NHL 2K11 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[Fiddy]

Quote: Originally Posted by MiNiDiTkA

I'll have some gameplay vids up in a bit.

sweet. looking forward to it.

Quote: Originally Posted by hort22

hey does this run in 480p? my older lcd doesnt do a very good job anyway but 480p would be better then 480i.

honestly, before i sold my wii, the games looked better in 480i IMO. i have a 32' sharp 1080p lcd. i dont know why, but they just did. i called the old lady in one day and asked her to judge the quality. she picked the 480i over 480p.. i thought i was crazy, but she was right lol.

[Shadow71]

As mentioned elsewhere, be sure to nab the day one roster update.

Features --> 2K Share --> Download

It should be accurate to about the end of last week, and has some notable changes over the shipped roster.

[hort22]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fiddy

sweet. looking forward to it. honestly, before i sold my wii, the games looked better in 480i IMO. i have a 32' sharp 1080p lcd. i dont know why, but they just did. i called the old lady in one day and asked her to judge the quality. she picked the 480i over 480p.. i thought i was crazy, but she was right lol.

how about a full 16:9 widescreen? last wii game i bought from 2k was power pros 2008 and it had black bars on the sides of my lcd.

[Peter_OS]

I have never been so dissapointed in a sports game in my entire life! I have been gaming for 25+ years, and this has got to rank as one of the worst sports games I have ever played. That is from a graphics and control/gameplay perspective. What have they done to our beloved NHL 2K series??

I should start with the graphics first. This game looks horrible on my Samsung 50" LCD screen with 480P enabled with component hookup. Jaggies cover the entire game. Arenas, players, gameplay menus, fonts. etc.. This looks like a PS One game. Player faces, and models look average at best. It's that bad folks!

Controls. I have never been so frustrated with a sports game, or should I say a game at that. The control layout in this game is overwhelming and frustrating to perform. To shoot you have to move the Wii controller up, or hold the B button and move the controller up to do a slap shot. Body checks are performed by swinging the numchuk and wii control. (This part of the game was very furstrating for me.) Other defensive controls are mapped on the numchuck digital pad. IMO we have too many controls to play with in this hockey game. The way the controls are laid out, in this game are awkward. Why didn't 2K give us the option to customize the Wii controller in this game?? For example map the shooting on the B button (one timers work this way.), instead of performing an upward motion and holding B to shoot. I didn't see an option to customize the Wii remote and numchuck in the game. So we're stuck with the default motion controls. I can only imagine a "young one", trying to play and learn this game. It's going to drive them and their parents insane! lol.

The cpu is too aggressive imo. Just don't have enough time to perform any of the controls and dekes in the game. How many times did I see the CPU body check me, and I ended up losing control of the puck which ended up in a breakaway.

On the positive, I like some of the player deke and goalie animations. The cpu plays a good game of hockey.

[taco]

And there you have it. Guess I'll be passing on 2K hockey like I do every year! 2 more weeks until the real hockey game is released!

[taco]

Oddly enough it looks like the 2k sports forums are hosed up as well. I wonder if that was planned?

[We Want The Cup]

Peter_OS, why do you own a Wii if you are going to dismiss a game based on its graphics and having motion controls? If you are so against motion controls then at least try the game with the classic controller. It looks like you were negative about the game before you even tried it.

[Scottdau]

First of all Peter it is on the Wii and you could use the classic controller. The bottom line is graphics will take a big hit. From what I am hearing it really does a good job of player separations. I will rent this game, but I am all about graphics first, so this is not going to be the game for me most likely.