nhl 2k8 - i love this game

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#1 tsr__
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its just whatthe 2k series needed. i dont kno why it has such bad ratings (4.0 at 1up, 7.0 user rating) cuz the pro control in this game is awesome! trust me hockey fans. when u first pick up this game it feels hard to play because the controls are really dfferent, so yea there is a pretty deep learning curve there. all i did tho was change around some of the buttons so it was kinda similar to 2k7 but still had the prostick controls of 2k8. after getting the hang of it, u can do some pretty sick moves. the superstar moves are pretty slick as well. however, they are hard to manuever and u need perfect timing! and if ur wondering NO these superstar moves are not cheap and NO they don't make the game arcadish, they are really difficult to perform in a game and are probably mostly for shootouts and breakaways(obviously). these are the moves made by our favorite hockey players anyways so why wud it make this game more arcade, theres still a lot of simulation. one of the biggest things that has improved are the wrist/slap shots, and goalie movement. FINALLY you can now score on wrist shots (im not saying u cudnt in 2k7, but they were reeaally hard in that game). slapshots as well are way better and they also added the snap shot (which is actually a lost art in some hockey games). adding to that, the goalie moves way better, maybe not as good as the 07 goalies, but good enough for me. they actually come out of the crease, use the butterfly effectively, and they dont do those little wierd glove sweeps they did in 2k7! there is a bit of improvement in the graphics but nothing spectacular, but its all in the gameplay isn't it? haha i believe that 2k7 fans will get wierded out at first because the game has a total new control scheme, but when they do get the hang of it, they'll love it, trust me just give time to learn the controls, its awesome, and u feel like u have good control over the puck. have fun with this game guys and see u online!!
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#2 Large_Soda
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I think you're wrong in nearly every respect. This game is terrible, from the HORRIBLE controls, to the piss poor presentation, the shoddy graphics, the spelling mistakes in the manual, the two buttons for speed burst, needing to hold two buttons for a slap shot and the cheap tactics to always get a goal. I figured out how to score nearly every time in my first game.

This is several steps backwards for the series, and I am blown away that you "love" this game.

Oh yeah, paragraphs are your friend.

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#3 cf2012
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ive owned 2k hockey for the past 5yrs but i already preordered nhl08. i will probably rent 2k though
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#4 linktheworld
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I think you're wrong in nearly every respect. This game is terrible, from the HORRIBLE controls, to the piss poor presentation, the shoddy graphics, the spelling mistakes in the manual, the two buttons for speed burst, needing to hold two buttons for a slap shot and the cheap tactics to always get a goal. I figured out how to score nearly every time in my first game.

This is several steps backwards for the series, and I am blown away that you "love" this game.

Oh yeah, paragraphs are your friend.

Large_Soda

It is a playstation 3 forum, not a english final exam or something.

Oh yeah,no one thinks your cool by pointing that out.

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#5 acidBURN1942
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[QUOTE="Large_Soda"]

I think you're wrong in nearly every respect. This game is terrible, from the HORRIBLE controls, to the piss poor presentation, the shoddy graphics, the spelling mistakes in the manual, the two buttons for speed burst, needing to hold two buttons for a slap shot and the cheap tactics to always get a goal. I figured out how to score nearly every time in my first game.

This is several steps backwards for the series, and I am blown away that you "love" this game.

Oh yeah, paragraphs are your friend.

linktheworld

It is a playstation 3 forum, not a english final exam or something.

Oh yeah,no one thinks your cool by pointing that out.

ya its a fforum and no one is going to read your posts if you dont make them readable. I know i didnt......but NHL08 seems to be the win for me this season.
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#6 svenskamerikan
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I don't think he pointed it out to be an a$$, but simply because it is freaking hard to read when it is all written together......
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#7 Phoenix963
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It's about preference really i personally think 2k has no idea on how to make a hockey game seem real, the game always makes the players so small.. they seem like they're on a soccer field sized ice rink, its stupid. Other then that the skaters glide way too easily down the ice and its just so unrealistic. There's always been that "sidestep" button. i play AAA hockey and i am 17 years of age and to this day SIDE STEPPING is NOT a very smart thing to do, u get leveled while u side step and you're probably done for the rest of ur career. and thats IF you sidestep, which no one has EVER done...

My point is that i dont think 2K deserves its crown for being the best hockey simulation game, its way to arcade-ish to me

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#8 Large_Soda
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[QUOTE="Large_Soda"]

I think you're wrong in nearly every respect. This game is terrible, from the HORRIBLE controls, to the piss poor presentation, the shoddy graphics, the spelling mistakes in the manual, the two buttons for speed burst, needing to hold two buttons for a slap shot and the cheap tactics to always get a goal. I figured out how to score nearly every time in my first game.

This is several steps backwards for the series, and I am blown away that you "love" this game.

Oh yeah, paragraphs are your friend.

linktheworld

It is a playstation 3 forum, not a english final exam or something.

