NHL 2002 (PS2)

NHL 2002.....What is it all about? NHL 2002 is an ice hockey game produced by EA Sports and is this years release of the NHL series. It is based on American Ice Hockey and the players and teams in the computer game are based on actual NHL competitors. The idea behind the game is to guide your chosen team on the ice, competing and qualifying for play-offs to attempt to win the Stanley Cup over a season. You can even choose to play over ten consecutive seasons if you wish (this has not been possible before) and there are also extra tournaments and penalty shoot outs that you can take part in along the way. Is it difficult to play? There are quite ...  Read the complete review

I have just bought NHL 2002. I bought it because for a couple of years, I had resisted the temptation to "keep up with the Jones's" as far as NHL **** goes. Every year, EA Sports seem to bring out another NHL Ice Hockey game for the various formats of games machine that are currently around. I remember the first attempt. EA Hockey it was called. It incorporated many of the features that still exist today. Multiplayer, Fighting, line changes,etc. However, over the next few years, they honed it down to a fine piece of software with stunning graphics and realistic gameplay. My biggest problem with it was that it did not seem ...  Read the complete review

I have always been a fan of EA's NHL games. This is despite the fact that I never watch ice hockey - it just seems to be one of those sports that is perfectly suited to video games. I didn't get NHL 2001 for PS2 because after playing the demo I was annoyed by how much the action slowed up when lots of players were on screen. With NHL 2002 on the horizon I decided to wait and thankfully the problem has been eliminated. An NHL card system like those in recent Madden games has been included. This sees you being given a number of points for completing tasks like scoring with the first shot of the game. Points can then be exchanged for cards which ...  Read the complete review

Good game. Highly recommend it. Plenty of options that make the game realistic, ie; you can change the options to keep the game challanging as you become more proficient. The fights are kind of hokey but other than that it's a very good game. I have always bought the EA Sports NHL series from EA Sports NHL 94 and this is the best one yet. The free agency option and rookie draft along with the retiring of players gives it that special touch. Level of difficulty can be set to any level with the options provided. Some work needs to be done on the graphics but they're minor. Also, the oppossing team won't pull their goalie if they're behind by 1 or 2 goals ...  Read the complete review