This goes hand-in-hand with the new level of control players are given. Gameplay The NHL has changed to a more defense oriented, low scoring hockey league and NHL 2004 reflects this by making every goal in the game (as long as you're not on the easiest difficulty level) precious and hard-earned. This year, NHL 2004 is a lot more serious but it ends up just as fun as its predecessor from two year ago. There are brand new controls, a now mandatory EA Sports style franchise mode and a fighting engine that almost makes the hockey around it irrelevant. We're talking "Gordie Howe on a frozen pond wearing moose fur" hardcore. The threat from Midway's NHL Hitz was taken that seriously.įor NHL 2004 the developers at EA Canada have taken their brand of hockey and made it more hardcore than ever. But NHL 2003 left a bad taste in the mouths of longtime fans because of a looser, more arcadey approach. After the outstanding NHL 2002 hit in the fall of 2001, hockey fans thought they had nowhere to go but up from there. It's been a bit of a roller coaster ride for diehard fans of EA's NHL hockey franchise.
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