Played a few more games last night in be a gm mode. The new physics provide so much more variety in how goals happen, its no longer the same 3 types of goals you'd see last gen. I really dig the variety of plays you end up seeing due to puck bounces or even collisions. They definitely got some things right on the ice in this game.
I also like that if I don't play positonally and try to run around making big hits, it ends up costing me. I have to be more structured in my defensive play.
So far this sucky game (and it does suck in many ways) is keeping me coming back more than any of the last few efforts.
The biggest problem is it just feels unfinished.
Oh, and just to re-iterate, the commentary is insultingly bad, its actually hard to listen to at times. "Recoiling"? "waffleboarding"? WTF?
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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