The “Hockey Ultimate Team” mode is here, with its rewarding string of challenges to keep players occupied. Unsurprisingly, NHL 22 has a plethora of returning features, some good, some… not so good. It’s far from the first NHL game to go this route, but it’s definitely the best.

It also plays impeccably the right analog stick is used to land context-sensitive checks, as well as to deke and to shoot. The crowd looks better than ever, with less noticeable cut-and-paste spectators in the stands. NHL 22 is the prettiest hockey game ever released, with gorgeous HD graphics that do neat things like track the degradation of the ice over the course of a game. NHL 22 looks, and plays, a lot like NHL 21, even as it touts a brand new gameplay system “built from the ground up” for next-gen systems. The NHL series is back! What, you think a little thing like a pandemic-truncated season could get in the way of an EA annual release? We’ve been playing NHL since 1991 (well, except for that weird NHLPA year in 1993), and while it’s evolved leaps and bounds since the days of Gretzky’s pixelated bleeding head, it’s also been in a bit of a holding pattern the last five or so years. Especially if you’re a fan of the Seattle Kraken. Released on Octofor PS5 (reviewed), PS4, Xbox One, Xbox X/S. Our review of NHL 22, developed by Canada’s own EA Vancouver.

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