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NHL '06 Screens - EA Sports

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NHL '06 Screens - EA Sports

Looks like they are dropping the 2006 moniker in favor of the shorter version

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[QUOTE]REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – May 5, 2005 – Tampa Bay Lightning All-Star center Vincent Lecavalier has signed with Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s leading interactive software company, to be the cover athlete and spokesman for its EA SPORTS™ branded NHL® 06 game. The highly skilled assistant captain of the Lightning is the perfect choice for the 14th season of EA’s NHL franchise as shooting and scoring have never been so much fun.

With NHL® 06 players can score like a superstar, express themselves through their shooting style with the new EA SPORTS Skill Stick and light the lamp with highlight reel moves such as spinoramas, toe drags, bat-ins, and between-the-legs shots. Classic deke control adds to the arsenal of moves allowing maneuvers around defensemen before snapping off dangerous shots that can ripple the twine and knock the water bottle off the net.

“I am very excited about being a member of the EA SPORTS team,
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So what are the new features? Be a player sitting on the couch watching sportscentre for CBA updates? Or be Wade Belak and lead the elite ice hockey league in the UK?
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Graphics look terrible, specifically the textures.
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holy non anti aliasing batman
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Hmmm looks like screens from a PS2 :|
It looks the same as 05. Is it just me or every single NHL game is different, ie. controller/game play style? Like every NHL game, you have to relearn the buttons. It gets annoying, but I guess EA is trying to find a good system.
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Those graphics are horrible!

I have no faith in EA to produce a decent hockey game, none of them have actually been good since the SNES/early PC era of the mid 90's.

How can the same organization produce such a great football product, a decent baseball product, a mediocre basketball product, and terrible hockey? Shouldn't they mix up the development teams or something?
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Ugh. Horrible. I do hope those are PSP shots.
And people thought they can do those CGI images on the Xbox 360. Haha.
Yeah right.
If so, themn Visual Concepts can make them look hyper realistic on the Xbox 360.
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Yeah, those Madden devs should put on the their NHL skates and work on the game. I can't wait till a good next-gen hockey game comes out.
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wanted wrote:Their making even though their still locked out...
Can't wait for NBA LIVE 06 though :)
That's the entire game; there's no hockey at all, you just play either Gary Bettman or Bob Goodenow, and spend the whole game negotiating through dialogue trees.

Special challenges include avoiding angry mobs, driving in circles so fans can't figure out where you live, and trying to order food without people spitting in it. Fun for the whole family! :lol:
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meh EA haven't made a decent hockey game since 99. Everything is garbage after that.
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Ya, they look the same every year, sheesh.
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wanted wrote:Their making even though their still locked out...
Can't wait for NBA LIVE 06 though :)

live 05 not as good as live 04
the baseline view is soo far out its hard to see the basket
and its like impossible to dunk without getting blocked.....
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nfnx wrote:live 05 not as good as live 04
the baseline view is soo far out its hard to see the basket
and its like impossible to dunk without getting blocked.....
completely agree with you...but its easy to block too. :|
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Yeesh graphics suck. And all the new features they try to sell always end up sucking recently... who can forget: Import-Your-Face, Bruise Control, Open Ice which sucked last year.

EA's NHL franchise needs to start from scratch. What kind of game nowadays won't let you create a player or sort overall scoring rank in the league? (NHL 2005)

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