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  • Summary: New features for this year include a brand-new graphics engine, all-new motion-captured player animations, and Franchise Mode containing comprehensive player contracts, financial and free agent systems and realistic player management features. They've even tripled the number of pitch types from detailed scouting reports and input from Curt Schilling, himself! [3DO] Collapse
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Still the best baseball sim there is. [Apr 2003, p.65]
  2. 84
    Basically unchanged with a few recognizable additions and accuracies to a sport that only the passionate truly enjoys, this title's illustrious career isn't quite over.
  3. Unlike other companies that concentrate on visuals, High Heat puts its energies on the fundamentals that make a great baseball game. [Apr 2003, p.71]
  4. While fans of the series and people looking for deep and engaging franchise and career modes will probably be disappointed, anyone looking for a quick and easy arcade-exhibition baseball game will enjoy High Heat 2004 for a while.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. AllenH.
    9
    Graphics are great. Most in depth franchise mode I've ever encountered (you can manage rosters from A, AA, AAA, and major league..) Only gripe is that pitching is very hard.. but the tuning menu allows you to set overall difficulty where you want. Expand
  2. JimS.
    4
    The AI stinks unless you like 22-17 baseball games. Career and Franchise mode are not user friendly. Graphics are fine though.

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