NHL 12

videogametalk.com review
Fans of the NHL series are unlikely to skip an entry, for any number of reasons, including the roster and uniform updates, the online play or the simple lack of competition, and there's no reason to start now, as this version's tweaks offer a genuine improvement over last year's well-regarded title, once you adjust to the more realistic controls (either through practice or tuner adjustments.) Hell, just the addition of the Winter Classic alone might make it worth the purchase price, and you can consider the overblown legends a little bonus thrown in with the multitude of modes and options available to you.
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gamernode.com review
Sitting back and taking a look at the season that is NHL 12, I believe that players will find themselves with the most complete, authentic, and flat-out enjoyable hockey game in long time. The sheer depth and variety of modes can keep you coming back whether it's for a game, season, or entire career. HUT is just as addicting as the year before, and though the introduction of the legends did seem to fall a bit short, it was still a solid inclusion to the franchise. Wrap it up with a new collision system that delivers the sense of what it's like to be in the trenches during a hockey contest, and you've got yourself a game that no fan of the sport should be without.
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gaming-age.com review
If all that wasn't enough, you can now play another new mode called Be a Legend, which allows you to play as a former NHL Legend player to see how he stacks up against the best of today's crop of NHL superstars. Most of the legends are locked and require certain other mode game objectives to open them up, but once you do that you have the access to big times players like Jeremy Roenick, Patrick Roy, Steve Yzerman, Gordie Howe, and of course the great one Wayne Gretsky. This is a love letter to hardcore fans of the NHL and we thank you for it EA.
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gamechronicles.com review
Overall, the amount of different play modes both online and offline are staggering. There is something for just about everyone and when you get tired of one mode there is something different to explore. The inclusion of the Ultimate Team trading cards from Upper Deck is brilliant. We can only hope they increase the customization and expandability next year with a decent team builder application. NHL 12 improves on several areas that make this game even better than last year. But unfortunately EA left areas like team creation untouched. I expect quite a few Sports Game of the Year awards to be heading from NHL’s shelf to FIFA’s shelf this year. Luckily, they’ll just have to walk down the hallway to deliver them.
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xboxaddict.com review
Let me pick the soundtrack next year. Please. It would also be great (in an ideal, less payment for licensing world) if you could get all the goal horn songs from all the NHL clubs. It would be awesome to hear Holiday blare when the Canucks score at home, or Chelsea Dagger when the Blackhawks score, for example. It would also be nice to get an "ice level analyst" type of personality like Ferraro or McGuire out there. Someone who can throw out things like coaches speaking to players, or in-game injury reports like they do on real broadcasts. I'm just grasping at straws here since there's not much I can suggest gameplay wise at this point. Oh right -- PLEASE look into fixing the profile loading time issues pre-game. If I didn't have to keep waiting minutes at a time when I loaded my EA Sports games up, that would make me the happiest game reviewer on the planet.
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