NHL 2002

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NHL 2002
Image:NHL 2002 Coverart.png
Developer(s) EA Canada (PC, PS2, Xbox)
Budcat Creations (GBA)
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Series NHL series
Platforms Game Boy Advance
Xbox
PlayStation 2
PC
Release date(s)
September 17, 2001
  • Windows
      PlayStation 2
      NA 20010924September 24, 2001
      EU 20011019October 19, 2001
      JP 20020207February 7, 2002
      Xbox
        Game Boy Advance
        Genre(s) Sports - Ice Hockey Sim
        Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer, multiplayer online

        NHL 2002 is a video game released by EA Sports in 2001. It is the predecessor to NHL 2003. The game's cover man is Pittsburgh Penguins superstar and owner Mario Lemieux, who had just made a comeback after being retired for three and a half years. It was the first installment of the NHL series to be released on Xbox.

        Features

        Bill Clement is replaced by Don Taylor for NHL 2002. Taylor's quirky and often slapstick commentary style drew mixed reception from fans of the game.

        After September 11, 2001, a patch was created that changed the image shown on the loading screen before New York Rangers games. Originally, it had been the World Trade Center. It was changed to the Statue of Liberty. (New York Islanders games simply showed the arena.)[citation needed]

        GBA version

        NHL 2002 was the only game in the series to be released on the Game Boy Advance. This version is an updated port of NHL 96 for the SNES,[1] and contains many features from that past title. It was also the last EA Sports NHL game to have 2D graphics, and the last NHL game to be on a handheld console until NHL 07. This GBA game was not released in Europe.

        Reception

        Reception
        Review scores
        Publication Score
        GBA PC PS2 Xbox
        AllGame N/A 3.5/5 stars[2] N/A N/A
        EGM N/A N/A 8.83/10[3] N/A
        Eurogamer N/A N/A N/A 7/10[4]
        Game Informer N/A N/A 9.5/10[5] 9.25/10[6]
        GamePro 4/5 stars[7] N/A 5/5 stars[8] 5/5 stars[9]
        Game Revolution N/A N/A A−[10] A−[11]
        GameSpot N/A 9.2/10[12] 8.9/10[13] 8.7/10[14]
        GameSpy N/A N/A 88%[15] N/A
        GameZone N/A 9/10[16] 9.1/10[17] N/A
        IGN 7.9/10[1] 9.2/10[18] 9.2/10[19] 9/10[20]
        OPM (US) N/A N/A 4.5/5 stars[21] N/A
        OXM N/A N/A N/A 8.6/10[22]
        PC Gamer (US) N/A 83%[23] N/A N/A
        BBC Sport N/A N/A N/A 90%[24]
        Maxim N/A 10/10[25] N/A N/A
        Aggregate score
        Metacritic 80/100[26] 87/100[27] 92/100[28] 89/100[29]

        The PlayStation 2 version received "universal acclaim", while the rest of the console versions received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[28][29][27][26]

        References

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