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Game: NHL 2002
Genre: Sports
Developer: Electronic Arts
Publisher: Electronic Arts
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About: NHL 2002


Turn on the red light and your teammates mob you. Dominate the boards and the crowd wants more. Score the Stanley Cup winner and you're a LEGEND. EA SPORTS ramps up the noise,the glory, and the sheer physical force of NHL hockey to deliver higher levels of intensity and emotion. With more customization,stellar gameplay and graphics,and a unique card-based reward system, NHL 2002 takes you from the locker room to the ice, to the shoulders of your teammates. Get on the ice and be the hero.


All Screens (10)


Key Features:

New Breakaway Cam: Experience the most exciting play in hockey from the athletes' ice level audio/visual perspective.

NHL Cards: Earn points towards the purchase of "NHL Cards" by performing game moves and reaching milestones. Cards provide the player with boosts, cheats, and other fun un-lockable features.

EA GameStory: Tracks events during the game and tells compelling stories as they unfold. Stories are told using cinematic camerawork, clever replays, overlays, play-by-play, and color commentary.

In-game music: Music provided by Barenaked Ladies, the multi-platinum Reprise recording artists from Toronto who will debut "It's Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland)," also to be released on their greatest hits album titled Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits / 1991-2001. Additionally, chart-topping punk band Sum 41 features its hit single "Fat Lip" as well as "Makes No Difference." Other bands in NHL 2002 include The Tea Party, Treble Charger, Jet Set Satellite, and more.

New Create Player: Enhanced customization enables gamers to create themselves, as an intense power forward, or a gritty defenseman with an assortment of hairstyles and colors, mustaches, beards, eyes, and other features. Also, Barenaked Ladies fans will be able to play as band members by their names and saving the musicians to the players' team of choice.

Precision Animation: Provides a more fluid gameplay experience, giving gamers the ability to reach for passes and kick the puck up to the stick.

Emotion Meter: Get the crowd into the game with a huge hit, a brilliant save, or an important goal. Watch crowd intensity turn as you take the opposing team's crowd out of the game. The Emotion Meter enables the gamer to feel the excitement of the game by experiencing heightened emotion through team intensity and crowd involvement.

Gameplay Sliders: Play the game the way you want to play. Gamers can select a level of play that suits their experience from beginner to advanced, speeding up or slowing down the level of play accordingly.

New Color Commentator: Color-commentator Don Taylor joins play-by-play veteran Jim Hughson in the broadcast booth to provide insightful, and humorous game commentary.

Six different modes including; "Play Now," Season Play, Career Mode, Playoff, Shootout, and Tournament.

Official NHL and NHLPA licensed product including all 30 NHL and 20 International teams.

Review By: Graham (8/10)
Review By: Alex (7.5/10)

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