I heard that Tiger Woods, when asked what he thought about the Stanley Cup outcome commented that he didn't think anyone actually watched hockey. Doh!
There is only an up or down--up to a man's age-old dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order--or down to the ant heap totalitarianism,... those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course.
6 v 6 online is a little too hardcore for me. I'll get it just for the roster updates and for the fact that it's my god-damned duty as a Canadian gamer to own it (now that I have the means, yay). Improved features so far just seem like garden variety back-of-the-box stuff to me, but I'll reserve judgement for later.
NHL 08 was frankly the best hockey game I've played in a long time, so I'll give them a pass if they haven't quite figured out on how to improve on an amazing game without breaking what's amazing about it just for the sake of change. Take your time, boys.
One feature that I absolutely insist that they bring back, though, is the Fantasy Draft. There is no excuse for why I can't play a season or dynasty with a Fantasy draft.
Finally - Dion Phaneuf as cover athlete? Yawn. Since when does Pierre McGuire do game development? Assuming Crosby was too expensive, Malkin, Zetterburg, and Luongo were all better choices.
As for Tiger Woods, why should I care what a professional outdoor hobbyist has to say about a real sport?
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I'm pretty sure Gabe Newell hangs out on top of the Valve building like Father Gregori, firing warning shots over any Sony people that come within fifty paces of the door.
I will buy this entertainment product. I will drive to my place of residence after securing said entertainment product. I will then remove the disc from the wrapping surrounding said entertainment product, carefully place the disc into the appropriate receptacle of my entertainment console of choice and activate the close mechanism. While the entertainment product loads I will remove my pants and stroke myself with great joy and wonder as the entertainment product entices me with its graphical prowess. At some point thereafter, I may interact with said entertainment product for the purposes for which it is intended.
I will buy this entertainment product. I will drive to my place of residence after securing said entertainment product. I will then remove the disc from the wrapping surrounding said entertainment product, carefully place the disc into the appropriate receptacle of my entertainment console of choice and activate the close mechanism. While the entertainment product loads I will remove my pants and stroke myself with great joy and wonder as the entertainment product entices me with its graphical prowess. At some point thereafter, I my interact with said entertainment product for the purposes for which it is intended.
I feel dirty just having read this.
Also, didn't the hockey season just end? Wasn't there some sort of chrome chalice involved?
With all that is going on in the NHL it’s the perfect time to discuss the newest feature in NHL 09 - Be A Pro! I can't tell you everything but I can tell you this....Shhhh. The mode starts you out as a top prospect in an NHL organization, where you will be assigned to the teams AHL affiliate to work your way up to the big club. While down there you will have to play well and earn the trust of the coaches, for you to start playing on the teams top lines. Your very own hockey card will mark your progress, from your rookie days to a potentially legendary ending.
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The dump and chase style will be a genuine way to win a game. (The new flip dump will sometimes bounce over the defensemen’s stick and get him in all sorts of trouble. Then you can use the lift stick or the new checking system to get the puck back using one of the new forecheck strategies).
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Lower skilled players will have a tougher time deking and scoring than in previous years.
Did you watch Sidney Crosby protect the puck with one hand on the stick when powering his way to the net? You can do that too.
Separate line changes for forwards and d-men (finally)
Sweetest part of Be A Pro mode for me is my last name is in the game . Thanks Pascal!
I will buy this entertainment product. I will drive to my place of residence after securing said entertainment product. I will then remove the disc from the wrapping surrounding said entertainment product, carefully place the disc into the appropriate receptacle of my entertainment console of choice and activate the close mechanism. While the entertainment product loads I will remove my pants and stroke myself with great joy and wonder as the entertainment product entices me with its graphical prowess. At some point thereafter, I may interact with said entertainment product for the purposes for which it is intended.
My thread. My poor thread.
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Look ^. Right up there ^^^. See those lovely details? What do I get for it? Crickets is what. Know what that means? I'll be "stroking" alone. So alone.
Ok, Ted Nolan was fired again after being saved from his "exile". I guess there really was/is a problem with this guy, and he wasn't being black-balled.
Q&A that might just make it difficult to sleep tonight.
Users will have the ability to create clubs that can have up to 50 players. A team must recruit players to their teams. This will be done through three ways: Friends is obviously the easiest way, as you can call up or message a buddy to invite them to play on your team. Another way is the ability to view the EA Sports Hockey League leaderboards and see player statistics and grades and then invite players who you feel would be a good fit for your team.
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 - 4:10am
On a wholly unrelated note, isn't this years coverboy one of the most hated D-men in the league right now? Maybe it was Phaneuf, maybe someone on Colorado, but I remember there being some exceptionally good Defenseman this year who was reviled as "Punk #1" on a lot of boards.
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I've been a bit of a hockey fan but hesitant to get into the games. I might pick this one up though. Hope some of you don't mind if I add you to Xbox Live to get a few online games going as I'm probably one of the only people in San Diego that I know who enjoy hockey.
