NHL 08 Review (360)

[mgoblue]

Terry got it spot on. Is the game perfect? No. It is the most fun I've had playing a sports game in a long long time. I am still playing offline. Normally I'd have moved on (as I have with NCAA, Madden, etc). This game has me holding off on a basketball game it's that good.

[tabulaRasa]

Good review, BUT:
Where´s the garbage goal and close crease gameplay?
WHere´s the seperate line changes(O and D)?
Goalies are very undynamic.
Backhands are super powered.
Passing is way to much tape to tape.
Players all play the same, like snipers, where´s the use for utility guys? There is none. Damn I want importance of guys like Pahlsson, Fisher etc. Right now all players act and play as snipers.

Anyhow, if you are a sim fan it´s not a 9/10 more like a 7.5-8/10. If you are a casual fan it´s a 9/10.

It looks and is presented like a real NHL game, but unless players act more different and they don´t have the things mentioned, this ain´t a 9, and it doesn´t have those things so it´s a roughly a 8/10.

[Arctic Blast]

Question for people who have played the game : is the Franchise mode actually decent this year? In past editions, it's been the most bare bones, pointless 'feature set' in the series. what with everything else seeming to have been improved massively, I'm wondering if the off-ice segment of the game has gotten a face lift, as well. Already got burned on Madden, so I'm...skeptical of EA products.