Multiple plays in this game mode have impressed me. Opponents you will face are Memorial Cup winner Windsor Spitfires, Stanley Cup Final participants Philadelphia and Chicago, and if you’re so lucky, Olympic Gold Medal winners Team Canada. Once your lineup is set, you can jump into a tournament mode and play with your team. Applying ‘consumables’ to your players (increased stats), allow you to build up the prospects that come in as part of the deck. You receive a pack of trading cards (kids, ask your parents about those) which determine your players, jerseys, arena, logos, and even the options to train your players. Hockey Ultimate Team: New for NHL 11, this mode is best compared to an Online Dynasty. Revamped physics regarding momentum, adjusted hip-check controls, and more precise puck control really stood out after playing this game mode multiple times. Momentum-based checks feel amped up a bit, and it’s noticed in the demo. I can best describe the game play as having more of an arcade touch, but without being gimmicky. One period of hockey allows you to try the new face-off mechanics (including the fantastic camera angles), as well as adjust to a somewhat different feel from NHL 10. Do you play as the favorite Blackhawks, and try to keep a lead? Or do you take the route of the underdog, and try to make the miraculous comeback for the Flyers? You have one period of game play to determine a winner. Quick simulation mode kicks in to start the game, Chicago will be up one goal after two periods. Philadelphia vs Chicago in the United Center. Here are a few high points from the demo…īattle for the Cup: Game 7 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals. I’m amazed at how this game can still be fresh as EA Sports celebrates the franchise’s 20th anniversary. Regardless of which system you prefer, this game brought many new features for gamers, as well as tweaking the existing framework. Today, I’m going to focus on the bread and butter of the EA Sports hockey franchise, NHL 11.ĮA Sports released the demo for NHL 11 on August 17th for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Previously on, Jeremy and I spent time with Joe Nickolls from EA Sports talking about NHL SlapShot for Wii.
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