NHL 2K11
NHL 2K11
NHL 2K11, jeu vidéo de sport consacré au hockey sur glace, est paru le 24 août 2010 sur Wii. Développé par Visual Concepts et édité par 2K Sports, il avait été annoncé le 3 mars 2010 comme une exclusivité pour cette plateforme. Il constitue le premier volet de la série NHL 2K depuis NHL 2K7 à ne pas être publié sur PlayStation 3, le premier depuis NHL 2K6 à ignorer la Xbox 360, et le premier depuis NHL 2K3 à ne pas sortir sur PlayStation 2. Ce titre reste par ailleurs le dernier de la série à paraître sur Wii, les entrées suivantes étant exclusivement destinées aux appareils iOS et Android. Ryan Kesler, alors attaquant des Vancouver Canucks, occupe la couverture du jeu.
Strauss Zelnick, président de Take-Two, a déclaré à propos de cette stratégie : « As far as NHL, we're taking a year off on PS3 and Xbox 360 to refine, redesign and re-think ».
Le jeu a enregistré un score agrégé de 65,00. La presse et les joueurs ont exprimé divers avis à son égard. GameFocus a ainsi affirmé : « NHL 2K11 is incredibly different from it's new competitor. It's much more sim-centric and has all the features that hardcore fans could possibly want. Which ma… ». Cheat Code Central a de son côté noté : « Once you get a hang of the new controls, there's a ton of content here, though most of it is taken directly from the franchise's previous installments. ». Pour sa part, un joueur sur Metacritic a simplement confié : « Very fun family and friends and family and friends and family and friends and family ».
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« NHL 2K11 is incredibly different from it's new competitor. It's much more sim-centric and has all the features that hardcore fans could possibly want. Which makes it somewhat disappointing that the motion controls - the selling point for the console - came off so poorly. »
« Once you get a hang of the new controls, there's a ton of content here, though most of it is taken directly from the franchise's previous installments. »
« There's a boatload of game modes to keep you busy for months, whether you're an online guy or prefer keeping to yourself. Have no doubt, though, that it's very similar to its predecessor in most ways. »
« All in all, NHL 2K11 is a cute ice hockey game, especially for the Nintendo Wii. However, in the next version of the game the controls need some updates. »
« NHL 2K11 had a lot of potential, a notion that's accentuated once you feel the one-to-one dekeing for the first time. Sadly once you spend some time with the title you'll realize that the shooting mechanics and AI could've really used some fine tuning to avoid some of the needless frustrations. »
« There used to be a time when I liked the 2K hockey series over EA's franchise, and that was because I liked the way the skating felt. It was tight and responsive, even if the games themselves were more arcade-like. How I long for those days after playing NHL 2K11. »
« NHL2K11 gets props for taking advantage of the Wii's bigger bullet points, like Wii Speak and MotionPlus, and for giving the series some focus by being exclusive to one console. However, there are some control issues and laggy online play that truly prevent the game from achieving hockey greatness. »
« Clunky shooting and passing. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Very fun family and friends and family and friends and family and friends and family »
