ICY! (Sega Sports NHL 2k (DC))

Member Name: D1A1

Product:	Sega Sports NHL 2k (DC)
Date:	12/11/00 (54 review reads)
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Advantages: Great speed and very good game play, great controls

Disadvantages: Very difficult, not as visually stunning as other Sega Sports titles,

NHL 2K is a very impressive Dreamcast sports title produced by the legendary Sega Sports team (who are also responsible for the amazing NBA 2K, Virtua Tennis and NFL 2K1)
and really is worth buying if you are an ice hockey fan. There's some similarities between this and NBA 2K namely the way the game plays: it's fast fluid and incredible fun with realistic graphics and very good player animations, but it isn't as smooth or as stylish as it's basketball counterpart.

NHL 2K is an ice hockey fans dream game, and its currently the best game on any format in the fairly quiet genre of ice hockey games. There is ever statistic and player that you'd want, various game modes, and a very interesting punch up system which can happen at any time during the actual game! The way NHL 2K is presented is fairly good, but again it fails to match the excellence of the NBA 2K. The players are more 'blocky' and the commentary is on a much more 'basic' level with constant repetitions, and so the game isn't as good as it should be.

But, as far as sports games go, NHL is impressive, very fast gameplay and very rewarding too. It's difficult, but you'll start to like playing it when you're good.
Not an essential buy, but well worth renting, and NHL fans should love it.

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