MEMBER PROFILE FOR elderbroom
Average Overall Score Given: 9.00000 / 10
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Reviews
NHL 2K3
Overall: Overall, this shows to be a serious contender for Electronic Arts NHL 200x Series. The hockey is better and more realistic, that is without a doubt. But this game (not hockey, but the actual game) is not near as polished as the EA version. The menus and setup interface to trade, edit lines, and sign players is horrible. Everything here that surrounds the actual hockey game is pretty bad .. however the hockey game itself is leaps and bounds beyond the EA version. And since I was not looking for a Roster Manager .. I am willing to overlook it (this year), and just enjoy the game over LIVE! But many areas for improvement ... I see EA's ship sinking.Gameplay: Well this is the Perfect 5.0, the gameplay handles very well. The game is close enough to a simulation to give me the hockey I want, with the video game enjoyment. It's far enough from the crap that EA has been reselling us every year .. to have earned my $70 CDN. The game has lots of appeal, and playing LIVE! just tops it all off.
Graphics: The game looks good, there are room for improvements on the equipment detail and stadium detail .. however on-ice this game looks great. The 0.5 was taken off this score for the horrible menus and interface to the off-ice portion. Edit Line, Roster Manager, Trades, Create Player .. are all just horrible. They look bad, and don't navigate well either.
Audio: The sounds in the game are great. The announcers need to be more interactive .. Take a note from EA on this .. it was something they got right .. just don't use their colour commentary .. because it's not funny there, and won't be funny here either ... However the puck on the post and boards, makes me feel like I'm at the game.
Suggestions: Hmm .. MENUS, navigational interface during off-ice portion of the game. The menus are horrible. Editing Line, Roster Management, Creating Players is really bad. And what's with only being able to Create Players (or save anything) with only using 9 characters .. I have 10 characters in my lastname 'ELDERBROOM', therefore have to result to 'ELDRBROOM' as my players lastname ... Same for saved Franchises, User Options .... This makes no sense. There really needs to be a Create Team option ... Overall great game .. but please note, Hockey Fans .. are REALLY REALLY detail oriented. Give us the PERFECT HOCKEY GAME, that EA has not been able to deliver us .. and we are ALSO LOYAL ... Can't wait for NHL 2K4 ...
Overall Score: 9.0 / 10
