NHL 21
In NHL 21 it’s the most creative, inventive and fearless players that are worth celebrating. Carve your path to superstardom in an expanded "Be A Pro" mode and go down as one of the league’s greatest. On the…
NHL 21 is a simulator developed by EA Vancouver, released 16 October 2020 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What NHL 21 is
NHL 21 is a simulator game developed by EA Vancouver and released in 2020. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In NHL 21 it’s the most creative, inventive and fearless players that are worth celebrating. Carve your path to superstardom in an expanded "Be A Pro" mode and go down as one of the league’s greatest. On the ice, change up your attack with all new moves, dekes, dangles and evasive maneuvers, inspired by the league’s most groundbreaking innovators. Recognize creativity, recognize revolutionary, recognize future. Recognize greatness.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. 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 21 is the 96th of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. The next entry was NHL 21: Great Eight Edition in 2020. Its critic score of 74 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is NHL 09 at 90.
How it was received
NHL 21 holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
NHL 21 launched on 16 October 2020, within three weeks of Watch Dogs: Legion, Genshin Impact, Mafia: Definitive Edition and Ghostrunner. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs: Legion, Genshin Impact, Mafia: Definitive Edition, Ghostrunner.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NHL 21 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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