It's been a while since my last NHL game - the last I had was 20 - and 24 was on sale so I decided to give it a go. I've heard good things about the gameplay, and I don't care about the pay to win modes. I'm happy to say 24 seems like a pretty good game so far. I found some sliders on Operation Sports and played a game with them, winning narrowly 4-3. Gameplay felt realistic and playing the CPU was actually a challenge. In previous years, playing the CPU was an annoying balance between winning way too easily or upping the difficulty and getting destroyed.

With these sliders, I'm feeling a nice balance. My shot total was a bit low compared to the CPU and league average, but that'll improve with time, and my penalties were a bit high. All easily adjustable.

I'm excited to play franchise mode with an expansion team and play some more games.

Verdict: Endless

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