3 people found this review helpful
Recommended
19.6 hrs last two weeks / 1,609.3 hrs on record (813.3 hrs at review time)
Posted: 11 Nov, 2022 @ 4:35pm

Early Access Review
Hello Hockey fans.

TLDR: Spiritually, this is the closest you will ever feel to actually playing real Hockey. It's worth the frustration of improving over time if you enjoy the sport and its mechanics.

Way back I tried playing Slapshot 1, The controls where tough, some people will still try and tell you that Mouse and Keyboard is the way to go, they might be right, I would say instead, it is up to the player. For me it was the controller. I could still imagine modifications to make it feel more one to one.

Controls are extremely important when you are playing a sport you grew up playing, The change in Slapshot: Rebound updated the poor integration or feel it had before. Now I can translate these old man fingers into making my character play like I used to!

For a game you can play for free, I couldn't recommend it more.

You might be tempted to blame your team, tempted to quit and leave when dumb goals go in. I challenge you to reframe it. I challenge you to keep playing, help other players get better as you do too. (See my GOOD SPORT video somewhere in this games community video's!)

I met a lot of cool people in my time playing hockey, it still happens here too! SPL! HARTFORD WOLVES OOwwWWW!

Hope to see you out there!

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