So you say you've been icing your adversaries, because you're the man when it comes to Xbox NHL 10.} You're a hardcore player who likes the thrill of sports video game battles. You can battle it out with the cream of the crop, so it's time to demonstrate to the video game world that in Xbox NHL 10, you are unbreakable. So it's high time you stepped in the arena, and clashed it out, when you play sports video games for money. Wagering each other in sports video games for cash -- these players aren't screwing around.
To display your unquestioned status in sports video games, garnering up a string of victories, along with your opponent's cash, is the path to declaring your impressiveness.} Not that playing Xbox sports video games isn't great… but when you play for money, it's a lot more awesome. The missing piece of the puzzle that every video game player has been wanting for some time is here.} Despite what amount of hot air your comrades decree, you have the chance to dispute their assertions - when laying a wager honest coins is at risk, currently it is the moment for them to put it all on the line.}
Given that there's a high level of "dude" going on here, you're probably dying to fight the top players at Xbox NHL 10.} Sure, you just want to hit up the video game console, throw on your skates, head to the rink and get in the game.} Who in hell wouldn't? But - and this is a big but - you need more than a cocky attitude if you want to ice your rivals at Xbox NHL 10.} Make sure you know what you're doing out there… make sure your trash talk doesn't exceed your abilities. Or, in simpler terms: know the game. Don't be the dumbass who goes off half-cocked, doesn't know what he's doing, and makes an ass of himself. While your "shoot first, ask questions later" method may work for you during an attempt to score some ladies at your local pub, it may not be so ideal when playing sports video games for money, which is a real test of your manhood.} So make sure you know all the moves, offense and defense, body checks and dekes. If you don't, and your rival does, well, there's nothing colder than being the one to lose the wager.
Once you've mastered the maneuvers of Xbox NHL 10 and it's just one hat-trick after another, get off the bench and make some real cash out of your sports video game abilities. Have a look if there seem to be some laudable (or even undeserving) foes, and instigate asking them to do battle in the arena.} Start calling out the potential foe, if you think he's getting cold feet about being iced on the rink. If there's one thing about the hardcore gamers, they don't walk away from a challenge. But in the end, we're sure you'll talk some trash, play your match, and win some cash. Xbox NHL 10 is, as to be expected, a mammoth advance forward in video hockey games. These graphics are even more true to life and sharp than the seemingly impossible to top NHL 09. And the animation is even more fluid. The game play itself is accurate to its predecessor, NHL 09, which will surely make elderly aficionado cheerful, but simultaneously, NHL 10 encompasses a quantity of original features that will give one and all an event to be amazed about. A new quality that's most assuredly to be a preferred of video game enthusiasts is the post-whistle action, which, as you are capable of presumably construe, allows video game buffs clash it out when the whistle is blown. More in particular, video game supporters have a short but splendid option to sneak in a small amount of checks - and a cheap shot or two, which consequently opens the door for the scrap that you are wanting. You won't have to wait more than a second or two before your teammates enter the fray and start throwing some punches, another benefit of the slick, sophisticated video game technology.} Since hockey and fights tend to go hand in hand, you won't be disappointed to learn that these fights really get down and dirty and out of control.
