Electronic Arts NHL 23 for PlayStation 5

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Those also look impeccable, with an entire crowd waving glow sticks as a laser light show beams onto the ice. The core, fun mix of the more arcade-focused gameplay that was re-introduced into the series last year with NHL 22 is still there, but it doesn’t feel like 23 iterates on it enough to make it stand apart.

Being able to take Team Canada to the ice against the US and have a grand old time wiping the floor with them never stops being fun for me, and I’m glad to see EA making a better effort towards proper representation for the whole hockey world in its annualized release. Stumble actions and loose-puck plays help enhance gameplay, but they remain less than groundbreaking. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. All that makes NHL 23 feel more like it’s simply stumbling along until another year, and we can only be hopeful it’ll be better than the last.Enjoy the most realistic and authentic ice-hockey experience to date on EA Sport’s latest edition of the NHL series. The good news is you don't need to follow any additional steps to activate your extended 6-year warranty. Get the best players in the world on one lineup with the introduction of mixed women’s and men’s teams in HUT. You can download and play this content on the main PS5 console associated with your account (through the “Console Sharing and Offline Play” setting) and on any other PS5 consoles when you login with your same account.

The visual tech upgrade adds stellar reality to the on-ice play, which also benefits from players who are willing to dive for the puck to make a desperate goal or save.In a case of unlucky timing, NBA 2K23 allowed for a similar idea when it was released last month, yet also offered the actual players from those legacy teams. Revamps on the audio side make strides too, creating one of the most authentic in-arena soundscapes in sports gaming. In this variant, a player hits up the puck from behind the net, and another hits it into the net from the front.