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It was worth the wait." William Abner of Computer Games Strategy Plus gave the same PC version three stars out of five, saying, "In the end, NHL 2000 is more of a side step than it is a leap forward. If you're a fan of NHL '99, you'll love NHL 2K. Nash Werner of GamePro said of the PC version that "it's easy to overlook the flaws when everything else fits like a glove. Jim Preston of NextGen said of the PlayStation version, "EA Sports once again proves it does hockey better than anyone else on the planet." The PlayStation and PC versions received "favorable" reviews, while the Game Boy Color version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.

Jim Hughson remained as play-by-play announcer throughout the series.
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Online leagues of the game also became more organized.ĭaryl Reaugh left the series as colour commentator in this game and was replaced by Bill Clement.

The game has a total of 28 NHL teams, including the new expansion Atlanta Thrashers, which was the only team in the game that did not exist in the 1998–99 season. There is also a third place match for the losers of the semi-finals. Eventually, a winner is crowned gold in the championship match. After the round robin, eight teams are eliminated and then the remaining eight have a "playoff," but instead of it being out of seven games it was single-elimination. Similar gameplay was used in this version, as well as the previous version, NHL 99.Īnother mode in NHL 2000 is the Tournament mode, in which the user chooses 16 countries (only 18 countries were available in the game) to play a round robin. The game did not boast great improvements to the game from NHL 99, nor did NHL 2001 feature any idea the two previous versions did not until NHL 2002.Ī season mode (later developed into a Franchise mode) with a retirement feature, drafting, and player trades were added to the series in this game, as well as the ability to use any photo for created players' faces, which is textured onto the head. It was released in 1999 and was the successor to NHL 99. NHL 2000 is an ice hockey video game developed by Electronic Arts Canada.
