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ESPN NHL 2K5

ESPN NHL 2K5

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From: 2K Games
Category: Video Games

List Price: $14.99
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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 18 reviews

Platform: Playstation2
Genre: Hockey Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 1 x 1 x 1

MPN: 27612
Model: P2SEGA 710425276125
UPC: 710425276125
EAN: 0710425276125

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Deepest Franchise Mode Ever Establish a hockey dynasty with the most comprehensive Franchise Mode to date. Worldwide scouting, enhanced minor league management and full coaching staff control delivers ultimate franchise experience.
  • Party Mode An all-new Party Mode features dozens of multi-player minigames and challenges all in the name of becoming King of the Rink.
  • Intense Contact Controls A completely re-designed fighting engine offers full-movement fighting -- including grappling, dodge, grab, and multiple punch moves -- while improved checks and new contact moves help keep your opponent at bay.
  • Always Online The standard-setting online quality that you have come to know from ESPN Videogames now includes online leagues and tournaments, a real time sports ticker that gives updates of other games in progress, and an advanced messaging system.
  • The NHLs Elite The Dream Team Challenge pits you against a ladder of all-star teams hand-selected by the some of hockeys most colorful personalities.

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
ESPN NHL 2K5 makes skating with the NHL's elite a reality! Return to the ice and face the latest season of high-caliber hockey. The game has all-new features combined with classic hocket gaming. Featuring the deepest franchise mode ever, plus hands-on stick movement in a variety of defensive situations. Intense new contact controls for body checks and fights kick it up a notch, while new modes like Dream Team Challenge bring home the feel of hardcore on-ice play. You can even compete for the title of King Of The Rink in the new Party Mode. Get more high-speed hockey action by playing in online leagues and multi-player mini-games Exclusive ESPN presentation system, with crowd chants, custom soundtracks, and ice girls On-ice action called by actual ESPN announcers Gary Thorne and Bill Clement


Customer Reviews:   Read 13 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Oh my god, this is fun!   December 5, 2005
sir robin (NYC)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

My brother got this game for ten bucks, and let me say this; it was well wroth it! I'm not a hockey fan, I don't like most sports games, and I'm not a huge video game geek, but I had loads of fun with this game. It's perfect for two player action, really intense. Screw this review, I'm gonna go play it right now.

PEACE!



5 out of 5 stars Best Hockey Game Ever!!!   April 13, 2005
Charles Cotton (New York, NY)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

This game is really very very good because it has unbelievable graphics and the players look really realistic. The commentary is really good. They follow the game perfectly. There are also a lot of things to do. You can start a season and then play in the playoffs. You can make trades in the season to get better players. There is also a cool thing in the main menu which is the skybox, which has hockey trivia, airhockey, shuffleboard and a karaoke machine. When you're in your season you can check the standings and the scores. You can also check your schedule and the injuries so far in the season. The last thing is that you can change the uniforms to any modern uniform or any old uniform from the past. Overall, I think this game is very very good!


5 out of 5 stars BEST GAME EVER!!   April 11, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I think this game is very fun because it has very good graphics and it has a lot of fun options. You can also start a season and play the playoffs.


4 out of 5 stars Fun, atleast better than EA's NHL   January 21, 2005
Bryan (Colorado Springs, CO USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

ESPN NHL 2k5 is a good game, but not great. I am a little biased, because I enjoy EA sports games more than the ESPN titles...But due to the fact that NHL 2005 from EA is no different than the 2004 version (which i loved by the way), i was forced into buying ESPN...plus with no hockey this year most likely, i had to have some hockey right?

The pros: the gameplay of ESPN is great. The graphics are definitely up to par and the goalies are good enough so that it is actually hard to score on them on higher skill levels. (No longer will you find the score to be 10-7, that is unless you suck really bad or are incredibly good). The hits are realistic only because its not like NHL 05 in that all that game is, is a hits fest. Paul Kariya cannot crush everyone on the ice, and he cannot whoop people in fights. Which brings me to the fight category, which is definitely a great addition to the game. Now you can have range of the whole ice and not just be in a stationary stance like all of the previous hockey games invented. Another plus is the franchise mode in general. There really are so many little details in franchise mode that it is too tough to explain in here.

The pros: So many penalties! Even with the penalties just halfway up the meter (which is the default setting) you can get about 10 powerplays a game. Very unrealistic and quite frustrating when you try to focus a lot on having a good powerplay. I average about 1/12 on the powerplay, which is horrible when you try to stack up to other teams in the league. The commentators repeat a lot of the same things over and over again. You find this in many games, but this game is particularly bad in this category. Not too big of a deal, just a small thing that is easily fixed by just turning the volume down.

Overall, the game is good, but dont expect to be BLOWN away by anything. It is definitely a game worth playing for the year until NHL 2006 comes out (hopefully with some changes than the previous 2 versions :/)

-Bryan



3 out of 5 stars Mediocre at best..   December 19, 2004
Michael Schafer (Minneapolis, MN)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful

Okay, all in all is this game worth $20? .. Maybe. Is this game the greatest hocky game ever? Definatly not. Lots of little things were left out...how hard would it have been to show who scored the goal afterwards?? I mean come on, that's basic game programming 101..I'd say rent it before you buy..it's not for everyone.

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