Wednesday, July 17, 2024

ESPN National Hockey Night for SNES


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ESPN National Hockey Night

The other one where you can't score


Genre: sports - hockey

Publisher: Sony Imgsft

Year: 1995

System: SNES


Gameplay Score: 2

Gameplay Notes:

Probably more realistic but really boring. AI is stupid. You can just sit there with the puck indefinitely and they will never challenge you. Laggy, unresponsive controls. They're not completely broken but are slower than the Genesis version. Extra buttons for a flip on offense and a poke on defense. Seem unnecessary. Shooting is difficult and scoring is rare.


Level Design Score: 3

Level Design Notes:

All the modes. A side or a vertical camera view. There's no crowd in vertical mode.


Theme Score: 3

Theme Notes:

NHL license and ESPN (back when they were good).


Art Style Score: 3

Art Style Notes:

Very nice sprites, but minimal animation. Player models are bigger and more realistic than other hockey games. No background to speak of.


Audio Score: 2

Audio Notes:

Some voice samples and ESPN menu music. In game is just static crowd noise.


Overall Score: 48

Review ID: 161



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