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OS Fact or Fiction: NHL 13 will be the Sports GOTY

12:38 PM - August 16, 2012 by RaychelSnr

Since giving NHL sports Game of the Year in 2007, the franchise has been good to great but not quite on the same level of it's peers. With an impressive list of features coming our way for NHL 13, is this the year the franchise returns to prominence? Kelvin Mak and Glenn Wigmore discuss this possibility in our newest Fact or Fiction. Be sure to give your own answer after the jump!

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# 21 savoie2006 @ 08/17/12 10:05 PM

I think the competition will be too tough this year for NHL to win. I just don't see it beating out FIFA, NBA, and The Show.

# 22 B5KoshYou @ 08/17/12 11:20 PM

Until EA adds TeamBuilder to NHL, it will come in as a close second to FIFA for sports GOTY. The NHL has been around since 1917. Huge number of untapped classic teams from NHL, Canada Cup, Olympics and other leagues like ECHL would increase the fun and shelf life of NHL 13. NCAA Football and FIFA have fantastic wealth of user created teams available through TeamBuilder. So many great options for user created teams & leagues in NHL.

# 23 jyoung @ 08/18/12 01:05 AM

I would love to see both teambuilder and game face implemented across all EA Sports titles.

# 24 liberaluser @ 08/18/12 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by LuGer33


	If you don't lose your mind over graphics and commentary, that's entirely debatable. NHL has a 100000000000000x better online suite than either of those games.

I don't consider online to be the end all and be all of gaming and don't judge the quality of sports games based on subjective experiences over crappy connections. In fact I hear nothing but complaints about the online experience from this and every other sports forum.

The gameplay depth and authentic presentation are the only qualities I think should be considered for GOTY. The fact your game might lag while taking a basket against a cheeser doesn't change a thing really.

# 25 savoie2006 @ 08/18/12 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by liberaluser


	I don't consider online to be the end all and be all of gaming and don't judge the quality of sports games based on subjective experiences over crappy connections. In fact I hear nothing but complaints about the online experience from this and every other sports forum. The gameplay depth and authentic presentation are the only qualities I think should be considered for GOTY. The fact your game might lag while taking a basket against a cheeser doesn't change a thing really.

Yeah, but online could be put in with gameplay depth. It is the one area NHL actually has the upper hand on the competition. If EA had really revamped the entire Presentation as well this year I might have given them the nod. They did alot though, so I completely understand. I just don't see it this year.

# 26 FBeaule04 @ 08/18/12 06:49 PM

I will say no. I think NBA 2K13 looks to have the edge so far. The difference between NBA 2K and NHL for past few years is that 2K delivered a strong gameplay while adding few goodies making it more enjoyable while EA as offered us a bunch of goodies trying to make us forget about brutal AI.

Maybe NHL will get the nod in the end, but I doubt it. On top of it, 2K had to work thinking about EA making a comeback on the basketball market. EA team doesn't have any pressure on the hockey market to deliver the best they can, they are alone!

Like the real NHL, I'll be locked out to start the season. I'll wait if this time around, all the PR and Marketing EA made about NHL 13 is there or if it's like NHL 12, PR and Marketing only...

# 27 Tomba @ 08/21/12 10:42 AM

I think this game is already the sports video game of the year based off the demo.

With the true broadcast cam that has been implemented so well etc this is a no brainier now.

Its what the game NEEDED...

and it got it

the gameplay etc was already better than most game already

# 28 Reiny09 @ 08/21/12 08:30 PM

I'll say after playing the demo that this has a chance to be Game of the Year. It isn't a front-runner in my opinion but it sure has a chance if the features we haven't gotten to try yet play out.

I would say however, that this is definitely the most improved game of the year. Granted, it did have a lot of areas that needed to be improved upon. But when you look at all of the features we have been hearing so much about, I would have to say EAC has certainly gone above and beyond what was expected of them in one cycle.

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