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According to operation Sports this game is really missing a lot of content, I'm going to cut and paste here whats missing...

Modes/Features:
No GM Connected
No Online Team Play (when this is patched into the game later this year, it will use real NHL players and teams)
No EA Sports Hockey League
No EA Sports Arena
No Online Shootouts
No Live the Life
No Be A Legend
No Winter Classic
No tournaments or Battle for the Cup
No season mode (you can only play seasons in Be A GM, which is limited to NHL teams)
No NHL 94 Anniversary mode
No custom music support
No create-a-play designer
Cannot customize each team's AI
No create-a-team
No way to edit individual players
Practice mode is now limited to one skater vs. an AI goalie

Gameplay:
No custom camera option
No Action Tracker replay highlights
No Top 3 Stars at the end of games.

Be A GM:
Yearly draft is fully automated by the CPU
Cannot play the AHL games for your chosen franchise
Players sent down to the minors do not accumulate any season stats
No fantasy draft option
No preseason games

Be A Pro:
No option to sim ahead to the next shift
You only play in the NHL; you cannot play for minor league teams
The Memorial Cup tryout period is gone. You now begin by picking an NHL team, or by letting a random CPU team draft you.
No All-Star game

Ultimate Team:
Cannot play against your friends
No tournaments
No mobile app

I would rather wait for the retail disc with all the episodes on there, just like how the walking dead series sells things.

Thats good news indeed that microsoft will give you a new unit instead of repairing them. A++ for service

@SuperKMx , im in the same boat as you as i was so looking forward to a next gen hockey experience. I waited a year since they skipped last year, now its going to be another 1 or 2 years for them to get a handle of things.

I would suggest you purchase NHL 14 as it would be dirt cheap now , no need to pay full price for just a number change and rooster update.

I actually enjoyed Fifa 14 and i do play that from time to time, i haven't tried the fifa 15 demo.

Honestly the next sports game I'm looking forward to is WWE 2K15, lets hope 2K gets it right again.

@SuperKMx, your very welcome. I know you where excite about NHL 15 before it came out. What are your thought now about the game??

I guess i won't be purchasing this years NHL Game. if 2K were still developing Hockey games EA would not let this slide. The only choose for a hockey game is NHL 15 and its totally GIMPED. Even the ps3 / 360 versions are the same as nhl 14, just rooster updates make the difference. I don't see this years NHL game selling that well. Ea really did drop the puck on this game.

I will be looking forward to grabbing this from the EA Access service this winter holiday as i don't see it selling that well, nor do i want to invest my $ purchasing it.

What makes it worse is they had 1 entire year to spend developing this game which i was so excited about. Very little work went into the previous gen versions, so I'm not sure what they did in one year.

The reviewer (Ken Barnes) nailed this review and gave it a fair grade, great job Ken. reading reviews like this are reasons why i choose to visit PureXbox vs the other sites. Honest, non biased reviews.

Keep up the good work on the site and reviews

Thanks for adding me @hydeks. i would of figured that out, i use my xbox gamer tag pic on here so it easy to see me.

what games are you currently playing?

Minecraft has become the new Mario bros game for kids growing up now, its smart that Microsoft wants this ip and any future ips from this dev.

@mitcHELLspawn, I agree with you 100% XBOX has been getting better and now with the MKV playback it will be a bigger selling point. they need to advertise that on the box like the blurry players and media players do.
Gaming Console + DLNA Support with Full Media playback including MKV files.

I was assuming MKV would be added by december, but MS is quicker then i thought.

Great job!!!

Id wish they would re-release the first 3 Assassin creed games in a HD bundle for XBOX One.

Nice looking edition, I'm not sure if ill purchase this game or wait for the game of the year edition.

@mitcHELLspawn , i haven't downloaded war frame yet, i will sometime this week. i would start it soon, but i also have metro waiting for me. I'm trying to finish each game i own on xbox one before purchasing more games. Its worked well for me as i've finished 4-5 games already and i would hardly finish so many games in the same 2 month span in the last few years.

