NHL 2005 - Not sure what to think about the new "open ice"..

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On the one hand, it would seem to play more like realistic hockey, but
on the other hand, it looks like it could turn the game into even more
of a shot-fest than it already is.

What I would REALLY like to see are more errant passes, shots off
target, and shots that are fanned on. I'd also like to see defenders
get their stick on a shot to deflect the puck into the stands. That's
a perfect example of "it's NOT in the game..." because it happens with
such regularity in real hockey, and I haven't seen it once in any of
the NHL series games.

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Bill
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:23:10 -0500, Bill Ko wrote:

> On the one hand, it would seem to play more like realistic hockey, but on
> the other hand, it looks like it could turn the game into even more of a
> shot-fest than it already is.

Got a link? I haven't read much about the upcoming release. Never did
play more than about 30 games of 2004, FWIW; could never get past the
glaringly bad HTML/IE-based menu system. That needs a complete overhaul
before I'll consider 2005 (at the very freakin' least, make right-clicks
do something!).

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Ian Merrithew - ADM Systems Engineering
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I would like to see what you mentioned also. I think that the open ice will
be a great feature. The ai was very messed up at some points in the game
and it is nice to see that they realize this and try to fix it.

 

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The stats in the simmed computer games have to be fixed for this to be
playable.

Jamie

"goodygood11" <mont29zag@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I would like to see what you mentioned also. I think that the open ice
will
> be a great feature. The ai was very messed up at some points in the game
> and it is nice to see that they realize this and try to fix it.
>

 

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you male a very good point actually. people ending the season with 200
points? i doubt it. the vezina trophy winner every year is the only goalie
with a save percentage over .900, usually at .910, thats just stupid,
alomst all the startes in the league break .900.