MLB Slugfest 2004

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MLB Slugfest 2004
MLB Slugfest 20-04 cover.jpg
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 game
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.

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Reception

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

  1. ↑ Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation 2 version each a score of 8/10, 7/10, and 6.5/10.
  2. ↑ GamePro gave all console versions 4.5/5 for sound and 4/5 for fun factor; the only differences are that the magazine gave the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions 4/5 for graphics and 4.5/5 for control, while the Xbox version was given 4.5/5 for the former and 4/5 for the latter.

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