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Originally Posted by Bonjour43MA

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way... this game may have been "refined" by EA, but it is nowhere as FUN as NHL09. There is a point where realism gets in the way of actually enjoying the game, and NHL10 is the perfect example of that - clumsy controls, lagging, passes that go to places that you did not want them to go, checks that simply bounce people around when they should've been stopped/knocked down, and etc.

Sounds realistic? Probably. Fun? Not so much.

I'm not a fan of having to "charge" passes, but not having perfect passes every time does make things more realistic. I also like how you can bounce passes off the walls and the computer will automatically skate onto it.

As for checks that simply bounce off, it's because the player is too small/not a checker. You don't expect Kyle Wellwood to lay crunching hits in real life, and it won't happen in NHL10 either.