Positive:
- The comment: The realism of the commentator is truly outstanding. Not only knows the commentator / announcer of all team names, but also used the game many phrases that bring the game a real variety. Compared to the FIFA series, the commentators are really very good.
- Everything is adjustable: you can adjust everything in this game (almost); How often should break the bat? How often punishments should be pronounced? As the players behave after the final whistle? And so on and so on.
- The enemy learns: The computer gets smarter after each turn, so you have to come up again and again new moves and can not just always go through.
- Easy to learn: As a newcomer I can say that the game is easy to learn. Within three or four games can be quite loose change from the lowest level to the next higher.
- Diversity: One can choose his club from many different clubs.
- The jubilation: The user can decide what he wants to seduce cheering after a goal, making the game very loosens.
- The game: The game is really fun for all those who are connected to the sport of ice hockey. For me as a rookie (ie novice) really great to see how everything is regulated and what you can do.
Negatives:
- The Goalkeeper: Sometimes the keeper is set something wrong when it comes to long-distance shots. Since fall too often gates.
- The player name: In the season with the Nashville Predators I Roman Josi from Milwaukee erected, which had the number 90 and is therefore only called the announcer Number 90. Although Pekka Rinne has an assist, he is called "Pekka Rinna" and name Nick Spalings is mispronounced. However, these minor defects interfere with the gameplay is limited.
- Too much influence from the computer: The GM has in season mode too much "power" and often makes Competitions reversed. Even with off assistant coach this still happens.
Conclusion:
I advise several definitely for sale: The game, which should focus on, is this really great, the variety of clubs fans of the game, and the price-performance ratio is truly amazing (almost 28 euros for the PS3). Even those who had never been an NHL game in hand (like me), this game can easily learn and work out in training mode to learn the most important features.