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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Indifference71 wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    I wasn't going to buy it because I heard they screwed up the skating but ended up buying in because I found it on sale for $30.

    Turns out the gameplay is great and much more realistic. Poke checks are more effective and the animations look great. But for some reason I'm getting killed in face-offs.


    Yeah, the skating was pretty weird at first but have gotten used to it. Poke checks are definitely more effective this year...although I have been getting a ton of penalties trying to poke check guys.
    That's why you turn the penalties off! 8-)
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    did they fix after the whistle scrums? new feature they added in '12 (maybe '11), and got old real fast! delayed the game, and usually resulted in my goalie dropping the gloves! :shock: :lol:
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    rival. wrote:
    did they fix after the whistle scrums? new feature they added in '12 (maybe '11), and got old real fast! delayed the game, and usually resulted in my goalie dropping the gloves! :shock: :lol:
    I usually play with my drunken friends and we miss having the opportunity to lay people out after the whistle. :) :(

    The thing I like the most about the NHL series is that it's the only game left I can play together with a group of friends all sitting in the same room.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,906
    Jason P wrote:
    rival. wrote:
    did they fix after the whistle scrums? new feature they added in '12 (maybe '11), and got old real fast! delayed the game, and usually resulted in my goalie dropping the gloves! :shock: :lol:
    I usually play with my drunken friends and we miss having the opportunity to lay people out after the whistle. :) :(

    The thing I like the most about the NHL series is that it's the only game left I can play together with a group of friends all sitting in the same room.


    Haha...my friends and I used to do the exact same thing. Kinda a bummer with no more scrums after the whistle.

    Yep, that's exactly what makes NHL games so great. My friends and I are all 29-30 years old, but we still get together every now and then and have some marathon NHL sessions. Sounds lame, but it's so much fun.
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    Jason P wrote:
    rival. wrote:
    did they fix after the whistle scrums? new feature they added in '12 (maybe '11), and got old real fast! delayed the game, and usually resulted in my goalie dropping the gloves! :shock: :lol:
    I usually play with my drunken friends and we miss having the opportunity to lay people out after the whistle. :) :(

    The thing I like the most about the NHL series is that it's the only game left I can play together with a group of friends all sitting in the same room.

    same here. my friends and i used to have some SERIOUS tournaments with NHL Pro Hits for PS2. things got crazy at times!

    after we all moved away, we play each other online now. love laying out friends after the whistle, i just hate the scrums against the computer or against a random online opponent. there was one xbox achievment that you were awarded if you completed an online game without taking a penalty. impossible to do after getting roped into a scrum each and every time!
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    I would have bought NHL... Mainly for the CHL rosters (LOL), but i refuse to buy anything NHL or wear any apparel until they come to agreement.

    ANyways, my video game time this weekend will be dedicated to trying to finish off Borderlands.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    Dark Souls 2 announced. Can't wait!!!!

    I did hear that the developer mentioned something about it being made to be more "accessible" to a larger audience. This does not sound good! :?
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    mca47 wrote:
    Dark Souls 2 announced. Can't wait!!!!

    I did hear that the developer mentioned something about it being made to be more "accessible" to a larger audience. This does not sound good! :?


    thats about what they said about Civilization V and they completely roooned it
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkSjxud5Za0
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,172
    Anyone watch the Video games awards the other week?

    One of my friends works at Telltale games in Cali. Anywho I talked to him the other night and he mentioned that where he works won studio of the year and they also won video game of the year for the Walking Dead. Pretty cool cause he helped with making the game and stuff. :)
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    eeriepadave wrote:
    Anyone watch the Video games awards the other week?

    One of my friends works at Telltale games in Cali. Anywho I talked to him the other night and he mentioned that where he works won studio of the year and they also won video game of the year for the Walking Dead. Pretty cool cause he helped with making the game and stuff. :)
    Was a fun game indeed!
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Gonna get the new Halo in a couple days
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Gonna get the new Halo in a couple days

    I've had it for about a week, already tired of it. The only reason I'll continue is because the story is pretty good and I want to see how it ends. I'm only about halfway through, so maybe it will get better, but at this point it's just so repetitive. At first it was really fun, Master Chief was back, there were new enemies and weapons, etc. But after a while the new wore off and the combat got to the point that it was monotonous, there's not much variation in levels/scenery or combat scenarios.

    I had gotten pretty tired of the Halo series prior to this though. In the original trilogy I loved the first two, but by the third I was getting bored with it, and the third just wasn't very good IMO anyway. Halo Reach was really cool and a breath of fresh air for the series, but now it's back to the same old thing.

    On top of that, the new enemies are annoying. I don't mean annoying in that they are too hard, I mean they're actually annoying. They disappear and reappear elsewhere, which is especially annoying when you have their shields all the way down and about to finally kill it, then it just teleports away. Other times they have sentinel type things with them that will shield them, or if you throw a grenade throw it back. Rather than being fun, killing these things is more like a chore.
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    I saw that Journey won Game of the Year on ign.com and Gamespot. Not sure about "Game of the Year", but it was a damn good game!! Anyone else play this little gem?
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    mca47 wrote:
    I saw that Journey won Game of the Year on ign.com and Gamespot. Not sure about "Game of the Year", but it was a damn good game!! Anyone else play this little gem?
    I have not played it, but I've seen the gameplay ... for it to beat out Mass Effect 3 or XCom... that is hard to comprehend.
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Jason P wrote:
    mca47 wrote:
    I saw that Journey won Game of the Year on ign.com and Gamespot. Not sure about "Game of the Year", but it was a damn good game!! Anyone else play this little gem?
    I have not played it, but I've seen the gameplay ... for it to beat out Mass Effect 3 or XCom... that is hard to comprehend.

    I was thinking the same thing. I watched a few minutes of gameplay on YouTube and it looked cool but a bit boring.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    My Game of the Year Nominees:

    (only including games I've played)

    XCom: Enemy Unknown
    Mass Effect 3
    Super Mario Bros. WiiU
    Trails Evolution
    Borderlands 2
    Halo 4
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    it gets lost in the shuffle, but the NCAA Football game by EA kills it every year.
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Just saw the commercial for "Aliens: Colonial Marines", it looks awesome. I love the Alien franchise.

    colonialmarines.jpg?width=460

    But I swear to God, if I play with anybody online and they tell me to "stay frosty", I will team kill them.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    SatansFuton wrote:
    Just saw the commercial for "Aliens: Colonial Marines", it looks awesome. I love the Alien franchise.

    colonialmarines.jpg?width=460

    But I swear to God, if I play with anybody online and they tell me to "stay frosty", I will team kill them.
    I pre-ordered the other day.
    And I hadn't thought to say that, among the many other Aliens quotes I'm sure I'll be rambling on with ("Game over man" ought to be overused in about 10 seconds), but now that you mention it....

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