[onlybygrace]

Quote: Originally Posted by Money99

Very disappointing to read. This is the one thing holding me back from buying the game. And it's the one thing that has prevented me from buying it at full price for about 4 years now. I have it pre-ordered via Amazon and 20% off due to an E3 special. But I'm considering cancelling it unless anyone here can dispute what Brandon is saying. I don't think he's mistaken though, as this issue has plagued the NHL series for about a decade now. What drives me nuts is that the developers are fully aware of this problem. It's not even a "problem" as they purposely program it into the game to make up for an unintelligent CPU. How else can the game be competitive unless the CPU is given cheats? Very disappointing.

Plus, there are sliders to control literally everything and almost every situation. It's been put in our hand for the most part. This is the year to buy on day one. I haven't been excited about this game in years, but I'm seeing things happen in games that I've never seen before. Yeah, if you play on sliders similar to how most ea games have felt, its gonna be boring. If you take advantage of the options to muck the gameplay up, you'll see for yourself...