Had promise and we got crap

User Rating: 1 | NHL 2K9 WII
By jessehogie | Review Date:
I had a lot of hopes for this game but I had my reservations. For the most part my reservations were right. The graphics fall short mostly because its a Wii game. The controls are a step in the right direction, but they feel too thrown together to really impress. Numerous glitches in the game (sound stopping suddenly, announcers getting cut off) really make it feel thrown together. The shooting movements feel natural but forced at the same time. I can see myself flicking the Wiimote harder to try and force a harder shot, but it doesn't happen. Fighting is very frustrating, doesn't feel intuitive at all. The passing is something I enjoyed. After some practice I was nailing complex passing and shooting routes. This is a good start for a Wii based hockey game and I have high hopes for the future. If they fine tune some of the obvious glitches and upgrade the graphics a bit, they would have something great.

UPDATE:

I have been playing this game for a while and I have run into a glitch that totally kills everything. While playing a season or franchise, your game will randomly freeze. No way to get out of it, you have to unplug your Wii and start again. After the freezing starts, your saved game is fubar. I thought this might be a one time deal, but it happens with every single saved game. Thought it might be my disk, brought it back, got a new one, same deal. I spent some time searching for this issue and it seems to be happening to a lot of people. Seriously 2K games, what gives? Why would you release something with such a serious flaw?

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