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NHL Hitz 20-03 Xbox
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Metascore
81 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

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  • Summary: In the world of NHL Hitz 20-03, hard-checking and highlight-reel action is common. This year's installment in the action-packed NHL Hitz series showcases three-on-three gameplay with players who leap, glide, check, pass, and score on defenders. New features include a deeper New Season mode, player trades, a playoff tree, and official NHL awards. The game also boasts bigger, stronger, and faster players, plus improved goalie logic, behavior, animations, and control, making it tougher to score.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Gaming Age
    91
    The shortcomings in the PS2 version have been ironed out on the Xbox, leaving hockey gamers everywhere with the best arcade style hockey game to date.
  2. Armchair Empire
    90
    It looks great, plays great, and with the addition of a franchise and season mode, gives you plenty of incentive to keep playing.
  3. Xbox Nation Magazine
    70
    Unless you have some pals to play with, Hitz will wear out its welcome due to a lack of strategic depth. [Winter 2002, p.105]
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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. GeorgeC.
    10
    The fast paced, aggressive style of this game puts it far beyond NHL 2003.
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  2. ErickD.
    10
    This is the most fun hockey game ever invented, I can play for hours and not get sick of it. Any one who wants to play me will go home crying to their mother because I am just that dam good. I am the NHL Hitz master! NO JOKE!… Expand
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  3. Jobadkins
    10
    Fast,crazy,spot on perfect,funny,really the best arcade hockey game ever created and at the time its so good that it beats out the simulation arcade games except for Nhl 2k3.That's how good it is and the kinda game that will be popped in there console for years to come,I'm talking probably 10 plus years.Look it's 9-2011 and I still love it 8 years later.… Expand
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