NHL 2004 | 
 enlarge | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
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Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 13246
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: hockey_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
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Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 14644
UPC: 014633146448
EAN: 0014633146448
ASIN: B00009WAW7
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| Features:
| • | Play as any of 39 international teams, as well as any team in the NHL | | • | All-new control system for a better passing game and specific checking | | • | Scaled players give you a better sense of scale -- watch as huge defensemen try to stop smaller, quicker wings | | • | Power-up your checks and watch as your men go across the ice -- but be careful, the more checking you do, the more fighting you'll start | | • | You can actually control fights now -- decide to end it quick or keep it going by pressing a button |
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Product Description
NHL 2004 brings in a new world of hockey action as you try to take your favorite team to the Stanley Cup! Try your luck as a General Manager -- control every aspect of your team, and see if you can lead them into history!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 73 more reviews...
 Frustrating as can be. January 6, 2009
Being new to Hockey games, I Warmed up on "easy" mode and spanked team after team, with huge leads in goals. I felt that it was time for "medium" mode. I played a few of exhibition games on "medium" and managed a win in one out of three. The New York Islanders was the only team I could beat. I figured that if most of these games would be nailbiters, I'd be fine with that, so I plunged into Season mode. Here I cannot score a goal if my life depended on it. For a "medium" setting, it seems like it's on the hardest setting. Your entire team, when not under your control, plays like they're from the minor leagues: they skate away from loose pucks, they skate away from obvious passes, your goal-tender is a gimp when compared to the computers. Meanwhile the CPU controlled team just beats the crap out of you, and scores easily, even if you're working incredibly hard for puck control and out-shooting them. It's just a bunch of crap.
 Very Good Game April 13, 2005
This game is good because it has a lot of things to do. You can also make seasons and play games with your team. The graphics are very good and there is also a very good separate fighting mode. Another reason this game is good is because the controls are easy so you do not get confused with the other controls. Out of a lot of hockey games this would be one of the best. Overall, I think this is a very good game.
 NHL has done it again!!! November 24, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
NHL gamers, this game (besides thu 2005 version) is absolutly thu best hockey game ever! graphics r awsome, season mode rocks, and online mode is unbelievable! my only complaints: ALL thu athelete's faces look thu same and it is SOOOOO easy to score even on thu most hardest difficulty level. this game will keep u entertained for weeks and weeks and weeks! this is a must have 4 sure!
 good game, could be a lot better. August 31, 2004
this game on the whole is pretty fun, but very very frustrating. i had one game that i went into the 3rd up 13-1, and i barely won 14-13. the catch up logic is pretty gay. the players on your team aren't that smart either. whenever i try and spring a guy for a breakaway, he turns away from the puck. when you have the defensive pressure set back when you are trying to protect a lead, you are almost giving the other team a comeback.
the game is also way too easy. i have it on difficult, and my team isnt that great, and i still win every game.
they also dont have teams top prospects on the rosters. im a philly guy, and to not see jeff carter, mike richards, or even joni pitkanen, was kind of upsetting.
the player models are ok, but i saw screens from espn, and they looked a lot better. there are 2 or 3 different head shapes and some players dont even look right (ie. dan mcgillis looks just like kim johnsson). the arenas all look the same too. i would have liked to see my home away from home (the wachovia center) look a little more like it does in real life
dynasty mode is ok, but there is no way to track injuries and the "expensive retirement gift" is a big nothing. i thought there would be some cool unlockable, but i just won a house.
the fighting engine is a great idea, just poorly executed. it gets way too hard sometimes, and guys like brashear will loose to someone like jason blake.
there are good points to this game though. i love how the right analog stick is used to deke. i had nhl 2002 and constantly held triangle to manually deke, just cause it works so much better. it makes the goals a little more gratifying.
the intros are cool, but they are a little repetitive.
the one thing the nhl series has done right all along is the celebrations for winning championships. and this one is no exception. the stanley cup celebration is fun to watch. me being from philly, where when our teams get a wiff of a championship they just pass out, it is fun to pop the disc in and play a playoff and win so i can finally see the orange and black life the cup.
it is cool when you win a world championship too, and getting to hear the different national anthems.
the menu screens are very nice as well. picking your favorite team as the background is a nice feature.
all in all this is a pretty average game. it has its strong points, but it is weighted down by many flaws. if your a devote ea fan, pick it up, but dont expect to be blown away.
Good Game July 17, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I know people have complained about a hit fest and bunching of players, but overall, this is a very fun game. I found it easy to make the game very realistic and dispell the problems people claim to have by adjusting the gameplay settings (about 20-25 diff sliders) to a more reaspnable level. The visuals are great also. Real equipment, good faces, popping helmets, and individual player hair. Gameplay features allow you to control when players drop the gloves, what kind of hits you perform (over 100 hit animations), and to turn and stop on a dime. But by far my favorite feature in '04 was Dynasty Mode. This mode is even bigger then Madden. Play happiness, different upgrades (ex. hiring goalie coaches, scouts, managers, lawyers, equipment managers, trainers, and more), and more. There is to much to list.
Bottom line, even if you arent a hockey fan, pick up this game.
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