It didn't take long for 2K Sports to answer EAs challenge - they've now announced Joe Thornton as the player to be on the cover for NHL 2k7, with these images and a trailer. As a great hockey fan, I must ask - how long will it take for the developers to make the players actually interact with the stone cold hard walls AROUND the ice? I was hoping for at least an animation upgrade, but it doesn't seem like we get that. Either. The hockey genre makes me sick.
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atleast people who know hockey do
EA sells more because their game has shinier graphics and because they are "THE COOL PUBLISHERS!"
While a REAL sport fan's game (PES, NHL 2k7, Nba etc) with great gameplay gets forgotten about but who cares, the real sports fans enjoy their game more and don't need to brag. :)
PS: Kill EA.
And while we're on the subject of old games.. Bring back Blast Chamber! :-D
2K hockey games were good last gen, definately the game of choice for "hockey" people. The EA games were a bit to arcadey for my liking...
atleast people who know hockey do
I still think EA could have the better game easily if they would just abandon the arcade fanbase and go more sim style. There is a ton of hockey purists that seem to be the only dedicated fanbase to this genre, whereas the non-hockey fan doesn't usually even give these titles a look.
And for the love of god, spend a little less time on getting every bolt, banner and seat right in the stadium rendering and more time on AI, animations, and phsyics modeling. I couldn't care less if every player looked the same if it played a good game of hockey!
Remember NHL 94? aaah the good ol' days.....
"Watch Mikey - just for Superfan No. 99 here, I'm gonna make little wayne's head bleed"....