NHL 2K9 (PS3)

70%
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NHL 2K9 (PS3) (2008)
genre: sports

score: 70%

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'AI issues and the lack of any significant new features have NHL 2K9 skating backward this year.'
Read more » Gamespot
'It's hard to really bash NHL 2K9 other than to say it's a little bit of hockey-lite. "NHL 09" offers more realism and gets our nod for overall long-term value.'
Read more » Gamespy
'Playing a mess like NHL 2K9, it’s hard to think that just a few years ago this was the hockey game of choice for serious puckheads. Now it would take several pucks to the head to even make me consider paying money for this experience.'
Read more » GameInformer
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'The best decision the development team made was scrapping last year’s (too?) complicated control scheme for a streamlined series of options, including one that apes EA’s superb right stick/hockey stick mechanic.'
Read more » GamesRadar
'There are three excellent control options available for both old-school players and precision shooters. They work most of the time, although realism takes a back seat with the excessive checking and occasionally dumbfounded artificial intelligence.'
Read more » Gamedaily
'The controls have been fixed, it's fun, and there are some nice touches to the presentation. But the AI is very suspect and the emphasis on fun hurts the authenticity, which was once 2K's biggest selling point.'
Read more » IGN
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