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Backyard Baseball '01
Playground Productions LLC · 591 ratings · ★ 3.8
3.8
★★★★★
591 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 36 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"game"
22 negative reviews mention this · 61% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I don’t like this game. The ball hit the floor about 1 infinite times and was still called out of the park home run." - Not a good game1235
2
"play"
7 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Gameplay is bad and very slow. Hitting seems to have random outcomes and the game is so slow it’s nearly unplayable. Way too much time between pitches and the controls need to be way more responsive. Half the time I tap the screen to swing or pitch and nothing happens" - Rtnolan2
3
"error"
6 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Nostalgic but a bad game. All about nostalgia here but the game is bad. Easy and medium difficulty is too easy and the hard it doesn’t matter what you do, the game just decides whether you get a hit or and error or where the pitch goes. Kills time but no consistency" - Dsteves2523252
4
"money"
6 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bad. Right when I got it I his app crashed when I tried opening it and I wasted my money in somthing I couldn’t even play." - Jknight94
5
"ball"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I don’t like this game. The ball hit the floor about 1 infinite times and was still called out of the park home run." - Not a good game1235
6
"gameplay"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Gameplay is bad and very slow. Hitting seems to have random outcomes and the game is so slow it’s nearly unplayable. Way too much time between pitches and the controls need to be way more responsive. Half the time I tap the screen to swing or pitch and nothing happens" - Rtnolan2
7
"slow"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Gameplay is bad and very slow. Hitting seems to have random outcomes and the game is so slow it’s nearly unplayable. Way too much time between pitches and the controls need to be way more responsive. Half the time I tap the screen to swing or pitch and nothing happens" - Rtnolan2
8
"controls"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Gameplay is bad and very slow. Hitting seems to have random outcomes and the game is so slow it’s nearly unplayable. Way too much time between pitches and the controls need to be way more responsive. Half the time I tap the screen to swing or pitch and nothing happens" - Rtnolan2
9
"horrible"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "HORRIBLE GAME. EVERY TIME I OPEN THE GAME IT KICKS ME OUT IMMEDIATELY COUDNT PLAY ONCE WASTE OF MONEY THIS GAME SUCKS" - I don’t like this gameeeee
10
"terrible"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Terrible. Terrible" - Usgsusgg
11
"screen"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Gameplay is bad and very slow. Hitting seems to have random outcomes and the game is so slow it’s nearly unplayable. Way too much time between pitches and the controls need to be way more responsive. Half the time I tap the screen to swing or pitch and nothing happens" - Rtnolan2
12
"pitch"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Gameplay is bad and very slow. Hitting seems to have random outcomes and the game is so slow it’s nearly unplayable. Way too much time between pitches and the controls need to be way more responsive. Half the time I tap the screen to swing or pitch and nothing happens" - Rtnolan2
📋 All 36 negative reviews
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I don’t like this game
The ball hit the floor about 1 infinite times and was still called out of the park home run.
Terrible
Terrible
So many glitches!
This game has so many bugs! I thought I moved to a swamp. Also, the degree of difficulty from easy to medium is a completely different game entirely. Easy is too easy but medium (I won’t even ever try the hard level) is a cheat.
Gameplay is bad and very slow
Hitting seems to have random outcomes and the game is so slow it’s nearly unplayable. Way too much time between pitches and the controls need to be way more responsive. Half the time I tap the screen to swing or pitch and nothing happens
Was very confusing
I opened up the game and have to watch a long loading screen every single time, when I was batting I didn’t know where to click because there were no buttons, also the pitching I did not understand because there also where no buttons. Overall, I regret my purchase.
Nostalgic but a bad game
All about nostalgia here but the game is bad. Easy and medium difficulty is too easy and the hard it doesn’t matter what you do, the game just decides whether you get a hit or and error or where the pitch goes. Kills time but no consistency
Rigged
It wouldn't even let me hit
game sucks
i hate it please make easier it suck it awful i gave me a virus it has error it suck it make me want to eat a baseball and throw it at pablo’s Sanchez dumb face
Paid but can’t play
Paid for this game and can’t play because it crashes as soon as you open it
Bad
Right when I got it I his app crashed when I tried opening it and I wasted my money in somthing I couldn’t even play.
Game Breaking Bug
You cannot complete the playoffs in season mode if you sweep a team. The game will crash and lock you to the last pitch you made, making it impossible to progress.
