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Quote: Originally Posted by Vikes1

I'm really looking forward to '13' too. For many of the reasons mentioned. Imo...the up and down, back and forth with ease type of play vs the AI has run it's course. For me anyway, another year of that type of gameplay would have been pretty tough for the game to hold my interest. Let alone that every team/game played vs the AI was pretty much all the same experience. If the AI improvements and strategies are done anywhere near as well as I hope, NHL '13' could be a real turning point for the series.

Agreed. I'd love to see EA Sports put all their efforts into AI and physics. Useless game modes, graphical tweaks, etc seem to distract the developers from the core component of a good sports game. NHL 2013 sounds like they finally 'get it.'