Always test your software before you release it. Case in point: Sega released probably the best hockey game ever, albeit with one flaw. A major flaw, I might add.
If injuries are turned on at any level, you run the huge risk that at some point during a season or franchise the game will irrevocably lock up. Once this happens, you may as well delete your franchise and start all over again. That is if you even want to put yourself through that again.
I gave up trying after about 3 or 4 tries, all locking up at some point early in a season. I play pretty aggressively because, after all, it is hockey. What’s so fun about skating around being polite to everyone? What’s so fun about playing an entire season without any injuries. Good news if your a real-life player; bad news if you want something fun to do.
Then I thought I licked it. I set the injuries as low as they could go without actually being off, and it seemed to be working. Then with about 15 games left in an 80 game, guys on every team start dropping like flies. Three games like that and it locks up before getting to the controller select screen for the next game.
With the rate that EA is buying up licenses, we might not get the chance to play an improved version from Sega. And that’s just wrong.
