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None of these modes would matter if the game didn’t play well, and thankfully after a bit of fine-tuning with the options, I am incredibly happy with it.

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EA did provide us with a code for the game, but it failed to give access to the full game before release.

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My favorite has been the Be A Pro Career mode and the Season mode, both of which I’ve enjoyed the majority of my Trial Version time with. It’s an excellent list of modes that covers pretty much everything I could have ever thought of for a hockey game as well as having things I never would have dreamed of. There is also a plethora of accessibility options which is becoming more common in bigger titles and is great to see. Hockey Ultimate Team is the microtransaction-fueled team-building mode and an online version of franchise mode. Season Mode is exactly what you would think and it has great depth and Playoff Mode where you can jump right into the best part of all of sports.įor Online Mode you have World of CHEL where you create a player and bring them online to play either competitively or cooperatively with other players. NHL Threes is a 3v3 (with a goalie on each squad) more open and arcade-style game. Ones Now is a 1v1v1 mode that I did ok in but it was an odd thing to wrap my head around at times.

Tournaments are exactly what it sounds like with an excellent selection of tournament options. Franchise Mode is an as in-depth as you want simulator where you can choose to control every aspect of your team as a GM and play every game as you choose or sim them if you do not want to. I’m pretty deep into it and it’s been stellar so far. Be a Pro Career is the storyline and choice-driven career mode that makes a comeback from last year. Play Now is your standard exhibition mode.

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I’ll start with an exhaustive list of each, first the Offline modes. This is an extremely online-focused game, but there thankfully are still many offline modes as well (my preference). Let’s get into the vast number of modes though, as there should be something for everyone here. It was an oddly specific bug, but it happened in 5 straight games for me.

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One issue I did have was that at almost any difficulty if I tried to simulate a match just with the PC that they would score a goal almost immediately in every game I tried it then barely score any after. I tend to enjoy the more simulation style of things with longer periods and slower action but hopping into the threes mode or a quick online game the arcade-style felt great. The options for tuning the game to your preference are numerous and it is a fantastic system in practice.

Animations are fantastic though and depending on your preferred playstyle it can be as fast as any arcade version of the sport has ever been or a solid attempt at being a full-on simulation (and almost anywhere in-between). The crowd does not look good closeup though, and the less popular players in the leagues tend to have terrible-looking face models. Most of the player faces, the jersey textures, the arenas themselves all look fantastic at a high resolution and 60fps (well not in cut-scenes) cap. Graphically things are a bit of a mixed bag. I may have felt a bit of trepidation over things moving to the Frostbite engine, but the on-ice action in the game has never felt better to me. After last year’s solid showing for the previous generation of consoles, I had high hopes that a proper current-gen version could be a ticket to greatness. After an incredible run in the 90’s they were outclassed by Sega’s NHL2k series, and in recent years had been struggling to find themselves. EA’s NHL series though has been a mixed bag. Growing up near Boston I’ve had a lifelong love of the Bruins and have been spoiled with excellent sports teams for most of my life. This Feels Like EA’s Version of the NBA 2K Series

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