[rangersfan30]

The AI seems to get all the breaks when it turns on the turbo boost, even when you are going into the corners for the puck and get there first the AI always comes out with the puck, blocked shots always break to the AI also and my 2 pet hates that make the game infuriating in 09

- controls not working when the AI is all over you - many times in 09 i would be on the PK and the controls just wouldnt react, for instance i would be closing a guy down at the point and i'd try nicking the puck away for the breakaway but when i pressed poke check nothing happened so i would keep pressing to see if it was going to work but still nothing, it was like the AI was going to score no matter how good positionally i played.

- Human Goaltenders seem to lose the ability to make saves they should be making when the AI turns the jets on, as everyone knows you need your Goalie to make the big saves but it seemed like when the AI got any sustained pressure a sequence of events would happen that ultimately leads to a goal, first the AI gets some pressure then comes the feeling of helplessness as the AI zips the puck around at speeds that the user cant compete with then comes the shots that if they dont go in the loose puck breaks back to the AI but even if on the odd occassion you do manage to get the puck the slightest nudge or contact from the AI and the puck is back on the AI's stick where as if you manage to get some contact on the AI puck carrier it doesnt hardly put him off his stride, as the pressure gets more intense then bang in goes a weak goal that the Goalie should have saved.

I know that these things i've mentioned happen in Hockey but it shouldnt happen in every single game you play, some people say there is a catch up logic some say there isnt but what i will say is there is something about the gameplay that is off, it doesnt feel right almost like a sense of being cheated.