Platforms
- PCOct 20, 2008NAplayscoreNA0 Critics6.5200 Players
- PlayStation 3Sep 9, 20088.3playscore8.95 Critics8.4728 Players
- Xbox 360Sep 9, 20088.4playscore8.76 Critics8.96.34K Players
10 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- The game is a vast improvement on what was already a fantastic product in NHL 08, which is due in great part to this year’s pioneering (and addictive) modes. I had high hopes for this game, but those expectations were exceeded by leaps and bounds with the phenomenal title that EA Canada has delivered. NHL 09 is the pinnacle of hockey gaming -- and it may very well be the best sports game I’ve ever had the sublime pleasure of playing.
Samit Sarkar · Oct 06, 2008 Reviewed on PS3Read full review - NHL 09 is the pinnacle of the series in 3D. A solid foundation was laid long ago, and now the team is simply layering in the subtle nuances that make hockey the great sport it is. The be a pro mode is incredibly addictive, though progress can be a little slow, and the online league structure is the absolute high point for sports video games.
Game Trailers · Sep 17, 2008 Reviewed on X360 - If you even have a passing interest in hockey, you owe it to yourself to play NHL 09. EA has raised the bar yet again for its hockey franchise with engaging gameplay, excellent presentation, and enough game modes to tide you over until Christmas. Move over Blades of Steel, NHL 09 has earned its place among the greatest sports games of all time.
Jonathan Miller · Sep 16, 2008 Reviewed on PS3, X360Read full review - With its beautiful presentation, broadcast-like feel, smooth control scheme, and innovative new online functions, NHL 09 is not only the best hockey title on the market, it may very well be the best of all-time. Simply, it seems that while EA has perfected their brand of hockey simulation, 2K is still trying to figure things out, and NHL 09 is simply too big of an entity to compete with.
Pete Richards · Sep 09, 2008 Reviewed on PS3, X360Read full review - Most ordinary sports games seem to tick along with incremental updates each season, but NHL is different. Despite a legacy stretching as far back as FIFA, they completely offed their tried and tested control scheme last year, replacing it with a radical twin-stick method that played smoothly, despite making it a bit difficult to score... at least at first.
Martin Kitts · Sep 09, 2008 Reviewed on X360Read full review - NHL 09 isn’t just a great hockey game, it’s one of the best sports games to be released in the last decade. It takes the right analog stick controls first pioneered in last year’s game and pushes them forward ever so slightly while pouring on features that everyone from newbies to diehards will appreciate. The only question remaining is how they’ll follow this sports game of the year contender once next season rolls around.
Nate Ahearn · Sep 05, 2008 Reviewed onRead full review - Seriously though, it does make you wonder- the controls are as complex as they could ever get, there's full match commentary, the AI's wonderful, and you can either play a manager, a single athlete or take the whole game online and have every player controlled by a human being. Where can they go from here?
OXM Staff · Oct 09, 2009 Reviewed on X360 - NHL 09 will unarguably go down as one of the greatest hockey titles, if not sports titles, ever created. EA Canada has done a fantastic job developing this vision of hockey heaven and gamers will find themselves playing it for months down the road.
PSU Admin · Sep 11, 2008 Reviewed on PS3Read full review - Seit 14 Jahren, seit NHL Hockey 95, führe ich Jahr für Jahr meine Detroit Red Wings aufs Eis. Kurzum: Ich bin NHL-Veteran, ich liebe diese Serie! Und deshalb ärgert mich umso mehr, wie sie auf dem PC vor die Polarhunde geht, weil EA Sports lieber an den Hochglanz-Fassungen für die Xbox 360 und die Playstation 3 feilt. Für mich ist NHL 09 damit gestorben.
Michael Graf · Nov 16, 2008 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Si l'on doit opter pour une simulation de hockey, NHL 09 est un titre de premier choix. La concurrence n'est certes pas très féroce mais le savoir-faire des équipes d'EA Sports rejaillit parfaitement à travers le mode Deviens Pro et un jeu en ligne ultra complet. Le gameplay, bien qu'encore perfectible, est à la fois accessible et grisant, ce qui suffit à faire pencher la balance en faveur du jeu d'EA.
Rivaol · Sep 25, 2008 Reviewed on PS3, X360Read full review
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EA Sports welcomes you to the future of sports gaming with NHL 09. Building on the title that won seven Sports Game of the Year awards, NHL 09 continues to evolve the NHL franchise with added depth, improved accessibility and a whole new way to play the game. The game brings Be A Pro to the ice, which allows gamers to step on the ice as themselves through a dynamic camera angle as they play their way through a career in the NHL. Expanding on an already impressive lineup of teams and leagues, NHL 09 will have full dynasty modes for several European countries reflecting the global appeal of the sport of hockey.
Developer: EA Vancouver