Once again PC gamers gets the shaft pretty hard with this laughable mediocre game.

User Rating: 1 | NHL 09 PC
EA certainly takes us, PC gamers, for complete and utter fools. I don't think I've ever been this angry and outraged at a game publishing company in my life, and for good reasons.

Everything started last year when NHL08 for PC turned out to be nothing like the new and innovative game it was advertised to be for the PS3 and 360. In fact, it was basically a mere roster update from the previous game NHL07. Well... DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM THIS GAME EITHER, BELIEVE ME! Because everything that NHL09 really is is just that, another rehash of last year's game with a roster update, and I don't think it even manages to that right! Oh yeah, they added the BE A PRO feature but it really isn't all that enjoyable and certainly does not warrant a new purchase of the game to play it.

Here's a tip EA. When releasing a franchise game under the same exact title on multiple consoles and it turns out that there's 2 completely different versions of the game it's called false advertisement. It's fraudulent and wrong. But you know what? At least I have the satisfaction of knowing they didn't get any on my money because I downloaded this game! Buying it would've been having my money stolen, literally. If EA only cares about making money with the next gen console users and gives us PC owners a piece of trash game and steal our money then don't expect me (and others I'm sure) to play by the rules. It don't usually download my games, but this time I'm really glad I did. But in the end it turned out that the game was also a total waste of my bandwidth. That's how bad it is.

The AI is as stupid as ever, but this really hasn't improved at all in the last few releases, and dare anyone to say otherwise. I've played (not simed) seasons after seasons for every new releases EA has made and nothing is different. The goalies still go out of their net at the worst possible moments, frequently let in pucks shot from the blue line, still have the dumbest saves animations ever made and so on. Defensemen are completely retarded, don't cover their player, skates all over the place and tweaking the settings makes no real difference.

The commentaries are the EXACT same as the past games down to every mispronounced names! And the 'new' music is terrible. They really need to implement a way to add your own music... Oh wait, I forgot, this is EA we're talking about. Don't expect actual improvements, it's much easier to let 3rd parties do the job and just refer the game owners to them. Now that's real professionals my friends!

You know, since the game has nothing to do with the console game anymore, why in hell does it still have that console port feel to it? You still can't make any use of the computer's better navigation capabilities. No mouse scrolling, no right clicking, no nothing. Fans have been asking for this stuff for YEARS now. So why?

Why does this game still has nothing to offer. Why does it have to SUCK so bad. Why EA? Why WHY WHY W.H.Y.?!?! UUUGH--Error. Does not compute. Engaging self-destruction sequence. 3... 2... 1... *KA-BOOM*

In conclusion... Since EA completely ignores us, the fan of the NHL franchise and PC gamers, and are basically giving us the finger with every new releases, I say DON'T BUY THEM ANYMORE. If you *really* must check NHL09 for yourself then download it, because it is not worth a single penny.

Gosh I feel like starting my own game developing company, make my own NHL game and call it "Here's an actual hockey game you c*** s****** EA!"