Best ever EA Sports NHL game?

[DarthRambo]

Which one in your guys opinion? I have the itch to play but don't care what hear it is. I just want best simulation hockey experience that's fun.

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[tinpanalley]

I'm about to save you hours of searching online having been part of the NHL game community for over 20 years...

This question has no answer. Sorry. Several reasons:
1. Nobody will ever agree on the ones that are supposedly "best".
2. NHL hockey in general has been extraordinarily bad at being represented well in video games. Games are fast and it's fun so people easily fall for many games thinking they are the most accurate simulation, but really, honestly, none of them get it right.
3. A game can be totally wrong and be made better with the right sliders. (Something that requires even MORE hours of research and testing.)
4. It depends what you mean by simulation. You'd be surprised how vastly different people's definitions of that word is.
5. People have varying degrees of tolerance for what makes a game more simulation or realistic. Some people can not accept at all that a player blocks a puck in an unrealistic way. I couldn't care less. Right there you'd have two opinions.

So, I will give you 3 that are hard to argue against in the solid nature of their hockey fundamentals. But none of these gets it perfect..
NHL 2K8
NHL 09 (PC)
NHL Legacy (PS3/360)

Games that have realistic elements but fail spectacularly elsewhere:
NHL 2K10
NHL 2K6
Any NHL from the last 3 years

...and just watch, the next posts will all be "for me, it's [game x]", "actually [game y] is better because...

It never ends.

[LegendKillerOne]

I can't answer this well as I have hated so many of the games lately BUT I remember Legacy being great

[LegendKillerOne]

Quote: Originally Posted by tinpanalley

I'm about to save you hours of searching online having been part of the NHL game community for over 20 years... This question has no answer. Sorry. Several reasons: 1. Nobody will ever agree on the ones that are supposedly "best". 2. NHL hockey in general has been extraordinarily bad at being represented well in video games. Games are fast and it's fun so people easily fall for many games thinking they are the most accurate simulation, but really, honestly, none of them get it right. 3. A game can be totally wrong and be made better with the right sliders. (Something that requires even MORE hours of research and testing.) 4. It depends what you mean by simulation. You'd be surprised how vastly different people's definitions of that word is. 5. People have varying degrees of tolerance for what makes a game more simulation or realistic. Some people can not accept at all that a player blocks a puck in an unrealistic way. I couldn't care less. Right there you'd have two opinions. So, I will give you 3 that are hard to argue against in the solid nature of their hockey fundamentals. But none of these gets it perfect.. NHL 2K8 NHL 09 (PC) NHL Legacy (PS3/360) Games that have realistic elements but fail spectacularly elsewhere: NHL 2K10 NHL 2K6 Any NHL from the last 3 years ...and just watch, the next posts will all be "for me, it's [game x]", "actually [game y] is better because... It never ends.

Just curious, Now that I have a xbox series x and can buy any old xbox game and play it of the 3 you mentioned I have question

In addition to the great game play which of those games had the best franchise mode?

[Fiddy]

NHL 96 is still the GOAT

[PernellKarl076]

Quote: Originally Posted by DarthRambo

Which one in your guys opinion? I have the itch to play but don't care what hear it is. I just want best simulation hockey experience that's fun.

Tons of hours of work behind all of this, but in all humbleness, with my setup, you will get the best Simulation Gameplay of all EA's game of hockey.

So yeah, NHL23 is my easy choice DarthRambo 😀

[LegendKillerOne]

Quote: Originally Posted by PernellKarl076

Tons of hours of work behind all of this, but in all humbleness, with my setup, you will get the best Simulation Gameplay of all EA's game of hockey. So yeah, NHL23 is my easy choice DarthRambo 😀

I am sure your setup is good but that would not make it the best hockey game ever. What qualifies as the best ever would be a game you can pick up take out of the box and play without needing to adjust

[tinpanalley]

Quote: Originally Posted by LegendKillerOne

I am sure your setup is good but that would not make it the best hockey game ever. What qualifies as the best ever would be a game you can pick up take out of the box and play without needing to adjust

That game doesn't exist.