Im really enjoying the XBOX One console and its selection of games

@hydeks, I guess you also live in Canada since you got the wii mini.
I'm not a fan of that version as no virtual console due to
The fact nintendo didn't have wifi for that console.

I just have my character "Conan the barbarian" at paragon level 29z. I'm waiting til I reach level 50-60 paragon before starting a new character. As the paragon points will carry over to any new character.

Add me to your friend list and we can play a few games. What's your gamer tag? Mines is me chimps 2008..

Adventure mode is fun, but mines doesn't save my progress when I leave the game

I don't think ea is brining the collection to wii-u.

I only read the rumor for ps4/xb1

@hydeks,

I finished the game at level 70 with paragon points as well. i just started playing the adventure mode which is quite cool. The game does offer lists of replay ability.

I see where you are coming from, There are times when i love to play retro games that i missed out on and or want to play again.

My favourite console for retro games is the Wii, I'm sure ill get the Wii-u one day as well.

@JaxonH, Diablo 3 has single player offline as well as up to 4 players local co-op. I have been having a blast with it. I was also really into Borderlands, but I'm honestly waiting for Phantast Star Online 2.

you are correct, it is a dungeon crawler but with many hours of replay ability

@MegaKillScreen Ill keep a eye out for you next time i play diablo. i usually play at night, but you are right its hard to play with different time zones, unless i play a bit earlier.

thanks for the help in diablo.

I was supposed to play Metro Redux, but i had it installed wrong. there is a error with the latest Preview firmware that if you update the game upon inserting the disc you will have long load times for chapter 1. what you need to do is not install the update and just install the disc to the hard drive and then once the game is @ 100% just play it to get the update.

Ill be online tomorrow to play some more diablo i did enjoy the rift mission. in my game the rift was unlocked, i guess i didn't have enough stones.

Just a update future shop and best buy Canada both have this deal It starts today (Friday) till next thursday

@gamer83, microsoft has some crazy bundles this holiday. I got a feeling they will announce a
Green xbox one halo bundle with the halo collection with 1tb for 499.99

I finally finished the campaign for diablo 3. So now I'll be playing some
Metro 2033 when I get the time. I still want to try adventure mode in diablo 3.

I will wait till more people get diablo 3 as I don't see much people playing it
Nowadays.

@mitcHELLspawn,

I haven't seen it promoted in Canada. I gotta check out the flyers and see if they have it. I got a friend who looking into getting a xbox one

I think the service is a great offer for only $30 a year. I think MS needs to advertise this better so the average gamer knows this. If they knew they could get FIFA 14, Madden 25, Battlefield 4 and Need For Speed for just $30 a year they might consider purchasing a xbox over PS4.

thats a really great deal, too bad they don't have this running for canada.

Some people are too picky as well,, this issues stems from the mobile games.
Seeing people complain about a 0.99 game. It's quite sad to see people trash on indie devs who create a game and try to sell it for a messily 0.99 and then
They get bashed.

Great review, I'm hoping to start playing metro this weekend, I'm on the final Act for Diablo 3 and once done ill play metro for a while and then hope back into diablo to try out the adventure mode.

i was hoping on getting this game soon in the vault. wow thats amazing. i guess Plants Vs Zombies will be next.

Not Bad for my $30 yearly fee i paid for EA access, its well worth the money

i wish they also released the first one for xbox one , like a bundle package. o well. i guess ill have to purchase it on last gen.

@DRL , i usually don't play online either, but i have always enjoyed online co-op. I did spend many hours playing Dead Rising 3 online, now I'm having a great time with Diablo 3. you never know what loot you;ll get next time you play

Gamer83, i loved Injustice when i had the PS4, i would gladly re-purchase this game. It will probably be announced near the holiday season i hope.

I always wanted to get the arcade stick for the xbox one, but there was only one game out so it didn't justify the purchase.

i know MK10 is out next year, how knows whats next..

I never really got into tekken, wow they are already at 7 games .

Wow great news indeed I can wait for this to hit
North America.

