NHL 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[onlybygrace]

Well...

My Xbox has made a safe return from repairs and I finally got my grubby hands on the demo!!!

It took me about 3 or 4 periods to adjust to the feel of the game which is much much different from NHL 10 and its 100% for the better.

After an hour or so I moved from Pro to Superstar and lets just say I'm ecstatic with what I'm seeing from the CPU AI. They really scare me now when on breakaways and odd man rushes. My goals have felt rewarding and the hitting is just fantastic. I love how I sincerely feel like anything can happen when playing this game.

I really didn't experience any sort of difficulty winning faceoffs once I understood my options at the circle and the other additions (broken sticks, new dekes, etc) have done wonders for the feeling of polish that this game posesses.

Early on, I'm gonna give this a 9/10.

My only real complaint is that I can hardly read the overlays that I wanted to see implemented to badly. Can't win em all I suppose.

[CS10029]

Quote: Originally Posted by onlybygrace

Early on, I'm gonna give this a 9/10. My only real complaint is that I can hardly read the overlays that I wanted to see implemented to badly. Can't win em all I suppose.

In regards to your score. I think that is about spot on, maybe a little higher if you believe in that whole decimal thing. I think it will be about a 92 on Metacritic, when all is said and done.

EDIT- It's funny that you finally got the demo today. I finally decided to delete it, the demo just makes the time go slower at this point. You are almost lucky that you had to wait this long. Haha!

[bill2451]

its hard to score games when you look and see far inferior ones being given scores in the 85-90 range

I mean, NHL 11 obviously wont be a perfect 10... but if you were to use the same standard used for games like Madden, it'd be a 12 lol

[Segagendude]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

Toe-drag is hold the puck out to your forehand side, then roll the R-stick to the opposite side while holding left bumper (L1 on PS3). I need to brush-up on some of the others, but that one I have down...

What's toe drag, and what's it used for? Passing or shooting?

[actionhank]

I just discovered that the restaurant i work in will be closed the day NHL11 comes out.
At first i was super excited, then the owner said "We're closed so they can fix the floors and clean."
And i said "who's cleaning?"
He looked at all of us cooks on the line and laughed and said "You guys".
So i'm hoping my "school day" will get me out of that one.
Although it may not be so bad.
Anyhow, i have plans for a full day of NHL11, and hopefully they don't get crushed.

[CS10029]

Quote: Originally Posted by Segagendude

What's toe drag, and what's it used for? Passing or shooting?

It is an elusive maneuver. The player, uses the curve of the stick to pull the puck into himself, from one side to another.

Someone else can probably explain it better than me.

[actionhank]

Let's allow Mr. St. Louis to explain all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5v-lCMHLn8

[JayhawkerStL]

Quote: Originally Posted by Super Glock

I'm pathetic I have been playing on pro-normal and usually have a very hard time scoring even a single goal. I then will switch to pro-casual and it is almost too easy. I wish there was an in between, lol. Any suggestions anyone?. And also what is the average score of a pro hockey game?

You can always enable the dirty secret. Auto-aim is the only reason I can really enjoy the game. Yes, I know I'm in the minority.

Please, please, please let me play my friends online with auto-aim. There are few guys from another forum I play with that would love to have this option. Without it, we have too many 0-0 and 1-0 games. We're old and don't seem to be able to get the aiming down well enough to score.