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fredr123 · 09-10-2008, 12:40 PM

IGN seems to be the first out of the gate with a review of 2K9 for the Wii. 6.8/10. Ouch.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/908/908915p1.html

As a hockey fan, I'm psyched to see the Wii getting a bit of NHL love. Unfortunately, it's going to take a whole lot more from either 2K or EA, should the company throw its hat in the ring as well, to deliver something that I'd truly recommend as a unique, Wii-specific take on the sport. 2K has the right idea here, including motion shooting, IR passing, and motion-based goaltending, but the core game is just too much of a rushed effort, and the final product is a visually unpleasant, choppy, incomplete package. No create-a-player, no online, frame issues that hurt the IR passing and break up the overall flow of the game; that's not the NHL 2K I know from other consoles.

That's not to say I didn't have fun playing the game - I did - but it's as if the sport has gone through a time warp in its conversion to Nintendo's console. I'm not talking from 2K9 to 2K7, but rather sub-2K3, especially on the visual front. In fact, even then the series was never as thrown together or unreliable as it is here. It's still a fast, generally pleasant game of puck, but in no way does NHL 2K9 prove that the company has the passion or follow-through to make a serious impact on Wii. We want to see this game thrive. As it stands right now, it's a big rough, still fun, but a token rookie year as far as sports games go. 2K, it's time to give this one an overhaul for 2K10.

09-10-2008, 12:40 PM	#25
fredr123 Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Exp:	IGN seems to be the first out of the gate with a review of 2K9 for the Wii. 6.8/10. Ouch. http://wii.ign.com/articles/908/908915p1.html As a hockey fan, I'm psyched to see the Wii getting a bit of NHL love. Unfortunately, it's going to take a whole lot more from either 2K or EA, should the company throw its hat in the ring as well, to deliver something that I'd truly recommend as a unique, Wii-specific take on the sport. 2K has the right idea here, including motion shooting, IR passing, and motion-based goaltending, but the core game is just too much of a rushed effort, and the final product is a visually unpleasant, choppy, incomplete package. No create-a-player, no online, frame issues that hurt the IR passing and break up the overall flow of the game; that's not the NHL 2K I know from other consoles. That's not to say I didn't have fun playing the game - I did - but it's as if the sport has gone through a time warp in its conversion to Nintendo's console. I'm not talking from 2K9 to 2K7, but rather sub-2K3, especially on the visual front. In fact, even then the series was never as thrown together or unreliable as it is here. It's still a fast, generally pleasant game of puck, but in no way does NHL 2K9 prove that the company has the passion or follow-through to make a serious impact on Wii. We want to see this game thrive. As it stands right now, it's a big rough, still fun, but a token rookie year as far as sports games go. 2K, it's time to give this one an overhaul for 2K10.