NHL09's Huge Mystery Feature Speculation

[Seahawk76]

Quote: Originally Posted by bukktown

^^^^^You guys were pretty close to the mark. After hearing this on the radio last night I had to transcribe it and post it because it seems like he accidentally spilled the beans......... Matt Bertz from Game Informer on the KFAN Video Games weekly show 6-25-08 http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/182...o_Games_Weekly (F.Y.I. the intro music is really long) A little bit after the 30 minute mark…….2/3 of the way through "On top of that (Be a Pro mode) not only can you create your guy and progress to become NHL All-Star …you can also create a team with 5 of your buddies and play in 6 on 6 online leagues…not just like your league with your buddies and some other guys you know, it’s a universal, international league that you will be playing in. They actually tried to take a little page out of the MMO book. You don't just need 5 guys. You can create a "guild" there can be up to 50 people there. So you get an elite bunch of people and they can play 5 on 5 or 6 on 6 matches versus anyone at anytime and it builds up your team ranking. And the ranking system works… there's divisions.. multi-divisions. So you work your way up from the bottom up to the top If you're not playing very well you can get relegated. And at a certain point in the season, EA hasn't determined yet, they are gonna take a snapshot of the league. And the top 50 or 20, they don't know what the number is yet, but they are gonna actually make a cutoff and the top teams in the world are gonna be playing in playoff style format to determine a world champion and there will be prizes as well."

That sounds freaking awesome! Maybe we can form a "guild" of OS'ers.

I'm now officially much more pumped for this game than either NCAA or Madden.

[Taku]

Sounds great. I just hope that "ranked" matches are not forced to be played at "normal" speed which was insanely quick in 08, atleast for me....

[Money99]

Oggie Ogalthorpe here I come!!!

[Laffer]

Be A Pro has the potential to be an awesome feature! I really hope it can live up to its promise.

[Shockgeez04]

with the new developments you might as well mark it down... NHL09 is going to have the most replay value of any game ever created

[Lubey]

It's too bad I don't have 5 friends who are getting this game. Looks like I'll have to be findin some people online.

[catcatch22]

Who wants to be on my team!!??

I can't wait!!

I have an annoying very light voice with a tinge of a brooklyn accent but you'll get used to it.

[Lubey]

Quote: Originally Posted by catcatch22

Who wants to be on my team!!?? I can't wait!! I have an annoying very light voice with a tinge of a brooklyn accent but you'll get used to it.

I'll probably speak in a russian accent because I'm gonna make my guy from siberia. Gotta keep it authentic.

"Shoot puck skate hard score goals"