While another hockey video game has made a point of simulating the experience of hockey as accurately as possible, the Wii version of 2K Sports’ take on the game is much more friendly.
You can not only get games going with the full complement of NHL squads and national teams, in season, playoff, and tournament modes, but you can also enjoy a game of pond hockey. There is a collection of mini games served up as a skills competition which will have you competing against your siblings and rivals for bragging rights in hardest shot, fastest skater, accuracy shooting, goaltending, and a breakaway relay.
The Wii version of NHL 2K10 isn’t trying to look perfect or claim lifelike movement, it just wants to be fun and easy to play.
Which is why it’s so frustrating that the motion-sensing controls for the Wii version of NHL 2K10 are so tweaky. Even with the Wii MotionPlus add-on to the Remote, which ostensibly makes the controllers more accurate, passing, shooting, and player control are inconsistent and scream-inducing.
To make matters worse, there isn’t even a tutorial to instruct new players on how to use the controls. They are left to puzzle out what, exactly, they’re supposed to do. Even the printed manual that comes with the game is vague.
Not so friendly after all. You’re better off playing with buttons only using the classic controller. But that kind of defeats the purpose doesn’t it?
NHL 2K10 is the only hockey game available for the Wii, so it’s doubly disappointing that the controls are so aggravating. Otherwise, this might not be such a bad game to play.
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