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NHL 2K10 Feature Blowout (IGN)

07:40 PM - July 22, 2009 by kcxiv

IGN has posted a feature blowout for NHL 2K10.

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	"With the hockey season starting back up in just a few short months 2K has pulled back the curtain on the next wave of on-ice action. In this full-feature interview we sit down with producer Ben Bishop to talk about the 360 and PS3 versions of the game, as well as the huge innovation going on in the Wii arena. Check out our chat below, and start sharpening those skates. It may be the middle of summer, but hockey season is just around the corner."

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# 21 Fiddy @ 07/22/09 10:31 PM

i just read the article..

wowzers!!

if it plays have as good as it sounds i will be one happy 2k hockey gamer lol..

looks like 2 awesome hockey games this year, yay for us hockey gamers!!

# 22 Fiddy @ 07/22/09 11:01 PM

the commentary could be 2 sissys crying and i wouldnt know...

i turn that off in all sports games, get custom soundtracks and just play that way.

all commentary gets stale after 2 games.. for me anyway!!

# 23 tyler289 @ 07/22/09 11:28 PM

Eh, this does nothing for me. If anything, the attention that the Wii is getting from 2k indicates to me that that is their #1 focus and the ps3/360 won't get the attention over the next few years. Oh well.

# 24 tyler289 @ 07/22/09 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Scottdau


	And you would be wrong, but keep thinking that. They said that the wii will have everything that PS3 and 360, but they still put a lot of attention to the PS3 and 360. Not the other way around.

We'll see. It's not like this preview or whatever set in stone my thoughts on the game, but I would not be surprised at all to see 2k decide to push the Wii version, especially considering EA hasn't touched it with the NHL series. EA has dominated next-gen and 2k has resorted to taking year-old features from EA and pumping them up as their own. Not a terrible idea considering EA has been a success, but it just seems like it's a year behind.

# 25 savoie2006 @ 07/23/09 12:22 AM

Well it's good to see some all around optimism on the 2K forums again. I know we still have to see some gameplay video from 2K,but this is easily gonna be the best year for hockey gamers I feel. I'm excited, I know that. Just hope I can afford both at the same time, because I don't wanna wait for either one.

# 26 Flyermania @ 07/23/09 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Scottdau


	The numbers look about the right size too. Man, I want some damn video.

I noticed that too....finally!

# 27 Fiddy @ 07/23/09 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by RealmK


	Yeah thats kinda a bitch to do without a media pc setup. I'd love to use that custom music pack for 09, but I'm way to lazy to burn all those tracks to a disk and manually edit everything in playlists. I've always been a big pbp guy, from way back when EA first added it to the PC version all those years ago.

yeah you are correct about that.

i may have attempted the nhl 09 pack without my media center, but i would have lost interest bc no way would i name all those files.

now 2k on the other hand always had an easy set up with custom tracks and wasnt all that bad. so we shall see with that.

but the media center makes life easy with custom tracks...

even if i didnt have that, i still would turn off the booth guys. just annoying and stale after a while. i wish there was an option to turn them off half way and have them still say the player names when the puck goes to them.

# 28 slickdtc @ 07/23/09 01:53 PM

Let me just start: nobody gives a flying **** about the Wii version. I'm sorry, that's just the plain truth. It can be the best selling system, but I bet that the number of NHL 2k9 sales for the Wii is lower then the other two console sales. Nobody is buying NHL 2k10 for the Wii if they want a real hockey game. They might as well arcade it out and sell it like that (like an 3 on 3 NHL game they had on XBL or whatever).

With that said, I guess I really don't give a crap about any of this information they give us. I want the game in my hands to play and that's the only way to judge it. The majority of this is out of game features that I don't care about mostly.

I will say that I'm happy to see stick lifts in. I think that's very important and it's about time. Let's hope the efficiency of them is realistic. And it'll be nice to see a bunch of new animations. And I really like the inclusion of the stumble shot; I haven't played the next gen NHL games extensively but I know on my XBOX version of NHL 2k7, getting pushed around and not being able to shoot because of it was extremely frustrating. Just because a guy bumps me doesn't mean I turn into a bumbling idiot who forgot about his motor skills; it's still an NHL player damn it. So that's nice to hear and it should really add to the flow of the game as it won't be so stop and start and frustrating.

