Only a few more months away!

If you enjoy video games, and just began to enjoy hockey, then you're bound to love the EA Sports NHL series.

This year, the designers of the game didn't just rest on their laurels of being the best hockey franchise for a few years now, they have made a lot of changes to this already great game to make it feel more realistic. So they have added a new physics engine that will make the game feel a lot less controlled, meaning that the environment that you play in will be a lot more random, as they try to imitate the real game. And because of this the creators of the game say that it is nearly impossible to recreate the same thing twice.

From the website:




Here are Some of the New features of this years game:

Broken sticks
Improved faceoff realism
Improved AI realism
more Dekes
More realistic Goalie controls, and Goalie AI

And for the Be a GM and Be a Pro mode, they have signed with the OHL and WHL and other junior hockey leagues, so you actually start your career from the beginning, and for Be a GM this means that you can actually have a much better look when scouting players, this is a huge addition.

And probably the greatest addition:
Disallowed goals

here is a game-play video of a disallowed goal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLO9GRUx ... r_embedded

And for shakes, Notice who scored that goal? Kessel, so you know it's realistic!

Oh and here's the decision on that goal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G2Ewog2 ... re=channel

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Only sports game I buy every single year. Graphics look great and wow at that Kessel 'goal'

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Team Cutler.

I'll almost definitely check this out. I haven't played a hockey video game since either NHL '94, '95, or '96. I can't remember which year it was, but it was on Genesis. I still love Ice Hockey for Nintendo.

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Second City Saint

I'm gonna pass this year. Starting with NHL 10 I think they are making the game too complicated. As a casual player, I don't really have the time to learn 8000 new moves every time a new version of the game comes out. I was happy with NHL 09, gave up on NHL 10 after only a couple times playing it because of the new board play. This version sounds like it adds even more new things to worry about.

Between playing and coaching I don't have time to dedicate the energy needed to enjoy this game.

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you too?

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Just fucking with you...

...I wanted an excuse to post as Peter Moore...

Can't wait for this. I'm still playing NHL 10 pretty regularly.

Hmmm... well then maybe one of the days you play me online and get your ass handed to you like Northside_Dan...

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team Meatpants

Unbelievable. You won what 3 out of 5?

We should plan something real lame/fun when '11 comes out...

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Team Cutler.

Dude, I looked online once but couldn't figure out how to specify an opponent. I just resort to the randoms.


How do I add you?

I think it was 5 out of 8... but who's counting? And if you're up for losing a lot more, I'm game

Chris you have to add me as a friend on the PSN first: crosscheckyou

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team Meatpants

I just picked this one up the other day.....

Photoshop credit to Stink or one of his SCH brothers.

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Having played the demo, I am a little concerned with the new faceoff movements and slower skating speeds. It seems to me that there might be a threshold as to how detailed a game can get before it becomes frustrating.

Yeah, wasn't a big fan of the new faceoff mode, but it didn't seem all that hard to still win, so I guess it didn't bother me that much. As for the speed of the game, you can adjust the style of the game in the settings from: Arcade to Normal to Hardcore, and in doing so you can alter the pace of the game and how realistic it feels...

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Thats beautiful....

Happy NHL 11 day to you and yours, may it be a safe and reflective one!

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Picked it up an hour ago right away started with the gm mode, played the prospect game(with real prospects ) and it had to be the most enjoyable and exciting game I have ever played. This is a must get...

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See you online tonight my friend.

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Team Cutler.

Sorry, but I have a Just-War Theory class tonight

Plus, you'll need time to practice so I don't wipe the floor with you again this year

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Depends on what you like, I spend most of my time on be a gm, and that mode has been overhauled with real-life contract structures, so it feels like a totally new game to me in that aspect. As for game play, it feels like NHL 10, but the hitting is much better, sticks are constantly getting knocked loose in front of the net, goals are getting reviewed... I guess I'll put it this way, the changes from 10 to 11 are much greater than the changes from 09 to 10... If that helps at all...

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sorry about that...

And just an FYI to anyone who cares, in the game, Kovy is asking for 9.3 million a year, and no one can afford him

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Define "constantly"?

In real life this might happen 1x a game at most. If it happens a lot in the game I could see that getting really annoying really fast.

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It's weird shakes, the first game had broken sticks left and right, and players dropping sticks once ever two or three minuets... but since them it has only happened about two or three times a game... I think it depends on the style of play. That first game I was crashing the net, fore-checking like crazy, and hitting the hell out of my opponent, but after that, I was more concerned with fine-tunning my scoring ability, so I wasn't as physical... I don't think there is a quota for broken sticks per match, I think it mirrors the style of play... But give me a few more days of playing to make sure...


My Be a Pro on the Knights got a game misconduct for his second boarding penalty of the game, hope this doesn't affect my draft status...

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Gamestop.com

they gave it a 9.0 out of 10, a damn good rating for them...

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/sports/nhl1 ... ead-review

Just in case some of you were still on the fence...

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And target got it with a $10 gift card

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You never miss your wealth, till your well went dry
Seem like only yesterday, you were here smiling
Now you gone away, but I know you in a better place
No traces of you, what can I do?
Alone and confused

I love how the game flows this year. It doesn't feel like a skating contest.

Just picked this up Saturday.

Normally I don't touch any of the settings, but I'm ready to turn off penalties because I'm tired of getting called for fucking boarding every 2 minutes.

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