News Post

NHL 09 Fridays: Community Questions #1

03:25 PM - August 8, 2008 by RaychelSnr

The folks up at EA Canada are nearing their goal as NHL 09 skates towards its September release. They are undoubtedly working very hard since they have a hard act to follow considering how well NHL 08 was received by most gamers. Also, with such high expectations, it's no surprise that the OS community has tons of questions when it comes to NHL 09. Due to this fact, we here at Operation Sports felt it was important to get the NHL developers to answer some questions from the Operation Sports community. So every Friday, until NHL 09 releases, OS will be running five-question-Q&A sessions with NHL 09 developers.

Game: NHL 09Reader Score: 9/10 - Vote Now
Platform: PC / PS2 / PS3 / Xbox 360Votes for game: 47 - View All

NHL 09 Videos

Member Comments

# 1 ohyeahbaby123 @ 08/08/08 03:34 PM

Awesome stuff.

# 2 mudtiger @ 08/08/08 07:21 PM

Nice, but boo to my question specifically about stat overlays during *franchise/dynasty* games being edited to drop off the word franchise and turned into a hype opportunity for be a pro.

# 3 Flyermania @ 08/08/08 08:33 PM

If you don't like what was asked, why not ask some of your own for the next session?

# 4 mudtiger @ 08/08/08 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scottdau


	He took the first 5 questions, Get a clue bro!

mm sort of, my first 6 questions were skipped and the one of mine that was asked wasn't really answered.

# 5 ChaseB @ 08/08/08 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mudtiger


	mm sort of, my first 6 questions were skipped and the one of mine that was asked wasn't really answered.

Yea it wasn't first five, I was jumping around a bit. I'll ask another 5 next week. If you guys want me to just ask about dynasty one week and then online the next etc. then just say so. Then I'll pick 5 questions that deal with each subject and all that.

# 6 ChaseB @ 08/08/08 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mudtiger


	Nice, but boo to my question specifically about stat overlays during franchise/dynasty* games being edited to drop off the word franchise and turned into a hype opportunity for be a pro.*

My bad, didn't know there was a big difference between the two so I just shortened it.

# 7 ohyeahbaby123 @ 08/08/08 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaseB


	Yea it wasn't first five, I was jumping around a bit. I'll ask another 5 next week. If you guys want me to just ask about dynasty one week and then online the next etc. then just say so. Then I'll pick 5 questions that deal with each subject and all that.

Who is with me for this next week to be about dynasty?

# 8 mudtiger @ 08/08/08 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaseB


	My bad, didn't know there was a big difference between the two so I just shortened it.

Rereading the answer a few times, I guess it's sort of been answered. They added overlays for be a pro mode which *should* be used in franchise. Seeing what's gone on with madden + ncaa though, assuming things are in an ea game may be a mistake. The answer jumped right into be a pro mode stuff which I guess can also be seen as answer - other than season + career goals, not much in the way of stat overlays was added (such as season series win/loss records, penalty minute leaders, PP/PK stats with league comparisons, etc).

# 9 ChaseB @ 08/08/08 11:48 PM

Post all Q's in the stickied thread. And I took no offense, this is the Internet -- I have thick skin because of it.

# 10 hawkytom @ 08/09/08 08:20 PM

Is it possible to get injured from slapshots or just in general from the puck? Or possibly high-sticking injuries.

It happens all the time where somebody either gets hit in the face with the stick or sometimes even the puck and might have to miss a couple shifts to get stitched up! Where getting hit with the puck in the face could result in a much more lengthy injury length. Also breaking a foot from a slapshot right, this kind of things would be pretty cool to see. etc...

# 11 OddyOh @ 08/10/08 03:06 PM

Can someone please ask about Custom Soundtrack support on the PS3? I've heard they couldn't pull it off...but I need to hear some 'official' source on this, thanks! Other than that, I'm excited for this game!

# 12 hoodlum10 @ 08/10/08 05:45 PM

there are offline dynasties right?

More Links

NHL 09 Fridays: Community Questions #1