It’s evident NHL 27 is a leap year for the franchise as it doesn’t innovate on the modes and immersion already present. Instead, it soft-launches patches that barely pass as a winter update.
Insomniac once again captures what works about a famous comic book superhero, but that makes this is a very different game from the studio's prior releases in the genre.
While Rise of the Guardians is built on a solid foundation of hack-and-slash action and co-op multiplayer, the simplicity and monotony of the gameplay quickly becomes obvious.
