ESPN NHL Hockey

Well if you want real hockey, go strap on some skates and play. Otherwise you will never be able to experiance it! Hockey is to complicated and requires too much skill to make into a flawless video game. So those of you out there looking for the PERFECT hockey sim on a game system, forget it!!! It will never happen!! ESPN Hockey is the closest you will get. The graphics are better Than EA Sports(as always!)and the game play is superb! I will admit it seems that your team mates(controlled by the computer) tend to just stand there and look at the puck. But I found that changing the strategy makes a big difference! Control of the players is smooth and easy to master. The "deek" feature added this year makes breaking in on the goalie a bit more exciting. You will find that scoring is not easy, but just like in real hockey, if you plan, create room and have patience, you will score. As far as one timers, when done at the right time, the back of the net will be found. Rob Blake(for me) has scored several one timers from the blue line. It is not easy, but can be done. The extras of the game are good. There is so much that I won't get into it. Just know that they are great and add to the game. Commentary is good. If you play the game all the time, everyday, it can become annoying like anything else would. If you owned NHL2K3 and thought it was good, you are in for a surprise. There are alot of excellent changes making it worth the money!! If you are one of those still wasting your money on the EA Sports NHL Franchise, STOP WASTING YOUR MONEY!!! ESPN Hockey is the best hockey game(to date)on a console! The ONLY choice for hockey games!!!