NHL 16 Patch 1.04 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4, Full Details Included

[Gbpackerowner]

Quote: Originally Posted by tc020791

I think you guys are crazy. Did the game play well before? Yes. It produced a decent game of hockey and produced good stats. But there were also so many things wrong with the game before the patch. Big differences since patch: 1. CPU no longer skates around in neutral zone and actually dumps the puck in. This was a huge pain before the patch and an extreme eye sore. 2. Players seem to be moving more realistically. It takes a game or two to get used to but I'm really enjoying the movement now, a lot less sliding, and a lot slower. 3. Puck isn't flying anymore. On clears, poke checks, and deflections, pucks are no longer flying half way around the rink in these instances anymore. 4. Shots are now way more varied. Guys are missing high and wide a lot more often and no longer am I seeing only 3 types of shots. Before you either missed the goal, hit the goalie in the stomach or the goalie made a glove save. Now I rarely see the goalie make a ridiculous glove save like I would almost every other possession before. 5. This point goes right along with #3 and #4. The goalies are much more realistic. They aren't catching everything, and deflections, as well as rebounds, are much more realistic looking. I am still playing on my same exact super star sliders from pre patch and loving this game even more than before. Nice job EA Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I'll agree that everyone's style of play and what they see as "sim" is different.. And yep I can adjust my sliders "again" to compensate for another patch.. It's just a pain in the .ss to have to keep doing that every flipping time to release a patch geared toward online play...

[Solidd2355]

Quote: Originally Posted by pm83

After more and more games with patch 1.04 I can confirm that NHL16 has transformed to a big joke. No matter if I used out-of-the-box tuner or latest one. Difference is just huge when thinking about couple of key aspects which made me enjoy this game offline vs cpu: pressure and varied hitting. Before the 1.04 patch I had hard time going in to a "war zone" because there was two men pressure on puck carrier and contact when entering to scoring sector. I just loved it. I had to cycle the puck to get better scoring places and earn that spot in front of the net. With 1.04 patch I can easily just walk in front of the net because there's no pressure at all! Defenders just skate near me but don't do anything. I tried all kind of slider combinations with Pro, All-Star and Superstar difficulties and results were the same: very weak defensive pressure. So pressure is gone. What about that varied hitting then? Yeah. It seems that they've removed those little bumps which made you loose the puck but still stand on your skates when cpu bumped you from behind. There is still a contact but no effect at all. Player just continues skating towards the net and defender just finishes the animation with no effect. When you combine weak pressure and decreased physical game you get awful defensive play by cpu. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one to say this but it's a game killer for me. Just weeks earlier I had the best games of console hockey in a long time. Now it's all gone. I think this is the appropriate time to use Roy Burgundy's phrase: "Boy, that escalated quickly." Yeah. I'm done with this game.

Yup. You nailed it. I just signed up so I could reply to this. This is exactly what I am seeing now. It sucks. I literally can not play anymore. The cpu doesn't even try to pressure you now. It really hurts that they have ruined this game for me bc I love hockey and love NHL 16 up until now. EA always seems to neglect the single player. I wish I could just go back and undo this patch. I wish I never d/l it in the first place.

Anyone know of any other good sports games?

[pm83]

Quote: Originally Posted by Solidd2355

Yup. You nailed it. I just signed up so I could reply to this. This is exactly what I am seeing now. It sucks. I literally can not play anymore. The cpu doesn't even try to pressure you now. It really hurts that they have ruined this game for me bc I love hockey and love NHL 16 up until now. EA always seems to neglect the single player. I wish I could just go back and undo this patch. I wish I never d/l it in the first place. Anyone know of any other good sports games?

Yeah, the lack of pressure was the worst thing 1.04 patch delivered. I was also going to trade this game for Pro Evo 2016 but thought to gave this game one more shot yesterday after reading interesting things about Sknapple's sliders and I believe the cure is found.

So I tried Sknapple's sliders using True Broadcast cam for one game and was suprised. The pressure was back! I really liked the set and wanted to throw some of my favorite adjustments in the mix. So now I use Sknapple's sliders with pass interception 0/0, all shot accuracy 1/1, manual aim and lines, 9 minute periods. And enjoy this game again! Of course it won't work for everyone but for me this set is great. Pressure is back, cpu plays fair even with SS and cpu's passing is under 80%. Can't ask for more.

[Solidd2355]

Quote: Originally Posted by pm83

Yeah, the lack of pressure was the worst thing 1.04 patch delivered. I was also going to trade this game for Pro Evo 2016 but thought to gave this game one more shot yesterday after reading interesting things about Sknapple's sliders and I believe the cure is found. So I tried Sknapple's sliders using True Broadcast cam for one game and was suprised. The pressure was back! I really liked the set and wanted to throw some of my favorite adjustments in the mix. So now I use Sknapple's sliders with pass interception 0/0, all shot accuracy 1/1, manual aim and lines, 9 minute periods. And enjoy this game again! Of course it won't work for everyone but for me this set is great. Pressure is back, cpu plays fair even with SS and cpu's passing is under 80%. Can't ask for more.

Upon finding out that you can delete your user profile and go back to no tuner, I realized my biggest issue was puck/stick collision. It just didn't exist anymore and no matter what sliders, I could easily maneuver around cpu players. Poke check and collision is back. All is saved.

[pm83]

Quote: Originally Posted by Solidd2355

Upon finding out that you can delete your user profile and go back to no tuner, I realized my biggest issue was puck/stick collision. It just didn't exist anymore and no matter what sliders, I could easily maneuver around cpu players. Poke check and collision is back. All is saved.

Great! I've usually been using original tuner and probably will try original with Sknapple's set too. It's always been the best one in the long run.

[jake19ny]

Funny my first game post patch I saw the same passive game and no penalties with my sliders I was using pre patch. I then played on default and still saw the same garbage. I went back to my sliders and the game pretty much plays to me like it did pre-patch. It may have to do with resetting sliders to default then setting them again. I mention this in my slider thread and still do it before every game. I have played about 10 games post patch now and it plays like it did pre patch and I get a good amount of penalties. Game still has major issues for me and it's missing inexcusable things in the offline mode but if I can maintain this gameplay I have now it will be somewhat playable and I will attempt a season. It's just sad that after last years disaster we have to settle for somewhat playable. It's also driving me crazy that they keep putting jersey updates and presentation updates in the roster updates, it's make it near impossible to start a season and were midway through November.

[NDIrishRangers78]

Anyone notice that after this patch, if 2 people play on the same team, some times your player will receive the puck and can't move and can only pass it? It's really ruining my coop franchise I have going with my brother....forgive me if this issue has been posted already.


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[NDIrishRangers78]

Anyone have any insight? This is seriously ruining this game for me....I've updated my controllers, my Xbox auto updated last night....could that have something to do with it? Thanks guys


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