<s>
NHL	B-Application
Hitz	I-Application
2002	I-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade-style	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Midway	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Midway	O
launched	O
this	O
game	O
along	O
with	O
NFL	B-Application
Blitz	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
video	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
differs	O
from	O
traditional	O
NHL	O
games	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
try	O
to	O
accurately	O
simulate	O
real-life	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
player	O
scores	O
3	O
goals	O
in	O
one	O
game	O
on	O
their	O
respective	O
team	O
that	O
player	O
becomes	O
"	O
On	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
"	O
,	O
making	O
them	O
tougher	O
to	O
knock	O
down	O
and	O
giving	O
them	O
a	O
more	O
powerful	O
shot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
any	O
team	O
scores	O
three	O
uninterrupted	O
one-timers	O
,	O
they	O
achieve	O
"	O
Team	O
Fire	O
"	O
in	O
which	O
every	O
player	O
has	O
Blue	O
Flames	O
surrounding	O
them	O
and	O
have	O
all	O
the	O
advantages	O
of	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
On	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Preston	O
of	O
NextGens	O
final	O
issue	O
called	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
'	O
wacky	O
 '	O
sports	O
game	O
we	O
've	O
played	O
in	O
years.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
similarly	O
said	O
of	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
,	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
're	O
up	O
for	O
a	O
game	O
of	O
hockey	O
where	O
players	O
quite	O
literally	O
catch	O
on	B-Application
fire	I-Application
and	O
suffer	O
frequent	O
flights	O
through	O
the	O
glass	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
superb	O
stuff.	O
"	O
</s>
