2001 · Baseball · Sports

MLB 2002

PlayStation exclusive

Realistic baseball simulation is the name of the game in MLB 2002. Choose a team and lead your squad through a grueling, 162-game regular season, into the Playoffs, and straight to the World Series. All of the Major League teams, stadiums, and players are packed in here, with more than 300 motion-capture animations providing for extremely realistic play. They consulted over a dozen popular big leaguers in the construction of the game, yielding more than 250 signature moves and accurate player personalities.

Released: 2001
Platforms: PlayStation
Genres: Baseball Sports
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Themes: Non-fiction
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E
Languages: English

About

MLB 2002 is a 2001 baseball video game developed by 989 Sports and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America for the PlayStation. The cover athlete is center fielder Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves. Vin Scully is the play-by-play announcer with Dave Campbell on color commentary.

The game was preceded by MLB 2001 and succeeded by MLB 2003.

Keywords

baseball
management

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. GamePro said of the game, "Surprisingly, 989 has strengthened MLB's baseball simulation, so gamers need to take that into consideration when deciding who to back in the PlayStation world series."