NHL 17 Franchise Mode Trailer and Plenty of Details

[Nomah5]

All I saw was Kyle turris as a Canuck. Wtf

[onlybygrace]

Lots of cool stuff going on in that blog. Some pretty nice presentation overlays and dynamic attendance are definitely interesting features. Nice touches.

[Elite49]

This all looks great as I only play GM but I read the Dynamic Attendance part and realized that it's only going to be about income and not visibly in games isn't it? That's too good to be true.

[half-fast]

Ive yet to read anything about AI improvements where anyone goes into any kind of detail. Gameplay is #1 for me, hands down, and from the videos I saw in the trailer, the gameplay looks exactly the same, with some stupid looking default plays. I just can't believe this is a problem every year.

[Northernwolf]

I must say I am a bit concerned.

Hiding your biggest feature of the year for franchise mode behind a wall of micro-managment is not so good.

I like all the new create a team stuff they have added, but if I have to play the way the AI owners want me to all the time, I feel more like I am at work, than at home doing what I like to do an afternoon I have some spare time.

Having to potentially wait out an entire season (or more) to get a relocation going is a dull way to waste my time.

Then I noticed something in the relocation options: Quebec City has no interest in getting a team? Excuse me, what?
Have I fallen into some alternate universe? Pretty sure the fans of the Nordiques still clamor for the return of their beloved franchise every year.

I hope we get to control what parts of franchise mode we want to have active.
Remove all the busywork and let us play the game we want to play.

[Retropyro]

Quote: Originally Posted by Northernwolf

Then I noticed something in the relocation options: Quebec City has no interest in getting a team? Excuse me, what? Have I fallen into some alternate universe? Pretty sure the fans of the Nordiques still clamor for the return of their beloved franchise every year. .

You may want to watch again. It says willing to open negotiation, yes, interest in team high and fan base hardcore for Quebec City.

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by mlbshower15

it's amazing how people have been calling for changes and an overhaul to GM mode and EA delivers. yet people still complain that they don't want this type of immersion and that it is a copy of other games. this looks awesome and something that we have never really seen from NHL

Agreed.
I can see why some would want to turn off certain portions as perhaps the mode will become too cumbersome, but I'm really looking forward to diving into the Franchise Mode.
I've been begging for the ability to be fired for years now and we finally have it.

I will make it my mission to relocate every franchise I'm given the keys to.

[Splitter77]

its 2017. youd think we would have an NHL tonite type nitely highlite show or something by now.
I remember nhl 1993 had this