NHL 2K5 is an outstanding game - even if you don't like hockey

User Rating: 9.2 | ESPN NHL 2K5 PS2
By xHxKxDx | Review Date:
I've been a hockey fan for about 8 years now and I've never played a hockey game on any video game platform that can match NHL 2K5. I've been playing hockey games on Genesis and Super Nintendo since I was a little kid, so I've played a few in my time.

There are many different modes to choose from, like exhibition, franchise, pond hockey, no helmets, and other modes you can unlock by earning tokens you get from completing in-game tasks. You can control almost every aspect of the game - overall difficulty, goaltender difficulty, puck speed and friction, fighting occurance - just to name a few.

The gameplay is very smooth, better than NHL '05 in my opinion, also about 1/3 the price. If you want to play a hockey game, I highly suggest you play NHL 2K5.

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