NHL 07 for PlayStation 2 Reviews by Gamers

Originally, I rated this game with an 8. After playing a bit more, however, I realized that 7 more accurately reflected the overall quality of the game.

As usual (of the last few in the series, anyway) you can play with teams from the NHL, International teams, and even teams from international leagues. While I always play in the NHL, I do enjoy creating teams using mostly foreign players. It makes for a bit of a challenge, as well as a sense of realisim, because a new expansion team would likely pull players from other countries, mixed in with NHL players in the expansion draft.

The mini-games are pretty much the same as they were in last year's edition, as is the Dynasty mode and Creation modes. One change that I welcomed however, is that the passing is controlled by the right analog stick, as opposed to the X button. This added a sense of realism for me, as well as giving me the feeling that I had more control over where my passes went. Although if you'd rather use the good ol' X button to pass, you can go ahead and change the controls.

Aside from that, the game is pretty much the same. Celebrations, pre-game videos... It's all recycled. But that didn't take away from the enjoyment of the game. So all in all, if you don't mind seeing some recycled clips from last year, I'd say it's worth some money to pick up this new installment in the NHL series, especially because once again, EA has completely obliterated its compettion in the 2k series, which again, has failed to make anything resembling a decent hockey game.