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ESPN National Hockey Night PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Konami
  • Release Date: Mar 25, 2001
Metascore
44 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 6 out of 10
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  1. Operation Sports
    85
    This game has gotten a serious bad rap!...Once I tweaked the settings, I thought this game played as good as any hockey game that I’ve seen.
  2. GameSpy
    67
    The framerate is horrendously bad at times. There's no logical reason why a game representing a sport with nearly as many TOTAL players as other sports have per TEAM should suffer framerate hits.
  3. Sports Gaming Network
    60
    NHN isn't terrible, but it isn't close to being a great game either. Casual hockey fans shouldn't bother with National Hockey Night, and for the hardcore hockey fan this game is a rental at best.
  4. Daily Radar
    50
    Control issues push this title much closer to Sony's clunker than (EA's) NHL 2001.
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  5. Happy Puppy
    40
    The poorest excuse for a hockey game ever created. Not even the nice-looking player models can save this game from the recycle bin.
  6. PSX Nation
    40
    Once you go it alone, it becomes increasingly clear that your teammate AI is straight out pathetic.
  7. GamerWeb Sony
    40
    Lifeless and mundane "hits," atrocious control, impossible scoring, non-existent defense and offense set-ups, and jerky, flawed replays that happened WAY too fast, and you've got a game that is seriously lacking in the gameplay category.
  8. GameSpot
    38
    National Hockey Night's graphics are solid, but its no-frills gameplay modes and abysmal control leech the fun from the game, leaving a superficial shell behind.
  9. IGN
    30
    The player control is awful, the AI is completely laughable and the play-by-play and commentary work is completely substandard stuff.
  10. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    30
    Bad control, bad gameplay, bad rosters. [June 2001, p.97]
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