Eurogamer have posted their review of NHL 2002 from EA. They gave it a final score of 7/10. Here is part of the review:
One of the 2002 revision’s most controversial features is the breakaway camera, which switches the game to a letterboxed close-up and slows the play down whenever a player gets one-on-one with the goalie. It’s a nice effect, with muffled sound effects a la Max Payne. The controls don’t change and it’s quite easy to slot the puck away from this perspective, but whether it adds anything to the game or not is debatable. The same is also true of the big save and big hit cameras, which close in on and replay spectacular saves and body checks. My biggest problem with these features is that switching between camera modes interferes with play, and ice hockey games are supposed to flow gracefully.
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