Madden NFL 2004
| Madden NFL 2004 | |
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Cover art featuring Michael Vick.
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| Developer(s) |
EA Tiburon Budcat (PS & GBA) |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
| Series | Madden NFL |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance GameCube Microsoft Windows PlayStation PlayStation 2 Xbox |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
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| Publication | Score | |||||
| GBA | GC | PC | PS | PS2 | Xbox | |
| AllGame | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |   |
N/A |
| EGM | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9.33/10 | N/A |
| Game Informer | N/A | 8.75/10 | N/A | N/A | 9.25/10 | 9/10 |
| GamePro | N/A | |
N/A | N/A | |
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| Game Revolution | N/A | A− | N/A | N/A | A | A− |
| GameSpot | 7.2/10 | 9.1/10 | 8.8/10 | N/A | 9.2/10 | 9.1/10 |
| GameSpy | N/A | |
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N/A | N/A |  |
| GameZone | 7/10 | 9.4/10 | 9/10 | N/A | 9.7/10 | 9.3/10 |
| IGN | 7/10 | 9.4/10 | 9.3/10 | N/A | 9.5/10 | 9.4/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 3.6/5 | 4.6/5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| OPM (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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N/A |
| OXM (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.9/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | N/A | N/A | 76% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | N/A | |
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N/A | |
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| Entertainment Weekly | N/A | A | A | N/A | A | A |
| Aggregate scores | ||||||
| GameRankings | 74.60% | 91.54% | 88.40% | 80% | 91.77% | 89.24% |
| Metacritic | 70/100 | 94/100 | 91/100 | 80/100 | 94/100 | 92/100 |
Madden NFL 2004 is the 15th installment of the Madden NFL series of American football video games. Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is on the cover. New features in Madden 2004 include a new owner mode option that allows the player to control a franchise. In this mode, the player takes on all the responsibilities related to owning a professional football team, from regulating hot dog prices, to team relocation, to hiring and firing coaching staff. Another new feature is the ability to edit a historic team. Also, a new training camp mode, occurring before the preseason, that can help player progress faster by putting him through mini-camp drills.
At the 2003 Spike TV Video Game Awards, Madden NFL 2004 was named "Game of the Year." This Madden game is best known for the 95 speed Michael Vick which has been used in the most recent Madden games (25 and 15) in Ultimate Team mode as a 99 overall with either 99 or 100 speed. Vick is also widely called the greatest Madden character of all-time because of his speed. The game is an EA Sports Bio game, and is compatible with other EA Sports games with the feature (NCAA Football 2004, NASCAR Thunder 2004).
Madden 04 was met with very positive reviews upon release, with the GameCube and PS2 versions earning near universal acclaim. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 91.77% and 94 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version; 91.54% and 94 out of 100 for the GameCube version; 89.24% and 92 out of 100 for the Xbox version; 88.40% and 91 out of 100 for the PC version; 80% and 80 out of 100 for the PlayStation version; and 74.60% and 70 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version.
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