Cant' wait for this to come out! A friend of mine and I have had a constant rivalry over the last 10 years of the EA hockey games. He just got his 360 and will be getting a Live account and NHL 09 when it's released. So there's a couple more to add to the list at least. Hope to get some games in with you guys.
The online league looks like a sh*t load of fun. Not sure that I could make the cut though. I've had my ass handed to me several times online in 08, but I get a little better each time. I gotta get the stick control down better.
Been playing the demo over and over again on the PS3. I heard all about how good NHL 08 was, but I missed playing it much myself.
Wow. The default settings and physics are WAY too "sim" for an EA Sports game! Where's the ridiculous blast'em body checks in open ice? Where's the puck that bounces like those rubber balls from vending machines? Where's the speed cranked to 11 that removes all sense of pacing and strategy?
Oh, right. They're all in NHL2K.
This game is like Fight Night - that brilliant point where EA presentation and polish somehow hook up with great design and a love for the sport. Count me waaay in. This just threw elbows at SOCOM, LittleBigPlanet, and Left 4 Dead to forcibly lay claim to a not-insubstantial slice of my fall gaming time.
Of course EA had to start making great hockey games when the Kings suck balls!
Yeah, I caved and grabbed a PS3 this weekend to cover my jonesing while my 360 is in the red ring shop. I'm unsure how I feel about their new defensive stick control mechanism -- somehow EA and 2K stood in the same room this year and said "we'll make the defensive stick control automatically poke-check as the first movement" -- but everything else is gold. And the game plays very differently from '08. Pucks are loose far more often and the AI appears more aggressive on the defense.
2K isn't as bad as you make out. The 2K9 demo has me believing 2K made significant strides this year in several ways. It's a bizarre demo, though, as the player models and faces are worse than last year, the goalies are worse in most ways, but the skating and hitting animations are excellent. The hitting animations in particular are the one thing that blows '09 out of the water with the diversity and believability.
I heard that Tiger Woods, when asked what he thought about the Stanley Cup outcome commented that he didn't think anyone actually watched hockey. Doh!
There is only an up or down--up to a man's age-old dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order--or down to the ant heap totalitarianism,... those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course.
I see what you're trying to do here but I won't let you!
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6 v 6 online is a little too hardcore for me. I'll get it just for the roster updates and for the fact that it's my god-damned duty as a Canadian gamer to own it (now that I have the means, yay). Improved features so far just seem like garden variety back-of-the-box stuff to me, but I'll reserve judgement for later.
NHL 08 was frankly the best hockey game I've played in a long time, so I'll give them a pass if they haven't quite figured out on how to improve on an amazing game without breaking what's amazing about it just for the sake of change. Take your time, boys.
One feature that I absolutely insist that they bring back, though, is the Fantasy Draft. There is no excuse for why I can't play a season or dynasty with a Fantasy draft.
Finally - Dion Phaneuf as cover athlete? Yawn. Since when does Pierre McGuire do game development? Assuming Crosby was too expensive, Malkin, Zetterburg, and Luongo were all better choices.
As for Tiger Woods, why should I care what a professional outdoor hobbyist has to say about a real sport?
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I will buy this entertainment product. I will drive to my place of residence after securing said entertainment product. I will then remove the disc from the wrapping surrounding said entertainment product, carefully place the disc into the appropriate receptacle of my entertainment console of choice and activate the close mechanism. While the entertainment product loads I will remove my pants and stroke myself with great joy and wonder as the entertainment product entices me with its graphical prowess. At some point thereafter, I may interact with said entertainment product for the purposes for which it is intended.
Rock Band Name Generator!... too funny to merely be coincidence.
"Truly, this mishap has set back the swamp sciences several years." - H.P. Lovesauce, lamenting a tragedy.
I feel dirty just having read this.
Also, didn't the hockey season just end? Wasn't there some sort of chrome chalice involved?
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I'm in this year. I'll buy whichever hockey you guys tell me to. I miss playing hockey with you all. Did the leagues work out last year?
Are you two into trying new things?
Yummy. Some snippets:
Sweetest part of Be A Pro mode for me is my last name is in the game
. Thanks Pascal!
Rock Band Name Generator!... too funny to merely be coincidence.
"Truly, this mishap has set back the swamp sciences several years." - H.P. Lovesauce, lamenting a tragedy.
My thread. My poor thread.
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PSN: MrGreenPSN
Wii: 4859 2... oh f*ck it.
Look ^. Right up there ^^^. See those lovely details? What do I get for it? Crickets is what. Know what that means? I'll be "stroking" alone. So alone.
And more.
Rock Band Name Generator!... too funny to merely be coincidence.
"Truly, this mishap has set back the swamp sciences several years." - H.P. Lovesauce, lamenting a tragedy.
