All-Star Baseball 2005.(evaluation of video game)(Product/Service Evaluation)

G. Ford: What a disappointment. While the ESPN and MVP Baseball series improve with each passing year, ASB seems content to just stick around...kind of like ol' speedster Rickey Henderson. It's not like ASB doesn't do anything right: The franchise mode is deep enough to keep egghead fans interested, the scenario mode lets you reverse the curses for both Red Sox and Cubs fans (as well as re-create or change other key 2003 moments), and the cards you earn while playing give you an additional incentive besides W's to play well.

But the series' much-ballyhooed new FielderCam is underwhelming--this behind-the-fielder view (as opposed to the traditional overhead angle) …