NHL 22

 PlayStation 4
User Score
3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 35
  3. Negative: 24 out of 35
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  1. Rct8787
    Dec 2, 2021
    0
    Trash game, from a trash series, from a trash company, just put your half a**ed attempt at a hockey game onto PC so the modding company can make something worth a damn
  2. StartGame88
    Nov 30, 2021
    0
    They still have 0 collective brain cells at EA Sports front office bro. I just dont understand how they cant just simply make changes to the things that people want change and ignore the things that people dont want changed and actually like. In EA's mind it somehow works opposite. You say "fix this. its bad." and somehow they hear "Completely ignore this legitimate complaint and makeThey still have 0 collective brain cells at EA Sports front office bro. I just dont understand how they cant just simply make changes to the things that people want change and ignore the things that people dont want changed and actually like. In EA's mind it somehow works opposite. You say "fix this. its bad." and somehow they hear "Completely ignore this legitimate complaint and make changes and upgrades to the things literally noboby needed or asked for changes to."

    Teammate AI is still atrocious and your defencemen cant play defense to save theirs skins. They just casually let the puck carrier or the person theyre supposed to be marking skate right past them and you have to end up playing everyone elses position.

    The game, ONCE AGAIN, just somehow rewrites the laws of physics and gives the opposing team EVERY SINGLE LOOSE PUCK, no matter how many times or how well you poke check it away from them, and your teammate ai just stands there and lets the opposition get rebounds and lose pucks in their own zone instead of even considering going to get it.

    The rubberbanding and the game literally handing teams wins is once again completely ridiculous in this game.

    And the worst part is the Be A Pro secondary position. You choose a position when youre creating your player, the game forces you to make a secondary position, and then makes that secondary position the only position you play when you start off BAP. WHO THE FRIK ASKED FOR THAT!??!?!? WHO THE FRIK WANTED THAT!?!?!?!?! WHY ARE WE FORCED TO PLAY POSITIONS WE DONT WANT TO PLAY. If I wanted to play winger I wouldve chose that when I created my player. And the worst part is, its completely illogical. No matter how high you get drafted, even if its first overall, you still get put at your secondary position.

    Imagine like Connor McDavid, face of the franchise, first overall pick, being told by the Oilers, "Yea even though youre a natural centremen and a future MVP at centre, were just gonna make u play right wing for the majority of your rookie season just cuz." Well thats what Be A Pro does. Just wasting time making stupid changes to the game that no one asked for or even wanted, just to ignore the actual problems. Like teammate AI and the game illogically giving the other team all the momentum and having literally every single thing go their way. Im convinced that the EA Sports developers are on crack or something when they make these games. And that goes for pretty much every EA Sports game right now, not just hockey. Just throw the whole company away bro    … Expand
  3. 1_Jones_10x
    Oct 17, 2021
    3
    Another Year, Another Downgraded Game. I like how everyone is praising Frostbite Graphics, but if you go to NHL 16, 17, or even 18, you'll notice that the Frostbite Graphics look like NHL 09 with more lighting, or NBA live 14. No new dekes, no return for True performance skating. More cringe commentary with Carlyn Now in the menus. EA is lazy so they remove equipment while some stay inAnother Year, Another Downgraded Game. I like how everyone is praising Frostbite Graphics, but if you go to NHL 16, 17, or even 18, you'll notice that the Frostbite Graphics look like NHL 09 with more lighting, or NBA live 14. No new dekes, no return for True performance skating. More cringe commentary with Carlyn Now in the menus. EA is lazy so they remove equipment while some stay in the game. Like seriously, where is the Bauer Re Akt and Re Akt 100? All the best players are wearing those helmets in the menus and in real life. Superstar X FACTORS are Basically a way for EA to disguise how unrealistic the game is with unrealistic scenarios. You can't take a harder shot while moving in real life, so why is it this way in an NHL Game. I'm tired of how repetitive this game is. Same exact outdoor rinks in world of chel. Same progression. Same Cringe Be a pro and cringe commentary that I mute. NHL 14 was the last great NHL as it opened possibilities now that have been ignored. Where is the winter classic and stadium series? If this game is on PC, just imagine how creative the community will get with mods.… Expand
  4. Calsin0
    Nov 26, 2021
    2
    I understand they just moved to the Frostbite engine.

    But the game is still fundamentally flawed. Especially the offline modes, which are entirely forsaken for online gameplay, which is, you guessed it, memey and unrealistic. You can add bells and whistles, but you're still putting lipstick on a pig. This game is worth $20 at best on sale, but only if you're a masochist who enjoys    I understand they just moved to the Frostbite engine.

    But the game is still fundamentally flawed. Especially the offline modes, which are entirely forsaken for online gameplay, which is, you guessed it, memey and unrealistic.

    You can add bells and whistles, but you're still putting lipstick on a pig.

    This game is worth $20 at best on sale, but only if you're a masochist who enjoys trying to find logic in a game devoid of it.    … Expand
  5. Thedarknite
    Jan 18, 2022
    0
    I really didn't think they could make a game that is worse than NHL 21. I was wrong. I think EA sports should be embarrassed. There is not enough difference between NHL 21, and 22 to justify spending another $50 on this game. The AI is once again the culprit for me. Shockingly bad. This is it for me, I will never spend another dollar on an EA sports title ever again. I'm completely done.
  6. metjumetjus
    Jan 29, 2022
    1
    Nothing new, its same sh*t like NHL 21. I regret my money spent. Dont reccomand.
  7. Danlaw83
    Nov 11, 2021
    4
    Pros: It looks great. They really improved the aesthetics and it is the most life like game EA Sports as ever put out. I always think the game look will never get better and it foes every time.

