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

[Tomba]

Quote: Originally Posted by SlyBelle

I hope your right about perfection, but guessing after release we will all find improvement opportunities just like after every game release

Something will be broken always will be BUT even the most perfect and memorable sports game have those as well and this was before "patching" ever took place.

Patching has ruined and instilled an immediate "criticism" - like reaction almost instantly upon ANY play through of ANY game now... Its sad


JUST ENJOY!

[Dragoulios]

Glad Dean Richards came back to the series.

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fierce Robot

Looks like bezerker cpu is still definitely in. There are times when they have speed advantages, all loose pucks go their way which really destroys the idea that you can battle for the 50/50 loose pucks fairly. The way they take hits and retain possession is still there. Lots of this stuff has been in this series for ages. Still, the skating is great, the game looks fantastic. I am certain though during offline play the stuff I mentioned will continue to be an annoyance. The new skating doesn't fix these issues. Looking forward to release though.

I'm seeing this a lot too. That's why I'm going to wait to rent or read from other before buying.
Berzerker mode and AI boosts were the main reasons I never kept NHL11 or 12 beyond a 2-week stretch.
If it's still in the retail version of NHL13, I'll save my money and give it to NBA2K, just like I did last year.

[Vikes1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fierce Robot

One more thing, on defense, my ai team mate no longer helps out by skating to the boards behind the net to create the option of passing off the puck when under pressure.

I've noticed this, too.

I've used that type of pass a lot when under pressure. But with the '13' demo at least...many times there's an opposing player behind my net to pick that pass off. But as far as your AI player goes, it seems if ya kinda wait a second or so, our AI guy will get into position for him to receive the pass. If/when the opposing player isn't there. Just what I've seen a few times anyway.

[jake19ny]

Starting to get the hang of the game finally and really dig it. Its not perfect but they have taken a giant leap this year. I hate to sound like a broken record but I hope the sliders work. Can't wait for the 11th....and I just found out Im getting the game for like $14.00 since I had a crap load of Gamestop power up rewards so I got a free $50.00 credit towards anything in the store....now I wish I reserved the Stanley Cup edition

[actionhank]

After playing a healthy amount of the Demo, i think it will rekindle my love for the NHL game. It got to the point where i just couldn't play NHL12 anymore. It was too frustrating. Good positioning, all of that, didn't matter when the goalies just let in awful shots. It was one of my biggest pet peeves (That and the MAGIC INSTACLEAR on the Penalty Kill by the AI). It seems both have been addressed. I have yet to have a goal scored on me where i thought it was completely bogus, or something i couldn't have prevented had i played the puck better. And that's what i want. I want to be punished for over-commiting, or making a mistake. And i want those fluke goals, because sometimes a clean save turns into a goal when the goalie just loses the puck, or drops it. I've seen a lot more clean goals, where the guy just rips off a shot, and the goalie just misses it, something that NHL12 rarely had. And i have yet to see the goalie do that "Down in the butterfly and try to hunch over the puck like a bowl of soup" while the AI just cradles the puck and launches it over his hunched back. That alone will probably be worth the purchase.
Depending on how much sliders affect the gameplay will make it even more fun for me.
I can't wait to get it.

[ComaFaction]

One thing that is really irking me is the boardplay. I can't break out along the boards without constantly being sucked into the boards by a CPU defender. It makes skating the puck on the perimeter of the ice almost impossible.

At this point, I'd almost rather they just removed board-play and go back to the drawing board for next year.

[18 eighty 5]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vikes1

I've noticed this, too. I've used that type of pass a lot when under pressure. But with the '13' demo at least...many times there's an opposing player behind my net to pick that pass off. But as far as your AI player goes, it seems if ya kinda wait a second or so, our AI guy will get into position for him to receive the pass. If/when the opposing player isn't there. Just what I've seen a few times anyway.

Thanks for this. Yep, I see what you are saying, the ai do help out but it is different this year. Maybe context sensitive because the cpu are constantly pressing in their offensive zone and seem to be looking to block that lane behind the net.

I am playing this demo every day and I just love it despite some of the same old bag of cpu boosting tricks. I am playing exclusively on true broadcast cam. I reckon offline there will be games against the cpu where they are lacklustre and nowhere near as insane as in the la - phoenix game. But, because the demo is proof, there will be many games where the cpu boosts. There has been no change in this area.

Ok, time to play some more. Oh, one last thing, anyone else notice on TB cam that you have to go into cam relative under controller settings and toggle it on even if it is set to that in the menu because the game automatically plays as if it is set to cam always up. Just mentioning in case some were wondering why the controls seem a bit screwed up on TB when playing with alternate shooting.