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Demo is out. http://browse.files.filefront.com/NH...owsefiles.html
I gotta say, I didn't have high expectations for this. But having played this. I am impressed. NHL 2005, last years game, sucked major ass. This game is a major improvement.
Everything about this game is better. The skating is fluid and realistic. The physics and hitting are also much more realistic. Even if you don't hit the check button, if you run into a guy, there's a check-like collision.
My only gripe (and it's minor) is that every guy has like a 120 mile an hour slap shot. Not realistic, but acceptable for gameplay sake. Also, slapshots are pretty useless. I've been playing the demo all day and I have yet to score using a slapshot. The best way to score is to use a one-timer. Specifically, getting real close to the goalie like you are going to deke and then passing for the one-timer.
The demo isn't real difficult. On average I beat the AI 4-0. Every so often they get a garbage goal. Sometimes the AI goalie has really good games and makes unbelievable saves and I end up score 1 goal and then getting an empty-netter or two... but only once did the game go to a shoot-out (no OT in the demo). The shootout sucks. Deking is difficult and when it's the AI's turn, you have to control the goalie manually, which sucks.
The demo is pretty straight-forward. You play one 5 minute period (the third) as either Tampa Bay or Toronto. You can't change any of the settings or options. It's all default. I don't know what the difficulty is set at. I would assume easy. Although in one game I was playing, I was killing the AI 6-0 and they started scoring all these BS goals. I was like WTF?
So check the demo out. It's good.
The game comes out next week.
I'm also looking forward to NHL2k6. Although I must say, ESPN's game only comes out on consoles, so I don't know if I'll bother buying it this year. NHL 2006 looks pretty solid. Last year I got NHL2k5 because NHL2005 sucked royal balls. But this year, I think EA might have the better game.
I gotta say, I didn't have high expectations for this. But having played this. I am impressed. NHL 2005, last years game, sucked major ass. This game is a major improvement.
Everything about this game is better. The skating is fluid and realistic. The physics and hitting are also much more realistic. Even if you don't hit the check button, if you run into a guy, there's a check-like collision.
My only gripe (and it's minor) is that every guy has like a 120 mile an hour slap shot. Not realistic, but acceptable for gameplay sake. Also, slapshots are pretty useless. I've been playing the demo all day and I have yet to score using a slapshot. The best way to score is to use a one-timer. Specifically, getting real close to the goalie like you are going to deke and then passing for the one-timer.
The demo isn't real difficult. On average I beat the AI 4-0. Every so often they get a garbage goal. Sometimes the AI goalie has really good games and makes unbelievable saves and I end up score 1 goal and then getting an empty-netter or two... but only once did the game go to a shoot-out (no OT in the demo). The shootout sucks. Deking is difficult and when it's the AI's turn, you have to control the goalie manually, which sucks.
The demo is pretty straight-forward. You play one 5 minute period (the third) as either Tampa Bay or Toronto. You can't change any of the settings or options. It's all default. I don't know what the difficulty is set at. I would assume easy. Although in one game I was playing, I was killing the AI 6-0 and they started scoring all these BS goals. I was like WTF?
So check the demo out. It's good.
The game comes out next week.
I'm also looking forward to NHL2k6. Although I must say, ESPN's game only comes out on consoles, so I don't know if I'll bother buying it this year. NHL 2006 looks pretty solid. Last year I got NHL2k5 because NHL2005 sucked royal balls. But this year, I think EA might have the better game.
I never noticed it in NHL2k5 and I've completed 2 seasons in franchise
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