Enjoy gems such as.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/897/897350p1.html
"The camera shakes on a wicked check and there's more of a studio presence in between periods."
"More impressive is the attention to detail come playoff time. If you play through a season and make it into the playoffs, you'll witness the famed tradition of the playoff beard. Here's the crazy part: 2K researched how each player grows a beard. You'll see accurate representations of length, thickness and speed of growth. For those players who've never been to the playoffs, 2K made educated guesses. On top of this, there's a special surprise for those skilled enough to claim the Stanley Cup."
Are you fucking serious?
"as I found it harder to cut quickly on ice and some may find the slower movement to be sluggish. But player movements are more true to hockey now -- it would just be nice to be able to have turbo give a true boost to your speed."
It's sluggish.....but more true to hockey. Huh?
"Shootouts have also seen turn to a friendlier scheme. When on offense, shootouts proceed as you would expect. You make your way down the ice, hoping to deke the goalie and get on into the net."
Ummmmm wtf else are you supposed to do on a shootout? They were more complaicated than this before?
"Rather than normal goalie controls, your task is managing your goalie's line of sight. You need to keep the goalie's green vision cone aimed at the puck as it moves across the ice. The goalie will move and adjust on his own. When the opponent shoots, you need to hit the block button to throw up a glove or drop to your knees to stop the shot. Time it right and you'll successfully defend the goal. If you use a great goalie, this is a very easy task. In fact, you may never need to adjust the vision cone at all. Lesser goalies will find defense in the shootout a real chore."
Great. An all purpose "stop the puck" button. Yawn.
"For those who want a bit more fun with their hockey, 2K added a Zamboni mode between periods. If you choose to drive the Zamboni, you'll be given three minutes to clean up as much ice as possible. The controls are simple -- just gas and break on the triggers -- but it's a nice break from hockey. You can also play against a friend, competing to see who can clean 50% of the rink first. This leads to a Zamboni derby, as the two of you bash into one another, trying to prove who is king of the rink."
Jesus is weeping. It's bad enough that whoever writes the NHL reviews every year at IGN has never actually played the game (since every year that say each game is the best represintation of the game on the ice, yet the next year talk about how bad and unrealistic the games were) but when the devs focus on such stoopid fucking things like this it's no wonder people don't buy hockey games. It's like they try to fail.