Give more more sliders to toy with to tweak the game to my likes/dislikes and i'm sold.
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has anybody seen the penis?
MaxShrek .. looks like Jake.. drives like Elwood.
WRONG THREAD, BRAINIAC!
Rock Band Name Generator!... too funny to merely be coincidence.
"Truly, this mishap has set back the swamp sciences several years." - H.P. Lovesauce, lamenting a tragedy.
ooph
MaxShrek .. looks like Jake.. drives like Elwood.
Interview with Littman, including a video of Be A Pro mode. Yummy.
Rock Band Name Generator!... too funny to merely be coincidence.
"Truly, this mishap has set back the swamp sciences several years." - H.P. Lovesauce, lamenting a tragedy.
Q&A that might just make it difficult to sleep tonight.
Users will have the ability to create clubs that can have up to 50 players. A team must recruit players to their teams. This will be done through three ways: Friends is obviously the easiest way, as you can call up or message a buddy to invite them to play on your team. Another way is the ability to view the EA Sports Hockey League leaderboards and see player statistics and grades and then invite players who you feel would be a good fit for your team.
"This is way, way more bad boy than you're gonna be able to handle." - Tommy Gavin on Rescue Me.
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On a wholly unrelated note, isn't this years coverboy one of the most hated D-men in the league right now? Maybe it was Phaneuf, maybe someone on Colorado, but I remember there being some exceptionally good Defenseman this year who was reviled as "Punk #1" on a lot of boards.
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This would be interesting to get, but I'm Tie Domi when it comes to the NHL series (see: I suck).
MaxShrek .. looks like Jake.. drives like Elwood.
New video at GameTrailers showing some Create a Player and Be A Pro mode including online league. So hot.
Rock Band Name Generator!... too funny to merely be coincidence.
"Truly, this mishap has set back the swamp sciences several years." - H.P. Lovesauce, lamenting a tragedy.
If this is as cool as it sounds and looks...I don't see the disc leaving my 360 for months.
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I want in.
Are you two into trying new things?
I've been a bit of a hockey fan but hesitant to get into the games. I might pick this one up though. Hope some of you don't mind if I add you to Xbox Live to get a few online games going as I'm probably one of the only people in San Diego that I know who enjoy hockey.
Cant' wait for this to come out! A friend of mine and I have had a constant rivalry over the last 10 years of the EA hockey games. He just got his 360 and will be getting a Live account and NHL 09 when it's released. So there's a couple more to add to the list at least. Hope to get some games in with you guys.
The online league looks like a sh*t load of fun. Not sure that I could make the cut though. I've had my ass handed to me several times online in 08, but I get a little better each time. I gotta get the stick control down better.
Been playing the demo over and over again on the PS3. I heard all about how good NHL 08 was, but I missed playing it much myself.
Wow. The default settings and physics are WAY too "sim" for an EA Sports game! Where's the ridiculous blast'em body checks in open ice? Where's the puck that bounces like those rubber balls from vending machines? Where's the speed cranked to 11 that removes all sense of pacing and strategy?
Oh, right. They're all in NHL2K.
This game is like Fight Night - that brilliant point where EA presentation and polish somehow hook up with great design and a love for the sport. Count me waaay in. This just threw elbows at SOCOM, LittleBigPlanet, and Left 4 Dead to forcibly lay claim to a not-insubstantial slice of my fall gaming time.
Of course EA had to start making great hockey games when the Kings suck balls!
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Yeah, I caved and grabbed a PS3 this weekend to cover my jonesing while my 360 is in the red ring shop. I'm unsure how I feel about their new defensive stick control mechanism -- somehow EA and 2K stood in the same room this year and said "we'll make the defensive stick control automatically poke-check as the first movement" -- but everything else is gold. And the game plays very differently from '08. Pucks are loose far more often and the AI appears more aggressive on the defense.
2K isn't as bad as you make out. The 2K9 demo has me believing 2K made significant strides this year in several ways. It's a bizarre demo, though, as the player models and faces are worse than last year, the goalies are worse in most ways, but the skating and hitting animations are excellent. The hitting animations in particular are the one thing that blows '09 out of the water with the diversity and believability.
I'm still leaning towards '09, though.
Rock Band Name Generator!... too funny to merely be coincidence.
"Truly, this mishap has set back the swamp sciences several years." - H.P. Lovesauce, lamenting a tragedy.
Demo finally out on 360 as well
"This is way, way more bad boy than you're gonna be able to handle." - Tommy Gavin on Rescue Me.
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Is it October 31st yet? I don't want to call this the best *sports* game ever just yet, but hot damn!
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They have weird release dates in Tejas? It's due September 11th in every other state in the union.
Rock Band Name Generator!... too funny to merely be coincidence.
"Truly, this mishap has set back the swamp sciences several years." - H.P. Lovesauce, lamenting a tragedy.