After playing a full season. Hear is my review.
2k sports in my mind has always been better then ea. Even the football. Does everyone rember thoes 20 dollar football games. I do and they were great. This hockey game is awsome. I watch a hockey game every night. I own nhl center ice. so u can call me a hockey nut. This game makes me feel like i was playing the sport in my room. Its hard, fun, and exciting. Now i always belived d-fence creates offence. IN this game if you cant play defence in all star mode. Your screwed. The new pressure controll is really cool too. I always put mine on the best player on the team. So i no when they enter to zone its to watch him. Now back to this game being hard. Playing on all star or hall of fame. the only way to really score is to cycle the puck around the offenceive zone. The ai is that good that they will hit you and prevent u to getting in the slot unless u suprise them. So gl with that. If you play defence on these modes. OMG u better learn how to maser that pressure controll and poke check. Once i played through the game on pro mode i made me want to look foward on hardmodes to see how hard it is. Now back to gameplay i can play this game all day. The online features are amzing as well. Online season with 8 people? how cool is that. Does ea hockey have that? no they dont. Now i no gamespot said its offence is boring. And they said they have to invent somthing like a skill stick. AHHAHAHHAHAHA. Gamespot hold the left trigger and there you go. You can do some pretty cool moves with that stick. Shoot it top self and manualy deak. Come on gamespot how u miss that? Also if your ever bored with your friends they still have the mini games you can play. Its like a mario party but hockey style. Great for hockey freeks like me. Franchines is done well too. When you trade players and make offers for free agents it has to be reasonable you offerings. But game play is just plan out good
Ok gfx. This is the only downfall of the game and truly it isnt that bad. I no ea has amazing next gen gfx. But the ice in 2k is so realistic looking its just freeking sweet. The player modles arent that bad but they have to work on that for the future. No curnet gen tho could pull off that ice. There is no glitches eather but one. Some times the anoucer will say that wrong team is changing but its cool. ITs just a sound error. Now presentation. HOW COOL IS IT WHEN U SCORE THE CROWED JUMPS UP. Some times i just go to the replay just to watch the crowed jump up when i score at home ice. Now they just need the rivaily chants and it be perfect. One bad thing is that the crowed gfx are kinda eh. The new cininmintation how ever u spell it, is wonderfull way of looking up and down up the ice. When you cycle the puck, the camera moves with you. Its weird at first but after a wile it comes natural.
Sound is top notch. The anouncers are great besides that one glitch. But i dont mind the hockey nightin cananda guys. They grow on you after a wile and its usally not reptive eather. I hear new things everytime i play. The puck slaming the boards and the pads and the crowed going OOOOO when i just miss. ITs great. The sound is awsome.
Over all the game is fun, good looking, and sounds great. By far it is the best hockey game i have played up to date. There is still improvments but i think gamspot gave it too low. I no its not a huge improvment from 2k6. But still it desevers a highscore then ea alot more then just 1 point. I would give ea a 8.2 But not this game.
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