Even if it were, the restrictions of a league license would likely force the developers to keep that stuff out of the game. EA Vancouver/Electronic ArtsĮA’s game is a simulation experience - not just of hockey, but specifically of National Hockey League hockey - and none of the aforementioned brutality is represented in the present-day NHL. The New York Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist fends off a shot in EA Sports’ NHL 17. This is exactly the kind of stuff you don’t see in the only other hockey video game that’s currently available: EA Sports’ long-running NHL series. Here’s a sampling of the ridiculous situations on display in Old Time Hockey: nobody wears a helmet fights break out frequently, and players hack at each other with their hockey sticks athletes leave these brawls with blood streaming down their faces it’s possible to injure enough opposing players to force a team to forfeit. You hear these stories of back then, with Gordie Howe, how tough he was all these ridiculous situations.” “We wanted to also have a good emphasis on all the stuff that you usually don’t get to see, you know - the dirtier side of hockey, let’s say,” Torillo continued. (More on that later.) But there’s a deeper level of nostalgia at play, too. Torillo name-dropped sports touchstones like NBA Jam, Tecmo Bowl and Blades of Steel, explaining that V7 is designing Old Time Hockey to be the kind of simple sports game that anyone can pick up and enjoy - even with one hand. “We wanted to try to capture that whole old-school nostalgic experience”
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