Your options are pretty limited. You can get into a season, play exhibition games, enter a home run derby, or even get into some team editing. One of the new features in this year's game is a player editor that lets you create your own guys using a small set of premade parts. It's a nice feature to have, but it doesn't make a large difference at all.
The sound has been a highlight of past SlugFest games, as the two-man announce team of Tim Kitzrow (who is the same man that brought you such hits as "Boomshakalaka" and "He's on fire" back in the NBA Jam days) and Jimmy Shorts has offered up some solid comedy. That formula is back in SlugFest 2006, but the commentary doesn't feel as snappy as it used to. The phrases are noticeably stitched together and the comedic timing seems off. Still, there's some decent commentary here.
In the end, SlugFest's budget price certainly helps it, but it doesn't save it. Too many facets of the game feel completely phoned-in to make this a worthwhile purchase, even at $20. It's really too bad that this quality baseball series couldn't go out in a classier fashion.
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