Best of 2k Hockey

[jrp1918]

I've been on a retro kick with my sports games lately, playing a lot of All Pro Football 2k8 on the PS3 and forgot how much I loved that game.

I used to love the NHL 2k series, especially 2k5 but didn't play any of them after 2k7.

Want to check them out and have 2k8 coming in a few days.

I've heard people really like 2k10 and dislike 2k9.

And 2k7 got a perfect score on this site, but there doesn't seem to be as much info out there about the older games outside of 2k10.

[MuzzUK]

My opinion.

2k10 with sliders is probably the best gameplay wise not perfect goalies are a little weak but the game feels the most hockey. Franchise modes quite thin but the gameplay makes up for this.

2k8 has the most features and deepest franchise mode with training, scouting, management stuff and lots of players, contracts and little touches like rivalry but the controls are old school and the AI is fairly one dimensional unless you play a certain way and use sliders.

2k9 is between 2k8 and 2k10 gameplay but the game features are really bare bones its got the poorest franchise mode sadly.

I don't really like 2k7 I might have another play of it at somepoint but it felt dull, boring and basic to me even though the franchise mode is deep.... felt 2k7 was really arcadey and not realistic at all.

Can't get 2k6 to work via RPCS3 or Xenia so cannot comment.

I like 2k3 and 2k10 via PCSX2 and Dolphin... 2k10 on PS2 is simulator to PS3 but deeper franchise mode gameplay suffers a little as isn't as good.