That's all Folks

I have finally reached the point. It took me 2 years to make this step. But before, a brief overview of my relationship to EA Sports NHL games.

It all started when I got my first XBOX - I believe it was in 2003. I wanted to have the XBOX so badly, just for the sake of being able to play NHL. I immediatly purchased NHL2003 from EA Sports and I was very happy with the game. I purchased every single game up till 2008 where I took a break from playing XBOX for other reasons. 

In 2023 my son persuaded me to get the XBOX series X so that we could play NHL online together, which I did. I got NHL2023 as xmas gift from him and we started playing. I immediately felt the big difference between the last version of NHL I had played and the new one. It took me quite a while to get the feeling for the new game at that time, but I kind of got it and could compete pretty well, which I did back in the time as well.

Then we moved on to buying NHL2024. Wow, there was a big difference to NHL2023. Somehow the game felt completely different. And then this new feature with the pressure clock ticking. I had the feeling for the first time, that the game itself is actually interfering. It was for the first time, that I played games when suddenly after a while my team felt completely lousy and slow, but the oponent sort of had a boost and I had no chance. Well, I got pretty upset then, but I kept on going. 

I purchased NHL2025 then and playing it for the first time, it was brutal. It felt even way more different as ever before. I played this game basically daily up till today and I never could develop a feeling for the game. I now KNOW for a fact, that the game is interfering BIG TIME and the times when you would have equal winning chances are gone, cause the game just doesnt let you.

Yesterday, I have finally deleted the games from my XBOX after I played my last game and lost big time again. My frustration level with the game has reached the top of the iceberg and I will no longer support a game that makes you lose on purpose. No thanks, I will no longer invest my hard earned money in this kind of game. I wont purchase any more NHL games as long as this has not been fixed. You guys from EA have lost yet another once VERY happy customer. 

So, that's all (EA-)Folks!