NHL 16

NHL 16 for PS4 and XONE belongs to a series of sports games developed by Electronic Arts and initiated in 1991, when NHL Hockey came out. As usual, the game is fully licensed by the National Hockey League, thus the player assumes control over virtual representations of real hockey players from the most popular teams.

Mechanics & Game modes

The game offers several single and multiplayer modes. In the singleplayer component, the player will find the "Be a GM" mode again, but apart from having to acquire new hockey players for one's team this time, the player also has to do it in such a way that the players create a fruitful mixture, because each of them has their in-game personality here. Relations between one's hockey players affect their performance during matches, so they have to be taken under consideration. "Be a Pro" is the career mode, and in relation to the previous installments, a different system of progression was employed here. Also, the game features the Hockey Ultimate Team mode, which is another incarnation of the popular in-game activity – creating teams from the hockey player cards owned.