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| List Price: $59.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 16 reviews)
Sales Rank: 449
Category: Video Games
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Studio: Electronic Arts
Brand: Electronic Arts
Label: Electronic Arts
Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
Batteries Included: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15444
Model: 15444
UPC: 014633154443
EAN: 0014633154443
ASIN: B0018DE9OG
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Defensive Skill Stick - NHL 08 gave you true offensive prowess with the Skill Stick, and this year, you have the power to stop it. Block passing lanes with 360 control of your stick or kill an opponent's one timer game by lifting their stick just before they receive a pass | | • | Be A Pro - A dynamic 3rd person camera puts you in the role of one player on a team. The Performance Tracker will rate your play in over 50 categories, to make sure you know what parts of your game need to improve. Start your career off in the ranks of the AHL and become one of the best in the NHL. Your very own hockey card will mark your progress, from your rookie beginnings to a potentially legendary ending | | • | Create-A-Play Breakouts - create a winning strategy in both online and offline play. Make breakout plays from your own zone or set up behind your net and tell your right winger to look for the flip dump from the defenseman | | • | NHL 94 Controls - Hit, pass, shoot, and score using the simplified two-button control system featured in NHL 94. So even if you're new to the game, you can challenge the best of the best | | • | One-handed Dekes - When you are skating in on a breakaway, tap the puck to one hand and tuck the puck behind a sprawling goalie for the ultimate finish |
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Product Description
Become the first great name in videogame hockey with NHL 09. Jump into the EA SPORTS Hockey League and become part of the first console sports MMO. Take your created player online and join a team with friends, or scout for players. Featuring 6 vs. 6 online team play, the ability to level up your player, tournament brackets, and awards at the end of every season.
Check Hard and Fight - A physics-based checking and fighting engine featuring more than 300 new animations brings a higher-level of intensity to the game
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Nhl 09 December 1, 2008
This is the worst game I have ever played!!! If you dont mind the computer dictating the game for you go ahead and purchase it
 NHL09 November 23, 2008
The Game is awesome and the new be a pro section lets you start at 18 in the AHL and then pursue your career into the NHL.
Nice idea, terrible execution. November 20, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Let me begin by saying, the graphics and sounds are all great. The be-a-pro-mode is also really fun, and I still like the dynasty mode. But that's where it ends.
The gameplay, nuts and bolts, are simply terrible. Let's begin with the skating, physics there seem to be fine. Even realistic, but this is where the realism ends. The physics of the puck are totally befuddling. Blocked shots gain speed and seem to always go to open cpu players. The netminders are omnipotent and your shooters will be terrible.
After updating to version 1, I found the only way to score is wrap arounds and half wraps. Why do wide open one-timers from 10 feet away, in the slot, not work anymore? So many easy shots are up out of play or completely wide. So many passes are missed or intercepted, for no clear reason.
Your teammates AI is very poor on offense and disappointing on defense. Don't ever expect your mates to make smart plays. They prefer to just take penalties and run into each other, or skate around randomly.
The CPU goalie is fantastic, constantly making stunning saves, while your goalie lets in 50 foot backhand goals. The CPU scores on one-timer rebounds while the goalie is in position, you will fail to score on a rebound with a half open net constantly.
The online play is also very poor. The lag is simply awful, especially on slap shots. They literally turn into lobbed slow-pitch softballs some of the time. The passes and skating also experience unusual slowdowns and the goalies glitch/freeze sometimes. I figured at least the online play would be fun.
I've owned every NHL game since 1993, with 1 exception, NHL 06, and this is arguably the worst of all. The puck behaves very unusually, the goalies are too inconsistent, the shooters can't find the net and the AI is entirely random. I am very unhappy I wasted $60 on this game.
Loads of fun October 30, 2008
Lots of fun. Similar to NHL 08 but with better graphics, and more realistic movements. Overall great game, i recommend it.
Great Sports Game October 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great game for fans of hockey and those who might not like hockey but enjoy sports games.
For owners of previous NHL games, the new Be A Pro mode really lets you play the game in a whole new way. Not only that, it's an excellent way to learn more about hockey and the strategy and positioning that is involved in the game.
The control scheme really lets you feel like you have complete control of your player's movement and stickwork. Presentation is what you would expect, with my only real beef being that the hats don't rain down when you score a hat trick.
All in all, easily a 5/5 game...definite must own for hockey fans and sports fans alike.
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