NHL 09 360 Patch #2 Online -- Impressions

[colly77]

Quote: Originally Posted by pf8363

its a curve shot fest again. it works even better now. god ea cant you get anything right?

yet to see this. really happy with the patch. thanks again EA!

[ucas005]

Post patch 3 this game is ridiculously good. EA's NHL team really stepped up their game this year.

[123456dan]

Yeah our team loses so many games due to people (still) abusing both the curve shot in the slot, and the one where they do a wrist shot right across the goal line that somehow sneaks in every time.

[matt8204]

Quote: Originally Posted by 123456dan

Yeah our team loses so many games due to people (still) abusing both the curve shot in the slot, and the one where they do a wrist shot right across the goal line that somehow sneaks in every time.

It happened to me once last night, but I still won the game. It's possible that it's not always a glitch; sometimes the player just takes a really good shot.

[seasprite]

The curve shot is not nearly as accurate or deadly as it was before the first patch came out. It still exist, but not near as bad as it used to. It is pretty easy to defend against if you have halfway decent Dmen

[matt8204]

Quote: Originally Posted by seasprite

The curve shot is not nearly as accurate or deadly as it was before the first patch came out. It still exist, but not near as bad as it used to. It is pretty easy to defend against if you have halfway decent Dmen

Yup. It's also important not to overpursue a player. A lot of guys will take the puck to the corner and hope that the defender will follow him and try to land a big hit. Then he will turn away from the opposing player when he overpursues and have a clear path to the slot for a good scoring chance. Stay disciplined. Let your opponent have the outside shots because they have a much smaller chance of going in. Defend the prime real estate, which is the slot.

[matt8204]

I'm loving this patch. I'm destroying guys who still insist on checking players without the puck and hack/hook/stick lift constantly. Give me all the power plays you want. I beat a kid 5-1 last night with Washington against Chicago and went 4-9 on the power play. It makes it pretty easy to win when your opponent spends half the game trying to kill penalties.

Hooray for real hockey! Cheesers go get @#$^ed! EA, please keep this as the gameplay prototype for 2010, with a few tweaks here and there. This is the way NHL was meant to be played.

[StormJH1]

In lieu of reading through all 100 previous posts, did anyone address whether or not you'll EVER see a human controlled injury in franchise mode? I'm in season 2 of a franchise where I play every game with the Red Wings (probably 120+ games total), and I've NEVER had an injury that cost me multiple games. Very disappointing.