NHL 09. At first I absolutely loved this game, i agreed with Gamespot, but then I saw it's evil. Solo's pretty fun, until your player locks up and can't move for 10 seconds right before you score the game-winning goal. Or maybe your teammate's AI flips out and he starts skating in front of you slowly and prevents that breakaway in OT. Or maybe the disk stops reading in the third period of the Stanley Cup Finals(This is not MY disk OR Xbox problems it's happened to all of my NHL games since 2003.) Or try this, you lose connection to your online game 10 straight games despite your perfect connection. OR maybe the puck gets stuck between the pipe and net so you have to restart. Another problem is the new skill stick. I like it, it's revolutionary. But it's not perfected. My biggest conflict with it is, when I try to one-time a perfect pass into the net, I wind up checking the air(The hit/shoot is the stick) SO ANNOYING! Finally the whole deal with the puck getting stuck on the back of goalie's necks is starting to get old. As much as I have complained about this game I now will compliment it. The graphics= AMAZING! The new game modes online and off are pretty sweet. And push all negatives to the side and the gameplay is good. So even though all of these problems suk, the NHL games are improving in certain areas, but remain medicore in a few places. So, ignore online and play solo or split screen and I would recommend rent before buy, but its defintely worth checking out in the long run.
Last years NHL game was a huge step forward, and for once EA has continued that forward trend with NHL 2009. While I have not played everything in great depth thus far, I have touched upon most of the game aspects to for... Read Full Review
*** NHL 09 *** THE GOOD -Very realistic hockey action -Solid controls -Excellent multiplayer -Be A Pro mode is addictive -Superb graphics and sound THE BAD -Online connection issues -Confusing menus ... Read Full Review
