I buy every sports game every year, cause I'm an idiot, and the NHL series is the only one that makes it past a month and still having me turning it on. The AI is smarter and they cut back on the time the play ends. That part is both good and bad, but for me there's nothing worse than having to wait the 30 seconds between stoppages watching a sad man try and fight me 1000 times. I bought a hockey game not a boxing game. Also the online system does a good job of find your skill set so your not getting destroyed (while i understand in name they all do this game does it seemingly right). While the servers stay pretty lag free.
