You've been asking about Hardcore mode and we've got Rammer to go
in-depth with the new Game Styles and Litty has provided a couple of
videos to show some of the different styles. He played all the games
in the videos using all different game styles (from casual to hardcore)
and all different levels (from rookie to superstar), just like you will
be able to do when the demo hits soon.
Do you really think you're Hardcore? Well this year we've added a game style just for you. We've even called
the Game Style 'Hardcore' (there are also three other game styles that
I'll elaborate more on a little later). Before I get into the details
of Hardcore Mode, let me back up a little bit to pre-production of NHL 10
which was the phase in the project where we tried to determine all the
features that we wanted to add and figure out how we can squeeze it all
into one year. It's at this time that we collaborate the ideas that we
have with the ideas that the community has suggested through the
various forums to form the feature set. We decided that this was the
year we were going to give our hardcore users the gameplay experience
that they've been asking.
For Rammer's complete blog with gameplay videos from Litty, check out the In the Crease blog: So you think you're Hardcore?