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User Rating: 5.5 | NHL 07 PC

By ZavierKonz | Review Date: April 16, 2007

EA Sports has released another game from the NHL franchise. NHL 07! My first impression was: " Oh, that's why it was so cheap, I bought a patch for NHL 06!". I was wrong... This is brand new game but that looks exactly like NHL 05 and 06… almost exactly. They revamped the gameplay and the stick handling a little bit. At first it’s cool but after a while it becomes… uninteresting. The Dynasty mode is exactly like NHL 06 which was probably exactly like 05. By that I mean that the Dynasty mode is very boring. There’s no real challenge and no salary cap… The NHL rules have changed but not NHL 07. You can clearly see in the AI that they didn’t work on a new system where you can make two line passes for exemple. They just turned off the rule instead… They released a slightly revamped version NHL 06. I don’t even want to talk about the online mode. Very disappointing, even for $19.99! Oh and I have to add that EA Sports released the game with a horrible roster but can’t seem to upload new roster online every month or so like they used to do before. Do they care about PC gamers?

Gameplay

The gameplay is boring. It’s as simple as rushing the net and doing a one-timer… the AI is so stupid that I put it at the most difficult level and I win 11-0. At the end of the game if you’re winning by 1 or 2 goals, it seems like the AI will eventually score the crappiest goal just to make it even an annoy you. I am unable to create a nice power play attack and settle in the offensive zone. Oh yeah I forgot, you can still hook A LOT in NHL 07… no penalties. There are still a lot of glitches with the goalies. I’ve played hockey all my life and I am a big hockey fan… I can tell you that this game is not realistic! It’s all “bling”!

Graphics

Ok graphics. But who cares? It’s a hockey game! The graphics are just like the rest of the game… a slightly revamped version of NHL 06.

Sounds

Horrible . What bugs me the most are the commentators. They repeat the same thing again and again… Very often they don’t call the right player and sometimes they call a player that is on another team! I always mute the commentators when I play.

Value

$19.99. I gave it a 5 just because it’s cheap. You will have fun with your friends for a little while but who really play multiplayer offline on a PC? The online game is very bad anyways.

Tilt

If you played NHL 05 or 06 before, you’ll get bored of this game really fast. If you never played these games before, you might have fun a little bit longer while you will experience all the bugs and the poor AI of the game.

Unfortunately, I found this game very boring. Might be because I am bored of playing a revamped version year after year… but I can’t help it.

I give this game a beautiful 5.5/10! Ouch!

NHL 07

Here's another unrealistic hockey game released from EA Sports. Don't expect anything but some &quot;bling&quot; from th

If you have NHL 06, This is a waste of money!!

TOTAL DISGRACE!!!

Here's another unrealistic hockey game released from EA Sports. Don't expect anything but some "bling" from th