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Title: Game Play is Most Important
Review: I've owned every generation of hockey since Activision released 2-on-2 hockey for the Atari 2600. I believe, and all of my friends agree, that 989 NHL Faceoff by far has the best game play of any hockey game ever created. If you appreciate "realistic" game play that is. While EA is esthetically pleasing, and has a lot of neat gimmicks, the actual game play doesn't compare to 989. The checking is unrealistic and exaggerated, fighting is a joke, players do not go to the net as much, and you have to skate around the zone for half the period waiting for a play to develop, and it rarely does. I'm so disappointed with the game play that I've gone back to playing 989 hockey for the original Playstation. While I don't dispute that the graphics on this game are like nothing I've ever seen, it means nothing without the game play to back it up. The day that 989 releases Faceoff for the PS2, I'll be the first in line to trade in my EA NHL 2001.
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