

so basically the people who are finishing their check normally are getting punished but the people going around and just going for giant bone breaking 50 foot charges are barely getting calledģ. furthermore ea is not calling charging from 50 ft away but calling it when you’re 5 feet away. In real hockey yes you can finish your check but not way after the play is over. I pass the puck and start taking a few strides and then someone from 50 feet away comes barreling at me seconds are I pass or shoot. Why should I get punished for angling my player correctly? You have to “time” your hits in real life and offensive players can use this to their advantage irl because they know the other team has to actually play hockey.Ģ. There’s too many times where I am protecting the puck by facing the boards and then the player gets boarded and then the other team gets the puck. Bad players are getting rewarded and not getting enough 5 minute majors. We avoided some of them and got some goals butġ. The game features updated rosters for every team as of June 2013, play-play commentary names for every player, updated arena textures for all NHL teams, updated rink ads, updated national teams, graphic updates and more.I played a game last night and the other team had 59 hits. Version 1.0 was released in early 2013 and now 2.0 is available to download absolutely free. Thankfully, passion for the series never died and there has been an ongoing project to continue the franchise in a series of fan-released games. Three Hitz were released for PS2/Gamecube/Xbox, including Hitz 2002, Hitz 2003 and Hitz Pro before its untimely demise in late 2003. Those of you around in the early aughts (on a side note: it’s depressing in a “I’m getting old” way that the era is starting to become nostalgic) may remember a series of NHL games from Midway called “NHL Hitz.” A spin-off from Midway’s super-popular NFL Blitz series, Hitz featured fast-paced hockey in an arcade style with a focus on hits and entertaining gameplay rather than the realism of EA’s NHL series.
