pablo's team SUCKS. Pablo is terrific, as he always is, but the rest of his team...not one of them has more than 3/5 hitting. It was a bit frustrating playing as Pablo's team for the season and, while winning all but 1 game, they were as tight as they should've been.
I'll also give a small rant on none of the original Backyard kids other than (Pablo, Dmitri, Vi…
My ranking of Backyard Sports Characters
Pablo Sanchez
Ashley Webber
Sidney Webber
Dante Robinson
Ernie Steele
Luanne Lui
Achmed Khan
Amir Khan
Ronny Dobbs
Ricky Johnson
Ace Patterson
Reese Worthington
Mikey Thomas
Angela Delvecchio
Kenny Kawaguchi
Stephanie Morgan
Marky Dubois
Keisha Phillips
Jocinda Smith
Gretchen Hasselhoff
Annie Frazier
Vicky Kawaguchi
Arthur Chen
Samantha Pearce
Pete Wheeler
Billie Jean Blackwood
Kimmy Eckman
Lisa Crockett
Maria Luna
Sally Dobbs
Joey MacAdoo
Jimmy Knuckles
Dmitri Petrovich
Jorge Garcia
Tony Delvecchio
Rookie Rush Review
Rookie Rush Review
While no where near as good as the games from 1997-2005 Rookie Rush is actually a huge step up from the 2007-2010 games and that is more than just saying much. The Sluggers/Rush era is mixed critically in the fanbase and deservely so. First I'll start with the negatives.
(Please note this is just Rookie Rush, I haven't yet gotten Sluggers, but I definitely plan too)
The biggest problems some will have with this game is the lack of customization for players. You can't really choose teammates. You can only choose your captain which are some of the original Backyard Kids that you love (or hated growing up) but you won't have any opinions on the extra players. They're all pretty balanced characters so it really doesn't matter w…