Next up I'm waiting for injustice for Xbox one announcement

@mitcHELLspawn, I also just noticed that you can leave the crafting materials in your stash instread of the inventory. I wa able to bring down my on half items down to 14. So I have over 40+ slots for extra items. The same for the jewels as well keep them in the stash

nice Purexbox logo at the start of the video by the way...

This game looks like might be a lot of fun. i keep my eyes opened for it.

by the way does anyone know who purchased the Destroy All Humans IP after THQ went Bankrupt?

@Gamer83, Don't forget Studios use these remastered versions to generate more capital to invest in there latest games, which isn't all that bad. plus at the same time they are getting more familiar with the xbox one / ps4 hardware. No one is forced to purchase them, but they are great fillers while newer games are being developed.

@DRL, i also agree the xbox one social features are cool as you can see your friends progress as well as if they have recorded any new clips.

@Ubiquitous_Doom, I think u are right the xbox one gets the all in one bundle . There are now too many open world games being remade for Xbox one. They should of released a few of these earlier when they had less competition

Im really happy that Microsoft has created a site where fans / customers can go and voice there opinion about what they would like added to the xbox one software updates. Im very pleased with what Microsoft has done since there horrible e3 announcement last year, they are actually listening to the fans which is great. I can wait for MKV video support on the xbox one

Games id like the possibility of winning are
Xbox One
1 code for Stick It To The Man
Xbox 360
1 code for Abyss Odyssey

@mitcHELLspawn, on the inventory items with the potion icon, its under the treasure icon. you select the item and then press a to send it.

let me know if you got any gifts for my character, it should be labelled as mr chimps 2008.

another suggestion would be to increase the games difficulty as you will earn more XP and gold so you can level up faster

@mitcHELLspawn, my gamer tag is Mr Chimps 2008. i sent you a legendary item that i found while playing. lots of items including potions can take up inventory space as well.

I have a barbarian at level 54, i usually play at night. ill send you a message next time I'm online.

I look forward to play the Metro collection, after reading what you said about it. I'm even more excited.

Great news for zombia game fans. i haven't heard of this game. how does it compare to state of decay?

I really want a Mass Effect 1-3 Collection to arrive for XBOX One.

so Gat Out of Hell expansion is included in the xbox one version? as well as a separate standalone game. reading that was kind of confusing.

@mitcHELLspawn, thanks for the info regarding Metro Collection, i also want to get into it, but Ive been playing Diablo 3 and I'm still hooked on Diablo.

I also which i had more people to play online with let me know next time your up for a game, I'm also almost finished act 2 at Level 54.

@DRL, regarding the 60 item limit on the characters, you need to look at the potion area on your inventory. Every Jewel type counts as 1 on your /60 max. I usually keep a max of 2 of each jewel type the rest i just drop / sell. if your up for a game of diablo let me know, my gamer tag is Mr Chimps 2008.

@DRL, I'm wondering how this game compared to Dead Rising 3? Dead Rising 3 has set a new standard for me regarding open world games.

I heard great things about this game, I'm looking forward to playing it on the xbox one

@HEADESTROYER4, i do agree that 1 game for two months is too long. If they don't have enough content to warrant two free xbox one games a month, then just release 1. Nobody needs 2 months to get a free game.

The other issue is that xbox one has less indie titles vs ps4, which limits the amount of free games they can give away each month.

I actually enjoyed Crimson Dragon, i played a few hours of it and i really enjoyed it with online co-op. Now that diablo 3 is out i haven't touched crimson dragon.

I just wonder why the updates are always 2GB, i wish they were smaller.

@DRL , I'll wait for the article when it arrives before I get not tables....

That's not too bad . 912 or even 900 is better then 729 so no complains from me

@SuperKMx, cool thanks for the update.

by the way does anyone know which star wars tables are the best ones? there so many I'm not sure what to select

I just picked up metro. ill probably start playing it once i finish act 5 of diablo.

@HEADESTROYER4, i thought metro on xbox one was going to run at 900P, i guess they bumped it up. great news indeed.

looks interesting, id rather have The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing part 1 and 2 come to xbox one. maybe later