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Yes, the game is meant to be played. And if I wanted to play an arcade hockey game, im sorry but theres better ones then EA. But i dont, i want to play HOCKEY, and hockey is not what EA makes. They make high scoring rock em sock em games.

I turned all the diffulty up on EA games, always have. problem is, as i said theres always a 'glitch' if you will to scoring. One type of thing results in goals most the times, I can remember em since NHL 94, theres always been somthin. Sure you can pretend it doesnt exist and dont use it. But on a tight game where you know you can score just by doing it and you want to win. it gets hard to ignore. even on hard settings the games ended up above 10.

on this new one, not only does the wrap around score WAY to often, but they said they cleared the nutral zone, which means now one man can just carry it the length of the ice without being touched. IMO, thats not what hockey is about. thats what an arcade hockey game is.

Do yourself a favor tho, since ESPN comes out before EA's, get to know ESPN's and give it a decent run. The game itself is so much better. I dont know why anyone would want EA's just becaue of graphics that are only better when you zoom in.

to me, while EA's look sharper graphics. ESPN's are the ones that look much more realistic. EA's look sharper, but more computer generated.