Trying Live the Life on 360 and am pretty underwhelmed so far. VERY formulaic. I'm on the ice for every seemingly every goal scored and goal against. Same interview questions every couple of games that influence a totally meaningless "Likability" meter. I
The biggest problem is that I feel like unless i'm completely controlling the game with my Pro, nothing really happens and the game isn't fun at all. I'm a defenseman on the Lightning 3rd Pairing and I feel like even with Hedman, Carle, Stamkos, Kucherov, etc...I have to do everything in order for anything to happen.
Maybe i'm not explaining it properly but I'm overall disappointed with this game mode. I think EA set out to make the gamer feel like they were a real life NHL Pro but all this game mode really amounts to is 22 minutes of position lock gaming that is a rinse and repeat process over the course of a NHL season. I don't feel like i'm a part of a NHL team, it feels like i'm playing GM Mode but puck hogging with one player all the time.
Oh and one more small complaint, for NHL 16 can EA please make it so the other team's lines are shown when I step on the ice? Until they have the puck I have no idea who is out there. I think it'd really add to the immersion of the game mode if I knew I was a 3rd pairing dman going out against a team's top line and now have a chance to prove myself.