My 550 mhz Pentium III with 128 mb of RAM and a 32 mb video card runs the game more than ok, but I can't run the game at the highers detail levels and resolutions without getting some choppiness and slowdown in the game. Sound is overall well done but not without some flaws. Music is ok but would have been better with more music from today's top music stars and also some more songs that we might typically hear while at a live NHL game. Play by play commentary is accurate and rarely falls behind the action on the ice. Colour commentary is a bit lacking though as it doesnt have any of the cool stories that Bob Cole and Harry Neal tell on the Canadian Broadcasting Company show entitled Hockey Night in Canada.
Sound effects are effective but they also have flaws.
The sound of the puck hitting the boards and ice is excellent. The sound of body checks and slapshots are unrealistic as they both sound like gun shots or explosions. The fact that you creat and edit your own team is amazing. Giving the game a lagre replayability, which some hockey games do lack. The gameplay is near perfect.