NHL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[kicker]

Quote: Originally Posted by m-dogg

yeah it's too bad we were right to be worried when we first saw the backskating in the videos. In my first hour with the demo I found 5 glitch goals, 3 involving the backskate. And I wasnt really looking for them, just started noticing how the golie and AI reacted to the pivoting. I'm no dangler, and if I can find these I can't even imagine how many xXWesL3Y Sn111p3zXx has perfected by now! as an online club only player, this is all prety depressing. The problem is the goalie always plays the puck postion, thats why the old whip shots etc always pull them out of postion. with this back skating the goalie still plays the puck and not where the shot should/would be coming from. Hopefully a tuner set can correct these, but I worry it may make the goalie even more air tight so decent snap shots from great scoring areas are not going in all of the sudden. I know EA is pretty proactive in the first few weeks after launch so hopefully they address this backskating silliness...I can only imagine what online is going to look like..

I'm in the same boat as far as not trying to learn how to glitch but to see what is possible so I can defend against it in future club/OTP games. I'm not as concerned with the glitch goals on their own as a good defense can take those opportunities away. The problem I have is that when I backskate and deke back and forth, the opposing AI can't stop it which then leads to a glitch goal.

I'm hoping players will be able to knock the backskating puck carriers off their feet easily or dislodge the puck without much problem.

For people who think this isn't really a problem aren't doing it right when they carry the puck. I'm not the best player out there by any means but I can certainly skate the puck up the ice backwards in the highest difficulty setting and always get a shot.

[videlsports]

I had to get used to the menus which controlled the subs, but that was cool once I got used to it. I like the shooting in the game, I missed 11 so this is really good.

[plaidchuck]

Quote: Originally Posted by RealmK

Just out of curiosity regarding the AI plaid, are you playing on hardcore?

Honestly I didn't see much of a difference between casual/hardcore/normal/default, other than casual seemed to be a bit more forgiving with shooting accuracy. When I play again I'll try to pay more attention to any differences that may be there between say casual/hardcore.

[canucksss]

i played as home (NJ) and i observed that home team doesnt have the line-change advantage like in NHL 11. EA removed this in NHL 12 and i dont see this in NHL13. maybe because its a demo? well i hope this is in NHL13.

[steveeee]

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first..hats off to this guy...makes me wonder if he's really out there to enjoy the game or just find the glitch goals and exploit it online?

that goal would never work against an EASHL goalie or Defenders.. funny though

[steveeee]

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And they'll tune it. This is a major reason I don't touch the EASHL. 95% of the online community pull crap like this all day long. Luckily I know the OS GM Connected league won't have this type of play.

this doesn't make sense at all.. a reason to play in the EASHL is because glitch goals don't work if your playing with a team of 5 or 6.. all glitches are useless if your playing on club team that knows what they are doing

every glitch goal can be stopped.. that's the whole reason to play club with 5 other players so no one can take advantage of the computer AI.. It really is easier to beat a team that just tries to do the same glitch goal over and over.. those are easy wins for any average EASHL club

bottom line is that good teamplay beats glitchers all day long... back in 09 when the EASHL first came out that's the whole reason I became goalie in the EASHL was to stop the curve shot glitch goal

[Stroehms]

I haven't played NHL since 11 because it felt the same from '09-11. So I downloaded this with low expectations but came away pleasantly surprised. This is awesome compared to what I was used to in 11.

Looking like a Day 1 purchase for me.

[Big Jim]

Quote: Originally Posted by canucksss

i played as home (NJ) and i observed that home team doesnt have the line-change advantage like in NHL 11. EA removed this in NHL 12 and i dont see this in NHL13. maybe because its a demo? well i hope this is in NHL13.

It was actually there in NHL 12, but 98% of the time their new cutscenes blocked it. I'm pretty shocked and bummed that they did not fix it.