It definitely looks like a simulation, I will say that. It does not serve your supposed simulation aspect of the game to have gameplay that revolves around the same arcade elements I was playing with when I was growing up. It is here, where the game continues to fail in the same ways it has always failed. This is intended to be a simulation-based experience of what professional hockey is like. Unfortunately, though, EA has not set out to make the best arcade version of NHL hockey for everyone to go wild with. James Cybulski and Ray Ferraro are still a great commentating pair, and do a great job to keep the intensity of the game up. It is also endless fun to constantly pile on goals against your friends just by annoying them with one-timers and cross-crease passes that almost always end with the puck in the back of the net. Following it up with a shot that knocks the goalies’ bottle off the top of the net is just the nice cherry on top. It is endlessly fun to absolutely undress the opposing defender with a clever toe drag or pulling the puck between your legs and past them. It’s a great example of a game giving you just enough context so that you can build at least a small connection with what’s happening in-game. And spoiler alert-I scored.ĭespite how simple it may seem, it didn’t really take much before I was yelling at the ref or opposing players on my screen like they can hear me, and thinking about how the coach wanted me to keep the puck moving on my next shift. NHL Ones still does a great job of capturing that feeling of Saturday morning shinny with friends.
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