NHL 16 Standard Edition - Xbox One

We bought this game yesterday because the reason my boyfriend bought the xbox was for this! We played right after we got it and it was fun! I will say the controls take some getting used to but I think with some time practicing you'd get the hag of it. What I thought was a cool feature was you can create yourself and get drafted to your favorite team and play in the games with them! The one thing I thought could be fixed was say I had a season going and my friend wanted to play as the opposing team they couldn't. In that mode you could only play with the person on their team. But I think that would be able to be fixed by a simple patch if they decide to address it.

I have been playing hockey games since ice hockey for Nintendo. NHL 16 tops them all. Player attributes are as true as can be. Game play is fluid and fast. Passing and shooting is a whole new level of control in 16. I could write a few pages on all of the pros of this game but I'll just say buy it! The only cons I can speak of are the glitch goals that are impossible to stop. If your playing online or against your friend at home it makes setting up your defense that much more important.

This is my favorite current sports game out of any of the other major ones (NBA 2K16, Madden, etc.) NHL 16 just feels like a true hockey experience. It's extremely realistic, from graphics, to game play. It has countless modes like "Be a GM" and my personal favorite "Be a Pro". All things you can lose yourself for weeks in. It's very addictive. If you have a kid who likes hockey, or if you yourself like hockey and you have a PS4 or Xbox One, do not hesitate! Buy this game!

NHL 16 so far has been a great pick up. After skipping 14 and 15 I decided it was time to get another one and I'm definitely satisfied. Passing, shooting, fights, and the weight of both objects and players work great. EA also added a new help system that adapts to your playing as you get better and a novel idea in having a shooting grid to help you learn where to place shots. Now, this game didn't earn 5 stars because of some parts that, to me, should've been ironed out and haven't been yet. To start with, player skating still feels like they're gliding or skating on air half of the time. The player I'm controlling will often make really wide turns or take time transitioning from backwards to forward skating, instead of making sharp cuts and stops like one would expect. Checking seems to be hit or miss (no pun intended) where I can really be laying into my thumb stick to deliver a big hit and my player either won't do it, gets knocked down by the other player, or delivers a really weak hit. The biggest problem though comes from a glitch where my player carrying the puck will stop dead and refuse to skate until the puck has left his possession. This has cost me goals in a few games and a couple of wins that became losses. I went online an apparently this has been an issue for a few years now, I would have thought they'd fix it by now. Overall NHL 16 is still a great game in what it delivers. While not perfect and containing a few gripes, it's definitely the closest to playing real hockey that I've seen from a game. If you're a hockey fan, it's a must buy, especially if you haven't owned one in a few seasons. Even if your just a sports gamer, still consider giving this one a go and bring some friends over, these games always make for a great time.

Not much in way of graphic updates and the commentary gets old fast. EASHL is back which to me was the best game mode for online play, input lag though makes it frustrating at times. Some items need to be tweaked like when you call for a pass and the ai was already going to pass to you it puts you into a one time pass usually resulting in a turn over or icing.