NHL 2005 (PS2)

As someone who is not a massive fan of watching Ice Hockey (The pucks too small to see on the T.V) , I purchased NHL 2005 as part of a 3 for 2 offer a couple of years ago. It is quite a unique game as it was made for a season that never took place due to a players strike. Personally I found the game quite frustrating as it is quite difficult to score a goal (due to the size of the goal and keepers), which led to many games being dominated and still losing. Apart from that the gameplay is quite good and the pace of the game accurately replicates that of the real thing. I liked the world cup feature and the season mode but found that ...  Read the complete review

Following on from my FIFA 2005 review I have chosen NHL 2005 for the PS2 for my second game review. There arent too many NHL games around, there are far more different NBA games than NHL over here. But Electronic Arts do have a couple of competitors in the Ice Hockey field including the likes of 2K games and Sega's partnership with ESPN. As you might know already Ice Hockey is a very quick game and can be hard to replicate for a computer game but Electronic Arts come up trumps here with a realistic action packed offering. As with FIFA 2005 you can choose to run your chosen franchise by taking care off all the things like player trades and salary cap ...  Read the complete review