Sega Sports NHL 2K3

by GameCube

Product Features

• GameCube

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006IKBI
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,766 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: GameCube

Amazon.com Review

Realistic gameplay combined with total control over your team make Sega’s NHL 2K3 the game of choice for serious hockey fans. The game captures all the intricacies of the NHL, from the furious, hard-hitting action on the ice to the day-to-day decisions made in the front office. Don’t like the production you’re getting out of one of your players? Send him down to the minors for a few weeks of seasoning to get his game in order. Prefer high-scoring shootouts or 1-0 grind-it-out defensive struggles? Tweak the game’s highly customizable AI to set things just the way you like them. Regardless of your preferences, NHL 2K3 delivers the goods to make this a more than passable hockey sim.

Like most of Sega’s recent sports releases, NHL 2K3 hangs its hat on stellar gameplay and sweet graphics. Little, if anything, is overlooked: players move and react much like their real-life counterparts--goalies are especially acrobatic; the puck seamlessly glides, flips, and bounces around the rink and off the posts and goalie’s pads; players can be pinned to the boards during a scramble for the puck; missed shots are covered up by a diving goalie or slapped in off ensuing rebounds; arenas are painstakingly re-created and feature music and sounds specific to each. Off the ice, there’s plenty of strategy and options to tinker with. NHL 2K3 boasts over 30 sliders to alter effects ranging from ice friction to referee collisions. And, of course, there’s the franchise mode that allows up to 250 years of dynasty building. --Larry White

(This review refers to the PlayStation2 version of this game)

Amazon.com Product Description

Sega Sports NHL 2K3 delivers player realism down to size, skill, and behavior, resulting in individuals that exhibit lifelike styles of play. The all-new franchise mode lets you capitalize on player accuracy to develop a team that plays your brand of hockey: you can draft hotshot rookies, trade for players who complement your team, and compensate for injured players. You can also put that precision to work on the ice by anchoring lines with key players and rotating those lines to create the matchups you want. The game also features a new ESPN broadcast system, so scores and highlights are presented in the network's characteristic style.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars best hockey game to date, December 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Sega Sports NHL 2K3 (Video Game)

I'm not gonna bore you with a long review. Let me just say that it is the most realistic hockey game i've ever played, and I'm very judgemental with these games. Blows nhl 2003 out of the water. Sega sports makes the best sport games.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Nest so Far..., January 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sega Sports NHL 2K3 (Video Game)

I have played EA NHL2003 and NHL2k3 is by far more realistic in the game play. The attention to the details of the game are excellent.
My favorite features are:
1. You have to actually think were you are passing to and aim the pass accurately.
2. Fighting for the puck on the boards. No hockey game ever did this.
3. Scoring is not ridiculously easy like the EA game. These goalies mean business (excellent replays and commentary)

Simply put: This game rocks.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The fun goes on and on!, August 13, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sega Sports NHL 2K3 (Video Game)

I got this game about 8 months ago and I still say it is my favorite title for gamecube. If you want a game with an in depth franchise and unlimeted replay value this is your game. This game is so much fun. You will love it.

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