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This sounds incredible. The 3x3 online MP pickup games from 08 were a blast- this will be 10x better if they can get it to work lag free. I would have bought 09 anyway (08 was fantastic), but this completely seals the deal. CANNOT WAIT.
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That looks pretty incredible. I hope they do that for basketball because there aren't dead positions in basketball. It would suck to be the goalie if your team is wrecking shit... Now that I think about it, I couldn't imagine it ever being really fun to be the goalie.
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I was thinking the exact opposite, being a goalie would be the first position I would want to try.
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That does sound pretty cool and I don't even like Hockey.
Too bad a baseball version of this doesn't make a lot of sense.
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That does sound pretty cool and I don't even like Hockey.
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Fascinating. Unlikely to gain traction, but fascinating. I'd love for it to make a splash - mostly because of basketball.
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You're so out of touch with hockey. This will draw a lot of attention from people who have given up on hockey games or hockey in general, and obviously the people who already play NHL. Being able to setup plays with other competent people is a god damned gift from God. BAH! You're touched in the head sometimes. |
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You're so out of touch with hockey. This will draw a lot of attention from people who have given up on hockey games or hockey in general, and obviously the people who already play NHL. Being able to setup plays with other competent people is a god damned gift from God. BAH! You're touched in the head sometimes. You are canadian. And on that note, NiX, how many copies is this gonna sell? Just ballpark that shit. Edit: Like I said, I want it to gain enough traction that shit transfers over to other sports. I'm just not deluded enough to think that it will. You can't prove otherwise, but EA can. |
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Margalis
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Being able to setup plays with other competent people is a god damned gift from God. BAH! You're touched in the head sometimes.
What about being able to setup plays with retards who fuck up then call you a fag? Who is that a gift from? |
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Microsoft.
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Baseball? Fuck that noise.
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Hmm, I'll have to be sure to give a copy of this game a spin this fall.
So who's gonna be up for some hockey?
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I'll be good for it, though I've never played any of the earlier iterations online before. Would give me a good excuse to reactivate my gold account so I can stream Netflix too.
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Unless we can scare up 20+ people for a team (so there are always teammates on), I will probably join up with the 2+2 folks. If I can somehow be on more than 1 team, that would be ideal. |
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I'm sure I could be scared up.
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I'm plenty scared for this.
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So... do we grind for Rink Points and save up for Brutal Gladiator Composite Sticks or.. how does this work? Where's the grind?
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So, the demo is up on XBL...
At the very least, it kicks the shit out of 2k9. I have no idea wtf they think they're doing over at 2ksports.
And the new Play a Pro (or whatever) feature seems very interesting.
And a big plus; they didn't fuck with the controls too much. They changed a few little things, but apparently for the better.
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Azaroth
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I still want to grind for months and months to save up points for a Brutal Gladiator Composite.
But there should be a rating for the shoulderpads. They're the most visible part.
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That sounds amazing. I'll wait to see how it pans out for the PS3 version, but if things go smoothly I'm down. This will probably be the first hockey game I buy since NHL 95.
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I have been playing the everloving crap out of the demo. BAP mode is a blast, and will be like chocolate-covered Robot Jesus when I can track my stats. I am a part of an EASHL team from 2+2 (poker site); we have ~20 members so far. If possible, I would like to get an F13 team together, but I fear we may not be numerous enough to have teammates online most of the time. If we can have multiple online characters, I would love to do multiple teams.
I plan on going to pick this up early tomorrow morning (telecommute FTW!!). I can play and still monitor work stuff pretty easily. I will post the specifics on the EASHL stuff as soon as I figure them out.
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Oh shit, this DOES come out tomorrow. Fuck.  We can use created players, right? And are they finally going to put back in the whole "skill point limit" thing from earlier games? There was no reason other than "rp'ing" to not give myself straight 99's in past games. |
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As I understand it, there are some ridiculous number of skills, and a limited number of points to bump them. The higher they go, the harder they are to improve (according to the IGN review), so I doubt you can crank everything to 99, at least in online play. My first player is going to be a Bertuzzi-type power forward (#44, of course). I hope I can make a bunch, because snipers, danglers and playmakers are fun to play as well. |
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My first player is going to be a Bertuzzi-type power forward (#44, of course). I hope I can make a bunch, because snipers, danglers and playmakers are fun to play as well.
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You are a cruel man.
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Also, in stores 9/10...BOOOO  |
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I can't tell you how bitter I am. Every other goddamned game I have seen is available in stores ON its ship date from EBgames/gamestop/other online retailers. I telecommute Mon/Tues, so it was PERFECT! Even had my buddy come over so we could play all day. We ended up playing 08 instead.  Gonna grab it at lunch today. If it is not available by then I may go on some sort of violent spree. |
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Well I've already got my copy sitting here beside me while I wait for work to end. So I'm assuming you should have yours today considering I'm in Canada and we usually tend to get things late.
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Yep, I am in the same boat. My copy is sitting in my car waiting for me to drive it home and play it until my thumbs fall off.
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Doing some reading and watching Olbermann before I play.
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Got in 3 or 4 games last night with my online team (we didn't win any, but they were close!). This is going to be really fun. If you want to join the club, register at http://eashlforum.com and post in the recruitment forum. Mention that I invited you to join. The more the merrier, since we couldn't quite field a full team last night. Ideally we would have 3 or 3 games going at one time! |
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Must buy XBOX360…
How is the skating, have they improved it so it doesn't feel like my dudes are going in slow-motion (I missed last season release and my last taste of EA NHL was on NHL07 on PS2 and XBOX)…?
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The past two versions are LIGHT YEARS ahead of the old stuff. Totally different feel, and the Skill Stick stuff is outstanding.
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