First Person Fighting introduced to NHL 10
May 16, 2009 by
Filed under News, Playstation, XBox
It’s been a long time, well over a decade if I’m being honest since the last time I played a EA NHL game back in the day on my Sega Mega Drive.
But going by the latest screenshots from EA NHL 10 it’s shaping up to be one of the must have sporting games of the year.
I have always been a fan of Hockey games but their for me personally their have always been other games which would take preference above a Hockey game well that was until now!
This year EA have introduced a whole new concept into the passion for winning in their latest instalment of NHL with the addition of First Person fighting in NHL 10
A new first-person fighting engine enables players to trade punches with an NHL tough guy. Feel what it’s like to be on the ice in the skates of an NHL player to throw and dodge punches. Grab and tug an opponent’s jersey to land a punch that ignites the fans and sparks your team to victory. Challenge a skill player and an opposing team tough guy will step in to settle the score.
On ice toughness and intimidation is taken to a new level in NHL 10 where winning one-on-one battles for possession of the puck along the boards becomes a test of will and skill. Utilizing an all-new board physics engine, players can use their body to shield the puck on the boards and then kick-pass it to teammates. Bigger, stronger players pin opponents to the boards while fanatical fans bang on the glass, just like real life. Fore-check defenders, pressure the puck and finish checks to intimidate your opponent into mistakes. Players fatigue, bobble passes, and avoid collisions under threat of constant physical pressure. Inspire teammates, ignite the fans and change the momentum of a game by instigating scrums, drawing penalties, and mixing it up — all after the referee blows the whistle!
“This is the most authentic simulation of hockey we have ever created,” said Producer David Littman, a former NHL and minor league goaltender now in his eighth year working on the NHL franchise. “The Stanley Cup is the most difficult trophy in all of sports to win and NHL 10 replicates the emotion, intensity and toughness players require to win the Cup.”
NHL 10 features more than 200 gameplay refinements that replicate the skill and finesse of hockey and deliver the most responsive and authentic action ever for the series. Players can one-time loose pucks, score from their knees, knock pucks out of the air and lift a leg to fake a shot on goal. A new 360° precision passing mechanic delivers control over the speed and direction of passes so players can bank passes off the boards or play the puck into space for teammates to skate on to it. Plus, all-new interactive crowds bring the emotion of playoff hockey to life with towel-waving fans, glass bangers and crowds that react to the action on the ice.
NHL 10 Skate’s onto the PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360® this Autumn, Will you be tough enough to maintain a strong challenge to lift that elusive Stanley Cup in NHL 10 this year?
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