NHL 09 PC
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Metascore
62 out of 100

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3.3 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Summary: Be A Pro: NHL 09 puts you on the ice with a dynamic new camera as you play the role of one player on a team. With pop-up feedback given on your performance as you play, you know exactly where you’re excelling and what parts of your game need improvement.
    Be A Pro starts your career off in    in the ranks of the NHL and challenges you to become one of the best in the league. Rookie Controls: Hit, pass, shoot, and score using the simplified two-button control system. Now even players new to the game can challenge the best of the best. European Leagues - Reflecting the global appeal of the sport, NHL 09 has full dynasty modes for the official Swedish, Finnish, Czech and German Leagues as well introducing, for the first time ever, a season mode for the Russian Super League. [Electronic Arts]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Worth Playing
    89
    NHL 09 is as real of a hockey game as it can get. It looks great, sounds good (if repetitive), plays great and has an amazing set of features.
  2. GameStar
    71
    It's still a good hockey game, but all in all it's the same game sold four years in a row anyway. While EA Sports polishes the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, it neglects the PC version, e.g. it's impossible to change the aspect ratio to 16:9 and the maximum resolution is 1280x1024. Time for 2K Sports to step in with it's NHL 2k- series. It worked for NBA 2k9.
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    60
    The best old engine you can get. PC players can be happy, all new game modes are present but regardless of these improvements the computer version is just a shade of the console ones. [Dec 2008]
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  4. Play (Poland)
    40
    It's a disgrace that this crude port which wouldn't look out of place on PlayStation 2 is pushed on helpless hockey fans worldwide. [Feb 2009]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 7 out of 8
  1. twilightrocks
    8
    ignore the bad reviews, this game is good! the graphics may be a bit dated for the time but the gameplay is fun and thats what counts! the controls are pretty good too! the only annoying thing about this game is the amount of times the ref whistles you and drops the puck again just for very minor offenses. i got this game for £3 and im glad i bought it!… Expand
  2. JohnC.
    3
    Do not get this game, unless you want NHL 06 with updated rosters. It is really poor. No online matchmaking, you have to go find people's IP address before you play.… Expand
  3. AndyE
    2
    I played 09 on PS3 and got really excited and wanted to buy this on PC. Thank god I tried it first because this is really really bad. I was hoping that the new puck control would be so great with keyboard and mouse but nope. This is the same shit I played about 5 years ago.… Expand
  4. Joe
    1
    This would have been an awesome game like...10 years ago. NHL series peaked in 2001-2002 and been dropping like a rock since then. Its truly a disgrace that EA even has the balls to release this game for anything more than free, hell people who pirate the game will probably feel robbed of hard drive space. Yeah its that bad and that's putting it nicely. Another typical EA PS2 to PC port job, almost nothing new, game engine developed in the late 1980's, textures from 2001, horrible resolution support, lack of online support, overall just another turd straight out of the EA poopchute. To think we had games like oblivion setting the bar graphics wise in early 06 and crysis in late 07 and here we are late 08 getting this garbage from EA its just sickening, for a company so big, they produce games with quality so small.… Expand

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