Well boys, this may be the year that our wifes and girlfriends will leave us. =) I think this game is amazing, especially after 05 and it's better than 04. Let me begin by telling you that the gameplay is really realistic. The Difficult level is really realistic. I did touch the sliders a bit, but I have been finding myself losing by a goal or two, and lost twice in overtime. Medium is too easy, I was scoring 8 to 10 goals per game. The stick handling on the left analog is awesome. You can really get the goalie all in a bunch. The skill moves are awesome. I have counted five different skill moves so far. They are hard to pull off unless it's only you and the goalie. The gameplay doesn't feel like a big cluster F@&$ like 05 and 04. All players play their postion and cycle pretty well. I have noticed that they score very easily when I control a defender and go for the guy coming down the wing instead of playing the lane. I do wish that they updated the Dynasty Mode much more, but hey, one step at a time. All I can tell you EA, don't fool too much with the gameplay next year becuase you got it down this year. I did notice one bug. Sometime, very rarely, one of my guy will just stand there in the offence zone when the puck is out. THe only way to get him out is actually go in the zone with the puck so that you are called outside. All and all, I would give this game a 9.3 out of 10.
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