NHL 08 online play details and full game
September 11, 2007 by pastapadre
I used Play Now to get in my first online game with NHL 08 and captured it broken down into three videos by period.
Overall the game played very smooth, very close if not identical to offline. I'll need to get some more games in (including the co-op) to make any determination as to ultimately how good the performance is but that is certainly encouraging. Other EA titles over the past few months did not start off this well.
As far as I can tell there is no way to change the difficulty setting online even in unranked games. The options are gametype (ranked vs unranked), max DNF, skill level, private session (yes or no), game speed (slow vs medium vs fast), period length (5 vs 10 vs 15 vs 20), rules (NHL vs International vs custom vs off), injuries, fighting, and penalties.
Online modes include Versus Play (standard game with one on one or multiple people on a single console), Online Shootout, Online Team Play (up to 6 different 360's connected into one game for 3 vs 3), and Online Leagues.
Continue on to watch the videos. The pace was a little more frantic as would likely be expected in a user vs user game. I also noticed more hits and penalties which is probably tied to the reckless abandon with which the game was played.
thanks alot, pastapadre.
since i wont be getting the game for 2 more weeks, can you give us information on gm mode, and what other modes exist. For gm mode do they have options for 2 player gm mode, and are their options for a shorter season.
Yes I’d like to see some videos on GM mode as well. Can you tell me if there is preseason games in GM mode?
Thanks for all these other videos as well much appreciated.
Hey padre was the online play really laggy or somewhat laggy
Nice to hear that it ran very smooth online. Last year, it played at about 10fps online. And halfway through a period it would just randomly reset to the beginning of the period for no apparent reason.
Kurdishpride wrote:
no lag at all
Bukktown, I remember that faceoff glitch from last year. How annoying. You’d be playing and then it would just cut to a faceoff right in the middle of play. It would sometimes do it a lot, I recall one game it happened about 6 times in a period.
i want to play!!!