Recommend buying this game
-Lag online has disappeared mostly for me, 6v6 is silky smooth 99% of the time
-Eashl is a lot of fun, they didn't fix the ability for players to pause and whatnot but the rest is really good
-the gameplay itself is fantastic, it actually feels like hockey most of the time. There are very few goals that are unfair and usually are a result of mistakes. The skating is amazing, it feels like actually skating. Johnny hockey feels like playing as Johnny, Brodie like Brodie, Dougie like Dougie etc. Watching Johnny backcheck for a second looked like real hockey.
-The best part is the improved collisions, skating and animations, hitting someone actually feels like hitting someone and the weird magnety sliding off of players is mostly gone. I had a guy playing keep away in my zone and I couldn't get the puck, but it wasn't frustrating because it wasn't EA bs where you hit a guy and he bounces off, the opponent had such good skating and stick handling that it was a skill differential that was visibly apparent. Not a single game ended up with me losing that felt unfair, no out shooting 40-9 and losing. Great game, has some minor glitches but it's a massive step forward especially in terms of animations and skating, actually looks like hockey
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