NHL 18

1. HockeyGamer69

   Sep 20, 2017

   10

   greatgreat game............................................................................................................................................................… Expand

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2. Diabolicjet

   Dec 8, 2017

   9

   Im giving this game a 9 not that it dosent deserve a 10. I had NHL 17 and i was just introduced to this franchise in july i hated it at firstIm giving this game a 9 not that it dosent deserve a 10. I had NHL 17 and i was just introduced to this franchise in july i hated it at first but after i learned the game i loved it. I got NHL 18 and yes poke check is overpowering however i never even notice it because i actually KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND IT thats it figure out how to work around it. The game is good tho and i believe all the negative reviews are people who suck at the game and have no patience simple as that. Buy it take time with it and learn it.… Expand

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4. DaveCoyote442

   Aug 20, 2018

   7

   This game really didn't do much to expand on NHL 17, besides adding the Vegas Golden Knights. The 3 on 3 mode grew old pretty quick. TheyThis game really didn't do much to expand on NHL 17, besides adding the Vegas Golden Knights. The 3 on 3 mode grew old pretty quick. They really should have just named it Arcade mode instead. The gameplay is pretty similar to an arcade game with nothing else really special about it. Even NHL 19 is looking more promising with its pond hockey mode. I sure hope it delivers on making sure it feels like its own game and not what is essentially a carbon copy.… Expand

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5. Hasa

   Jan 30, 2018

   3

   NHL 18 continues the same trend previous EA's NHL games have, a rushed game with the main focus to make the most of micro transactions.
   
   TheNHL 18 continues the same trend previous EA's NHL games have, a rushed game with the main focus to make the most of micro transactions.
   
   The same problems are still in this game that were in the last 10 installments of the series, sticks go through players and pucks, connection issues, freezes, glitches, passes sometimes lock to a completely wrong player, unpredictable AI (sometimes makes retarded decisions uncontrollable by the player and sometimes the AI is OP as is witnessed by so many players letting the AI play defense).
   
   These same problems have haunted NHL games for about a decade now and there has been little to no attempts to fix them why?
   
   The only game mode EA really focuses on is HUT and the reason is the obvious revenue from micro transactions from that game mode but even that one is far from flawless because it has the exact same weird problems as the rest of the game modes, but at least that one keeps getting updated but mostly only with new card packs to buy...
   
   It's not all bad tho. The graphics and animation are great, 3 on 3 game mode is fun as hell (granted, it also has the very same problems).
   
   If i was new to the series i would have given the rating of 7 but since i have played NHL games hardcore since NHL 07 i can't set aside the very same problems this game series has had since that game. They have had 11 years to fix these errors, yet they never do the only things they add are like new skating physics etc. which is nice as well of course but skating was never the problem anyway... Things like that should be the last thing to fine tune in a mess of a game like this.
   
   The regular gamer wouldn't give this harsh review but even a new player would notice some of these issues after a few hours of playing.… Expand

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6. ShadowCaster

   Aug 27, 2018

   1

   Over twenty years of EA programming 3D NHL-games and they still haven't gotten rid of the way the AI cheats. In addition to that, the careerOver twenty years of EA programming 3D NHL-games and they still haven't gotten rid of the way the AI cheats. In addition to that, the career they've now had ten years to work on the career mode and the only thing they've managed to change on that over the years is that you can simulate the game when you're on the bench - a feature that is broken in itself as it might give you a simulation of 1 second and the situation on ice will likely have changed in an impossible fashion.
   
   Continuing on that career, the player team's AI is completely broken, leaving most if not all the responsibilities of picking loose pucks, defending, shooting and other offensive rushes in the player's shoulders while he's capable of controlling only that one player instead of being able to switch them around while actively hindering the player's movement and having to deal with the worst passing game the AI can come up with - Or what do you think of them passing you mostly when you're surrounded by two to three opposing team's players? The coach also blames player for things he didn't do or couldn't have done such as missing a body check that was never attempted or marking his man the moment the player came out of the bench.
   
   Something that EA has been doing for the last 20 years in terms of the AI cheating, the full-AI teams still get those cheap, sloppy, lazy goals blockable by a toddler who's unaware of what ice hockey is. The opposing AI also gains possessions on loose pucks 95% of the time even if the only one of their players - possibly knocked down by a body check - is surrounded by the whole human controlled team. And as you try to fix it with sliders, there is virtually no difference to how anything works out during career mode, whether or not you have the sliders all the way down or play at the highest preset difficulty - don't forget the face-offs where winning it is a mere formality as the player's teammates have a general tendency of losing the puck immediately afterwards. The opposing goalie is vastly less likely to drop the pucks and their team rarely, if ever makes the mistake of passing a puck straight at the other team's players. The game also seems to possess that Mortal Kombat -esque input reading when the AI doesn't even try to steal the puck until that very microsecond there's pressure on the right stick or R2 to initiate some kind of movement. Not to mention that one-way rubberband if you get too far ahead in a match! All of this results in the player's need to rely on exploits, all of which makes this feel less like hockey in all regards and makes NHL as an institution look bad when they allow something like this to go on in their name for years.
   
   Controls are vague at best, the passes might go 90 degrees off from the direction you aim at and the game might not respond to even several button presses. As for general overall realism, this game doesn't offer much of it. If you take a look at 2K Sports NHL 2K5 for example, they did everything better (sans career mode) when it comes to the feeling of having a hockey match out there, the injuries and events were actually calculated based on contact points and they had the skill stick system years before EA - and after almost 15 years it's still better than anything EA came up with.
   
   We can always hope for a change, but this company's history with what they have here proves that nothing will happen apart from roster updates, which they could well implement on existing games as DLC but instead decide to rip off a full price from our backs by releasing "new" games like Activision did with Guitar Hero.… Expand

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7. Ivairus

   Dec 10, 2017

   0

   Thanks for:
   "After a hot start to the season, 100 NHL players are getting brand new Ice player items in NHL® 18 Hockey Ultimate Team™!"
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   "After a hot start to the season, 100 NHL players are getting brand new Ice player items in NHL® 18 Hockey Ultimate Team™!"
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8. Hockeyfan10

   Oct 17, 2017

   0

   Easily the worst NHL game I have ever played. They did add a couple cool features but overall the online gameplay which I normally love is godEasily the worst NHL game I have ever played. They did add a couple cool features but overall the online gameplay which I normally love is god awful. The poke checking is ridiculously over powered. I don't think I can stress this enough about how over powered poke checking is. Everyone online just hits R1 the whole game which I can't blame them since it works but it's not how the game should be played. Also the goalies are extremely inconsistent. NHL 17 had 100 times better online gameplay.… Expand

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