Yeah I agree... I also thought it was a misprint when i first saw that Briere got a 60 Wrist shot Accuracy. Theres no way Downie gets a 75... Briere is way more accurate then Downie!!!

Yeah but you cant edit it if you want to play online..

well.........use brieres playmaker skills if it is not a miss print

it has to be an error, theres no way that can be correct

Yeah i guess i could use his playmaking skills if its not a missprint...

Either its a miss print.... or EA hates Danny Briere and thinks he's a midget who has no WR accuracy....

I better be a Dam miss print...

theres no reason for ea to ave anything against any player. if you look at the other wr accy on the chart, downie has a 75 i think and hatcher has a 60....with those two being good ratings for those players, i dont see hwo they could give briere a 60. could have meant to be 90, thats a key away from 6 on a number pad.

also, the new be a pro mode....you can take that player from that mode and play with him on line in 6 on 6 play. positions are first dibs and you play as you would against the pc, but everyone on the ice is a player online playing in his or her house
thats new mode is going to be awesome imo, and the fact that you can pluck him from the regular mode and use him on line

No, but it should be. I thought of this a few years back and have wanted ever since.

Some stats are weighted. For example, speed has a lot more to do with the overall rating than endurance, which has a lot more to do with it than faceoffs, and so on and so on.

Yeah that be a pro mode's sounds like its gona be addicting.. I cant wait to get my hands on 09. I wanna see hats when you score a hat trick... they had it in 06 but not 08. And when you win the stanley cup I want to see a better celebration.

They have hats in 08. The fighting better be better and same with the hitting.

agreed...the celebrations are always...eh. Could be a lot better in my opinion.

The new jersey every two years in dynasty mode would be awesome, i would love to see EA incorporate that into the game. I cant wait for 09 to come out, its gonna be great fun.

Who here is good at 08?

Im pritty good... i played the crap out of it.... I putt all the 09 stats in for the Flyers , they have great team speed.

damnn you have alot of time on your hands.

Yeahh i doo

It actually didnt take that long... 20 minutes

I play and win on Superstar.

cough

I'm good, add me on Live, CLOUD46. I usually play CoD4, though.

I hope they up the game play speed on line, i hated having to play slow games online. i always play with the speed all the way up when i play the computer

I am not bad play on 3 differant sites about 4-5 leagues. I am stoked for the release of 09. The team league sounds great

carter's speed is way lower than it should be, 84 is screechingly slow

i'm pretty good, i think i had a 64-18 record online until i stopped

Play superstar on international ice it makes it a lot more difficult.

We should put teams together now.

We should put teams together now.

im game brophy

I just hate buying a new game every year. I think NHL08 was the best release yet.

im with ya all the way, i dotn buy madden anymore. but i think your going to see NHL get even better. lasts years game completely changed the gameplay of the game raising it to a very high level. this year, your going to see improvement on the gameplay, with an addition of great gameplay modes. be a pro mode is a mode where you focus on one player, whichc is in theory you or whoever you want it to be. and you have to train him and perfrom to turn that player into an NHL star, the view is completely different as you play in an over the shoulder camera angle similar to ghost recon or the goalie mode from last year. also, a much improved on line setup, its not going to be as big of a pain in the A$$ to get a game going and play in your on line leagues, and you can take your be a pro player and take him on line in 6 on 6 team play against people across the country. no only are you getting an improvement on the phenominal gameplay from )* but your going to have many mroe ways to play it

Actually I believe I read that the Be A Pro and online player that you use are completely different. So you actually have to play online to use the online player and play Be A Pro to use your Be A Pro player.

I'm cool for that too. I like to think I'm pretty good. As long as you actually play like they do in hockey which I do. Ever since I started playing coaches always said I had perfect positioning so I believe I'll rape it online.

I hear you, and I agree. 08 was probably the best NHL release yet by EA. But from the looks of it, NHL09 will be even better than 08.

i thought i read the opposite, i will look around on line for the article and post it if i can find it

ill create a thread in the misc section for sign ups

rad

Nhl 08s in game play didn't have a lot of detail though.

Not sure I know what you mean by "didn't have a lot of detail". Care to elaborate on that? Imo, NHL08 was the best NHL release as far as realistic gameplay. And arguably the best NHL release as far as the feel and the control ability of the players.

Exactly! How do people still say that NHL 2K8 is better than the NHL franchise? It's just idiotic.

If you're a hockey player, or actually watch the game, you want the most realistic game. That game is NHL 09.

I'm probably the only one in here that plays EA NHL games on the PC... lol

I started in '97 and only missed '06 and '07. But it seems as each year passes, EA screws over PC players more and more. Last year, they didn't even bother updating the rosters for online play.

Not to mention....every year there seems to be a cheap way to score goals. In '05, it was the blue line floater shot, and in '08 it was the one timer. People exploit this over and over and it kills the excitement.

I vowed that i would never purchase another EA NHL game until they start addressing the needs for PC players. They leave us out to dry b/c console systems are a majority of the business (and I understand that, but why make a game if you're not going to support it).

/rant over

I think a lot of these stats will be different come launch. Briere's wrist shot power/accuracy makes no sense.

I KNOW! Ive been saying that for a while now... Theres no way Briere's Wrist Shot Accuracy could have went down -27 points from last year! His WS Accuracy is a 60 now ???? It has to be a typing error.

NHL08---87

NHL09---60 ..................... <<<< WTF is that <<<

If they have Richards rated an 82 ovr, and tied with Staal again, i might not buy the game..

No.. Richards Overall is an 87. He has the best Overall on the team.

There is definitely a lack of detail. No hats on a hat trick. Didn't show the three stars come out it only shows them in the menu. No facial expressions(I would've liked to see some expression) The bottle doesn't pop. Sometimes the way a player shoots and pass is a bit unrealistic especially when the stick doesn't move. Also there is no net above the glass. Which I understand it's so it doesn't get in the way of the camera but even when you put it on different camera angles the net is still not there.

Bit unrelated to gameplay but I also wish you could start a franchise with more than just 1 team. Also there is no "playoff mode" which out of all things I've mentioned before this none of them bother me except this one.

I had a little problem with the physics of the game too. I mean when a 160 pound Kris Russell can absolutely destroy Dustin Penner on every play with a hipcheck thats a bit unrealistic. BTW Kris Russel is seriously a really good defenseman in real life. He is small but I've seen him push around guys twice his size.

Just little things I still enjoyed it and haven't actually played 2k8 because to be honest it looks like trash. No need to get defenseive about a game I just thought it could've use more detail. It's like a turkey sandwich without the Mayonnaise. Still good but put a little mayo on there and it could be better.

P.S. since this is a pretty long post I'd just like to add that I have no idea what IMO means.

IMO = In My Opinion

thanks. I get it now.

What do you mean by playoff mode??

Do you mean playing in the playoffs and winning the stanley cup??

So no PC NHL players here huh? I must be one of few that still rely on PC to play games.

I player 99,02,06,and 07 on the PC

The most recent NHL PC game was 07 and I mainly bought the PC games because people modded things such as having the real sponsors on the boards,ice,real goalie equipment,etc.

Here are the overall ratings of NHL 2K9


Let the b!tching begin

Ahh..well last year, EA Sports failed to implement a roster update for the PC version. I also have been playing previous versions of NHL, and in the past, EA Sports seems to be progressively ignoring the PC market by not providing updates and whatnot.

I'm just curious if EA Sports will make roster updates available for the '09 version and will the "Be A Pro" feature be available? I've read that it won't be, but i wanted a more definitive answer (if anyone knows).

Looks alright. Does anybody play this game?