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Game Reviews for NHL 2002

 

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ID #2549
"This is a true to life,the best made hockey game ever"




THE PRO'S:


---------------------------------------1)NHL 2002 is a great sports game, therefor you get just as much exitment playing it alone as you would playing it with 4 other friends,




NHL cards:


2)All the modes are connected to this card system where you perform a variety of tasks during a game ex. a hat trick,one-timer,10 hits in a single period ect...and you get points for em then you can buy nhl cards which contains a variety of players, and special easter egg cards as well as celibration card where you can change your celibration at the end of a goal....this card system is a brilliant idea and makes nhl 2002 that much better...




3)GRAPHICS!!!!!!!This pound for pound is one of the best features the stunning detail in charecture,equipment and you can even see the reflection of the players off the ice and it looks so life like this is one of the things that caught my eye and still does and its one of the things that makes nhl 2002 the game to get!!!




4)Sound:Now some people will argue with this but the sound in NHL 2002 isn't all that bad..now of course it has that comentery where after playing the game for a month you find yourself repeating the words,but which sport game dosent...the hits sound authentic..well a litlle juiced up but i like it like that it makes the hit sound bone crunching, the crowd sounds great and the sound effects of the puck getting hit 119mph into the air is really cool,the only thing that gets really boring is the entrance music..and the entrance sceen!!!but you can easyly skip thru it!!




5)Playability: now this really shocked me in the begining but the way the game plays is exellent, the buttons are easy to learn, and easy to use, the down fall is i wish there was maybee one more button to add to the deeke and spin-around buttons sorta like a crossover, once you play for a little while youll find yourself learning amazing things that this games capable of doing,even puck aiming after you deeke out a goalie is essential!!! but the one thing youll learn quickly is passing...passing is #1 in this game the head hancho.."if you dont pass then you get smashed" the skating is also very easy very smooth not too difficult!!




6)Create-A-Player:I always loved this feature in games and this one is great its not one of those difficult setups like some other ones....but very simple you can even download a pic of you into thegame and play as you but now he actually looks like you!!the one thing people hate is the fact you can make created players perfect, well i think its a great thing to do, but i think they should have a feature where you can go thru some kinda training to get your rating like in madden for the snes..remember that!!!!!!




Well it breaks down into the usual agility power endurance checking and then has a seperate option of advanced ratings where it gets more in deph of the atritbubes... the create a player in nhl is really good and untill our software allows us to do better this is the best we can offer you!!!!!




7)Modes:Now modes isnt a pro in this game but how they set it up is not many options i likeSmile just your simple play now:pick 2 teams and square off:


season: play in a long medium or short season with many options playoffs: self explanitory:




Tournament:where you can play as good ol u-s-of a or any international team and play a grulling olympic tournament to see who gets the gold and Shootout: where you take 5 chances with 5 different players andtry to score a goal 1 on 1!! the way the modes were setup are easy to learn and very simple a plus in this game youl thank it belive me!!




Cons:


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1)Fighting:UGH!!!!thi has to be the worst feature in the game just an example..i take fighting off now..yup off and i usually love the fighting part its my favorite..but it honestly seems like they spent a whole 10 minutes on desighning the fighting into this game..




It's from a side view looks 2d you cant move,all you can do is press low punch(which has very little effect)and high punch..now this really really messes up the game in my view, not where its not playable but enough to tick me off, they should of allowed you to move, duck, bob and weeve(move left and right)and that other col stuff but i guess thats something the took off the drawing board!!




2)crowd visuals: huh can you tell me one sports game where the crowd looks good?????nhl 2002 is no exeption..you see the same guys like 200 times in the stadium, the only time they move is when you score a goal and it looks like deformed version of the wave!!i personally think in all sports games more details should be put into the crowd




3)Cheap shots: yea you know the slapshot that goes whizzing thru the goalies legs or i just happened to run into the goalie and i score a goal these are all little glitches in the game you have to deal with now i know they can get annoying but use them to your advantage!!




4)simulate:UUGGHH another crappy feature in this game, 90% of the time you simulate a game youll loose..i was 13-0-0-0 with 57 goals for and 1 goal against i simulated 10 games and i only won one,against the easyst teams in the league... i mean ill be the first to admit i hate loosing but theres a fine line beetween loosing and loosing to a 1-10-2-0 team 7-3, it should be a better ratio more likeyou win 35-40% of your sims not 10%!!!


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All in all you wont hate this game actually youll love it i garuntee it..it has everything a sports game should have..the only thing is its pretty cheesy to play on easy level and have your goalie boost and player boost max..to get the real feeling start off on easy and gradually work up have all penalties on its the best way...and always keep your boosts equal!!




I'm not saying dont move them up the game is way too slow fow me with the boosts at 50% each i put the players boost on about 80-85% i like speed and goalie on 100% i like tough games..but keep it equal!!




You'll have tons of un playing it and youll be the first in line to get nhl 2003..well the second!!!!!!







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