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http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/740/740960/vids_1.html

 

[VALIS]

Wow, they have the new NHL logo already. Must've known about it for a while. And I hope passing can still be done with one button + stick.

edit: they also have the new fat blue lines. hmm.

 

[dem]

wow..
Bob Cole and Harry Neale sound terrible


How come they dont mention any players by name? Oh wait... its just like the real cole and neale! :lol

 

[FightyF]

Nooo...Bob Cole and Harry Neale sounded horrible in 2K...and I was hoping they wouldn't sound bad here.

Bah...they need Chris Cuthbert and...PIERRE MCGUIRE!

--addendum--

Cool to see the game in action, I can already tell that they've improved some animations that really needed it. Also, they move into a more televised type replay right away, and then go into the fancy impossible angle replays after that point. I think that's a good way of doing it. I don't know if this will be a consistant thing or if it just happened this once.

 

[echoshifting]

Does anybody know if this will be incorporating any of the rules changes that are being batted around right now? Is 2K5 the last version to feature "classic" rules?

 

[DopeyFish]

Does anybody know if this will be incorporating any of the rules changes that are being batted around right now? Is 2K5 the last version to feature "classic" rules?

there was articles in the toronto star about this with comments from both EA and 2K. Both were waiting to see what the rule changes were before they implemented them. They already changed the goalie pad sizes in the game (!!!) and the other rules will most likely be easily implemented. (except for maybe the goalie puck control zone rules) I have a feeling that they might include both sets of rules.

 

[echoshifting]

there was articles in the toronto star about this with comments from both EA and 2K. Both were waiting to see what the rule changes were before they implemented them. They already changed the goalie pad sizes in the game (!!!) and the other rules will most likely be easily implemented. (except for maybe the goalie puck control zone rules) I have a feeling that they might include both sets of rules.

Great answer, thank you.

 

[Marty Chinn]

God the commenatry is terrible. It's some of the worst I've heard in a long time. It's so stiff and robotic. Nothing flows well at all.

 

[Socreges]

I turn off commentary in sports games. Always terrible, never necessary.

 

[Reilly]

I'm not buying this game unless Crosby is in it (along with all the other teams top prospects).

 

[DopeyFish]

I'm not buying this game unless Crosby is in it (along with all the other teams top prospects).

crosby and all the other draft picks won't be in either game until a roster update is issued because he hasn't played an NHL game as of yet.

 

[Reilly]

crosby and all the other draft picks won't be in either game until a roster update is issued because he hasn't played an NHL game as of yet.

but it's not like that in the Madden or NBA games...

 

[spliced]

Changed the pad sizes!?! :lol

I like the look of that chain passing.

 

[GSG Flash]

but it's not like that in the Madden or NBA games...

Yeah but the NHLPA has weird standards, they won't let them use players who haven't played an NHL game. But yet, they do allow it on NHL EHM so I dunno what's up.

 

[Marty Chinn]

I turn off commentary in sports games. Always terrible, never necessary.

I love good commentary and like seeing advances in it. MLB from 989 Sports has some pretty damn good commentary that varies quite a bit, always supplying you with something new and keeps up with the action from past events. I love the atmosphere of good commentary but this is just terrible. I want to see more legacy commentary where stuff they talk about covers previous games. I want to see commentary that's taylored more towards playoffs and finals.

 

[Kingpen]

Damn it, I signed up for an Xbox 360 for this game primarily. They better have Crosby in it and all of the rule changes. The season starts on Oct 5, and the game won't be released for at least another month on that console. I have seen some NBA games that are released in Oct and it says the roster is up-to-date as far as 3 weeks before it ships. I think it would be terrible if they didn't include him, as he is the biggest story in the NHL in a long, long time.

Anybody got any videos of the 360 version?

 

[DopeyFish]

Damn it, I signed up for an Xbox 360 for this game primarily. They better have Crosby in it and all of the rule changes. The season starts on Oct 5, and the game won't be released for at least another month on that console. I have seen some NBA games that are released in Oct and it says the roster is up-to-date as far as 3 weeks before it ships. I think it would be terrible if they didn't include him, as he is the biggest story in the NHL in a long, long time.

Anybody got any videos of the 360 version?

well since the 360 version is coming out AFTER the season starts, he should be in there

and I think they're just going to finish up the current gen versions then work on the 360 version. (they'll have about 2 months time to work on it)

and since the core game is down, it's just going to be graphics updates basically

 

[Socreges]

I love good commentary and like seeing advances in it. MLB from 989 Sports has some pretty damn good commentary that varies quite a bit, always supplying you with something new and keeps up with the action from past events. I love the atmosphere of good commentary but this is just terrible. I want to see more legacy commentary where stuff they talk about covers previous games. I want to see commentary that's taylored more towards playoffs and finals.

I suppose commentary is easy to design for baseball games considering the slow pace. It has its place with trodding gameplay such as that, too.

Real-life baseball commentary, however, is awful. The game, of course, moves along even slower, so you've got two guys rambling on about the most hilariously trivial shit you can imagine. My friend and I were briefly watching a Mariners game.... the camera kept cutting to this guy in the stands who was showing off the ball he had just caught.

Me: That guy seems pretty happy. Do you know who hit that?
Friend: Hmm, dunno.
Me: I wonder if it was some kind of homerun plateau.
Friend: Maybe an individual achievement?
Me: ....wait.... huh...
Friend: What?
Me: He's in foul territory. The guy who caught the ball.
Friend: You don't think...
Me: Is baseball THAT uninteresting? That they'll so frequently show a guy in the stands who caught nothing more than a foul ball??
Friend: Holy shit.


I like playoff baseball, mind you, but you'd have to be drunk off your ass or obsessed with statistics to enjoy an ordinary regular season game.

 

[FightyF]

I turn off commentary in sports games. Always terrible, never necessary.

I thought the commentary in the last few years of ESPN were great. The only problem was repeated phrases, but other than that it was excellent. Especially the replay commentary...AWESOME.

 

[DopeyFish]

if anyone notices, they have 2 feet blue lines in the screens instead of 1 foot.

I guess they expected the change but it never happened

 

[Norse]

if anyone notices, they have 2 feet blue lines in the screens instead of 1 foot.

I guess they expected the change but it never happened

yup..noticed that too....hopefuly they fix that before shipping.