It’s a fast, arcade-style online mode where you can play as dirty as you want. It’s an absolute free-for-all on a frozen pond, with three players pitted against one another and all of them battling the CPU-controlled goalie. EA Sports Ones is far and away my favorite of the excellent online modes.ĮA Sports Ones is far and away my favorite of the excellent online modes, beating out Drop-in Threes and EASHL league mode for that title. Somewhat confusingly, there’s more than one mode requiring a custom created hockey player, but annoyingly, you can’t use the same guy for both for some reason. The sheer amount of options is staggering, to the point where it’s pretty much guaranteed no two players will look the same. Many of the customization options are locked behind tasks and challenges, but they’re not prohibitively difficult so unlocking them is a satisfying treat rather than a chore. But it gets way more granular than that, right down to the color of the laces on your skates and the tape on your stick, which can be independently set for the shaft and the blade.

It’s disappointing that you can only choose from premade faces, but I’m impressed at how thoroughly you can personalize your custom players, especially the different options for authentic hockey-player mullets. It’s also overflowing with choice, from a generous number of modes (both online and offline) to a dizzying number of create-a-player options.

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