NHL97 is special because it added 'special moves' for every teams
top players and The Superstars got signature versions of these specialNHL97 is special because it added 'special moves' for every teams
top players and The Superstars got signature versions of these special moves.
~Example~ Wayne Gretzky gets a super speed burst special move.
Well all speedstares stars get this like Theoo Fleury,Pavel Bure etc,,
But Gretzky & Damphouse versions are super uber versions of it..
~Same thing with Sakic and unique Wrtist shot where he uses his other foot like a switch hitter.
~Messier & Ray Bourque & Stevens get super Body check..
~Cam Neely,,Brian Leech, Pat La'Fontaine & Ziggy Palfy get super juke/spin move..
These specials made the game fun..
~We played this game as kids co-op on PS1. but i evolved onto PC and it cleaned up ALL
THE BLUR around the edges.. Sure they still look almost pixelated but it was beautiful back then..
*When friends would come over and see NHL97 on my PC uber monitor all clean and crisp
they we're blown away and every one of them became PC gamers as the quality difference back then was huuuge.
Only in the PS3/360 era did the quality get somewhat closer(within reason of course ;)
~~What made NHL 97 + NHL 99 sooo special was HANDS DOWN= The Rosters..
Those superstars of that era stood out vs todays..
Eric Lindros & John Leclair~ Legion of Boom
~Paul Kariya + Teemu Selanne
~Sakic & Forseburg
**Jeremy Roenick + Brett Hull***
~My God Detroit & Colorado we're beyond good.
Evenn both teams 4th lines were uber..
~Detroits 'OV' line with Sergie Federov.
Detroits 2nd line was freaking Steve Yzerman!
~The Beezer,, Mike Modano, Bertuzzi,,Mark Messier,Adam Graves,,
Cam Neely & Adam Oates,,Keith Tkachuk,, Brett Hull, Mats Sundin,,
Sandis Ozolinsh,,Pierre Turgeon,,Ron Francis,,Doug Weight,,Tony AMonte,,
Alexi Yashin,,Peter Bondra,,Owen Nolan,,Deadmarsh,,
Sorry bout the name drops but this era is still my favorite to date..
It had those superstars from the 80's who were om their final days
like Messier,,Graves,Neely,Gretzky,,Mario Lemieux,,Brendan Shanahan,,
I got soo sucked into name drops just now. But i smiled the whoole time remembering.
Sorry if i missed ur fav player..
*The stars of this era reaally were special. I was just a kid then but since then
there have been superstars but nowhere near this many and this many that stood out.
~I don't think people realize how intimidating a Claude Lemieux OR ScottStevens were.
Or how powerful a slapshot Essa Tikkanen or Ed Jovonovski had.
~I would say that EAsports needs to package older seasons/rosters and allow
people to play franchise mode in modern hockey game with these players.
*The best option is NHL2004 on PC with the mods..But that game is almost 20 years old and not exactly perdy.
But it's good enough IMO..
*This review is me paying my respects to one of my all time favorite games...… Expand
