Customer Ratings & Reviews

Not too impressed with the speed and fluidity of the gameplay.

Love sports games but please update them in some aspect!

Tough to pick up on the controls. Not like it used to be

My son hasn't played it much but does like the game!

Game play is same, goalie game play is slighty better

Played the Beta and came away with mixed views. The game continues to play well and animations were overall solid, but seeing that this is the 3rd iteration of the series on the new platforms, (i.e., PS4 / XBOX One), I feel things getting a little stale. For a game that touts realism and being a hockey simulator, I still cannot believe that players can't get tossed out of the face off circle. This happens in every real hockey game, several times over. I also am still disappointed that there has been more emphasis placed on animating team mascots, then on post goal celebrations, and I am not talking about user controlled celebrations. Come on! I don't think hockey and then team mascots. Just seems like a waste of development time to me. How can you not embrace the most exciting part of the game, which is scoring a goal???? What I mean by that is, we are still seeing the generic 2 man goal celebrations, which NEVER happen in real life. What really takes away from the immersion, is when you score a goal and the rest of your teammates skate away from you, like nothing happened. It is just a real peeve of mine. I still think there also needs to be a way to create more board play, as this is also another huge element of every real life game. Yes, the end to end action is great, but the lack of a real board aspect to the game, also takes away from the realism EA is going for. I LOVE the NHL series and look forward to it every year. That is why I am so passionate about EA getting it right. Especially when aspects missing from the game are such an integral part of the real life game itself. Will I be picking NHL 17 up? Of course. The online leagues are a ton of fun as well as the be a pro mode. But I really hope that NHL 18 brings with it a major overhaul, to make the series feel fresh again, (new graphics engine, more focus on atmosphere and a more dynamic commentary; play Madden '17 and you will see what I mean). Don't get me wrong, NHL 17 is an improvement over NHL 16, but not as much as I had been hoping for. We will have to wait and see if that sentiment changes throughout the course of the season, as patches are released. I really hope it does.

As you hit the ice you’ll find that this year’s game plays smoothly with a good challenge if that's what you are looking for.

This is a great edition to the NHL series if you are a hockey fan

Great game! Hockey lovers or not. NHL 17 has amazing graphics.

I've been playing NHL video games since Blades of Steel on NES, trust me, you don't want to waste your money on NHL17. I've been reporting bugs to the game developers support on twitter with video evidence and they do not respond. You can control the puck much better in NHL 16. Passing is better as well. There are less features in NHL 16, but there's also less bugs. Save your money! I've been providing feedback to the developers directly as well as multiple surveys since NHL15 and they totally missed the bar on this one. They left out important features like coaches challenge which can be a big deal when you have a bad call that costs you the game. You can see here http://youtu.be/jnPvt4P3NO4 issues with the gameplay and obvious glitches that cause issues with controlling the puck and these weren't even taken during online gameplay! Invest yourself in NHL16 and say goodbye to EA Canada ever getting this one right. They don't listen to fan feedback, they get more money every year if they release a mediocre game and promise the moon and stars the following year.

This is the best Nhl game to date. I love that you can relocate in franchise mode.

EA by far has the best sport games and NHL 17 is no exception and doesn't disappoint.

Pretty much only play on-line and it plays smooth with hardly any issues

Great present for my son! Definitely recommend getting the game card!

Great game with realitic simulation modes. Play for hours.

Better than last year. Still miss the hard hits from previous years. Love the World Cup feature.

EA NHL gets better every Year !!!!!!! #GOSHARKS !!!