No kidding is the GUI a joke. These ported menus just don't work on a PC. If I have the opportunity to use a mouse.. drag & drop, drop down menus, and scrolling should be POSSIBLE!! I don't want to edit my lines in 'boxes' at a time!!
Honestly I think those guys have problems realizing what it is they have to rebuild from scratch and what it is they can leave. The Menus are fine!! Notice how Madden generally keeps their PC menu functionality and console menu functionality apart.
NHL needs to do that. Meanwhile it is their AI that needs to be rebuilt. Stop building on top of an already mediocre NHL03 engine, and just do it right.. once! NHL04 was a good build on top of the NHL03 engine, and then they just screw it up when "tweaking" for 05.
Anyways hopefully this Authenticity that Littman speaks of is about gameplay simulation and not, proper brand names, and jersey tucks on individual players.
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