NHL 08 for Windows

Carolina Hurricanes center Eric Staal is the cover athlete and spokesman for NHL 08 from Electronic Arts. At the age of 23 with just 4 NHL seasons under his belt, this promising young player has scored a combined 75 goals over the past 2 seasons, notched 100 points in 2006, and was voted into his first All-Star game in 2007. Already a core member of the Hurricanes, Staal led the team in points (28) during their successful 2006 Stanley Cup Playoff run that resulted in a Championship. Aside from his exceptional talent on the ice, Staal is also known as an avid gamer. NHL 08 brings back the champion of hockey games with better gameplay and faster on-ice action. Take command of tape-to-tape passing, behind-the-net plays and precision give-and-go attacks. Dominate the ice with NHL caliber goaltending, skating, checking and puck handling with the deeply enhanced animation system. Featuring all-new presentation elements, commentary and cut-scenes, NHL 08 brings the ice to you. Now you get into the action! Incredible new Character animations for goaltending, checking, shooting and passing bring you authentic on-ice action An unsurpassed franchise experience hinges a team's success on your ability to schedule workouts, scrimmages and manage team chemistry Online gameplay and comprehensive online features - Completely online stat tracking, buddy lists management and online leagues It's every man for himself in an all-out hockey Free-4-All. Using only one side of the rink, challenge up to three friends online and see who can score the most goals in your fight to dominate the hockey world more

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BrandElectronic Arts
ESRB RatingE - (Everyone)
GenreGames - strategy / tactics / wargame
Platformfor Windows
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2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-06-2008; Could Have Been Great - But. EA won't respond to customer outcry.; Initially I was dissapointed in this game. The advertised features seem to have been either not included or poorly implemented on the PC version of this game. I have come to be even more dissapointed over time realizing what a great game...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-13-2008; Very Bad!!; I use to love this game and I am thinking of buying an old used computer so I can play NHL 2004 the last decent version of the game.I had NHL 05 but the controllers wouldn't work right in the game. I bought a new computer recently and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-30-2007; NHL 08 and Game Controllers; I received this as a gift for Christmas, like a tradition as I have for many years now.This year EA decided to severely limit the number of controllers this game will support. Now, my tried and true MS sidewinder cannot be used...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-20-2007; Great for new users; some bugs exist.; I bought this game because NHL 06 did not work on my laptop. While the gameplay, animations, and audio are basically the same, I enjoyed some modest improvements. For one, the menu interface is a lot more responsive than NHL 06 was....; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-20-2007; Great for new users; some bugs exist.; I bought this game because NHL 06 did not work on my laptop. While the gameplay, animations, and audio are basically the same, I enjoyed some modest improvements. For one, the menu interface is a lot more responsive than NHL 06 was....; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-23-2007; nhl 08 welcomes the ahl; it does not look that much different then 07. i think the best new thing is that you can be ahl teams. i think next year they should put ohl team on there. i give it an 7 out of 10; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-06-2008; Could Have Been Great - But. EA won't respond to customer outcry.; Initially I was dissapointed in this game. The advertised features seem to have been either not included or poorly implemented on the PC version of this game. I have come to be even more dissapointed over time realizing what a great game...; read full review | report as inappropriate

0/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-18-2007; If you've been following EA's sports game releases on older consoles and the PC over the last couple of years, the following sentence should be of absolutely no surprise to you: NHL 08 on the PS2 and PC is a lot like NHL 07. Once again,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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