


NHL 22 PS5 REVIEW PRO
Faces still look rather on the uncanny valley side, but that’s often what you’re going to get when trying to mimic realism."īe a Pro returns with mixed results. "The most noticeable improvement is the clothing with better detail in the textures. Unfortunately, visual improvement doesn’t have much of an impact on the offering of gameplay modes. Animations look great too, a significant step from the NHL series’ days with the Ignite engine. Still, it was only a matter of time before NHL left Ignite behind, and the time has come. Faces still look rather on the uncanny valley side, but that’s often what you’re going to get when trying to mimic realism. The most noticeable improvement is the clothing with better detail in the textures. NHL finally joins FIFA and NFL in the Frostbite Engine, EA’s most used and adaptable development engine and there’s some neat additions to the graphical suite but mostly in somewhat minor details. With this year’s release of the hockey series, EA looks to address some aspects from previous years’ entries and the result is a mix of some success with many more lingering disappointments. Other major sports franchises from EA get a lot more attention but there’s always a chance to turn things around to bring fresh life on the heels of a proper real-life season. Of the big-name sports game series, NHL often gets the cold shoulder.
