With Black Friday gone and deals still available to those who know what they are looking for, we break down a plethora of this year’s sports games to help aid you in your holiday gift buying process. Don’t know if you should pick up “NHL 15†for your husband or “Madden NFL 15� Your son wants a basketball game, but which one? Use this nifty guide to get the skinny on all of this year’s big sports releases and even links to reviews.
NHL 15: With next-gen visuals and updates to the Skill Stick feature, “NHL 15†continues its reign of domination with an awesome professional hockey experience, even if it puts itself in the penalty box a few times with mistakes you wouldn’t expect from a veteran team like EA Sports. Simply put, “NHL 15†is beautiful. From the updated animations and arenas, EA’s Ignite Engine showcases the drama, speed and visuals of an NHL game. With an updated physics engine as well, “NHL 15†plays awesome too. More realistic rebounds also put a premium on solid defense, checking and puck-moving skills, making those who play the game passively, pay big time. Those with gaming skills, combined with a knowledge of the game will thrive the most here. Case in point- cycling the puck on the power play is a joy to behold, the same way protecting the front of your net while shorthanded requires patience and skill. Those who want to skate from one end of the ice to the other would best be served to pick up “NHL Rock the Rink†instead- it basically doesn’t happen in this game. With killer visuals and refined and polished gameplay, “NHL 15†rules the ice on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Continue Reading This Article From Review Fix Editor-In-Chief Patrick Hickey Jr. at Examiner.com
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
With Black Friday gone and deals still available to those who know what they are looking for, we break down a plethora of this year’s sports games to help aid you in your holiday gift buying process. Don’t know if you should pick up “NHL 15†for your husband or “Madden NFL 15� Your son wants a basketball game, but which one? Use this nifty guide to get the skinny on all of this year’s big sports releases and even links to reviews.
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