NHL 2002
Get ready for more hard-hitting checks, awesome slap shots, and all-out brawls. The NHL comes to your TV screen yet again in this detailed installment of the NHL series. Choose to play as any of the franchises in the entire league gaining access to current players and stats, as well as real team strategies. New graphics options and rewards systems deliver extra thrills, and commentary from announcers Don Taylor and Jim Hughson really brings the TV-style presentation full circle.
Rush the net in pursuit of the game-winning goal, guard the crease with your life to shut out the opposition, and watch it all from the player's point of view. In this game, you are the hero. New features include the Breakaway Camera, EA GameStory, which recognizes and rewards outstanding performance, and Create-a-Player so you can really put yourself in the game. Whether you're an intense power forward or bruising defenseman, you'll feel pure adrenaline as you take the ice--but don't take our word for it, experience it for yourself.
NHL 2002 Accessories
 NHL 2003 (Xbox)
NHL 2006
NHL Rivals 2004
Madden NFL 2006
NHL 07
NHL 2005
PlayStation 2 Memory Card (8MB)
NHL 2002 Reviews
GREAT EXITING GAME THAT REALLY GETS YOUR HEARTRATE UP. I CAN'T BE BEAT WITH JAMIR JAGR AND THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS.
The fight mode in the games is awesome and the goal celebration cool. I usually play with the pitsburgh penguins or the San Jose Sharks. You can create a team of your favorite players like Owen Nolan or even your created player of yourself. If you want to play a season, a world tournament with Team Canada or just a shootout the options are greate so you can guide yourself easy inside the Ice Rink. This game rocks, the graphics are cool and the sound is very realistic. You can play with Joystick or a Game Pad or even with your own keyboard you can score goals and make natural hat-tricks with the power that offers you this 1 or 2 player game is awesome. The Create-a-player option is very good, because of some simple steps you do to create a player, put his Checking ability, his agressive rating, and even his potencial and speed can be selected with just some clicks.
Here's what I thought about this game, and why I only thought it a renter, not a buyer.1. The fans actually move in 3D. No create a team, no new features. And the biggest thing, no FRANCHISE mode. Players getting pumped up before a game, celebrations on and off the ice. Just a warning.
More new features and better graphics is what this game needs. Nothing new whatsoever.3. The graphics: The players are sharper, the ice is thicker. I rented this game because of how much I liked previous NHL games made by EA Sports. That was about as dumb as having no franchise mode in NBA Live 2001. I thought that was pretty cool, and a new added feature. The puck is way too big, and the overall graphics just aren't to improved. Oops, too bad.
So I picked this up and poped it in. The overall depth: After your first season, this game will probably get pretty boring. The first thing I noticed was that there were a lot of little movies. Rent before u buy, then make your decision. I hope EA changed things in 2003 edition. This game had great graphics, but so did previous versions.2. I am seriously disapointed by the options in this game.
The options: HORRIBLE. Hope this helped, and I expect a lot more from the great company that is EA. They did the same thing. But other than little things like that, this game doesn't offer much of anything new. But overall, not to great. Until they finally add some sort of franchise and stuff like that, EA's NHL series will continue, for me, to be a renter, not a buyer. Thx.
99 was a great game in that each team was based on the real-life abilities of that team. We enjoyed the first two versions for the Sega and now have been playing NHL 99 for Playstation since it debued. As for the ability to control every aspect of the game, I find that also takes away from the realism. My brother and I have probably logged more head-to-head games than anyone playing EA hockey simulations. It's like having Dennis Miller on Monday Night Football; you don't need annoying analogies everytime someone goes up and down the ice. We were ready to upgrade and went out and purchased an X-box specifically to play this game. 99 kept the color comments spaced out much better and more in line with reality. If I have the option of having an unbeatable goalie why wouldn't I take it.
We'll try NHL 2000 for Playstation instead and see what that brings to the table, at least we'll save a few bucks. We tried it for about an hour and decided that it wasn't worth the investment. Though the comments in 99 get a bit repetitive (in fact the rink announcer commentary is identical in 2002), at least they are similar to what you could actually hear watching a real game. If you want to win with a weaker team, you have to be a better player, not merely tweak and tune the options menu. I have read many reviews that said it was hilarious but we found that it just distracts from the realism of the game. To be fare I'm sure there are aspects of the game that we couldn't pssibly have found in an hours time, but a great game should WOW you right from the get go and make you want to explore more, this game made it seem like a chore to find aspects to like. 2002 turns the game into a joke. (Sold everything at a loss on E-bay) The graphics were certainly much better than the 99 version and the gameplay was pretty good (not [money] better); but the one aspect we just couldn't get by was the horrible color commentary.
but after a while you start losing interest. i think this is just a waste of money considering how boring it gets. NHL 2002 is a great game when you first buy it. if the could have like cheats for extra special teams and stuff it might be more fun, but unfortuatley NHL 2002 doesnt have that. then it just becomes one of your old games that you dont play to much. maybe its because the season is to long, or that you play it 24/7. Its is fast paced, action packed, and just plain fun.
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