When I try setting up an AI-controlled player for a pass, that player often skates into traffic instead of finding open ice. The artificial intelligence (AI) still seems to have a tough time reacting to what a human-controlled player is doing.
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Besides the skating and poke-checking updates (both discussed in the Game Mechanics section of this review) there isn’t a game-changing update is this sector. There is always room for growth, however. It is also rare that you are able to get the puck to a player who is surrounded by opposing defensemen which has been executed much too easily in the past. The passing also feels more realistic – pucks sent through the slot, even on an odd-man rush, will likely be turned away. This is slightly different than past renditions of the games when you could see the likes of, well, just about anyone send 6-foot-9 Zdeno Chara spiraling to the ice. Each player seems to perform as expected – smaller players are quicker and more agile while bigger players are able to dish out bone-crushing hits. The gameplay in NHL 19 is as fast and furious as ever. In all, I have no real complaints and I’m not disappointed – I think there is still room for more in the future though. For those looking for a boost to the pace of play, it isn’t very noticeable but it’s still very early in the game’s lifecycle. Fortunately, NHL 19 seems to have found a nice balance between reality and video game and has released an incredible product this time around.įor those who have enjoyed the gameplay in the past, the new mechanics will only enhance your experience. With any video game, too much realism isn’t a good thing. That isn’t a bad thing, so to speak, as the high ratings in mechanics inherently boost the gameplay due to how life-like everything feels. The gameplay and pace of play feels similar to years past. The ratings for gameplay are based on the overall feel of the game when the controller rests in your hands. Then we combined each of our ratings for these categories for an overall rating of the game. We each gave our thoughts on five categories – Gameplay, Mechanics, Presentation, Game Modes, and Replay Value – as well as a rating on a 1-10 scale (10 being the best). This is so that we could approach NHL 19 from multiple perspectives to get, what we feel, is a more accurate rating.
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Subban – (EA Sports NHL 19)įellow THW writer Brandon Share-Cohen (who received the game even earlier than the 11th) and I decided to tackle the review of the popular hockey simulation.
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11, while the game officially dropped on Sept. NHL 19 is no different in this regard – it was available to those who pre-ordered the game in an early-access capacity as of Sept. It always seems to make the last stretch of the offseason a bit more bearable. You know hockey season is close when EA Sports releases the latest edition of their NHL video game.