MLB Slugfest 2004
2003 video game
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MLB Slugfest 2004, often stylized as MLB Slugfest 20-04, is a baseball video game published by Midway Sports in 2003 for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance. It is the second game in the MLB Slugfest series. Jim Edmonds from the St. Louis Cardinals is the cover athlete.
DevelopersPoint of View (GC, Xbox)
Criterion Games (PS2)
Handheld Games (GBA)
Criterion Games (PS2)
Handheld Games (GBA)
SeriesMLB Slugfest
| MLB Slugfest 2004 | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Point of View (GC, Xbox) Criterion Games (PS2) Handheld Games (GBA) |
| Publisher | Midway Sports |
| Series | MLB Slugfest |
| Platforms | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance |
| Release | |
| Genre | Sports (baseball) |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Reception
Reception
| Publication | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBA | GameCube | PS2 | Xbox | |
| AllGame | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | N/A | N/A | 7.17/10[7][a] | N/A |
| Game Informer | N/A | 6.75/10[8] | 6/10[9] | 6.75/10[10] |
| GameRevolution | N/A | N/A | B−[11] | N/A |
| GameSpot | 2.9/10[12] | 8/10[13] | 8/10[13] | 8/10[13] |
| GameSpy | N/A | |||
| GameZone | 6.4/10[17] | 8/10[18] | 8.5/10[19] | 9/10[20] |
| IGN | 4.5/10[21] | 8/10[22] | 8/10[22] | 8/10[23] |
| Nintendo Power | 2.7/5[24] | 3.1/5[25] | N/A | N/A |
| Nintendo World Report | N/A | 8/10[26] | N/A | N/A |
| Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.4/10[28] |
| X-Play | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
The game received "generally favorable reviews" on all platforms except the Game Boy Advance version, which received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2][3][4][5] GamePro said of the game, "Even if you wouldn't normally play a baseball game, give MLB SlugFest 20-04 [sic] a rent, if only to hear the awesome audio."[30][b]
Notes
- Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation 2 version each a score of 8/10, 7/10, and 6.5/10.