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nddurst · 09-11-2011, 12:03 PM

After all the blogs, videos, reviews, discussions and more, I still can't say with certainty that I will be purchasing NHL 12 - or that I will NOT be.

The gameplay seems to have been improved, leading to an overall fun on-ice experience that is the best we've seen on current gen. However, there is talk that Be a GM, a mode I was so pumped to play back when it was introduced in NHL 10, still has major flaws that are unaddressed (unrealistic FA quirks, bad trade AI, bugs, etc.). This, along with still unaddressed gameplay issues (lack of penalties, questionable defensive AI, laughably stale commentary and presentation, tape-to-tape CPU passing) make me wonder if I will get long-lasting fun out of this game. As an offline gamer, I was done with NHL 11 around December last year. I don't want to drop $60 on this game if that will happen again.

Is anyone else still on the fence like I am?

09-11-2011, 12:03 PM	#1
nddurst Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Jun 2010	Anyone else still on the fence, like me? After all the blogs, videos, reviews, discussions and more, I still can't say with certainty that I will be purchasing NHL 12 - or that I will NOT be. The gameplay seems to have been improved, leading to an overall fun on-ice experience that is the best we've seen on current gen. However, there is talk that Be a GM, a mode I was so pumped to play back when it was introduced in NHL 10, still has major flaws that are unaddressed (unrealistic FA quirks, bad trade AI, bugs, etc.). This, along with still unaddressed gameplay issues (lack of penalties, questionable defensive AI, laughably stale commentary and presentation, tape-to-tape CPU passing) make me wonder if I will get long-lasting fun out of this game. As an offline gamer, I was done with NHL 11 around December last year. I don't want to drop $60 on this game if that will happen again. Is anyone else still on the fence like I am?