NHL 09 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[gbx34]

Quote: Originally Posted by Timmay

So... I'm still not getting this "speed burst" thing at all. Like I said earlier, it's in the control options and looks like the control is to press down on the left stick... Which does nothing. Someone else said something about hold one of the shoulder buttons down, which also does nothing. In fact, every button I pressed does absolutely nothing. So what exactly is this feature that allows you to push the puck ahead of you to skate faster, and how do you use it? Because I cannot figure it out.

Zero, Just full throttle of the analog stick will do it for.

One of the best things that ever happen to this game.

[MC Fatigue]

Quote: Originally Posted by gbx34

Zero, Just full throttle of the analog stick will do it for. One of the best things that ever happen to this game.

I never see it, though. I'm always holding the analog stick all the way up, and my players are always skating with two hands on the stick in control of the puck. I've never once seen them push it ahead of them...

Maybe I somehow got a defective demo

[savoie2006]

No, it has something to do with pressing the RB Button. It's part of what is called the one handed deke. I don't remember how it's done, but I know it starts with pressing the RB button. Anyways, when you do this move, your player gets a boost while skating without the puck.

[Lubey]

If you're skating straight, tap the RB, and you'll push the puck forward a little and skate noticeably faster. However, it becomes pretty easy for the defender to get the puck, so make sure you have enough room first. They struck a nice balance of only being able to use it while you're in open ice.

[bad_philanthropy]

Thankfully the demo came out so early, after the "Always Up" control scheme was screwed up it's taken me two weeks to finally get the "Camera relative" control scheme burned into my brain. Nice that I didn't have to go through a painful shakedown period with the retail version

[Qb]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lubey

If you're skating straight, tap the RB, and you'll push the puck forward a little and skate noticeably faster. However, it becomes pretty easy for the defender to get the puck, so make sure you have enough room first. They struck a nice balance of only being able to use it while you're in open ice.

Yup, tap the RB (R1 on PS3) button when skating in a straight line. The player will push the puck ahead of him and get an extra boost of speed. I haven't had too much success using it, as I think Lubey is right in that it is only useful in certain situations. The only time I ever really used it to any advantage was when I cherry-picked a bit in BAP and got behind the defense leaving me with a clear breakaway from just inside the redline. It gave me an extra step or two to keep the D from catching up...

[poster]

I am a newbie to the game. I couldn't play with Pittsburgh in the demo as I had a hell of a time getting off shots due to facing down. In the retail version, they do not have an always up option? If not, how did you guys get used to it? I suck as I am still getting used to the controls, so any tips would be great.

[savoie2006]

They have the Always Up option in the demo. You go into the setting and 360 controller settings.