NHL 07
NHL 07 is a revolution in hockey gaming. Its dual analog control revolutionizes how hockey video games areplayed. Organic goalie controls and advanced new features take your game further, for the kind of hockey you've always dreamed of playing. Dynasty with new CBA and Salary Cap Depth Feel Like a GM, without the micro-management New in-game announce team of Gary Thorne and Bill Clement
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NHL 07 Reviews
Great game. The rosters were up to date for when it came out, the gameplay is awesome, the controls are easy to learn, the fighting you get to do is hilarious, and it's easy to follow the puck and your players. If you're into hockey, buy this game.
In this game you are stuck with the same 5 emo songs over and over. The Dynasty mode is seriously lacking and is showing it's age as being about as sophisticated as it was 5 years ago. The music is incredibly irritating, just like 2K7. Though in 2K7 you can select your own soundtrack. Definitely the most fun hockey game to play, if you just want to sit down and play a game or two. go for NHL 2K7. If you are looking to manage your team, chemistry, rosters, trade buy and sell, etc.
I love this game, plus it's the only way i'm gonna see the Boston Bruins win a cup anytime soon.
now the current gen of NHL has been fairly well maligned, and since 2003 properly so. most of us cut our teeth on NHL Hockey for Sega Genesis back in the day, (okay, maybe Ice Hockey or Blades Of Steel on 8-bit NES) and EA's juggernaut has been lumbering forwards (sometimes sideways, rarely backwards) ever since. this will take time to learn, but once you do, it's really intuitive and makes the game flow more like real hockey. but this time around we get some refinements.
and thankfully, one-timers are toned down (something i can't say about the latest from EA's rival, NHL 2K7) which will make you work the puck a bit more. given EA's seeming lack of interest in making this series sparkle one has to wonder if the waning months of Xbox will yield some seriously scary results. so don't consider this edition a wholesale change, think of it as refining a smattering of things that result in the game feeling less like an exercise in "how many cheesey moves can i pull off without feeling guilty" and more like "wow, NHL hasn't felt this much like real hockey since the Pens won their first Cup.". as gamers face another change of seasons and another "next-gen" console war, we're faced with the last few iterations on the current Xbox/PS2. for me, the worst part of the last few versions of NHL has been the mechanical quality of it: Y = big hit anywhere on the ice, one-timers = automatic goals, hold down sprint at all times, the sum total of these maxims is to make the game less like real hockey and more like a cheap cardboard lookalike. fortunately, we're lucky to have been graced with a winner.
big hits are still around, but thankfully don't overpower the finesse of the game. i must bring up the fact that the Xbox360 version of the game gets a totally revamped stickhandling system that really does redefine console hockey, but i'm sure if you cared you'd be reading that review instead. as for this edition, the graphics & sound remain mostly unchanged from the '06 version. passing is now done with the right analog stick. sprinting is still an advantage, but doing it now results in the puck dangling just out of reach as you speed to catch up with it, resulting in more opportunities for the D to snatch it away.
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