NHL 10 for Xbox 360 – The Next Year of Hockey
EA and 2K’s friendly competition generated a huge amount of quality, craftsmanship and creativity in the sports gaming genre, which no other evidence presents itself more than the virtual hockey rink. This year, each company holds a different approach integrated with their video games – EA added first-person fighting and board play feature while 2K integrated stumble shots and regular season online integration. It is clear that the development team behind EA’s NHL10 love hockey, as seen in their previous products year after year.
If you’re still hesitant about picking NHL10, let me tell you a few things about what to expect from this game. NHL10 has extra goalie animations and an improved passing system, not to mention the first-person fighting and board play. You can even go straight to the Stanley Cup playoffs, but the general justification to purchase NHL10 lies in the board play feature.
In an actual match, a defender may attempt to stop an offensive rush from a dropped puck by pinning the offensive player against the boards. The game’s board play adds that sensation to the flow of the game; giving players a nice change of pace from the regular 60 minutes back and forth across the rink. The board play feature was something players never felt was missing until EA added it to NHL10. The board play gives the defensive players a chance to stop an offensive attack in the zone as well as giving the offensive side more options to play the puck behind the net.
Also another new game mode is added called the Game Styles, which debuts this year and this should not be confused with the game difficulty options. CASUAL, NORMAL, DEFAULT and HARDCORE provide a different sensation and speed up the game, like playing with the gravity of the configuration of ice. The players are slower and pucks are harder on hardcore, while the configuration settings CASUAL feel like an arcade game in which the pucks are like magnetized to the sticks and passes are easier to do.
Be a PRO or Be a GM, along with 6 on 6 online play are just some of the features returned from NHL10. While EA could have done a little more in the presentation department, the team introductions and the play by play feature remain apparently unchanged at all.
If NHL fans thought NHL09 was a blast, they will love NHL10. NHL10 gives both hardcore hockey fan and the uninitiated newbie hockey near the ultimate authentic hockey experience to the ice. This is a game worth picking up for your Xbox360.
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