Operation Sports 2008 Hockey Game of the Year

[MMChrisS]

Hockey Game of the Year

NHL 09
NHL 2K9

[adembroski]

Blowout of epic proportions. NHL 09 is a masterpiece. Quite simply one of the most fun sports games ever made.

[bowlerguy92]

Blowout, no contest NHL 09 takes it!

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by MMChrisS

Hockey Game of the Year NHL 09 NHL 2K9

Typo alert. That should read:

NHL 09
NHL 09

[MMChrisS]

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

Typo alert. That should read: NHL 09 NHL 09

Well, I will say this one was pretty much a dead giveaway too....it's amazing some people will vote for the other side though...believe it or not

[funky_chicken]

This one is not going to be pretty. NHL 09 was my choice.

[Lieutenant Dan]

Quote: Originally Posted by funky_chicken

This one is not going to be pretty. NHL 09 was my choice.

Yes, this will be very lopsided. NHL 09 is the best hockey game ever. My prior favorite was NHL 98 on PS1.

[amedawg00]

Au contraire, this is just group think at its worst. NHL 09 is predictable and boring. Have you experienced how immersive NHL 2K9 is, with the abudance of smooth goalie and player animations? Furthermore the lack of board play in 09 is a game killer for me. Sure, fanboyism aside, NHL 09 has more features, be a pro, clan team up, etc., but if the gameplay is not immersive and enthralling, then those features are irrelevant. The only thing that 09 has that blows 2k out of the water is graphics. So if youre not a graphics whore and emphasize gameplay then youre missing out by not giving 2K9 a chance.

[Candyman5]

Quote: Originally Posted by amedawg00

Au contraire, this is just group think at its worst. NHL 09 is predictable and boring. Have you experienced how immersive NHL 2K9 is, with the abudance of smooth goalie and player animations? Furthermore the lack of board play in 09 is a game killer for me. Sure, fanboyism aside, NHL 09 has more features, be a pro, clan team up, etc., but if the gameplay is not immersive and enthralling, then those features are irrelevant. The only thing that 09 has that blows 2k out of the water is graphics. So if youre not a graphics whore and emphasize gameplay then youre missing out by not giving 2K9 a chance.

Nice write up, I voted NHL 09. Best Hockey game by far.

[Timmay]

I'm going to go with neither. NHL 2k9 is a disaster, and NHL 2009 is extremely, extremely overrated. I don't get why people won't accept crap when it comes to NBA, NFL, and MLB games - but when they load a bunch of crap into hockey, people just seem to love it. Cheating AI, poor AI, almost non-existent defense, huge lack of goalie animations, poor controls, poor/choppy skating by the AI, pucks that float through goalies and other players, etc.

People complain about Madden until the cows come home, and the NBA 2k9 clipping is getting ragged on big time - but everyone seems to completely ignore it all in NHL 2009 and seems to think the game is a "masterpiece".

They're both pure crap. There is no "Hockey Game of the Year" this year.

Sorry for the rant - but really, the only sports games I care about are NHL. I buy the 2k football games and I enjoy them (NFL 2k5, and All-Pro 2k8), but when it comes down to it, the NHL games are really the games I'm passionate about, and really want to see done properly. I've seen attempts that went in the right direction and then completely turned around. It's getting so frustrating that I've almost given up on hockey games. No one seems to get it; they just always throw in glitz and glamor and ignore the guts of hockey. They try to make it so that every trip up the ice is a highlight reel, when it's not.