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ESPN NHL 2K5
ESPN NHL 2K5
Martin St. Louis on the cover of ESPN NHL 2K5
Developer(s)Kush Games
Publisher(s)Sega
SeriesNHL 2K
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, Xbox
Genre(s)Traditional ice hockey simulation

ESPN NHL 2K5 is an ice hockey simulation made by ESPN Videogames (now 2K Games) and published on the Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles. ESPN's Gary Thorne on play-by-play commentary and Bill Clement on color commentary calls all the action. This is also the last NHL Game to be published by Sega.

Gameplay

The game includes an extensive franchise mode where you can perform many team management functions, including hiring staff, managing player contracts, scouting new players and sending players back to minor teams for training. It also includes more traditional game modes like season, playoffs, exhibition and shootout. The game manual is also built into the software.

The 2004's edition of the game also introduces an advanced control setting which allows much more flexible control of your player, using the entire control pad rather than only a few buttons.

The cover of ESPN NHL 2K5, features Tampa Bay Lightning's Martin St. Louis.

Soundtrack

  • burnthe8track - In Full Return
  • burnthe8track - Two Worlds Apart
  • burnthe8track - My Own Flag
  • Calcutta - Consciously Unconscious
  • Calcutta - Get Away
  • Calcutta - Driving On
  • Calcutta - Crimson Sky
  • Calcutta - Alarms
  • Calcutta - The World Alone
  • Concept - Gothic Voices
  • Concept - Evolution!
  • Concept - Eternal Life
  • From Satellite - Fair is Fair
  • From Satellite - Mouth
  • Grinder - Everything
  • Grinder - All That I Want
  • Grinder - No Fun
  • Halfway to Gone - Turnpike
  • Halfway to Gone - King of Mean
  • Heads Up - All I Need
  • Heads Up - A.R.H.
  • Heads Up - Picture Perfect
  • Novadriver - Void
  • Phil Ranelin - Sounds from the Village
  • Recliner - Making a Friend
  • Recliner - All Pleasure
  • Recliner - Bonus Track
  • Silent But Deadly - Red Ice
  • Silent But Deadly - Playoff Moustache
  • Silent But Deadly - Givin' 'Em Lumber
  • Trans Am - Play in the Summer
  • The Ultimate Lovers - Rock and Roll Fight

The soundtrack, known in-game as arena music, can also be customizable to the extent that certain arenas can play certain songs at certain times (for example, if the visiting team gets a penalty or when the home team scores a late go-ahead goal).

Controls

The controls in the game allow you to have full stick control on both offense and defense. On the offensive side you can control your dekes by moving the right analog stick. This does a deke in the direction the analog stick was pushed. Also on offense when you want to deke out a goalie you hold the preset button(ex: for Advance hold L1+O)and move the stick with the left analog stick and then release to shoot. This provides for exciting dekes, but also on offense you can protect the puck from poke-checking defensemen by hold circle and choosing where you want to protect it with the analog stick. On the other side the defensive stick control allows you to skate backwards and also swing your stick across the ice to hit the puck away from the opposing player.

Reception

The game was met with very positive reception upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 86.22% and 88 out of 100 for the Xbox version,[1][3] and 86.13% and 86 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version.[2][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "ESPN NHL 2K5 for Xbox". GameRankings. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "ESPN NHL 2K5 for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "ESPN NHL 2K5 for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "ESPN NHL 2K5 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  5. ^ EGM staff (October 2004). "ESPN NHL 2K5". Electronic Gaming Monthly (183): 99.
  6. ^ Reiner, Andrew (September 2004). "ESPN NHL Hockey 2K5 [sic]". Game Informer (137): 103. Archived from the original on October 31, 2005. Retrieved July 6, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ The Enforcer (December 2004). "ESPN NHL 2K5". GamePro: 144. Archived from the original on April 4, 2005. Retrieved July 7, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Gee, Brian (October 7, 2004). "ESPN NHL 2K5 Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  9. ^ Navarro, Alex (September 1, 2004). "ESPN NHL 2K5 Review". GameSpot. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  10. ^ Steinberg, Steve (September 8, 2004). "GameSpy: ESPN NHL 2K5 (Xbox)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 17, 2005. Retrieved July 7, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Valentino, Nick (September 6, 2004). "ESPN NHL 2K5 - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 30, 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Goldstein, Hilary (September 1, 2004). "ESPN NHL 2K5". IGN. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  13. ^ "ESPN NHL 2K5". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 99. October 2004.
  14. ^ "ESPN NHL 2K5". Official Xbox Magazine: 78. October 2004.
  15. ^ Hill, Jason (February 17, 2005). "Terrific compilation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
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