Oh yeah,no one thinks your cool by pointing that out.

I think there might be a few people that think I'm cool. But I did point that out not be a dick, but because it is hard to read, although I do like to read proper English even though I am on a message board, but that's a preference not a pre-requisite.

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#9 Phoenix963
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[QUOTE="linktheworld"][QUOTE="Large_Soda"]

I think you're wrong in nearly every respect. This game is terrible, from the HORRIBLE controls, to the piss poor presentation, the shoddy graphics, the spelling mistakes in the manual, the two buttons for speed burst, needing to hold two buttons for a slap shot and the cheap tactics to always get a goal. I figured out how to score nearly every time in my first game.

This is several steps backwards for the series, and I am blown away that you "love" this game.

Oh yeah, paragraphs are your friend.

Large_Soda

It is a playstation 3 forum, not a english final exam or something.

Oh yeah,no one thinks your cool by pointing that out.

I think there might be a few people that think I'm cool. But I did point that out not be a dick, but because it is hard to read, although I do like to read proper English even though I am on a message board, but that's a preference not a pre-requisite.


Whoaaaoaoa. Relax buddy, find like a grammar forum or something... relax... sure he needs paragraphs but dont take it so seriously you like went off, all intelectually (which is the worst kind of anger at a gamers level :))
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#10 jetway2211
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Kinda sad to hear about this, since ea's game is only 30fps on ps3 i wanted to skip it this year, oh well , i guess i have to make due.
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#11 poopstain897456
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the pro stick in NHL 08 has me sold on that game..definitly picking it up somtime this week
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#12 KnuckleBoneX
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ive been a big fan of 2ks hockey games for a long time till 07, i was sick of buying the same game every year and no new intuitive gameplay changes or added depth or anything. and with ea going with their pro stick just added a whole new thing to hockey games and i love the way it feels and that is waht i like they took a risk on something new and didnt put out same hockey game like 2k has since 2k5. srry no more 2k hockey games for me.
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#13 linktheworld
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[QUOTE="linktheworld"][QUOTE="Large_Soda"]

I think you're wrong in nearly every respect. This game is terrible, from the HORRIBLE controls, to the piss poor presentation, the shoddy graphics, the spelling mistakes in the manual, the two buttons for speed burst, needing to hold two buttons for a slap shot and the cheap tactics to always get a goal. I figured out how to score nearly every time in my first game.

This is several steps backwards for the series, and I am blown away that you "love" this game.

Oh yeah, paragraphs are your friend.

Large_Soda

It is a playstation 3 forum, not a english final exam or something.

Oh yeah,no one thinks your cool by pointing that out.

I think there might be a few people that think I'm cool. But I did point that out not be a dick, but because it is hard to read, although I do like to read proper English even though I am on a message board, but that's a preference not a pre-requisite.

Well I can follow line by line and read what he typed just fine. I guess that comes with time, give it some time andsomeday you may be able to do that.

Oh yeah, HEYYYYYYYYY the whole world look! He typed English with a capital "E". When referring to the language of english, you keep in lower case. Hey look I am cool like you now.....

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#14 longhorn7
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[QUOTE="Large_Soda"][QUOTE="linktheworld"][QUOTE="Large_Soda"]

I think you're wrong in nearly every respect. This game is terrible, from the HORRIBLE controls, to the piss poor presentation, the shoddy graphics, the spelling mistakes in the manual, the two buttons for speed burst, needing to hold two buttons for a slap shot and the cheap tactics to always get a goal. I figured out how to score nearly every time in my first game.

This is several steps backwards for the series, and I am blown away that you "love" this game.

Oh yeah, paragraphs are your friend.

linktheworld

It is a playstation 3 forum, not a english final exam or something.

Oh yeah,no one thinks your cool by pointing that out.

I think there might be a few people that think I'm cool. But I did point that out not be a dick, but because it is hard to read, although I do like to read proper English even though I am on a message board, but that's a preference not a pre-requisite.

Well I can follow line by line and read what he typed just fine. I guess that comes with time, give it some time andsomeday you may be able to do that.

Oh yeah, HEYYYYYYYYY the whole world look! He typed English with a capital "E". When referring to the language of english, you keep in lower case. Hey look I am cool like you now.....

nobody in forums like gigantic walls of text with no paragraphs or indentions. that why tl;dr has been a widely used phrase for years. its not really about the grammar its just because its a pain in the ass to read a gigantic wall of bs. Oh, and NHL 08 beats the hell out of this game.
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Wait, so there's something wrong with this years 2k hockey? They were consistently better than EA's game every year, what happened? I love last years game, guess I'll keep playing it.
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#16 longhorn7
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Wait, so there's something wrong with this years 2k hockey? They were consistently better than EA's game every year, what happened? I love last years game, guess I'll keep playing it. D_Znuhtz
they were better all up until last year's. which just showed that they took ea's approach to madden and translated it into the nhl. nhl 2k games hve become the same crap every year. as of 07 ea's nhl games have been about 300 percent better.
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#17 cf2012
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Kinda sad to hear about this, since ea's game is only 30fps on ps3 i wanted to skip it this year, oh well , i guess i have to make due. jetway2211

Didnt EA just announce that it was going to be 60fps?

