-$- NHL 2K10

I will start off by saying that I've been disappointed by pretty much every sports game I've played on the Wii, but this game was a pleasant surprise! Not only is the gameplay very good with both the Wii Motion Plus and the classic controller. I use both but prefer the classic controller for this particular game.



For a Wii game the graphics are really good and I believe there are 4 levels of difficulty. My kids find it a little difficult on the easiest setting but in only a week they are getting the hang of it. I'm playing a custom difficulty somewhere in the middle and I'm playing around .500 hockey right now so it is challenging but I'm still a beginner.



Highly recommended game and I will buy 2K11.
(28 customers reviews )
Customers Rating=3.5 / 5.0


More Detail For NHL 2K10

• A challenging AI system that that always puts up a fight on the ice.
• True to life simulated NHL action that will please hardcore hockey fan and those new to the sport as well.
• Choose between easy-to-use Wii Remote/Nunchuk, Sideways Wii Remote support, or plug in a Wii Classic Controller for three ways to play.
• Enjoy full online support for Wii, including multiplayer and multi-console match-ups, downloadable rosters, online leagues, tournaments, leaderboards and Team Up Mode featuring persistant created teams and regular pick-up games.
• Enjoy online voice chat capabilities via WiiSpeak and precise one-to-one control with WiiMotion Plus.

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$*$ NHL 2K10

This is my first PS3 hockey game, having played this series of 2K Sports games on the PS2 for years before. NHL 2K10 looks great! The pre-game cinematics and look of the crowd is convincing. Shadows and blade trails on the ice are excellent and the lighting is impressive. The arena music is nothing to gush over, but it works for the setting. Overall, it's really a slick presentation that draws you in for a game and sets your expectations high.



Unfortunately, this game doesn't deliver in every area. I'm not saying it's all bad news. The action flows smoothly, with nice passing and shooting. Skirmishes behind the net and throughout the defensive zone are fun. But there are still some serious flaws in this game. First game out was coop with a friend and we were both beating each other down instead of the opponent. We thought this was just a matter of experience and tightening up our game. But we've been playing this series coop for years now and never had this issue come up before. We tried to turn "friendly fire" either off or at least down a bit, but could find no setting to control this. So there we were ten games in, still rolling over each other. Skating across the ice to check an opponent and then elbowing my friend instead when he skates in to help out?! Yeah...that's realistic. I could maybe see it happening once in a while as an accident, but we've been in games where it happened 5-10 times.



Of course, the referees still get in your way...now more than ever. It's like they go out of their way to interrupt traffic and cause pileups. Ridiculous!



We've read through the controls a couple of times and it still seems that we're tripping players up when we intend to check them instead. The controls are sensitive in all the wrong ways, favoring mistakes that will result in a more than a few penalties. We've even turned penalties down in the options screen, but still we're playing the majority of each game with one or two in the box.



Commentary is cheesy as always, but not really all that bad. There are also some graphics glitches every so often, but also nothing to worry too much about.



To sum up, I feel that NHL 2K10 is a mixed bag of good and bad. For next year, I do hope they take a closer look at friendly fire incidents, as this is one of our biggest complaints. But it's still a playable game with some enjoyable hockey action to be found.
(57 customers reviews )
Customers Rating=3.5 / 5.0


More Detail For NHL 2K10

• A challenging AI system that that always puts up a fight on the ice.
• True to life simulated NHL action that will please hardcore hockey fan and those new to the sport as well.
• Choose between easy-to-use Wii Remote/Nunchuk, Sideways Wii Remote support, or plug in a Wii Classic Controller for three ways to play.
• Enjoy full online support for Wii, including multiplayer and multi-console match-ups, downloadable rosters, online leagues, tournaments, leaderboards and Team Up Mode featuring persistant created teams and regular pick-up games.
• Enjoy online voice chat capabilities via WiiSpeak and precise one-to-one control with WiiMotion Plus.

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