Frostbite Engine on Gen 4 and Gen 5ĮA Sports is now all-in on the Frostbite engine following the footsteps of Madden and FIFA. Here are 5 things that have me pumped about NHL 22. Yet I am confident the franchise is headed in the right direction and, at the very least, it appears this will be the best looking NHL game we have seen to date. Now, we didn’t get to see a ton of gameplay or get any hands-on time, so I am cautiously optimistic.

Last Thursday, COGconnected got a first look at NHL 22 and on the surface, everything seems to be right on track. I certainly hope EA Vancouver can continue building on that momentum by delivering a polished and complete NHL experience on October 15. In fairness, the experience did drastically improve post-launch. Granted, the pandemic threw a giant Shea Weber clapper into the development cycle, so the down year was to be expected. That is quite easily the lowest score we’ve ever given the franchise. Our man Rhett, didn’t hold back last year when he absolutely blasted the game in his review stating: “The NHL series hasn’t drastically changed the formula for fifteen years, so why would I expect NHL 21 to be any different? I certainly appreciate that Be a Pro has been fleshed out, but I’d trade it in a heartbeat for a game that looked and felt like an NHL broadcast.” Well, maybe not in terms of sales, but at launch NHL 21 felt incomplete. Last year was unquestionably a rough year for the EA Sports NHL franchise.

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