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Bonjour43MA · 09-19-2011, 11:55 PM

Is it just me or is this one of the worst EA hockey games ever made? NHL 10 had lots of glitch goals but it was fast and fun, NHL 11 fixed those glitch goals but the gameplay was slow as hell and too many cheese goals, and now with NHL 12 they've tweaked something again, making it really sluggish and not responsive at all... and most importantly, it's just not FUN anymore! It's like they're trying to make it more realistic every year but it's gotten slower and slower.

It's a friggin' game, keep it fun (even if it's slightly unrealistic)!

Some of my complaints:
- my players can't stay on their feet. the puck gets knocked loose way too easily
- the goalies in online versus mode are like Tim Thomas reincarnated, you need the perfect shot or one timer to beat them and they would make saves that NHL 11 goalies could only dream about
- the timing of passes and one-timers have changed... not sure how to explain it, but it's a little bit hard to predict the behavior of your button-pressing. HATE THIS.
- too many garbage goals... ugly hockey.
- hitting the post too many friggin' times. I counted 6, that's right, SIX time I hit the post/corssbar in TWO PERIODS. WTF?!?!

This game gets a solid 5 of out 10 for me. Don't waste your money paying full price for it, and if you have NHL 11 still - keep it and play that instead! Btw I have the PS3 version and I've heard comments on how the Xbox version is somehow better?!?!?!? How's that even possible that the same game plays differently on each console?

09-19-2011, 11:55 PM	#165
Bonjour43MA I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 2,764 Thanked 281 Times in 96 Posts Failed 64 Times in 25 Posts	Is it just me or is this one of the worst EA hockey games ever made? NHL 10 had lots of glitch goals but it was fast and fun, NHL 11 fixed those glitch goals but the gameplay was slow as hell and too many cheese goals, and now with NHL 12 they've tweaked something again, making it really sluggish and not responsive at all... and most importantly, it's just not FUN anymore! It's like they're trying to make it more realistic every year but it's gotten slower and slower. It's a friggin' game, keep it fun (even if it's slightly unrealistic)! Some of my complaints: - my players can't stay on their feet. the puck gets knocked loose way too easily - the goalies in online versus mode are like Tim Thomas reincarnated, you need the perfect shot or one timer to beat them and they would make saves that NHL 11 goalies could only dream about - the timing of passes and one-timers have changed... not sure how to explain it, but it's a little bit hard to predict the behavior of your button-pressing. HATE THIS. - too many garbage goals... ugly hockey. - hitting the post too many friggin' times. I counted 6, that's right, SIX time I hit the post/corssbar in TWO PERIODS. WTF?!?! This game gets a solid 5 of out 10 for me. Don't waste your money paying full price for it, and if you have NHL 11 still - keep it and play that instead! Btw I have the PS3 version and I've heard comments on how the Xbox version is somehow better?!?!?!? How's that even possible that the same game plays differently on each console? __________________ Nikonian Last edited by Bonjour43MA; 09-20-2011 at 12:06 AM.