And brace yourself for the Xbox NHL 10 soundtrack.} Sports video games just need the soundtrack in order to take things to the next level, and luckily, Xbox NHL 10 gives the hardcore gamers what they want. Check out at the program:} "Young Cardinals" by Alexisonfire, "Deathsmarch" by Cancer Bats, "Hellions on Parade" by CKY, "Golden Years" by Disco Ensemble, "Heroes of Our Time" by Dragonforce, "Anything 'Cept the Truth" by Eagles of Death Metal, "Oye Vaya" by Earl Greyhound, "Know Your Enemy" by Green Day, "Peace Sells" by Megadeth, "Wake Up! Wake Up!" by MeTalkPretty, "Keys to the City" from Ministry & Co-Conspirators, "Kids in America" by MxPx, Nickelback's "Burn It to the Ground," Papa Roach's "Into the Light," "Raccoon Eyes" by Priestess, "The Bravest Kids" from Rancid, Scorpions' rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane," and "Fire It Up" by Thousand Foot Krutch. Taking notice of the songs gives an added factor to the entire feeling - you will swear you're down on the ice, playing in the genuinething And just when you think NHL 10 is as realistic as it gets, another feature, the intimidation tactics, make it even more of the real deal than you could ever imagine.} If you want to give the cheering crowds something to really scream and yell about, start shaking down your opponent. And the audience in the throng in Xbox NHL 10 are not simply there for decoration. They're in tune with the action on the rink.} The audience has a field day, depending on what's happening on the ice - they'll cheer, they'll jeer. Once you score the tide-changing goal, the crowd will show their respect in a big way. There's something else you may want to consider, though maybe we're being kind of harsh here.} After getting a good look at Xbox NHL 10, take a gander at the junk your parents were calling a sports video game, way back when.} This was before the revolution that gave us 8-bit and then 16-bit games - 4K was as good as it got. You wanted to play sports video games in the dawn of the 80s, you played this - video game players had it rough back then:} It doesn't look like a video game - but in the dawn of the video game era, this was deemed to be "state of the art" graphics.} All you had were four men on the non-scrolling rink. A player and his goalie. And there was no roster of NHL teams to choose from. Though here's a thing you're not going to deem.} When this cartridge came out, it was regarded as a breakthrough sports video game, a favorite in the video game world.} Getting your game on way back when began and ended with this one.} This rough, messy material was, in 1982, a video game cartridge that had folks literally in respect of the graphics and animation. If you really want to get blown away, compare the two games, yesterday's and today's, side by side, though it does seem a bit unfair in some ways:} Putting it kindly, your video game predecessors, the ones who couldn't get enough of those old games, were dealing with some primitive stuff here.} For that matter, the significant advances forward that transpired with 8-bit video game cartridges does not even come neaar to the plane of Xbox hockey game that's lighting current video game followers ablaze. If you're still not convinced, get a good look at this "oldie but a moldy": at least you can choose from six different teams. And to think that the video game world was certain that the future of gaming had arrived with this one:
It almost hurts to look at that old stuff - you're better off cleansing your vision by taking another look at Xbox NHL 10, and realizing how good you've got it. Especially when you consider all of the elements not possible in the sports video games of yesteryear.} There was no Battle for the Cup, no Playoff Mode, no Season Mode, no Be a GM or Be a Tough Guy. And in those days, online gaming, alas, was just a pipe dream. All you could do back then was to keep hoping.} You were given six teams, flickering graphics, and not much else. However, Xbox NHL 10 takes sports video games to a whole new level. It was more or less expected that the reviewers all felt strongly about this one, naming Xbox NHL 10 as one of their all-time favorite sports video games.} You'll be on board with the reviewers as soon as you see the game for yourself - the players' movements are so spot-on that you'll think you're watching an actual NHL game. For topping themselves this time around, EA deserves a serious shout-out.} And don't get us started on the facial expressions the players display - there's more range in one game of Xbox NHL 10 than an entire year of your girlfriend's daytime soaps. And let's not forget the fight scenes, and their incredible first-person perspective.} It's as if you're actually looking at a pair of fists pummeling the crap out of you, but without the bruises, blood and possible concussions.} As in NHL 09, familiar voices Gary Thorne and Bill Clement join the action with their on-the-money commentary. Boasting this duo close at hand is zero to laugh at, also.} Consider the credentials of these two.} You have Bill Clement, aka "Clement, Clement, Hand of Cement," a respected NHL All-Star, as well as an ESPN star.} Then there's Thorne, Gary Thorne, ESPN stalwart, and Clement's partner-in-crime.} Listening to these two describe the game is a tremendous experience.} Xbox NHL 10 is so genuine that you will be convinced that the pair is sitting in your residence.
Precision passing is the latest innovation in Xbox NHL 10 that should impress hardcore gamers. Now, players can really take control of the speed of the puck, a feature absent in prior NHL games. And then, you can, conditional on your aim and power of the slap shot, bank your passes off of the board.} Yet another innovation that's got the video game world abuzz - for the first time, Xbox NHL 10 lets gamers battle on the boards. That is correct sir - you can now thwart your opponent from snagging the puck by kick-passing it to a teammate, in those instances where you have the puck but are pinned up against the boards. On the other hand, if your rival is being pinned to the boards by you, then you can really put yourself in charge - assuming you're the best player on the rink.}
