Earned experience is used to unlock new skills from several different skill trees, improving our shot accuracy, physical strength, or puck awareness, ultimately creating a skill set that matched our preferred play style. Like many career modes, it features RPG elements where you earn experience points for performing well in a game, such as getting assists and blocking passes, which are offset by gaining penalties and taking bad shots.

Player customization is deep, from the length of facial hair (including playoff length!) to the tape on the hockey stick. You can also create your own custom hockey player, get drafted into the NHL, and play through an entire career in the Be a Pro mode. AI teammates rarely felt frustrating or stupid, and the enemy team can be effective, coordinated, and brutal on higher difficulties. Most players will find relief in playing through their favorite teams in Season Mode, quickly switching between players, pulling off breakaways and slap shots while nailing big hits on defense. Franchise Mode is still borderline impenetrable for many players, with the new scouting feature adding yet another ranking and monetary element that GMs need to track. NHL 19 has a staggering amount of online and offline gameplay modes. Lifewire / Eric Watson Game Modes: Customization and play modes galore

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