The one 'feature' I think I will use is the ability to play franchise games online. This kind of thing was in Madden 06 called "Spawn Game" and it was pretty cool (though a bit clunky in how to use it). I don't play online too much, but now that I'm getting more into it, if I can find some good, sim-oriented players, it'll be a thrill to play a franchise game against a human opponent who plays the same style that I do but then also be able to play games at my leisure against the CPU and not be tied to the schedule of playing in an online league.

It sounds like they didn't half *** some of these features. You can play with multiple players on your own console and then go online with it too, so that's cool. And though I'm not a fan of focusing on the Wii, I'm glad they didn't half *** that effort either. Though I'm sure the majority of Wii NHL 2k players aren't hardcore into the game (if they were, they would probably have gotten a 360/PS3), it's nice that maybe someone who can't afford a PS3/360 gets to have a legitimate NHL experience.

# 29 Eddie1967 @ 07/23/09 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Scottdau


	I know that every developer say this, but I love it still the same! 2K: You know, it's interesting, I think there's definitely that sort of aspect but at the same time we also felt like we were kind of going back to the roots to try to bring back some of the realistic, sim-style hockey. We wanted to make the game something that's definitely accessible to people -- something you can sit down and play with your buddies, but at the same time I think it also plays a really good game of hockey this year. We've done a ton of work just trying to make the game look better, play better, feel better. We've done a ton of animations to improve the skating engine, to improve the goalies, to improve stick-handling and to improve the controls in general.

Love it. I had a good feeling VC would step up big time. Can't wait to play this game. The animations overall were pretty nice year but hearing that they improved the one's for skating is fantastic.

# 30 Eddie1967 @ 07/23/09 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by RealmK


	Hope so, would be great to be able to enjoy both this year.

It would be nice but I can't get used to that skill stick. It's not just in hockey that it bugs me, I don't like fight night for the same reason. Yet in UFC I'm gradually learning to adjust to it. Go figure, may have to give it a longer try this year.

# 31 bcgudely @ 07/24/09 01:55 AM

I can't use buttons at all anymore. I tried in 2K9 but it felt ********.. so I used their "Pro Stick Evolution" and it felt like a bad NHL 09.

I like a lot of things about the 2K hockey series, but a more streamlined control system would be nice.

# 32 savoie2006 @ 07/24/09 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by bcgudely


	I can't use buttons at all anymore. I tried in 2K9 but it felt ********.. so I used their "Pro Stick Evolution" and it felt like a bad NHL 09. I like a lot of things about the 2K hockey series, but a more streamlined control system would be nice.

Yeah, buttons are a thing of the past when it comes to shooting in hockey games. I would really like to see passing controlled more by the analog stick as well, maybe by using a modifier. I honestly hope the controls are the same in 2K10 as they are in 2K9, just smoother. The scheme itself is fine, just a bit clunky with the feel.

# 33 joker75 @ 07/24/09 04:19 AM

2k10 looks AWSOME !

# 34 savoie2006 @ 07/24/09 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by RealmK


	I'd rather they do away with the clunky one on one dekes from 2k9 myself and just bite the bullet and copy EA's. And move the poke check back to a button, might help to cut down on the 10000 tripping calls a game. Pro evo is serviceable but you're right, its not half as smooth and the dekes/stick movement feel fairly limited.

Well, both games could stand to tweak the tripping calls, but I agree with moving the poke check back to a button.

Yes Realm, Joker is a TRUE FLIP FLOPPER

# 35 bcgudely @ 07/24/09 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by savoie2006


	The scheme itself is fine, just a bit clunky with the feel.

Yeah I guess you're right about that.

Poke check on the stick is pretty awkward after playing NHL 09 so much this year, but I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea.

The one thing I don't like is the speed boost. If I'm skating in a straight line, holding the stick all the way forward, why wouldn't I want to be going my fastest? It presents the illusion of choice, but really, you're going to use it every rush down the ice, and every time you're trying to get back on the back check. There's really no other time to use it, and it seems like it's always up when you need it in those situations. Just another button to press. Don't want!

# 36 JAYMO76 @ 07/24/09 05:30 PM

After three months of waiting I am left with a "so what" feeling. I have wanted to hear something that would get me excited about this series again but thus far I have heard nothing. Other than NHL 94, I have never been an EA fan but the GM MODE may seal the deal for me if I don't see some meaningful info about franchise mode ASAP.

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