NHL 07

[Changeling]

2k6 was not much of an improvement over 2k5... So it is good to see EA is trying.

I agree with you there. While I LOVE the 2K Hockey series, 2k6 seemed dialed in. The 360 version of it was terribly buggy as well. Everytime I would finish a single player game, the game would freeze. Also, I got into playing people online and amassed a decent record, only lost 3 games, top 400 and then one day I logged in to find my stats completely wiped.

I'm excited to see EA getting serious about Hockey games again. Hopefully this will light a fire under 2K and Kush's asses to make great games again. I don't know if I like the idea of shooting with the right analog, but I'll give it a try. The graphics look sweet too.

[Drewbacca]

They need to start wrestling games all over again too. A lot of shit needs a good kick in the ass to get going again. Throw out all of that last gen shit and start from scratch.

I fucking know it too. The fact that wrestling games can be more fun than actual wrestling on TV is a great reason why that is. But THQ and Yukes are terrible companies.

I wish they'd stop trying to make it look like a tv show and make it more immersive.

A lot of it is trying to be a sports game or something. Wrestling isn't a sport it's a show. The fact that I can play the game and successfully pin my opponent after punching them in the face is reason enough to scrap the current gameplay.

[Tommy Tallarico]

<3 EA

[Diff-chan]

Wrestling games have fallen into this weird funk where it's like all companies are colluding to make totally crap games. Competition normally makes products better and cheaper. But it seems to be making wrestling games worse.

[Jeremy]

Competition made wrestling games better during the N64-PSX era because there was actual competition between Aki and Yuke's. Now it's just Yuke's competing with themselves, and I'm not looking forward to the SDs being the only WWE games in town due to that. Every '05 release had terrible bugs, and I don't see that problem being fixed when it's just Yuke's making the WWE games, and making more of them at that.

[Diff-chan]

You'll still buy all of them, though.

[Jeremy]

I rarely buy wrestling games anymore, and I haven't paid full price for one in over two years.

[Drewbacca]

Luckily enough WWE's unhappy with the way THQ recieved their contract from an inside conspirator and will probably happily hand over the franchise to EA once it's up. That's my hope, atleast. Aki works regularly for EA right now so this works out.

I wonder if these new NHL games will really work on the breakaway goals. I've always wanted to see some sort gameplay implemented that really focused in on the breaking forward and the goalie. Maybe some sort of effect that dropped out the other players and dimmed the crowd noise would be a good idea.

[Diff-chan]

[Changeling]

I wonder if these new NHL games will really work on the breakaway goals. I've always wanted to see some sort gameplay implemented that really focused in on the breaking forward and the goalie. Maybe some sort of effect that dropped out the other players and dimmed the crowd noise would be a good idea.

Didn't EA try to do that in one of their recent games? I think it was 03 or 04. It was fine for single player, but it always got turned off for multiplayer.

Also , I hope both EA and 2K work on having fewer "money" goal exploits. I realize that some people like to figure them out, but it would make multiplayer and online play more fun and less robotic.