NHL 10: Five Things to Know (ESPN Videogames)

[Scottdau]

I hope they fix the presentation. I love how 2k did it. I hope they steal from that or something like it.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scottdau

I hope they fix the presentation. I love how 2k did it. I hope they steal from that or something like it.

Personally I'd like to see more stat overlays and commentary centered around how a particular player is performing in a game, or in the case of the playoffs in a particular series. Or an active track/stat breakdown of a regular season series between teams, for example showing a stat overlay over the course of the season of past outcomes when playing a particular rival (say Boston/Montreal) with previous wins etc.

From the sound of things, we're getting crowd reactions and crowd sounds improved big time this year. On the other end of that alot more overlays would go a long way to seal the deal on a presentation factor. Like others have suggested perhaps either highlights of other games during intermissions, or say if you have a player thats one of the league leaders in goals or points etc, have an overlay and some in dept commentary to go along with it.

Another thing I'd particularly like to see is a bit more depth to the playoff presentation, as it is now, its really just a couple lines of specific commentary a few crowd chants here and there, and a very brief cutscene of the traditional handshake at the end of a series. Which really isn't all that much.

[bigwill33]

RealmK, where is the EA_Redshirts photo gallery at? Can't find it, link would be appreciated.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigwill33

RealmK, where is the EA_Redshirts photo gallery at? Can't find it, link would be appreciated.

http://www.operationsports.com/Redshirt_EA/

no prob Will

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by RealmK

http://www.operationsports.com/Redshirt_EA/ no prob Will

Thank you, nice to see new animations, just hope they don't get overdone. How often do you see that in real life?

Anyway, totally on board with your presentation ideas. Been asking for that for years. They need to put in game league leaders, or playoff chases with standings etc. Out of town scores would be boss, even if it is just a ticker and not highlights.

[Scottdau]

Interesting how all the goalies in EAshirts pics have a Ducks helmet. Also, I hope they add a lot more animation. That is lacking big time in this game. Especially some of the wrist shots look really weird.

[Scottdau]

I just want them to go more out when you score a goal at home. 2k did a great job with last year.

[Acedeck]

"Now we've come to the point where we're still improving offense, defense and goalies, but we've done a really good job with those features already. What's left?

This comment worries me a lot, especially after hearing so much about fighting and physicality improvements. For starters, NHL 09 was no where even close to being where it has the potential to be from an AI and game-play aspect. There's absolutely zero board play, too little pressure from CPU defenders, and numerous flaws in the AI when it comes to money goals. In fact, I don't even think it's likely EA could fix the AI/game-play side of things in a two year window, let alone a one year window. There's a lot going on in hockey, and there's a lot to improve on the AI side of things before I would consider EA's NHL game anywhere close to the point where they can say "What's left?"