HORRIBLE GAME
EVERY TIME I OPEN THE GAME IT KICKS ME OUT IMMEDIATELY COUDNT PLAY ONCE WASTE OF MONEY THIS GAME SUCKS
serious
i got the game used my money the game worked yay right no the next day i get kicked out and kicked out i try everything still get kicked out fix this man or i want my money back
It sucks
I was playing and it was freezing the ball
The original gameplay is better
The gameplay is horrible….the original is so much better as far as actual player skills….Pete wheeler is supposed have max running ability yet he runs extremely slow in the field and on bases. The hitting sucks no matter how well you time it. It lags to the extreme…save your money and just buy the Original (‘97) if you haven’t already because this gameplay has been extremely disappointing.
Horrible
Genuinely one of the worst games I’ve ever downloaded. Painfully slow gameplay and zero fun at all.
Waste of a dollar
Just poor overall gameplay. Moves slowly.
Same Old SCUMMERROR :(
When Backyard Sports was making a return I was beyond ecstatic. Getting a chance to relive my childhood. Playing Backyard Baseball ‘99 was fun, but I was anticipating the ‘01 drop. ‘01 was fun until the scummerrors. I have three seasons created, each attempting to avoid the error. One of my seasons, the error came then the update help me get to the next inning, however when I went back after the recent update I’m stuck on the same inning of that game from months ago. I want to trust that Backyard Football would be different but I’m not eager to spend money to be might with possible heart break. Hopefully the next updates are sustainable for the long run. But until then do not waste your money, just watch the YouTube videos of others reliving your childhood :(
Super slow. Terrible adaptation to phone
Terrible terrible terrible! Extremely slow. Hard to do everything. It’s only 99 cents and I’m telling you to spend it on a pack of gum or something else
Frustrating game.
The running, fielding and batting controls are terrible. So, that’s almost the entire game. To top it off I’m pretty sure the game cheats for CPU team on the higher levels.
Horrible
When I load in a get kicked out. Fix or I’m suing you for my money back.
SCUM ERROR RUINS GAME
I am unable to progress my season as I am continually met with a fatal error
Extremely buggy
Wont swing the bat when pitches are coming, I can’t hit the ball no matter what happens
Broken
Loved this game as a kid. This version does not work. It is fully messed up. Fielding is bad, the other team sometimes can’t field the ball and then the play never ends until you get out.
Game won’t open
Instant freeze and close out everytime I load up game…
Please fix
Whenever I click on the app it cancels out immediately and I cannot play the game
Backyard baseball
So worth the $4 I payed for this
boring
Outfield won’t move and most reviews are cause it’s a classic 5$ for a game that isn’t even logical swinging when the ball is just leaving the pitchers hand.
I should have listened
The negative reviews were mostly about slow gameplay. I assumed that was an older version and they meant glitchy or whatnot. Not the case. It’s just a SLOW game to play. The delay between every pitch is like 5 seconds. Not bad but if you’re looking for a FAST/quick game to play, don’t buy this.
Really they need an option for “fast play” that cuts out all delays, animations (bat twirling, walk up, etc). I mean, it’s really neat, but just way too slow for me.
Really they need an option for “fast play” that cuts out all delays, animations (bat twirling, walk up, etc). I mean, it’s really neat, but just way too slow for me.
Fun Idea
Fun idea to bring these games back, but I have the same issue with this one as the last one. The controls suck. Putting the switch stance right in the middle is horrible. Just need the controls to be on each side of the playing screen.
Hmm? Controls?
Not fun without control options
Nostalgic but desecrated
The Cleveland Guardians were the Cleveland INDIANS in 2001, i don’t know why BYB would make an senseless decision here to appease the smaller percent of customers/population that is radical Leftists, if this was BYB 2025 it definitely isn’t an issue. this is just altering a great game and accuracy of 2001 teams and logos for no legitimate reason. guess BYB forgot that Woke is dead and is the only factor from is being a 5⭐️ rating
Team names make no sense
Why change the Cleveland teams name to the Guardians, but leave in the EXPOs???? Either update the whole league to current names or give us the teams from ‘01.
Great until not
I receive an error in the playoffs after the completion of a game. I swipe out and repeat. Same result. Please fix.
SCUMERROR
When you can play it’s great, most of the time you can’t due to this error that happens at the end of every game for me.
Terrible controls
Needs to support a mouse like the original game or have buttons for actions like swinging instead of clicking randomly on screen and hoping the desired action happens
Sentiment summary
67%
Positive (4-5★)
9%
Neutral (3★)
24%
Negative (1-2★)