- Publisher: Konami
- Release Date: Mar 25, 2001
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This game has gotten a serious bad rap!...Once I tweaked the settings, I thought this game played as good as any hockey game that I’ve seen.
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The framerate is horrendously bad at times. There's no logical reason why a game representing a sport with nearly as many TOTAL players as other sports have per TEAM should suffer framerate hits.
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NHN isn't terrible, but it isn't close to being a great game either. Casual hockey fans shouldn't bother with National Hockey Night, and for the hardcore hockey fan this game is a rental at best.
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Daily RadarControl issues push this title much closer to Sony's clunker than (EA's) NHL 2001.
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The poorest excuse for a hockey game ever created. Not even the nice-looking player models can save this game from the recycle bin.
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Once you go it alone, it becomes increasingly clear that your teammate AI is straight out pathetic.
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Lifeless and mundane "hits," atrocious control, impossible scoring, non-existent defense and offense set-ups, and jerky, flawed replays that happened WAY too fast, and you've got a game that is seriously lacking in the gameplay category.
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National Hockey Night's graphics are solid, but its no-frills gameplay modes and abysmal control leech the fun from the game, leaving a superficial shell behind.
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Official U.S. Playstation MagazineBad control, bad gameplay, bad rosters. [June 2001, p.97]
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The player control is awful, the AI is completely laughable and the play-by-play and commentary work is completely substandard stuff.