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 enlarge | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $9.99
Buy New: $2.99
You Save: $7.00 (70%)
New (16) Used (9) from $0.97
Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 14113
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15236
Model: 014633152364
UPC: 014633152364
EAN: 0014633152364
ASIN: B000GGQMYG
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED. I SHIP DAILY
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| Customer Reviews:
 Where's my install code? January 26, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
EA Sports forgot to include the code required for installation of the game onto my pc. Amazon was nice enough to send me a second copy asap. Again, no code. EA sports made me jump through hoops to get a code emailed to me. They wanted me to pay for shipping to return the game for a replacement. Despite tons of delays and frustration, my son loves the game.
NHL 2007 Installation Code Missing January 14, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Never have I had this problem with an EA title before, and I've bought LOTS of them, but their 2007 NHL game as sold by Amazon is missing the installation key code. EA Sports is of no immediate help in solving the problem as their primary technical support is via email. I had to return this game to Amazon and buy it locally in order to get a game with the installation code printed on the back of manual. My one-star review is thus related to installation issues, Amazon's system being unable to accept reviews/comments without a star rating.
 NHL 07 - same old same old January 11, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
NHL 07, is essentiall NHL 06, or 05, or 04 :) I love playing these games, but.. it feels like I buy it just to get roster upgrades. I've played a season thru as the Avs. won the cup... and MVP / scoring title for Joey. felt too easy though... The salary cap doesn't appear to phase the players at all, they still want all the money you have to offer. Goalies don't really tire as you would expect. Its a good game, but mostly cause I love having Paul Statsny.
 Fix the broken AI and this would be really good January 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
All in all I like the game. I think the movement is fluid and easy to get used to. The offense sets up fairly nice and you can move the puck around pretty well.
The only thing that I really hate about this game is the fact that the AI is very boneheaded, other than setting up well in the offensive zone. They will skate right past a loose puck if you aren't controlling them. They don't position very well on defense and you basically have to be in control of a player to steal the puck. Once you get used to all of this, however, I have at least been able to adjust to it. The only other thing is the manual that comes with this game REALLY sucks. It doesn't tell you anything about the interface and menu options. It very briefly goes over the different game types and default controls, but it leaves a lot of questions about the interface and options unanswered.
I am currently just playing on medium difficulty in Dynasty mode. The 1st thing I did before starting the Dynasty mode was create a goalie with very padded stats and then signed him to my team. Then once you start the Dynasty you will have that player. Just make sure to create a free agent. You will have to worry about the salary cap so you can't totally buff your team without going over the cap. I think it's more fun and challenging having some so-so players anyways.
I would reccommend this game, but make sure to go through the gameplay settings to adjust the settings to how you want them. This can take some time to get it just right due to testing them, but it is worth it and makes the game much more enjoyable.
Goalie AI will make you insane - garbage goals abound !!! January 1, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
the gameplay is what it is, it's the same as its been since back in 91 for the oldschool sega genesis. you can still swoop down to the faceoff circle and then cut across the goal line to score on a wrister/backhand, and you can still burn around everyone with the speedboost button. the computer opponents still seem to not have the same laws of physics that the player controlled figures have: turning, stopping and changing directions is still labored for players while the computer opponent is cutting back and forth like they were wearing sneakers on pavement with no lag or difficulty at all.
the differences in this game than previous years is that gone are the days of senseless checking and bowling everyone over. now checks dont really knock anyone down at all regardless of difficulty setting. even on easy my 6'5" 240 pound defencemen bounces harmlessly off a 5'8" 165 pound forward. when you add that the computer toons seem infinitely more successful with clutching and hooking and pokechecks than the player is, and regardless of player ratings for the Player controlled goalie every shot that makes it on goal will likely go in, they passed up inproving player AI for challenge, and went right on to nerfing player controlled teams while uber'ing the computer team. it looks like a pee wee hockey team playing against the detroit redwings. difficulty level doesnt matter for computer scoring, they're going to get anywhere from 5 to 8 goals. the difficulty level only dictates how many you're going to be able to score. at beginner / easy you can outslug the computer and win 11 - 5. on difficult its going into overtime and could go either way at 6 - 5. the hardest setting means you're going to wring your hands and throw controllers cause you'll be lucky to keep possession of the puck for more than 3 seconds and the score will be 0 - 5.
the salary cap is right but signing players is a chore and the contracts arent' reasonable or lifelike and its easy to tork around with the settings to keep a good team (i went to the roster management and transferred every 85+ euroleague player who's salary is 0.7 million or less so ive got a team that averages 86 to 94 and a salary cap number of 28 million of the 44 million max. if you are over or close to cap, no problem just send that high priced veteran down to the minors cause there's not waivers or minor league salary constraints. the last annoyance is that there's some sort of success based statistical upgrades but i havent actually earned any. im playing as pittsburg and overachieving on my team goals which were basically avoid last place in-conference, yet i still have yet to earn a single upgrade point (im bummed cause i want to dump them all into goalie training so maybe my player value 92 goalie could stop an actual puck on occasion - save percentage hovers around .760 giving up 4 to 6 goals out of 11 or 12 shots a game on average).
basically i travel a ton for work and have nothing better to do on my laptop now that SOE ruined Star Wars Galaxies so i can tolerate a poor game. if you can bear the hair pulling out aggrivation at the goalie who cant' stop anything or catch a cold, then this is your game.
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