EA SPORTS NHL ® 18 delivers the speed, creativity and action of today's young NHL superstars with new Creative Attack controls and an all - new
Defensive Skill Stick.
On defense, the all - new
Defensive Skill Stick gives you the tools to counter attacks with poke check targeting, extended pokes, and controlled stick sweeps to cover zones of the ice and take away lanes.
NHL 18 introduced the fun arcade mode NHL Threes, injected more puckhandling creativity with a new layer of dekes, and gave defenders more control over their gaps with
the defensive skill stick.
It's hard to sell the importance of
a defensive skill stick to the masses.
The addition of
a defensive skill stick further pushes that idea.
As far as the core gameplay goes, there's only been a couple of tweaks here and there, most specifically the addition of
the defensive skill stick.
On defense, the new
Defensive Skill Stick delivers the tools to counter attacks with poke check targeting, extended pokes, and controlled stick sweeps to cover zones of the ice and take away lanes.
Not exact matches
The game features «Officer
Skills» which allow the player to customize their hero anywhere from «a heroic tank to a stealthy ninja, a few examples of which are: Specialty Melee Attacks,
Defensive Emplacements, Carnal Strength, Punji
Sticks, Inspiring Chants,
Defensive Hymns and Javelins.»
The only major changes that seem to have been brought into the gameplay are the tweaks made to the offensive and
defensive stick skills.