Why is Gamespot in such a snit over this title?

User Rating: 7.2 | NHL Breakaway 99 N64
By jackrabbit75 | Review Date:
"Blows it out of the water"? Oh please, it's the same game. Okay, so it's identical to what came out the year before--but Gamespot gave THAT edition the Royal Thumbs Up. So how come this isn't as good if it's the same thing? Granted, if you bought Breakaway '99 thinking it would be much improved over the previous years' offering then you have every right to grouse about it. But who in the last five years has payed more than a few bucks for this thing? If it only even lasts another six months you've gotten more than your money's worth. And besides, it's still a lot of fun!

One of the best things about this game is creating players--you can manufacture a team of skatin' lunatics that can clean-up on a bunch of pre-programmed wussenhiemers! You can also give them ridiculous names that are visible on their jerseys--now that's a good time. I've spent many a beer -fueled evening checking the crap out of the incredibly incompetent Left Wing, Roger Runt wagger!

If you see this game in the "We Can't Give This Crap Away Because It's So Old" bin at your local used game store for $.89, grab it, it's worth every eighty nine pennies. And if you don't have a Nintendo 64 to play it on, I suggest you fork out what will probably cost you another nine bucks for the machine. Now let's break Runtwagger's knees!
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