Featuring the biggest innovation for the franchise in six years, NHL 13 accurately captures the speed, creativity, and strategy of today's NHL with revolutionary True Performance Skating. Sync up with friends with the real-world of hockey in GM Connected, the first-ever online multiplayer dynasty mode with cooperative and Online Team Play, or relive the greatest moments from today's NHL in NHL Moments Live. With core gameplay innovation, connected experiences, and the deepest feature set ever, NHL 13 is the definitive hockey experience.
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I don't normally play sports games, or Console games for that matter. But I needed something to test my new TV with, and this is the newest console game I have.
The graphics are good, for a sports game, but it feels the same as NHL 12 and 11, With it's only real improvement being a tweaked momentum/physics system.
the AI in this game is HORRIBLE, ******* Horrible. It's pants on head retarded, It cheats in every way possible, have two players trying to stop the guy with the puck? it will always, without fail, switch you to the guy you DON'T want to control, Comeback rubberbanding AI makes it possible for the AI to cheat it's way back from a 9-0 blowout. The game will go on streaks where it simply refuses to allow you to have the puck, and will -not- stop until it's in the back of your net.
Your goalies are also useless unless you control them, which is a big part of how AI can come back from a massive defecit. AI teams never take penalties, when you take penalties the "Referee" will give you Majors and Double minors for asinine reasons
AI is crucial in a sports game, and the level that it cheats has had a detrimental effect on this game.