NHL 2002
NHL 2002 is a video game released by EA Sports in 2001. It is the predecessor to NHL 2003. The game's cover man is Pittsburgh Penguins superstar and owner Mario Lemieux, who had just made a stunning comeback…
NHL 2002 is a simulator developed by EA Canada, released 17 September 2001 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What NHL 2002 is
NHL 2002 is a simulator game developed by EA Canada and released in 2001. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
NHL 2002 is a video game released by EA Sports in 2001. It is the predecessor to NHL 2003. The game's cover man is Pittsburgh Penguins superstar and owner Mario Lemieux, who had just made a comeback after being retired for three and a half years. It was the first installment of the NHL series to be released on Xbox.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the NHL series
NHL 2002 is the 46th of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. The next entry was NHL Hitz 2002 in 2001. Its critic score of 70 is 4 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is NHL 09 at 90.
How it was received
NHL 2002 holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 34% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What it launched against
NHL 2002 launched on 17 September 2001, within three weeks of Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico and Advance Wars. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico, Advance Wars.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NHL 2002 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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