United announced the new True Performance Skating and that really changed the way of playing it very clear. First of all, the game is now a little slower and the players do not always with the same absolute speed over the ice. One can now no longer as in the one or other predecessors go wild in the corner behind the door, simply times rumwerfen against every law of gravity and give a hair accurate pass to a team mate, because due to the greater realism would slip now and in the gang fly. Even with surpluses or blocks you have now more sure good to be on Puck to meet this ideal.
By True Performance Skating you get especially in their own defense major problems, since you now can no longer throw wild in the shots themselves or you get bigger problems in 1v1 against a sophisticated attacker who puts a lot on Deke etc.
A great advantage for the offensive has the True Performance Skating however. When the new "Power Boost" Used wisely, the defense can simply leave times. Comes in handy on the counterattack.
The GM Connected mode is also ne nice thing would manage for each of his own team and this now may even be competing worldwide against his own friends and players.
The other strong features like EASHL were also optimized again. There also seems especially True Performance Skating on the behavior of one's own "Pro" of what should pose some difficulties, but if you attain new tactics can be the loose balance.
The animation during the games look even more like a tick on a TV broadcast. Only the always the same comment in English is a bit annoying. Since EA could do with purely bring a little variety.
All in all, NHL 13 in my opinion, by far the most realistic hockey game of all time.
