EA's NHL 07 shocked and awed when it debuted its skill stick last season (considered the first true next-gen sports innovation), but the game shot wide with its 30 frames per second visuals that made the whole thing feel a bit choppy. The 60 frames per second early version of NHL 08 we saw recently is missing most of the chop and jerk that held 07 back from being a sports game of the year contender. Canadians and the 1,857 U.S. hockey fans can now rejoice!
Beyond the framerate doubling, the NHL developers have three goals for 08 going forward: advance the skill stick, add depth, and improve the core mechanics (skating, AI, checking).
The NHL games need more mini-games, so you can actually see and control the action, do this and the game might become fun.
Two of the reports are really just opinions, just like this article. Why report someone for having an opinion when your report is nothing but an opinion? That's called being a hypocrite.
Buy low, sell high. It's a well-known phrase in the stock market and it applies equally well to videogame traders. The Goozex Report breaks down which Xbox 360 games are currently dropping in value so that you don't buy high and sell low.
When it comes to hockey on the 360, you have several choices. This article makes recommendations on which hockey game to choose along with a review of NHL 08. This blog is especially useful for gamers who prefer to trade games as opposed to spending cash. When you trade for games, you're not always playing the latest-and-greatest, sometimes you have to settle for last year's game.
1up your lame "and the 1,857 U.S. hockey fans can now rejoice!" are you serious? In Colorado hockey is one of the biggest sports and we have competitive teams in all sports...we sold out every home game for the Avalanche for like 7 years straight til the lockout screwed us and we lost EVERYONE! and the games are still always full...idiots...that line made me not even want to read their writing, I will read IGN's report as it should be soon as well.