NHL 13 Season Ticket Impressions

[SinisterAlex]

I'm posting these impressions based on online play.

I'm 95% online when it comes to the NHL series and I thought I'd just come here and post a few positives and negatives.

Positives:

+ Skating engine really does wonders for OTP/ EASHL. Especially for the defensive side of the puck.

+ A.I goalies (so far) are superb. They occasionally let in a really bad goal, but for the most part a lot of the NHL 12 "cheese" goals don't work.

+ A.I team mates are a lot better as well. They still do dumb things but their passing is much better and they no longer do those stupid diving poke checks that always gave penalty shots.

Negatives (only one so far):

- The poke check has gone from completely useless in NHL 12 to god like in NHL 13. You can literally tap the puck with your poke check and the puck goes flying off your stick like it was hit with a hard slap shot. Very frustrating now when you're going 1 on 1 with a defender. All they do is poke check spam you and there is no way to get around it.

I have my poke check attributes set at default, and I can poke check with ease. I had it at 85 in NHL 12 and I could poke check numerous times with no success. Yes, the puck control attribute may have had an affect on that, but I have mine at 75 right now and I can't even hold onto the puck after being poke checked, no one can.

[Tomba]

brilliant game a classic best sports game ive played since nfl 2k5

[jonapaloma]

I just dont understand it. Sure I haven't tried the game myself but based on the demo and all the things people write in here, it seems that EA hasn't adressed those things that was clearly lacking in '12. How come EA haven't fixed the sliders effect on the game like penalties and passing. Also the AI that they have been bragging about is nowhere to be found.

wtf have they been doing all year. *sigh*

sorry about the rant but I just dont get it :S

[SlyBelle]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportdan30

I agree the lack of penalties to me is a major concern. Not to mention it's a huge part of the game of hockey obviously. I love the tension of trying to kill off a penalty, and vice versa love the opportunity to try and score with a man advantage. EA......this was a major major complaint last year, so why is this not fixed???????

I know I am starting to sound like a broken record, but I have the same thoughts as you. Just don't understand how this part of the game has not been fixed. I know a couple of people say they have seen some higher penalties but seems more people have not. And plus, if higher penalties do happen, it shouldn't be a rare event. In one of my games last night I did see the CPU take 5 penalties which had me excited, but then my team had 0. I was playing the Islanders so maybe a strong factor is the team you play But regardless, you shouldn't get some penalties up and down, you should be seeing on average 6-7 per game and somewhat usually even between CPU and the player.

People in the official EA forums are also seeing the same issue. I can only hope EA sees it and really makes an effort to correct.

I have until tomorrow to decide if I will keep my pre-order before it ships out on Monday and sad to say there is a great possibility I wil be doing that since their track record suggests they won't correct it during the year, just like they didn't last year.

[jyoung]

I played 10 games of online team play last night and I didn't see a single glitch goal.

It was funny watching people trying all their ridiculous go-to dangle moves from NHL 12 over and over again and not being able to do anything on offense.

We'll see how the game holds up as people add more boosts and attribute points to their players, but right now, most of the goals that have gone in have been legit.

[killer miller31]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyoung

I played 10 games of online team play last night and I didn't see a single glitch goal. It was funny watching people trying all their ridiculous go-to dangle moves from NHL 12 over and over again and not being able to do anything on offense. We'll see how the game holds up as people add more boosts and attribute points to their players, but right now, most of the goals that have gone in have been legit.

That's so beautiful to hear!!! LOL I have the early release but haven't got in to the team play yet and that's about 75% of what I play on NHL.so glad to see the goalies are performing well all around!

[nVschultz1325]

The servers have been terrible and there seems to be a lot of unresponsive controls, and the graphics are terrible while in a game, just blurry and pixelated, overall not impressed with this early release

[killer miller31]

Quote: Originally Posted by nVschultz1325

The servers have been terrible and there seems to be a lot of unresponsive controls, and the graphics are terrible while in a game, just blurry and pixelated, overall not impressed with this early release

Where else would there be graphics besides in a game? Servers have been great for me on ps3...no lag at all! And controls seem tighter then ever to me love it so far! Perhaps you just need some more time with it man