Review Yungbeck 3/5 · Apr 9, 2021
Nice Hockey
You'd think I oughta love hockey. Being from Sweden and growing up skateboarding and playing inline street hockey during the summers. During the long, dark winters however, I stayed inside and played video games. We never owned Blades of Steel. We had 'Ice Hockey'. I love 'Ice Hockey', but looking back I think we would have thought this was way …
You'd think I oughta love hockey. Being from Sweden and growing up skateboarding and playing inline street hockey during the summers. During the long, dark winters however, I stayed inside and played video games. We never owned Blades of Steel. We had 'Ice Hockey'. I love 'Ice Hockey', but looking back I think we would have thought this was way cooler, and played this a lot more. It's still an arcade type hockey game, but the style and overall design is taken way more serious in Blades of Steel, and there's even fighting! Win the fight and you get the chance to score. It gets real fun and hectic when you're franticly trying to score and the other players are interfering, and you just keep...rebounding??...like I said - don't watch much hockey.
If I had this back in the day I would have definitely tried to win all cups with all teams etc, and I noticed playing for a few hours now that I got better at it. There's skill involved for sure, and it just feels good the way you switch players, turn and how the players respond to impact. Both teams can and will score a lot, and even if you just button mash and act crazy you can make life hell for your opponent, and I bet the arcade is even more fun. Blades of Steel is a great sports title that still holds up, even if I don't have any fond childhood memories of it, like I have of NHL mother 'effing '94.
