NHL 09 Patch Released (360/PS3) -- Impressions here please

[celtic78]

playing post patch, on all star, i still dont see the powerplay chances everyone is getting. and everything is either tripping or holding. i really thought the patch would really change up the penalty variety. once in a while there might be a cross checking penalty or high sticking but i dont see any boarding penalties or major penalties. maybe cuz i have hit power on 1? but then there will be huge hits everywhere by everyone. i also have penalties one down from max, cuz im afraid the cpu will just get even more than they do now while ill still get not as many.

i played the psp version of nhl 07 again last night and its pretty good. it even has the dump height button slider. maybe that shouldve put in this game via a patch so its not floating in the air for all eternity while 4 players wait for it land like its a punted football.

anyone whos getting a good variety of penalties, what sliders are u using? thanks...

[PodSquad]

Quote: Originally Posted by FlyingFinn

I agree. That was the only thing I wanted fixed for online play and it wasn't. I had learned to deal with/prevent all the cheese goals with good positional play. My quick passing offense really struggles when my opponent can just check the player I am passing to before the puck is even close to him.

Its total garbage, and enough to make me want to get this game TFO my house. I played against a guy last night, and it was so frustrating, so much NOT like real hockey. I carried the puck into the zone, got drilled, I dumped it in with the new ******** flip dump and he drilled my players before they could get near the puck. If by some miracle I got the puck in the zone, he drilled who I was passing to and the passer, and if that diddnt work he did the diving poke check at me to take me out. This game is garbage, much closer to NHL Hitz BS than actual hockey. They should just drop the pretenses and make it 3v3.

Another thing I love is when the guy Im playing spends the whole game interfering with me and being basically a dirty SOB and I get penalties called against me because the random penalty generator decides its time for my poke check to trip someone. Never mind the fact that he has spent the entire game nailing my players off the puck, its my big mean pokecheck thats the penalty. Awful.

NHL is going to end up like Madden for me I think. Buy it every couple of years to see how things are going, end up pissed off with no desire to play the next version.

[DrUrsus]

I haven't bought a hockey game yet this year. So after this patch, do you guys recommend NHL 09 or NHL 2K9?

[Steven547]

I used to be a huge fan of the 2k series, but after that poor showing, and EA's "revival", I would stick with NHL 09.

[PodSquad]

Quote: Originally Posted by DrUrsus

I haven't bought a hockey game yet this year. So after this patch, do you guys recommend NHL 09 or NHL 2K9?

I wouldnt get either.

[Brian Gee]

THIS is the game to get. Postpatch you are going to be in for something special. The CPU only scores goals that YOU allow and not the cheesy autogoals that they seemed to pull out of their "special" places before the patch. If I lose, I lose because I missed chances or blew defensively. If I win, it's because I'm passing and scoring and, of course, keeping the CPU from open shots.

People love to bitch about how this isn't "real" hockey, but as far as videogames go, it's real....really fun.

[BIG CAROLINA]

Quote: Originally Posted by DrUrsus

I haven't bought a hockey game yet this year. So after this patch, do you guys recommend NHL 09 or NHL 2K9?

From a person who has both I would have to say NHL 09 post patch.I like the goalies and puck physics better in 2K9, but that is about is about it for me.
I am not sure what you are looking for in a hockey game but my best advice would be to rent them both and see which one you like better. You are going to get votes both ways and it can get a little crazy so just go out and rent both.

[bad_philanthropy]

Finally getting the cpu to score a few more goals with the accuracy up at four. It seems like a delicate balance, because at five you'll never miss the net with your own shots.

It really does seem that if the cpu can muster two goals then they become a lot more dangerous offensively.