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High Heat Major League Baseball 2004 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: 3DO
  • Release Date: Feb 20, 2003
  • Also On: PC
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Metascore
83 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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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]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. GamePro
    100
    Other baseball games might have a more unique feature or two, and several absolutely have better graphics, but only High Heat delivers such consistently riveting gameplay.
  2. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    100
    The key to Hight Heat 2004, and the reason it already ranks high on the list of my all-time favorite games, is that it's the best bargain in games. A full 162-game season will last you about 90 hours. [Apr 2003, p.94]
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  3. PSM Magazine
    70
    It's still the best game for hardcore simulation fans who don't care about visuals. [Apr 2003, p.38]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. DannyC.
    10
    This game really sweet 2 play everone should try it!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. AndrewD.
    8
    The only other baseball game that came out around the time of this, is Slugfest 2004, but that is more like Base Wars, the old NES game, it was fun with a friend, Slugfest that is, but alone, as in playing a season or franchise, High Heat is where it is at. I recently bought it because the price dropped, and I was impressed by the demo. I wanted to play as the 2003 roster of the Montreal Expos, and play in the Olympic Stadium! Keep in mind I really haven't played video game baseball since SNES, maybe even NES. Leaps and bound have been made since then. There is room for improvement, but being with all specialty pitches for each pitcher, and all you would expect from a baseball game including franchise, and create/customise players is in here. There are five levels of difficulty, starting with 'rookie' and working your way up to "Hall of Famer". As soon as I started blowing out opponents, I moved to the next setting. And with each game lasting around a half hour, a 162 game season will give the game tons of value, as one review said, even if never played again! It's a shame the High Heat name is no longer, hopefully the 2005 titles will be as good, if I eventually get one, since it will take a while to finish just one season in this game! Well worth it!… Expand
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  3. Jared
    2
    The game is just boring. No matter how much you play its not fun.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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