Backyard Basketball
SCORE: 68
Family Friendly Gaming was provided a copy of Backyard Basketball on
the Personal Computer recently. This kids sports video game takes real
athletes and shrinks them down to children. Even though Backyard
Basketball is rated 'E' for Everyone by the ESRB, it has a note on the
back that it is for ages seven and up. I had my ups and downs while
playing Backyard Basketball on the PC.
The movies in the intro of Backyard Basketball are really cool. The
bright and colorful graphics are neat to see. The small screen with the
small characters is not so great. Especially when players are running
around really close to one another. It can be hard to tell where your
player is, and who you are trying to pass to. The menu screens in
Backyard Basketball are confusing. I had to get help to start a game.
The music and sounds are nice in Backyard Basketball. The repetitive
comments in a game have no bearing on what is going on, and they get
annoying really fast. Backyard Basketball is a very fast paced game, so
it would be hard for the computer to keep up with what is going on. Some
of the comments got old in the first game I played. Imagine what
happened at the end of a season. I turned the volume completely off.
The controls in Backyard Basketball can be confusing. It is all about
where the mouse is hovering. I could not get the Family Friendly Gaming
PC controller working with Backyard Basketball. Which is a shame because
Backyard Basketball is hard to play with the existing control schemes on
the Personal Computer. Backyard Basketball is a game that works better
on the home consoles in my opinion.
Families can collect Cards, enjoy a Hall of Fame, a Season, and a Single
Player mode in Backyard Basketball. There is enough to do in Backyard
Basketball to warrant the price. Just know the announcers can get
annoying, and the controls can take some time to get used to. The
computer loves to cheat players in Backyard Basketball. Or maybe it was
just me.
- Kid Gamer
Graphics: 70%
Sound: 60%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 60%
Family Friendly Factor: 80%
System: Personal Computer
Publisher: Infogrames
Developer: Humongous Entertainment
Rating:
‘E’ - Everyone SEVEN and OLDER ONLY
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