MVP Baseball 2004
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| Developer | EA Canada |
| Publisher | EA Sports |
| Producer | Brent Nielsen |
| Programmer | Dee Jay Randall |
| Artists | Ben Brinkman Terry Coleman Jon Dowd Nathan McDonald Alex Murdoch |
| Series | MVP Baseball |
| Platforms | Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre | Sports (baseball) |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
MVP Baseball 2004 is a baseball video game developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports for Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Microsoft Windows in 2004. It is the second installment of the MVP Baseball series. Albert Pujols was the cover player for the game.
Gameplay
[edit | edit source]Building on MVP 2003's surprisingly successful rookie effort, the 2004 edition made major refinements to both the game's control scheme and its dynasty mode. In a baseball gaming first, MVP 2004 was licensed by both the MLB and Minor League Baseball, featuring real minor-league teams at the Class AA & AAA levels.
Reception
[edit | edit source]| Aggregator | Score | |||
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| GameCube | PC | PS2 | Xbox | |
| Metacritic | 89/100[2] | 82/100[3] | 90/100[4] | 90/100[5] |
| Publication | Score | |||
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| GameCube | PC | PS2 | Xbox | |
| Computer Games Magazine | B+[6] | StarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[7] | B+[6] | B+[6] |
| Computer Gaming World | N/A | StarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[8] | N/A | N/A |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 8.33/10[9][a] | N/A | 8.33/10[9] | 8.33/10[9] |
| Game Informer | 9.25/10[10] | N/A | 9.25/10[10] | 9.25/10[10] |
| GameRevolution | A−[11] | N/A | A−[11] | A−[11] |
| GameSpot | 9/10[12] | 8.3/10[13] | 9.1/10[14] | 9/10[15] |
| GameSpy | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[16] | StarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[17] | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[18] | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[19] |
| GameZone | N/A | 9/10[20] | 9.2/10[21] | N/A |
| IGN | 8.8/10[22] | 8.5/10[23] | 9/10[24] | 9/10[25] |
| Nintendo Power | 4.7/5[26] | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | N/A | N/A | StarStarStarStarHalf star[27] | N/A |
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9.1/10[28] |
| PC Gamer (US) | N/A | 78%[29] | N/A | N/A |
| X-Play | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[30] | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[31] | N/A | A−[31] | A−[31] |
| The Village Voice | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9/10[32] |
The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "universal acclaim", while the GameCube and PC versions received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2][3][4][5] GamePro said of the game, "It may not be the league-leader in every category, but excellent performances across the board make it the best baseball game of the year."[33][b]
The game was named by GameSpot as the Best PlayStation 2 Game of March 2004 in Review,[34] and was nominated for the "Best Traditional Sports Game" award at the website's Best and Worst of 2004 Awards, which went to ESPN NFL 2K5.[35]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Two critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the console versions each a score of 8.5/10, and the other gave them 8/10.
- ^ GamePro gave the console versions each a score of 5/5 for graphics, and two 4.5/5 scores for sound and control. The only difference in the fun factor category is that the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions each got 5/5, while the GameCube version got 4.5/5.
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