| MLB Slugfest 2004 | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Developer(s) | Point of View (GC, Xbox) Criterion Games (PS2) Handheld Games (GBA) |
| Publisher(s) | Midway Sports |
| Series | MLB Slugfest |
| Platform(s) | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Sports (baseball) |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
MLB Slugfest 2004, often stylized as MLB Slugfest 20-04, is a baseball video game published by Midway Sports in 2003. It is the second game in the MLB Slugfest series. Jim Edmonds from the St. Louis Cardinals is the cover athlete.
| Aggregator | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBA | GameCube | PS2 | Xbox | |
| Metacritic | 43/100 [2] | 76/100 [3] | 78/100 [4] | 76/100 [5] |
| 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]