

“I was able to win my first NHL 09 game, at the hardest difficultly, 8-0,” he said. NHL 05 to 09 were all, in Trent’s opinion, easy to the point of being broken. “When NHL 05 came out, I was disgusted,” he told Digital Trends. He’s the coordinator of NHL 2004 Rebuilt, and feels strongly that NHL 04 is the best hockey game EA Sports ever built.

Trent (not his real name) is a longtime hockey fan who lives in Finland. So who made this? And why? Gamers just liked NHL 04 better There are so many little tweaks that make this possible. Players and coaches’ in-game faces are up-to-date as well. Jim Hughson, the game’s play-by-play man, calls the team the “Winnipeg,” and also knows the names of most players who joined the league after 2004. Their rink, the MTS Center, is re-created with accurate on-ice paint, and even advertisements on the boards. “This is the only game, for me, that still feels like real hockey.”įire the modded game up, though, and you’ll find the Jets.
