Presented by Gary Darby Basic Information Game Title NHL 10 Company Author Electronic Arts Type of Game Sports hockey Price 30 new at http www gamestop com Browse Se arch aspx N 133 173 Requirements Minimum Stated Hardware Requirements Actual Hardware Required The answer to both is any XBOX 360 Game Summary Quick Overview Various game modes but no matter how you slice it hockey is hockey Game Modes Playoff Mode Season Mode Be A Pro Mode From Existing or New Players On or Offline Be a GM Mode Tournament Mode Practice Mode Shootout Mode Pro 3 Story Lines Pro GM Team Be a Pro You may begin your career by either competing in a Prospect Game and entering the NHL through an entry draft or by picking your team Once you are on a team you start off on the third line of the team s AHL team From there by meeting certain requirements based on your chosen position you can make your way all the up to the first line of your NHL team NHL Pro Same as Be a Pro except you instead start off as an existing player in the NHL GM You play as the GM of an existing NHL team You can manage your team by doing things such as continuing contracts and making trades with other teams Team For modes such as Season Mode and Playoff Mode you play as the entire team You have full access to making trades changing lines and controlling anyone or everyone on the team during games controlling one person at a time Player s Role Depending on your game mode you either are one member of the team the entire team or the GM Installation It takes less than 10 minutes and all the user has to do is begin the installation There are no more steps to follow example of what it looks like when installing a game on the XBOX 360 User Interface Very well made Easy to learn Players are placed in a tutorial the first time the game is run All information is easily found Game Play NHL 10 has remarkable Game Play Some of the many things it does are Provides a challenge every time Allows players to socialize through online game play Allows players to play on their own against a very well made A I Provides bragging rights by allowing players to gain levels provided that they are signed onto EA Provides an emotional experience to the user through the use of instant replays and the ability to create a highlight reel to always look back and enjoy some of their favorite in game moments Allows players to fantasize about actually being a member of an NHL team through their revolutionary Be A Pro system The user gets to experience working their way from an AHL team all the way to the pros Scoring Same as any other hockey game If the puck goes over the goal line it is a goal Some instances of this are not allowed in real life such as kicking the puck over the line but this is not taken into account in this game Artwork The character models look somewhat like the players they are supposed to look like but it is clear that gameplay took precedence over artwork in the game Clarification the character models do look good just don t look always look entirely like the player Sound and Music Sound and music is fantastic When a player gets hit with a bone crushing hit it sounds exactly like it does in real life Same thing with the goal post In some games if you merely tapped into the post with the puck it would sound the same as a 110 mph shot hitting it In this game the sound varies depending on how hard the puck hit the post Custom Music The game allows you to fully customize many aspects of the game For every single team in the league you can set the music you want to play for a large variety of events For instance when a goal is scored and the Red Wings are the home team you can have it play one song while choosing an entirely different song if they are the away team Special Features Battle for the Cup Mode GM Mode You can manage an existing NHL team Board Battles New Fight System Start off in the final round of the playoffs against a team of your choice First Person fighting system with the result of a fight affecting the momentum of the teams Hockey Shop Gear for a Be A Pro can be made available either by completing in game challenge or through purchase using Microsoft Points Manual There is a 14 page manual that comes with the game that provides little if any additional information other than the Game Access Code that you use to register the game online with EA Bugs Goalie moves on preset paths until the user takes control of them After whistle penalties I ve never successfully been able to do the jersey pull Board battle range The user that initiated the after whistle hitting isn t always or usually the one that gets called When a player gets hit a few times both teams start to hit each other relentlessly and the user is only able to keep their current player from hitting back Jersey pull during fights This has resulted in someone shooting a puck all the way across the ice around my goalie and into the net Sometimes it pulls people to the boards that are far enough away were the board battle should not have occurred Penalty Shots The game skips a bit when a penalty shot is called Game Review What is good fun about the game Why Realistic Game Play The user is given a lot of control during the game play Rather than there merely being a deke button the player is instead given control of the players stick and able to create their own moves The user may choose from a variety of roles team pro GM depending on which one they prefer What is bad not fun about the game Why Repetition NHL 10 is a hockey game that is the most realistic hockey game I ve come across That being said hockey is hockey This means that when looking at it from a certain perspective there are only so many different ways one game can differ from the next Poor Ending Season Mode ends with the Stanley Cup You are not able to continue on and play another season You must make a new one if you want to play another one How does it compare to similar games in the same genre By far the best hockey game on the market today Why is it better or worse than similar games Better graphics Better Game Play Better Controls Better A I Controlled Players Better A I Controlled Goaltenders Better Sounds and Music Better Fighting More Realistic Nothing worse than similar games such as NHL 2k9 What is the appropriate audience for this game The official rating is …
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