this game has SERIOUS (game breaking) problems. At first I thought it was just a little buggy, but with over 100 games in the bag now I can safely say.
#AVERAGE NHL 18TIME XBOX 1 FULL#
Originally I gave this game an 8/10, but had yet to experience the full online "experience" - most notably the EASHL mode. I hope this review helped.Įvery so often one must admit when they are wrong. I would rent this if you can, or hold off for the Black Friday doorbusters, as the EA titles usually are close to half price during that time. Gameplay: slightly improved (still missing basic nuances of the game)īuy/Rent/Wait for Sale or Take a pass?: I almost took a pass this year after I played the BETA, however, I sold my copy of NHL '17 and needed a Hockey game to play, so I reluctantly picked it up. Is this game better than NHL '17? Yes, but just slightly, Graphics: looks the same as previous years '16 & '17. goalie mask customizations, along with putting the actual goalie masks for all the star goalies in the game.
players losing an edge when trying to make quick turns player suspensions for illegal hits and game misconducts. more pucks getting deflected out of play kick players out of the faceoff circles if they are overly aggressive. we need a real time physics engine, no more canned animation BS. In closing, here are a few bullet points to help improve the series: Although, as consumers, we deserve more for our hard earned money. Unfortunately, without a competitor title being produced, this will most likely never change. The annual installments are beginning to feel more like $60 patches than completely new versions. I am starting to feel as though the NHL dev team might benefit more from doing what the NBA LIVE team just did, and take a season off.
However, so far, 18 feels more like NHL 17.2. NHL '18 does have better gameplay than NHL '17. Sure, the new 3's mode is fun, but I really feel like that is something that could have been added down the road or even as a DLC option, so that more time could have been spent on improving the overall simulation package.
But since there hasn't been much emphasis placed on the subtleties of the sport, that realism factor really suffers. Like most sports games, the atmosphere is the key to creating that illusion of realism. So weird that this continues to be ignored by the dev team. Seems crazy, considering that this is supposed to be a true hockey simulation, but we still are left with the awkward 2 man canned animations after a goal is scored, while the other on ice teammates skate away like the puck just got shot out of play. Meaning, still NO 5 MAN GOAL CELEBRATIONS!!! I cannot figure out how the FIFA developers can pull off goal celebrations like they do, but it seems to be of no importance to the NHL developers. We still have no real excitement surrounding the on ice players when you score a goal. The puck physics are pretty solid, but the physics that govern how the players interact with each other is really starting to get stale. You can jab away at a goalie freezing a puck, with little to no response from his teammates. Pucks do not go into the stands nearly enough in this game. Such as: If you are overly aggressive in the face-off circle, in real life, the official would toss you out, but not here. For example: there are little nuances in the game of hockey that make it, well you know. I so badly want to love this game, but I feel as though the developers are focusing too much on the fluff and fillers than on the actual game itself. My feelings are a bit of a mixed bag on NHL '18.
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