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[QUOTE="D_Znuhtz"]Wait, so there's something wrong with this years 2k hockey? They were consistently better than EA's game every year, what happened? I love last years game, guess I'll keep playing it. longhorn7
they were better all up until last year's. which just showed that they took ea's approach to madden and translated it into the nhl. nhl 2k games hve become the same crap every year. as of 07 ea's nhl games have been about 300 percent better.

Actually, I thought 2K7 pwned NHL 2007 quite viciously. This year sounds like a huge departure.

My main gripe with EA games is that it seems like a bunch of loosely connected, scripted, individual plays masquerading as a game.

[QUOTE="jetway2211"]Kinda sad to hear about this, since ea's game is only 30fps on ps3 i wanted to skip it this year, oh well , i guess i have to make due. cf2012

Didnt EA just announce that it was going to be 60fps?

Peter Moore is a big, fat liar.

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#19 tsr__
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[QUOTE="jetway2211"]Kinda sad to hear about this, since ea's game is only 30fps on ps3 i wanted to skip it this year, oh well , i guess i have to make due. cf2012

Didnt EA just announce that it was going to be 60fps?

hmmm im not sure, but im pretty sure that ea said that the ps3 version is only 30 fps, i think ign said that to in there review

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#20 Large_Soda
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[QUOTE="Large_Soda"][QUOTE="linktheworld"][QUOTE="Large_Soda"]

I think you're wrong in nearly every respect. This game is terrible, from the HORRIBLE controls, to the piss poor presentation, the shoddy graphics, the spelling mistakes in the manual, the two buttons for speed burst, needing to hold two buttons for a slap shot and the cheap tactics to always get a goal. I figured out how to score nearly every time in my first game.

This is several steps backwards for the series, and I am blown away that you "love" this game.

Oh yeah, paragraphs are your friend.

linktheworld

It is a playstation 3 forum, not a english final exam or something.

Oh yeah,no one thinks your cool by pointing that out.

I think there might be a few people that think I'm cool. But I did point that out not be a dick, but because it is hard to read, although I do like to read proper English even though I am on a message board, but that's a preference not a pre-requisite.

Well I can follow line by line and read what he typed just fine. I guess that comes with time, give it some time andsomeday you may be able to do that.

Oh yeah, HEYYYYYYYYY the whole world look! He typed English with a capital "E". When referring to the language of english, you keep in lower case. Hey look I am cool like you now.....

Yeah I can read it, but no one can deny that it would have been easier if there were breaks in the wall of text. Your condescending tone is just hilarious and the fact that you would defend a wall of text is quite simply pathetic.

Please find me a website or any other documentation that states that in North America we leave the "e" lower case when referring to the language of English.

Here is an excerpt from the Purdue website in reference on what to capitalize:

The names of countries, nationalities, and specific languages

Costa Rica Spanish French EnglishYou're clearly reacting this way to be difficult and it is far from amusing. Ciao sailor.

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#21 Large_Soda
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[QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="D_Znuhtz"]Wait, so there's something wrong with this years 2k hockey? They were consistently better than EA's game every year, what happened? I love last years game, guess I'll keep playing it. D_Znuhtz

they were better all up until last year's. which just showed that they took ea's approach to madden and translated it into the nhl. nhl 2k games hve become the same crap every year. as of 07 ea's nhl games have been about 300 percent better.

Actually, I thought 2K7 pwned NHL 2007 quite viciously. This year sounds like a huge departure.

My main gripe with EA games is that it seems like a bunch of loosely connected, scripted, individual plays masquerading as a game.

[QUOTE="jetway2211"]Kinda sad to hear about this, since ea's game is only 30fps on ps3 i wanted to skip it this year, oh well , i guess i have to make due. cf2012

Didnt EA just announce that it was going to be 60fps?

Peter Moore is a big, fat liar.

This is what Moore said:

"I see it [the issue] going away with NBA Live 08. I think that we had a little bit of a mea culpa, but we're getting up to speed on the platform. But that's in the past. And beginning with NBA, we're going to see PS3 titles from EA Sports running at 60 frames a second. So all of that'll be forgotten by the holiday", said Moore"

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#22 svenskamerikan
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and NHL comes out before NBA live so it is not counted. FIFA 08 is specifically announced as 60fps so that one does seem to agree with what Moore said...........

NHL 09 here we go :) simple - just like not buying Virtua Tennis due to lack of online (despite waiting for years for that freaking game...)

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#23 Phoenix963
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I played NHL08 on 360 today, THEY.. already have the demo... but anyways it was pretty amazing i love the new skating engine, usually with new engines in sports games i never notice them but this time i really noticed it

2k8 fans eat your hearts out! :)