Play your way to superstardom in the revamped Be a Pro mode and experience the authentic action and energy of real life hockey with the Full Contact Physics Engine.
GenreHockey
Platforms ps3
DEVELOPER EA Sports | PUBLISHER Codemasters | RELEASE DATE
NHL 12 Reviews ps3
gametrailers.com review
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playstationlifestyle.net review
The new full contact physics engine, improved AI, and Dynamic Goalies will give players a more complete NHL experience, and one that can be enjoyed finally with the computer, though the computer AI is still not where it could be. However, the game is not without its faults. AI-controlled players still make a few too many bone-headed plays, there are still issues with mics in online play for the 4th year in a row, and the game still freezes a few times too many. In the end though, this is a hockey game that you will not regret picking up if you are a fan of the sport, and one that makes solid improvements to the core gameplay. If you are a sports fan and even remotely interested in what hockey can offer, you can’t go wrong with NHL 12.
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gamerevolution.com review
Though being a bit confusing with all the menu options and hundreds of game modes, NHL 12 is overall just a downright fun-ass game to play. Even if you don’t know much about the players or teams, this is a game you might want to check out simply for the in-rink fisticuffs. Maybe your little sister can play too; with the ability for players to lose their hockey stick, she can just skate around and pretend it’s the Ice Capades.
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gameinformer.com review
Though the Be A GM mode needs a major overhaul and the new Legends feature falls flat, NHL 12 is still strongest where it counts – on the ice. Just like a well-rounded power forward who can dominate in all three zones, you can’t deny the benefit this brings to the club.
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worthplaying.com review
NHL 12 is a very good hockey simulation offering a full year of up-to-date sports gaming. Certainly, there’s nothing here to put anyone off the series. Lamentably, there’s not anything to convert pro hockey simulation abstainers to the fold, either. The game is incrementally better than last year’s game, but this year, like no other since EA remade NHL into a top-tier sports franchise, I’m starting to sense a pall of ennui descending over the experience. Soon I’d like to see EA Canada take some bold steps, courageously facing the risks involved. Go ahead, break the game and tear it apart. It’s only one year. You can always roll it back in the next revision to the stable, if staid, game we have today.
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ign.com review
NHL 12 is a huge game completely jam-packed with modes and gameplay features. Naming them all and going through everything would take this review into New Yorker Magazine word-count. And that’s a good sign, especially for fans of the series and of hockey in general. If you purchase EA’s NHL offering yearly, keep on keeping on. And if you’re like me, a fan of the sport who has strayed away from the series in recent years, NHL 12 gives you plenty of reasons to get back into the game. NHL 12 has its problems, to be certain, but most of what it does it does so well that the series persists as a fan-favorite nearly 20 years after its introduction.
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gamepro.com review
As such, I have no trouble recommending NHL 12 to hockey fans. As much as it looks like a souped-up NHL 09, the improvements to the engine, the A.I., Be a Pro mode, and the overall presentation really add up, and that’s aside from the fact that it was already a pretty darn good sports sim to begin with. Given that, I think it’s safe to say that the NHL franchise remains firmly ensconced as one of the top sports games on the market.
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