My guy is an NHL 2K5 expert, respect🤝🤝

Depressing that I remember playing this nonstop when it was new

@@TheNasher61 It had been a little while since I last played, so I went back and tested the "skill stick" just in case you decide to make another video. So if you put your controller on "advanced", you'll have to hold the left trigger/button (depending on the controller) to do a few of the actions. For shooting, if you don't hold the trigger, then your player will hold the wrist shot animation instead of going for a slap shot. You have to hold the trigger for it to be a slap shot. You can also fake your shot but I don't remember the button to cancel the animation. They probably show it in the "controller layout" menu. For the skill stick, it will only trigger when you are kinda close the opposing net. In that case, you have to hold the trigger and B (or O on playstation controllers) and you can then control your stick with the main joystick. If you release them, your player will shoot the puck from where the stick blade currently is. Absolutely great for breakaways and it blew my mind when I was younger, it's just unfortunate that it was never considered as a main feature as it is hidden behind a specific setting. I also suggest going into the settings/sliders and slowing the game down, but that's obviously down to your own preferences! If I had one complaint about this game is that they don't have some sort of a "be a pro" mode. Love that you make videos about this game, hope you make a few more haha. Cheers!

Bro me and my buddies are in our 30s and we just did one a couple weeks ago randomly and it was fun as hell. NHL 05, NFL and NBA Street 2. They still hold up

Gotta say it: Monopoly kills creativity and depth in video games! EA has the monopoly now and so they don't have to do anything deeper or more fun than they are already doing because there isn't another modern game with licensing to compete with that. Indy developers and modders could probably do it but they wouldn't get the right to produce for consoles or probably couldn't get the licensing.

Games used to be made by the people that played them. Nowadays they're made by college grads with liberal arts degrees that were hired to fill quotas and push agendas. No passion means it's a soulless cash grab.

You know your gen z when. Nope NHL 94 is the best then NHL 2004/NHL2K5

@@chickenwings6172buddy if they played 2k5 i highly doubt they are gen z 😂

@@ActNasty5 tbh I am gen z. Played 2K5 on my friends house a couple years ago on his ps2

Nah 2k10 was better

@@chickenwings6172nhl 94 sucks ass from someone who’s played it. Gameplay is too outdated, I recommend nhl2k8, nhl 06, or nhl hitz 2003

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oh yes...I remember it being so hard to score in 2k when it first came out and all the physics of the puck and that...loved it :)

So many features we missed in the first video, had to run it back

@@TheNasher61 It’s also a pretty good nostalgia trip too

Much love! Have a good weekend🤝

No no not a ps2, find a backwards compatible ps3 with 4 USB ports. I got me one for $250, but it plays ps1, ps2 and ps3 games. 3 consoles in one

Does it work on a ps5? Or xbox one?

even better, if you have a decent pc you can download a ps2 emulator and play the game in hd!

@@alexispaultasdelenoglu3060you can play on Xbox x with pcsx2 emulators and it’s incredible

I can confirm that a dev has watched this 🤫

@@NorthKariya9 your a dev arent you

That's the crazy thing, it's just the graphics and some gameplay mechanics that modern games have that these older games don't. But in terms of features!? Older games like 2k5 blow all modern games out of the water! It seems so simple: Just have a developer implement all these 2k5 features into their next game while their modern graphics and gameplay and fans would be thrilled! But... wait! Then how are they going to scam young kids into stupid micro-transaction modes like HUT!?! Ah, there's the problem! It's not that they couldn't make a great hockey game, it's that they don't see as much money in it.

@@coolioso808 whoever in EA thought that the investment of money into development wouldnt help sales is entirely incorrect. Offline gamers have left en masse because the game hasn't been developed to a good standard in a long time, also if they had a legitimately good game it would sell itself. You wouldn't have to pay the marketing team a fortune to sell a dog turd. Idk it seems simple to us, maybe I'm missing something

@@brandonhall9959 No, you are right. A out-of-the-box good game would sell itself much better than a crap game with micro-transactions and stupid card-collecting features! Offline gamers, those who came up in the couch co-op era when a fun game was one that you could play with your buddies locally, but also have some deep franchise mode stuff for your own enjoyment, are tuning out of the only sports game franchise in town. Or at least drastically reducing how often they buy into it. The sad thing is I hear they still make enough money from those micro-transactions to keep those features in and not spend time and money on deeper stuff like seen in 2k5. They haven't had to make changes, no competition and that's not a good thing in this industry. Maybe one day it'll change, but I don't see that day coming soon.

@@coolioso808 wouldn't it be common sense to bring back the old guard that left due to the lack of changes, leave the micro transactions in, because I don't really care if they are in, if they aren't forced on gameplay, though I don't play offline so I'm not affected by this( I also don't know how much it affects offline). My main gripe is with the AI, this game series has needed a major overhaul for awhile. Functional AI that isn't coded to cut corners and cheat.

@@brandonhall9959 My concern about microtransaction features is that they spend time and money on that each year when they could be spending it on deeper fun features like Skills Comp, Arcade Modes, deep Franchise Mode and Sky Box, etc. as in 2k5, and they don't put in that kind of content to the game because it can't generate them more money after the initial sale. That's my main concern with micro-transactions. I don't care they are in if I don't use them, but I worry about the time and money spent to keep them in the game. I agree they should have developers who know how to code good AI so the CPU doesn't cheat to win, they out-play the human player to generate goals and opportunities. But going back to the monopoly thing, what incentive does EA have to make great AI? There isn't anywhere else for modern gamers to go.

It's not just that 2K isn't making hockey games, it is that either 2K or EA become monopolies and don't have to do innovative, cool things with their game because they are the only game in town. I'm sure a 2K hockey game would put pressure on EA to be better, that would be great. But the current state of things trends towards damn micro-transactions! Games coming out in the 2000s didn't have that so they actually had to put more content into the game on release to have a chance of getting good sales. These days, the base game doesn't have to be great, and can be filled with micro-transaction side content that doesn't add any couch co-op or individual fun, but is a cash cow for the developers. It sucks. But that's where we are at this time.

I wish they would cause NHL 24 might be the worst ever

It's not lol ppl just like over hyping old shit cus games are stale nowadays but the stale shit is still better

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