ESPN NHL 2K5
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Martin St. Louis on the cover of ESPN NHL 2K5
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| Developer(s) | Kush Games |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Distributor(s) | ESPN |
| Series | NHL 2K |
| Platforms | PlayStation 2, Xbox |
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| Genre(s) | Traditional ice hockey simulation |
ESPN NHL 2K5 is an ice hockey simulation made by ESPN Videogames (now 2K Games) and published on the Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles. ESPN's Gary Thorne on play-by-play commentary and Bill Clement on color commentary calls all the action. This is also the last NHL Game to be published by Sega.
Gameplay
The game includes an extensive franchise mode where you can perform many team management functions, including hiring staff, managing player contracts, scouting new players and sending players back to minor teams for training. It also includes more traditional game modes like season, playoffs, exhibition and shootout. The game manual is also built into the software.
The 2004's edition of the game also introduces an advanced control setting which allows much more flexible control of your player, using the entire control pad rather than only a few buttons.
The cover of ESPN NHL 2K5, features Tampa Bay Lightning's Martin St. Louis.
Controls
The controls in the game allow you to have full stick control on both offense and defense. On the offensive side you can control your dekes by moving the right analog stick. This does a deke in the direction the analog stick was pushed. Also on offense when you want to deke out a goalie you hold the preset button(ex: for Advance hold L1+O)and move the stick with the left analog stick and then release to shoot. This provides for exciting dekes, but also on offense you can protect the puck from poke-checking defensemen by hold circle and choosing where you want to protect it with the analog stick. On the other side the defensive stick control allows you to skate backwards and also swing your stick across the ice to hit the puck away from the opposing player.
Reception
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The game was met with very positive reception upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 86.22% and 88 out of 100 for the Xbox version,[1][3] and 86.13% and 86 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version.[2][4]
See also
References
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External links
| Preceded by | ESPN NHL 2K5 2004 |
Succeeded by NHL 2K6 |
