MLB Slugfest 2004

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.

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	NA: March 17, 2003[1]
Genre(s)	Sports game
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	GBA	GC	PS2	Xbox
Metacritic	43/100[2]	76/100[3]	78/100[4]	76/100[5]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	GBA	GC	PS2	Xbox
AllGame	[6]	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	[14]	[15]	[16]
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	[27]	N/A
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.4/10[28]
X-Play	N/A	N/A	[29]	N/A

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.