Wow, another great sports title. Even more Wow---another great sports 
game not from EA.

Faceoff is essentially just another chapter in the EA NHL series, 
except it isn't made by EA. One or more of the guys that made the EA 
classic are responsible for this version though.

The game looks, and plays, just like the NHL series, but goes a lot 
farther than the PC and Genesis versions in terms of gameplay. (I 
don't mention the SNES version because it blows).

You have 4 playable views, of which 3 are great, the 4th (the 
closeup) is not that great. The sounds are fine, the controls are 
great, and the difficulty can be changed: Rookie, Veteran, All-Star. 
I am quite good at the NHL series, so it was easy for me on the 
Rookie setting, challenging on the Veteran setting, and I have not 
yet won a game on the All-Star setting.

First thing I did was create the greatest player of all time---Kent 
Frechette of course! I released one of Boston's forwards and 
immediately signed Mr. Frechette. I jumped into the season (which is 
saved to the mem card), and lost my first game on the All-Star 
difficulty, but had a blast playing nonetheless.

Scoring goals on the Rookie setting is a breeze, plus the computer 
scores quite easily as well.

I've seen someone complain that there were no one-timers, but there 
are. The back of the box mentions it, but there is not one mention of 
them in the manual (just another illustration of the fact that game 
manuals are becoming a dying art.) Just pass to a teammate and hit 
shoot right before the puck arrives...just like in NHL Hockey.

Perhaps EA caught a glimpse of this one coming and therefore canned 
their effort. Who knows? I like this game a lot more than I do 
Gameday, which I think is an excellent sports title also.

This one is a definate keeper!

Kent Frechette