MVP Baseball 2004

MVP Baseball 2004
North American cover art featuring Albert Pujols.
DeveloperEA Canada
PublisherEA Sports
ProducerBrent Nielsen
ProgrammerDee Jay Randall
ArtistsBen Brinkman
Terry Coleman
Jon Dowd
Nathan McDonald
Alex Murdoch
SeriesMVP Baseball
PlatformsXbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: March 9, 2004
GenreSports (baseball)
ModesSingle-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

Building on MVP 2003's first effort, the 2004 edition made major refinements to the game's control and dynasty mode. For the first time in baseball gaming, MVP 2004 was licensed by both the MLB and Minor League Baseball, featuring minor-league teams at the AA & AAA levels.

Reception

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. 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."

The game was named by GameSpot as the Best PlayStation 2 Game of March 2004 in Review, 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.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Two critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the console versions each a score of 8.5/10, and the other gave them 8/10.

References

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