NHL 13 Presentation Video and Blog

[Gagnon39]

Are some of you guys going to actually play with the True Broadcast Camera? I don't think I can do that. Wouldn't it be very difficult to pull of dekes and moves?

[Gagnon39]

Quote: Originally Posted by animal829

Everything sounds and looks great.But could someone from EA please explain this to us.They have made MSG in New York look exactly as it is in real life but yet it`s called New York Arena. If you are going to do all that work to make an arena look realistic why not have its name as well. It`s like making a Crosby player model dead on and naming him 87C. It just doesn`t make any sense. With all these great upgrades in presentation you would think getting the naming rights to all the arenas would be the easiest to get done and make the game just a little more realistic.

The United Center is still called "Chicago Stadium." This didin't used to be this way. Every since I can remember they had the license for the United Center. Last year was the first year that they called it Chicago Stadium because apparently they lost the rights. I made a big fuss about this for a while, but got over it eventually.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Nah... U just have to get used to it.

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[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

Are some of you guys going to actually play with the True Broadcast Camera? I don't think I can do that. Wouldn't it be very difficult to pull of dekes and moves?

I'll try it for the sake of giving it a honest shot. It totally depends on how the controls feel though you're right. Never felt comfortable using prior broadcasts cams in either series.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

The United Center is still called "Chicago Stadium." This didin't used to be this way. Every since I can remember they had the license for the United Center. Last year was the first year that they called it Chicago Stadium because apparently they lost the rights. I made a big fuss about this for a while, but got over it eventually.

Honestly it comes down to money. NHL obviously doesn't have the budget of madden, not even Fifa. It was worse for us Boston fans when TD Garden was shown at E3 a year or 2 back and then not in the retail build since we've never had the official Garden lettering in the game ever in either series' history.

[bad_philanthropy]

No way I'll be able to play on the broadcast cam. It looks great, and I'm glad the cult of the broadcast cam finally have their moment of salvation, but I can't make it work for me. I've been playing with some version of the "classic" cam/perspective since I was a child. Won't be able to change now.

[Gagnon39]

In regards to the arena names, the one thing I wish EA would do is make the generic names at least look like their real-life counterparts. I can't find the thread or the pics to go along with it but I remember seeing some example (somewhere) that had different arena names, like "Boston Arena" written in the TD Garden font. It looked very accurate. Same could be done with Chicago Stadium or New York Arena. At least use the correct font, color, etc. The words United Center is in blue and is almost an arial font in Chicago. In the game Chicago Stadium is in block font and is black. Simple changes like I'm suggesting would make it even less noticeable.

But again, I was very upset about this for a while, then I got over it.

[billman29]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

In regards to the arena names, the one thing I wish EA would do is make the generic names at least look like their real-life counterparts. I can't find the thread or the pics to go along with it but I remember seeing some example (somewhere) that had different arena names, like "Boston Arena" written in the TD Garden font. It looked very accurate. Same could be done with Chicago Stadium or New York Arena. At least use the correct font, color, etc. The words United Center is in blue and is almost an arial font in Chicago. In the game Chicago Stadium is in block font and is black. Simple changes like I'm suggesting would make it even less noticeable. But again, I was very upset about this for a while, then I got over it.

Someone on the EA forums had a really fantastic mock-up of a Florida Panther generic script (at center ice) that looks way closer to the Bank-Atlantic Center's script then FLORIDA STADIUM

FLORIDA STADIUM: http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...6Aug041425.jpg (and really, why not call it FLORIDA ARENA, at the very least)

Mock Florida Panthers Center script (credit to DTCP57) https://p.twimg.com/AzeoJJmCEAALjKr.png