The Shrine

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://dreamcast.ign.com/articles/324/3 ... .html">NHL 2K2</a>

To anyone with a DC who loves hockey (Lotus, Wolfie, I'm talking to you), I think there's one more DC game we all should get...</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I'm getting it for sure, been waiting for it for a very long time. The DC is still a great system, and even though it was short lived, it still has a great number of fun titles for the right price.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>I was planning on renting it anyway to see how I'd like it. I already have NHL 2002, though.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>It's the last ever DC game, there won't be many places with a rental copy</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>It had the best first 2 years of any system I can think of.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>There will be for me.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Come this November, I doubt I'll be able to agree with that statement.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>We shall see. The PS2 had a great 6 months to end 2001, but can it be as good as the DC was for 2 full years?</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Yeah, I think it can. It's a helluva lot better than the GameCube or the XBox so far (even if you factor in how long they've been around).</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>I'll be the first to admit nothing that good came out for the PS2 until about 6 months into it's life (I bought one for Twisted Metal: Black), but with Tony Hawk 3, DMC, GT3, GTA3, MGS2, FF10 and SH2 all already released, and 9 more months of releases (including FF11 and RTK7), I wouldn't hesitate to say it will have a better first two years than the DC.

Not to mention that two of my top 5 favorite DC games <b>weren't even released here</b> (those being Fire Pro Wrestling D and Shenmue 2).</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Um, we were comparing it to the DC, but of course it has a MUCH better selection of great games now, it had better being out a full year ahead of the others. If you take it's first 4 months & compare it to the 'Cube or Xbox, it's EASILY third. Then again, the others needed good launches to catch up</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I've gotta see what's coming out for the PS2 next year. There are about 6 games I really want for it (I think you mentioned most of them) and about 10 great games overall IMO, which is about the DC's first year.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>The Madden games
NBA Street
SSX and SSX Tricky
NHL 2002 (first one was average)
FIFA
NBA2k2
NFL2k2
(Likely: NHL2k2, Sega's Tennis, WSB2k2)

Capcom vs. SNK2
Guilty Gear X
(Soul Calibur 2 should be out before too long)

I'm sure Ace Combat 4 is fun as well.


Do us all a favor and buy a PS2, play some of the games, and then we'll talk about this topic in November. I'm as fond of the Dreamcast as you were, remember.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I don't buy sport games unless they're incredibly revolutionary, like NBA2K, NFL2K, and Virtua Tennis, the only sport games I've gotten in the last 5 years. Guilty Gear X I've already had for nearly a year, but Capcom vs SNK 2 I'd love to try</div>