NHL 2004
NHL 2004, developed by the EA Black Box studios, is an ice hockey video game. It is the successor to NHL 2003 and is widely considered to be a major turning point in the NHL series. The game adds 3 European…
NHL 2004 is a simulator developed by EA Black Box, released 22 September 2003 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What NHL 2004 is
NHL 2004 is a simulator game developed by EA Black Box and released in 2003. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
NHL 2004, developed by the EA Black Box studios, is an ice hockey video game. It is the successor to NHL 2003 and is widely considered to be a major turning point in the NHL series. The game adds 3 European Elite Leagues: Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Sweden's Elitserien (SEL), and Finland's SM-liiga. (This is not the first time that European teams are included in an EA game; EA released both Elitserien 95 and Elitserien 96 for the Mega Drive in Sweden only and Elitserien and SM-liiga 2001 as an expansion pack for PC in Sweden and Finland which included those teams.) The ratings of the teams in the Elitserien and SM-liiga were comparable to the NHL rosters, however future…
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 2004 is the 55th of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. The next entry was NHL Hitz Pro in 2003.
What it launched against
NHL 2004 launched on 22 September 2003, within three weeks of Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Age of Mythology: The Titans and Lineage II.
Released around the same time: Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Age of Mythology: The Titans, Lineage II.
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