Face Off 2009: NHL 2K9 vs. NHL 09

Game Chronicles: "I’m all for competition. A few years ago in the video game market there were competitors for every major league sport. It was great for the gamer as year after year more innovative features were introduced to try and top the competition. Then EA started throwing money around and suddenly the NFL, NASCAR and some NCAA sports were limited to one publisher. Where’s the fun in that?

But a few sports still have competition. Baseball, basketball, soccer, and hockey are still a yearly battle between two or more publishers on several platforms. Last year it was really difficult to pick my favorite hockey game so I decided to make a feature chart. People liked it so much that it was kind of a given that I had to do it again this year, if not to compare games, then just to see what areas had improved from last year."