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Quote: Originally Posted by snc237

Played a ton of ranked and was 10th in the world in ranked on Xbox in the beta. Stick dancing and such still works to a much lesser degree but still wish it was completely gone. A.I. Defensively is better but still lets people into the zone to easily. Getting good shots from the slot is very challenging as it's much easier to lose the puck. Goalies are much improved but still sometimes let very harmless shots in (hopefully still getting tuned). Short shore shots are much harder to score which is great. Plus one timers in the slot are only work if there is practically no defender around. Gameplay much improved in saying that, still a lot of room to grow. Board play doesn't seem as suctionÿ (which I dislike. If a guys swerving around and gets near the board it was a good way to stop them)however I get a lot of holding calls cause my guy won't let go immediately after I let go of the Y button. Overall I wasn't to excited about this years game but after playing it, a lot of small things that bugged me have been at least toned down which makes the game in my eyes much better and enjoyable.

I always want to buy nhl but with 2k madden taking up most my time it's always an after thought. I'm glad I read your impressions of the game it reads like the most fair assessment of an ea game by a game I've ever read. Usually people are going out of their way to either hype a game or bash the game just because it's ea and that's the thing to do. Thanks for the objectivity.