NHL 09: How You Can Keep Playing Aggressive Hockey Post-Patch

[StormJH1]

Thank you weeman33! I think I might have to get a piece of duct tape on my LT button and keep it down the whole game, then. (Seriously). The accidental cross checks are KILLING me post-patch b/c half of the fun of this control scheme was mashing on the R stick to try and shoot a puck in a scrum, and that's almost a guaranteed penalty now.

It doesn't come naturally to me to be holding down that button all the time, but if it helps on rebounds and in scrums, it might be worthwhile to learn.

[John Deadly]

Good article! I rented NHL09 a few months ago and really liked it until I went online and discovered that the game was basically rock um sock em robots. I was throughly disappointed and after about 10 online games I sent it back to gamefly. I'm not into crazy checking and getting charged and boarded with the ref not even bothering to call a penalty.

[On Sale]

Dude are you kidding me? Hockey is about crazy checking, big hits etc. The game (nhl 09/nhl 10) would be SOOOOO ****ing boring without hitting, boarding, checking from behind etc. So stop whining and go play nba or mlb games if you dont want to be roughed around. I bet you cry about madden, how the hits are too rough right? Give me a break kid!

Back to being On Topic .... NHL 09 is one of the best hockey games ever made. I already have my copy of NHL 10 reserved and so does my brother and I also look forward to picking up NHL2k10 just to see what its all about, although I will be mainly playing NHL10.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by On Sale

Dude are you kidding me? Hockey is about crazy checking, big hits etc. The game (nhl 09/nhl 10) would be SOOOOO ****ing boring without hitting, boarding, checking from behind etc. So stop whining and go play nba or mlb games if you dont want to be roughed around. I bet you cry about madden, how the hits are too rough right? Give me a break kid! Back to being On Topic .... NHL 09 is one of the best hockey games ever made. I already have my copy of NHL 10 reserved and so does my brother and I also look forward to picking up NHL2k10 just to see what its all about, although I will be mainly playing NHL10.

Don't watch alot of hockey do you? If real players ran around hitting everything in site they would not only be spending alot of time in the penalty box but would constantly be out of position and giving the opposing team plenty of scoring chances. Hockey is about much much more than checking.