All-Star Baseball 2002

All-Star Baseball 2002 is a baseball sports game released for PlayStation 2 and GameCube in 2001. Derek Jeter is on the cover.

All-Star Baseball 2002
Developer(s)	Acclaim Studios Austin
Publisher(s)	Acclaim Entertainment[a]
Series	All-Star Baseball
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, GameCube
Release	PlayStation 2 NA: March 16, 2001[1] EU: May 25, 2001 JP: October 4, 2001 GameCube NA: November 18, 2001[2]
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	GC	PS2
Metacritic	66/100[3]	77/100[4]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	GC	PS2
AllGame	[5]	[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	6.33/10[7][b]	5.67/10[8][c]
EP Daily	6/10[9]	8/10[10]
Famitsu	N/A	24/40[11]
Game Informer	5.75/10[12]	8/10[13]
GameRevolution	C−[14]	N/A
GameSpot	6.5/10[15]	8.3/10[16]
GameSpy	80%[17]	80%[18]
GameZone	7.8/10[19]	N/A
IGN	6.8/10[20]	8.4/10[21]
Nintendo Power	2.8/5[22]	N/A
Nintendo World Report	4.5/10[23]	N/A
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	N/A	[24]
X-Play	N/A	[25]

The PlayStation 2 version received "generally favorable reviews", while the GameCube version received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[3][4] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 24 out of 40 for PlayStation 2 version.^[11] GamePro said of the same console version, "If you like cursor-style controls and pretty graphics, avoid an error by snagging All-Star Baseball 2002. Otherwise, you may have more fun with High Heat."^[26][d]

Notes

1. Released under the Acclaim Sports label
2. In Electronic Gaming Monthly's review of the GameCube version, one critic gave it 5/10, and the rest gave it each a score of 7/10.
3. Two critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation 2 version each a score of 6.5/10, and the other gave it 4/10.
4. GamePro gave the PlayStation 2 version 5/5 for graphics, two 4.5/5 scores for sound and fun factor, and 4/5 for control.