NHL 2K9 First Look (Gamespot)

[hdaniel1]

Gamespot has posted their first look preview of NHL 2K9.

Quote:

"Speaking with the Jeff Thomas, the executive producer of the game, it was clear that 2K wasn’t pleased with the complexity of controls in last year’s game. As a result, NHL 2K9 will feature an all-new control scheme built from the ground up. From single-button passing and shooting to the trigger used for turbo, the controls are designed to be as intuitive as possible—at least on the default setting."

[Money99]

Absolutely pathetic amount of news.
I'm a 2K supporter but I can't hold back on this. The only info we get is playoff beards and zamboni mini-games?

Something tells me 2K is putting all it's eggs in the Wii basket.
I pray that I'm wrong and I'll continue to seek out info on this title, but this early information is brutal.

[warnerwlf98]

Quote: Originally Posted by Money99

Absolutely pathetic amount of news. I'm a 2K supporter but I can't hold back on this. The only info we get is playoff beards and zamboni mini-games? Something tells me 2K is putting all it's eggs in the Wii basket. I pray that I'm wrong and I'll continue to seek out info on this title, but this early information is brutal.

I hope there is more info today, and some vids too. I enjoyed 2K8 and loved the new controls - clumsy yes to start with, but they became second nature after a while. At least they've kept this control scheme for 2K9.

[Money99]

From what I've been hearing the entire 2K booth at E3 has been pretty pathetic.
The impression I got was that 2K knows they're going to be extinct soon and their lack of enthusiasm has shown that.

[warnerwlf98]

Quote: Originally Posted by Money99

From what I've been hearing the entire 2K booth at E3 has been pretty pathetic. The impression I got was that 2K knows they're going to be extinct soon and their lack of enthusiasm has shown that.

They didn't talk much about NBA 2K8 last year until close to the release and that game turned out well.

Unfortunately, it is obvious that VC appears to be licking its wounds more than wounding the competition. I just hope that "natural selection" doesn't doom them - they have the potential to keep getting better and putting out high quality works of software - but I guess I wouldn't be surprised if it happened and they went the way of the dodo and the mammoth.

[tabulaRasa]

uhm, NBA2k8 is their best selling B-Ball title, so maybe it didn´t was so bad to do what they did last year

Let´s hope EA doens´t buy 2k, since NBA live stink. And we need to have 2 good NHL games. EA didn´t do crap until they had no hardcore and review support for their NHL games (NHL 2003-2006). Competetion is good.

Anyhow, who knows, some PR dept think the noise is too loud at e3 that they hold back a few days before they release the good stuff.

[metallidevils]

I've always been pretty loyal to EA, but I'm all for competition between games. Not having any competition for NCAA Football has turned it into a terrible game, and Madden isn't the same as it was when the 2k football games were around. Comparing MLB 08 to MLB 2k8, and what we've heard so far from NHL 09 and 2k9, it does seem like 2k Sports might be throwing in the towel, which I really hope doesn't happen.

[Money99]

The NBA comparison is a good one, but I've been hearing that NBA Live is awesome this year. And some of these people are admitted 2K hoops fans.

I know I'm being pessimistic, but after getting your *** absolutely handed to you by NHL08, why on earth is 2K not bringing their 'A' game to take EA down a peg?

If you want to beat the champ you don't hide in the shadows until 2 weeks before release. The only time that happens is when you know you don't have a chance in hell.

Saying that, I'm still interested in seeing what 2K9 brings, but I don't have a lot of faith in it. It's apparently being built from the ground-up so I'm hoping for a good foundation. But the way things have been heading, 2K will be in EA's vault before the year ends.