NHL 25
SCORE: 68
Recently I live streamed NHL 25 on our Twitch channel. I played some
games of normal hockey and then the NHL Threes mode which is more arcade
like. We will be releasing two videos of the best games on our video
channels as the time and financial resources present themselves. I will
openly admit that I am not impressed with NHL 25. Some of the problems I
had with NHL 25 are my own fault. I will get into that in just a little
bit.
There is some violent content within NHL 25. We can fight with other
players or the computer in NHL 25. The fights honestly feel pointless to
me. NHL 25 likes to use AI to change the difficulty to make things
harder on you if you are doing well. I dropped that slider to zero
because I do not want that kind of an experience. In fact I lost or was
losing in multiple games in NHL 25 thanks to the sliders.
I noticed a major flaw with NHL 25. I could not find a reset the sliders
to default after accidently messing them up. Somehow while I was live
streaming I made it where my players had perfect puck control but could
never get the puck. They would skate past it again and again and never
grab it. After the live stream I went around and read every single
option and found one in passing that I messed up. The lesson here is to
read what each option does before playing with it. Also you might want
to save the presets.
NHL 25 looks nice but also pretty small. The zoomed in celebrations are
nice, and so are the fan views. Due to copyrights I turned off any of
the offensive music by dropping the music to zero. I had to do the menu
music and the arena music. The announcers can be fun at times in NHL 25.
There are multiple controls and multiple difficulties. I wish changing
the difficulties also impacted the sliders. Those two are completely
separate.
There are plenty of different teams to play in NHL 25. This game is
really obsessing and focusing on the women's league. I am going to be
totally blunt here. I do not care about women's sports. I do not and
will not watch women sports. I do not and will not play women sports in
video games either. If companies want to spend their financial resources
on this - they can. They are just wasting their time in my opinion. I
know a lot of other sports enthusiasts that feel the same way.
- Paul
Graphics: 70%
Sound: 70%
Replay/Extras: 85%
Gameplay: 55%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
System: PS5/Xbox Series X
Publisher: EA Sports
Developer: EA Vancouver
Rating: ‘E10+’ - Everyone TEN and OLDER ONLY {Mild Violence}
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