The nhl 11 league video game is the 19th release in EA Sports NHL series of simulated professional ice hockey video games. The cover athlete for NHL 11 sold in North America is the 2010 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jonathan Toews, captain of the Stanley Cup winning Chicago Blackhawks and a leader of the Canadian Olympic gold medal winning hockey team. Jonathan Toews is now a part of the video game he enjoyed playing growing up.
The continued evolution of EA Sports video games is an accepted standard that is also reflected in new innovations to be enjoyed in NHL 11. The game is more dynamic, richer, with enhanced realism. Some modes have enhancements and a new mode adds another level of play. The first inclusion of the Canadian Hockey League adds more players and teams for gamers to play with. This title is for use in PS 3 and Xbox 360.
NHL 11 can be played in the same game modes of NHL 10, plus a new Ultimate Team mode. The Ultimate Team mode is a new online mode where players use packs of virtual hockey cards to fill their team roster. There are some 4,000 players in 10 different leagues to collect and use. Here, you may assemble your own team from scratch and compete against other users online to determine the best team each month. While modes carried over from NHL 10 have not basically changed, the Be a Pro and Be a GM modes have been improved. When you create your own hockey Ultimate Team, it will participate in the Ultimate Hockey League. You will play through the one month season in single-player matches or by entering various tournaments to determine playoff rankings. The league cycle will have a pre-season, regular season, post-season playoffs, as well as an off-season. Quality of performance in regular season will determine which playoff brackets amongst the Amateur, Pro, or Elite will be joined. Each month starts a new cycle.
Game users will discover that chemistry plays a key role in this mode. Teams that do well in post season are rewarded with arena banners and field logos in the next season. Each assembled can be revitalized by using the Free Agent and Draft packs given out after the post season play. The biggest game play addition is the new real-time physics engine, which makes every match feel different and more realistic. This replaces the animation based system. The unpredictability of game play now better matches the unpredictability of real-life hockey. Realism is further enhanced by the new faceoff system. There are more than 200 game play enhancements that make the new game, the most authentic hockey video game experience so far.
This title brings the addition of the Canadian Hockey League in play. The 3 subgroups are the Quebec Major Junior Hockey, the Ontario Hockey and the Western Hockey leagues. These young players constitute members of an elite level of junior hockey. Their addition increases the number of playable teams by 60. Players can now play for the Memorial Cup. Teams are using their appearance in the game as a promotional tool to raise popular awareness of junior hockey. The inclusion of junior player names in the game will help bring greater understanding of the role junior hockey plays in the professional game.
NHL 11 title in the hockey series is another example why the series is an audience pleaser. The inclusion of amateur players from the Canadian league will introduce fans to young players with the potential to be drafted into the professional rank. The presence of teams from Europe, the NHL, the AHL and the Canadian amateurs displays the depth and global scope of this game. The different modes, gameplay enhancements, leagues and the teams give sports video game enthusiasts many reasons to replay this game.
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