07-01-2020, 01:27 AM
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Rookie
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Be a Pro needs an overhaul, a retrofit, a from-the-ground rebuild premiering in NHL 22, and nothing less.
This has been a lost generation for that mode, which was at it most feature-rich over half a decade ago.* And it's not just Road to the Show, or NBA 2K, that's upstaging the career mode on the frozen pond.* No no no, it's even getting its lunch eaten by Formula One.* And soccer.* And WRC.* And MotoGP, of all things.*
I'd go as far as saying that just about every other licensed Triple-A sports title this generation, that did a career mode, has done better than NHL...and maybe even some of the unlicensed/fantastic sports games, too (Rocket League seems to have quite the following).
If I were Gary Bettman, I'd haul Rammer into the League's office, and tell him that if the NHL series loses ground at the start of the next generation, that the League will consider that a fiduciary breach, and will immediately look to rescind its licensing agreement with EA Sports.* The series has been coasting far too long, in an industry where innovation is the expectation.* And yelling "Squirrel!" is not an innovation.
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