The black sheep of the Dreamcast Sega Sports games. Unlike the other 2K series', World Series Baseball 2K1 and 2K2 on Dreamcast are completely different games by different developers.
WSB 2K1 was developed by WOW Entertainment, a company with a history of developing arcade games for Sega. Getting into a game, the arcade influence in quickly apparent. Fielding is automated, swinging is done by releasing the right trigger instead of pressing a face button, the graphics even look like something you might have seen in the arcade. That may sound interesting on paper, but it just doesn't feel that good to play.
After WSB 2K1 reviewed poorly, Sega handed the series over to Visual Concepts (NFL 2K and NBA 2K) and they created a new game engine for 2K2 that was better received.
2K1 did eventually get a spiritual sequel in the form of Home Run King on the GameCube, which while not great, does have some merits and is a better version of the 2K1 game engine.
WSB 2K1 was developed by WOW Entertainment, a company with a history of developing arcade games for Sega. Getting into a game, the arcade influence in quickly apparent. Fielding is automated, swinging is done by releasing the right trigger instead of pressing a face button, the graphics even look like something you might have seen in the arcade. That may sound interesting on paper, but it just doesn't feel that good to play.
After WSB 2K1 reviewed poorly, Sega handed the series over to Visual Concepts (NFL 2K and NBA 2K) and they created a new game engine for 2K2 that was better received.
2K1 did eventually get a spiritual sequel in the form of Home Run King on the GameCube, which while not great, does have some merits and is a better version of the 2K1 game engine.