NHL 2003 (2002) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

NHL 2003

In order to become a superstar in the NHL, you'll need a combination of speed, power, and moves. NHL 2003 gives you the abilities of all the stars and teams of pro hockey, but it's up to you to master them…

40 30 September 2002

What NHL 2003 is

NHL 2003 is a simulator game developed by EA Sports and released in 2002. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

In order to become a superstar in the NHL, you'll need a combination of speed, power, and moves. NHL 2003 gives you the abilities of all the stars and teams of pro hockey, but it's up to you to master them. This time, you have full control of the puck with Dynamic Deke Control and accurate puck physics. The game also features four game modes, including Create-a-Player, enhanced sounds and animations, and dynamic camera work to bring you closer to the NHL action.

Description from the publisher · source

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 2003 is the 51st of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. The next entry was NHL FaceOff 2003 in 2002. Its critic score of 40 is 34 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is NHL 09 at 90.

See all 111 NHL games in release order →

How it was received

NHL 2003 holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 28 points below the year average.

What it launched against

NHL 2003 launched on 30 September 2002, within three weeks of Battlefield 1942, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 1942, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.

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