Current version:Xbox 360
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EA SPORTS NHL13

NHL 13 simulates hockey speed and contact through True Performance Skating, licensed teams, careers, and local play. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.

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8.4 / 10
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NHL 13 simulates hockey speed and contact through True Performance Skating, licensed teams, careers, and local play. Skating inertia, spacing, and match feedback excel, while licences, careers, and local play offer breadth. New skating has a learning curve and AI issues, and online services and rosters are dated. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. This description covers the original xbox-360 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.

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8.4 / 10Xbox 360

NHL 13 simulates hockey speed and contact through True Performance Skating, licensed teams, careers, and local play.

Skating inertia, spacing, and match feedback excel, while licences, careers, and local play offer breadth. New skating has a learning curve and AI issues, and online services and rosters are dated. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. Overall, its main strengths are Skating inertia, spacing, and match feedback excel; Licences, careers, and local play offer breadth. Its material limitations are New skating has a learning curve and AI issues; Online services and rosters are dated. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.

Strengths

  • Skating inertia, spacing, and match feedback excel
  • Licences, careers, and local play offer breadth

Weaknesses

  • New skating has a learning curve and AI issues
  • Online services and rosters are dated

Who it is for: Players who value skating inertia, spacing, and match feedback excel and accept this release's limits.

Play notes: Expect new skating has a learning curve and ai issues and online services and rosters are dated.

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Licences, careers, and local play offer breadth; Online services and rosters are dated.

Reviewed8.2 / 10Not provided
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Skating inertia, spacing, and match feedback excel; New skating has a learning curve and AI issues.

Reviewed8.5 / 10Not provided
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Licences, careers, and local play offer breadth; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone.

Reviewed8.6 / 10Not provided
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Judged on the original xbox-360 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. New skating has a learning curve and AI issues.

Reviewed8.0 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Release date
2012
Platforms
Xbox 360
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Offline maximum players
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Online minimum players
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Online maximum players
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Tags
Third PersonReplayable3D GraphicsSports-based PlayLocal Co-opPlayer versus PlayerModern SettingHigh Difficulty
Supported game languages
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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Age ratings
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Play modes
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Perspectives
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