NHL 2K5 features Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning. I'm sure my friend John from Boltsmag will be pleased. In addition to the worldwide release edition, Canadian fans have their own edition as a separate game with "extra Canadian content". This quickly growing line of hockey games feature the ESPN branding by updating you with other scores between periods. It is also available in both versions for X-box..... and yes, NHL 2K5 has ICE GIRLS! (a nightmare to a certain evil Canadian Hockey Pundit blog.) Since I have not played the game yet, I am not really sure to what extent the ice girls appear in the game. My bet is that they are in the opening movie or digitally interpreted between periods helping clean the ice.
My favorite line of hockey games is the EA Sports edition. They feature Marcus Naslund as the cover boy (watch out though, it's becoming a curse) and they also have added a revamped International hockey section. You can take your favorite country all the way through the World Cup 2004 competition. EA Sports NHL 2005 is in stores now and available for sale on internet web sites like Amazon.com It is available in X-box and PC versions as well.
8 comments:
Mike,
Get ESPN 2K5 for the PS2 so I can paste you online ;)
It's cheap in price and a great game.
Very cool blog, I resently became a hugh fan of hockey, I live in seattle are there any local teams here, or where would be the closet? Thanks.
Seattle has the Seattle Thunderbirds, a junior hockey (Western Hockey League) team that plays at the Key Arena (unless they moved). WHL is high quality junior hockey (16-20 year olds) and you can go to games for rather cheap.
I chuckled to myself when you mentioned that the EA version of the game has an International section. No doubt fans can move their players all around, Join in kids put all your NHL stars on team Modo.
One wonders what the "special Canadain content" on NHL 2K5 might be, perhaps only the Leafs can spend above a certain limit, or better yet, one team is always perilously close to moving! Maybe the Jets and Nords are back making our hockey universe one Again!
At any rate the folks at the various games should get on the ball and get their games signed on with Hockey Night in Canada, perhaps just letting the computer play the season for us will fill the void, and hey, any talk of cost certainty will be restricted to the advertised price at Zellers or Wal Mart!
I'm still traumatized by the lockout.. I live super close to the Ranger's practice complex.. Every so often I want to just park outside and throw random vegetables at them when they come out...
:-)
Have you played the free version of the Eastside Hockey Manager, before it became official (NHL:EHM)? Insane content and general managerial duties and depth. You control *everything*. You can even rename players and stick funny photos on where their headshots are supposed to go. No graphics, but I get a lot more immersed in it, being a huge hockey geek, than ESPN or EA.
You are quite right quietgirl. Eastside kicks mucho ass! I lost a whole summer to it. My Preds won 8 cups over 17 or so seasons. Charlie
Yes, quietgirl. Before my laptop died... I was quite fond of playing EHM simulator. I was getting the hang of the game.
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