    The Cons: EVERYTHING ELSE The controls are cluncky. Feels like we have gone back to 25 years and not in a pleasant nostalgia way. Passing is broken. Passing, a bare minimum fundamental    Pros: It looks great. They really improved the aesthetics and it is the most life like game EA Sports as ever put out. I always think the game look will never get better and it foes every time.

    The Cons: EVERYTHING ELSE
    The controls are cluncky. Feels like we have gone back to 25 years and not in a pleasant nostalgia way. Passing is broken. Passing, a bare minimum fundamental part of play is non-existent. Whether you are highly rated, or just starting out in Be A Pro, there are passes that no decent hockey player should miss that much. Shooting is fine though, when a player does fart the puck off your stick.
    AI. I didn’t think it was possible to make the players around you worse than it was but congratulations EA. You did it. Usually, in the last several years, when a new NHL game comes out the AI get’s dumber with every patch or update. This time, EA Sports skipped that and just made the AI completely useless. Unable to make plays, unable to get out of their own way, let alone yours. Just bad.

    Who is this game for? No idea. I assume it is for the CHEL and Online component since playing this with the CPU on any setting is a test of endurance. Who will endure more, the game or me not breaking a controller.
    EA Sports has shown with recent FIFA, Madden and now this latest NHL game that they are not interested in me any longer. 60-70 bucks doesn’t buy quality. Loyalty doesn’t buy quality either. Do you know what does, though? Spending hundreds of dollars for the competitive online gaming aspect. Buying dozens of packs and other add-ons to be able to compete at all online. The basic game is broken and barely re-playable making anything other than the online features absolutely worthless.

    I AM BEGGING YOU, hurt EA where it matters, their wallet. I am BEGGING you not to buy or support EA Sports NHL franchise until they put out a product that can do the bare minimum. Let me be clear, I am not asking for anyone’s jobs to be on the line, I am asking to make a game fun again. I AM BEGGING YOU NOT TO BUY NHL 22

    PS. Move the lower 3rd off the bottom of the screen. This isn’t soccer, this isn’t ESPN 2 in the 90’s.    … Expand
  8. ty92
    Feb 24, 2022
    0
    The gameplay is so stiff.. I only bought this game for the updated rosters. But gameplay wise I would much rather play NHL 15. NHL 15 on PS3 is actually really good. It's better on PS3 than PS4 for some reason. All the NHL games on PS4 have bad gameplay. EA needs to stop making sports games and actually need to just stop making games in general. NHL 22 is so garbage. They owe so manyThe gameplay is so stiff.. I only bought this game for the updated rosters. But gameplay wise I would much rather play NHL 15. NHL 15 on PS3 is actually really good. It's better on PS3 than PS4 for some reason. All the NHL games on PS4 have bad gameplay. EA needs to stop making sports games and actually need to just stop making games in general. NHL 22 is so garbage. They owe so many f****** gamers money. They literally owe people money because they stole from them. That's how bad EA games are.… Expand
  9. Jaarnau
    Oct 17, 2021
    4
    Long time NHL player here. Love the new engine. Gameplay feels great when it actually works. The online world of Chel is so unbelievably broken. Games freeze and lag out. Players get black screens and skate around blind. It's ridiculous. EA is a mega company but yet the online feels like it's on free wifi at the mall.
  10. BradleyTeal
    Nov 30, 2021
    3
    Had breaks on a regular basis. Be a Pro with glitch in a way that cutscenes are never ending. Being unable to edit a player's position and player type means that like chemistry is always low passing is broken. I spent 4 hours editing players stats sure to players who are defensive defense men only having a 3 star rating in the game. Gameplay can be fun, but why take away features that wereHad breaks on a regular basis. Be a Pro with glitch in a way that cutscenes are never ending. Being unable to edit a player's position and player type means that like chemistry is always low passing is broken. I spent 4 hours editing players stats sure to players who are defensive defense men only having a 3 star rating in the game. Gameplay can be fun, but why take away features that were present in older games that make dedicated players like myself happy. Upgrades in some parts can not make up for lack of customization.… Expand
  11. sticky13
    Jun 17, 2022
    1
    I purchased NHL from 93 to 2012 until it got a little too samesy in the later years.

    I decided hey, why not play 2022 with a buddy who has continued to play it all these guys. Without missing a beat, I beat him. This only proves that this game is at its core, no different than 2012. 10 years, and virtually no progress. The CPU AI hilariously bad. They have given up on trying to    I purchased NHL from 93 to 2012 until it got a little too samesy in the later years.

    I decided hey, why not play 2022 with a buddy who has continued to play it all these guys. Without missing a beat, I beat him. This only proves that this game is at its core, no different than 2012. 10 years, and virtually no progress.

    The CPU AI hilariously bad. They have given up on trying to balance single player, as they use hacky little physics gimmicks to get a result based difficulty, rather than a gameplay difficulty. But once you find the hacks around the bad CPU, a win is guaranteed every time.

    Online it looks like this HUT is just a cash grab. Embarrassing from a game studio to stoop this low for taking money from their small fan base. The player data base is reaching at this point with of a lack of good ideas, with fog of war and this odd potential system. But honestly, what are these developers supposed to do with a 12 month cycle.

    The graphics were decent-ish. Assuming due to its Frostbite jump from the ignite engine. And the front end took a robust set of options and data and presented it nicely, albeit sluggish on my PS4. For these two I give this game a 1.    … Expand
  12. Straitos
    Jul 19, 2022
    0
    just the same game with zero improve a maj at 89.99 $ a **** game made to earn money on your back don't buy this thing go buy a real game