i wasnt originally a hockey fan until a friend of mine had me play nhl 09 with him and now im hooked on hockey!!!! i even watch actual hockey games now and know all the players on my new fav team the islanders!!! i reccomend this game to any one who is looking for something new to play. and the online is soo addicting i swear i have played at least 100 matches on psn i love it
It was one of the best games to come out in the last decade, not to mention last year. Everything about it is awesome, except that the AI goalies in Be A Pro mode are always wide open for goals when I deke to the right side. Luckily the defenders are good and can knock the puck away from me most of the time before I score multiple goals every game........
Easily the best Hockey game to ever come out .. even could be one of the best Sports games to ever be released .. everything about this game is awesome ..
I love hockey, but NHL 09 is far from perfect. There are too many problems with it: goalie AI is quite lacking even on the highest difficulty when it comes to clear slapshots when breaking down the wing; the passing is bordering on horrible as these are NHL players but yet their passing is terrible when it comes to slot passes for one timers; and one timers as a result are now too hard to make. One timers have always been way too good in previous NHL and 2K games, but how many one timer goals are scored in the real NHL? Lots because they are so effective. The way to balance them is to make players miss the net more often as the accuracy is reduced. There are easy and cheap ways still to score goals, I don't think that'll be ever taken out of an NHL game. I personally have probably over 2500 NHL games played spread over NHL 95, 98, 2002, 2004 (my favourite), 08, and 09. One of the problems with NHL this year, was that the testers, the majority of them are not hockey fans, enthusiasts, or knowledgeable about hockey in general (even sports for that matter). They were managed by managers who didn't care for hockey either. You want some bad bugs that would've quickly been caught by a hockey fan? One of my friends says Ryan Clowe is the wrong handed in the game; there is a quote by the commentators that says, "He did good save made." I kid you not, you will hear that often. I am hoping for 2010 to have fixed most of the issues.
yeah its got a few bugs. but i seriously hate it when u try a one timer and the shooter freezes. that gets annoying cuz he just stands there and also the stick lift is way too easy but nhl09 is sooo fun tho but in agree its far from perfect
damn, buddy i gotta agree with you. I'm not a fan of hockey, but after playing this game it made me want to play some REAL hockey haha. Yeah this game blew me away, didnt expect that. Im a madden fan too...
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