Passing system is a bit funky and takes some getting used to. Shooting system is pretty good. Once you wind up, you can move around a bullseye around the goal. Goalies can get tough though. The overall difficulty is not much to battle against either. After a few days you'll have double digits after the first period on difficult setting. Dynasty mode can get addicting, and can be very fun. Sometimes things can be a bit fast to be realistic. Fully adjustable settings to pick out the gameplay type you want (fast - slow, hard - weak defense, lots of shooting - hardly any, etc). Haven't tried multiplayer. Graphics look decent from the default camera angle over the ice, but when it gets up close, it can look fairly n64-ish.
Overall its a pretty fun game, but nothing too special.
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