NHL 2K9 First Look (Gamespot)
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NHL 2K9 First Look (Gamespot)
Gamespot has posted their first look preview of NHL 2K9.
"Speaking with the Jeff Thomas, the executive producer of the game, it was clear that 2K wasn’t pleased with the complexity of controls in last year’s game. As a result, NHL 2K9 will feature an all-new control scheme built from the ground up. From single-button passing and shooting to the trigger used for turbo, the controls are designed to be as intuitive as possible—at least on the default setting."Tags: None -
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Absolutely pathetic amount of news.
I'm a 2K supporter but I can't hold back on this. The only info we get is playoff beards and zamboni mini-games?
Something tells me 2K is putting all it's eggs in the Wii basket.
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I hope there is more info today, and some vids too. I enjoyed 2K8 and loved the new controls - clumsy yes to start with, but they became second nature after a while. At least they've kept this control scheme for 2K9.Absolutely pathetic amount of news.
I'm a 2K supporter but I can't hold back on this. The only info we get is playoff beards and zamboni mini-games?
Something tells me 2K is putting all it's eggs in the Wii basket.
I pray that I'm wrong and I'll continue to seek out info on this title, but this early information is brutal."We were expecting a miracle with Elite, but instead we got Jesus at halfcourt."
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They didn't talk much about NBA 2K8 last year until close to the release and that game turned out well.
Unfortunately, it is obvious that VC appears to be licking its wounds more than wounding the competition. I just hope that "natural selection" doesn't doom them - they have the potential to keep getting better and putting out high quality works of software - but I guess I wouldn't be surprised if it happened and they went the way of the dodo and the mammoth."We were expecting a miracle with Elite, but instead we got Jesus at halfcourt."
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uhm, NBA2k8 is their best selling B-Ball title, so maybe it didn´t was so bad to do what they did last year
Let´s hope EA doens´t buy 2k, since NBA live stink. And we need to have 2 good NHL games. EA didn´t do crap until they had no hardcore and review support for their NHL games (NHL 2003-2006). Competetion is good.
Anyhow, who knows, some PR dept think the noise is too loud at e3 that they hold back a few days before they release the good stuff.Comment
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I've always been pretty loyal to EA, but I'm all for competition between games. Not having any competition for NCAA Football has turned it into a terrible game, and Madden isn't the same as it was when the 2k football games were around. Comparing MLB 08 to MLB 2k8, and what we've heard so far from NHL 09 and 2k9, it does seem like 2k Sports might be throwing in the towel, which I really hope doesn't happen.Comment
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The NBA comparison is a good one, but I've been hearing that NBA Live is awesome this year. And some of these people are admitted 2K hoops fans.
I know I'm being pessimistic, but after getting your *** absolutely handed to you by NHL08, why on earth is 2K not bringing their 'A' game to take EA down a peg?
If you want to beat the champ you don't hide in the shadows until 2 weeks before release. The only time that happens is when you know you don't have a chance in hell.
Saying that, I'm still interested in seeing what 2K9 brings, but I don't have a lot of faith in it. It's apparently being built from the ground-up so I'm hoping for a good foundation. But the way things have been heading, 2K will be in EA's vault before the year ends.Comment
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I loved both 2k8 and 08 this past year, but if 2k wants to even think of making a game in 2010, they can't be sitting this expo out. The fact that they haven't released nearly every aspect of the game to magazines and websites is a joke as far as I'm concerned. To me though, 2k just had a bad setup due to no roster updates. Once you got used to the new controls, the game was just fine, but the fact that they hadn't updated the rosters really killed it for me. The goalies are still better in 2k than in EA, the realism in 2k is in some aspects higher than in EA, and in other aspects lower. There is still a lot of potential in 2k hockey, they aren't out of the competition yet. They just need to step up in a big way. They have, for years, been making better hockey titles than EA, with the exception of 2008. I just hope it really is just an off year.Comment
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People keep bringing up controls but the controls aren't the problem it's the horrible AI.Comment
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I think this will be another transition year for the title, similar to when Kush took over from Treyarch. Like it or not, it takes time to bring in a new development team for an existing code base so I imagine they'd be hesitant to truly rebuild it from the ground up as they are advertising. The only way to really pull it off would be to skip this year entirely and put a full 18-22 month development cycle in for it.
Never know, they might still come out with something that knocks everyone's socks off, but the focus on the Wii in all the current press is disturbing.Comment
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This I can believe. 2K is making a great name for themselves as liars. They lied through their freakin' teeth when it came to MLB2K7 so why not do the same with NHL2K8?I think this will be another transition year for the title, similar to when Kush took over from Treyarch. Like it or not, it takes time to bring in a new development team for an existing code base so I imagine they'd be hesitant to truly rebuild it from the ground up as they are advertising. The only way to really pull it off would be to skip this year entirely and put a full 18-22 month development cycle in for it.
Never know, they might still come out with something that knocks everyone's socks off, but the focus on the Wii in all the current press is disturbing.
Besides, it's a moot point. This will be the last year for 2K sports. EA is on the verge of buying them so 2K has decided to go out with a whimper.Comment
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Wow such negativity. You should be used to 2k putting out very little info about their games but that hardly translates into their going to be extinct. I'm sure with VC behind this game it will be outstanding.Originally posted by jim416You are the 2k Police. :)Comment
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The truth does hurt eh ?
We have nothing to go on being its 2k , oh and their last lying release was mlb 2k8 lol.
So thats what he means intil they show us something different.
If someone lies to you 7/10 times what should we think ?
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