NHL 10 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here

[DevilsEve666]

The CPU AI is incredibly bad...CPU passing when they have open shots...CPU scared to cross my blue line (even on breakaway)....CPU wingers bring puck in along boards so they're easy to hit...CPU will pas 30-40 times before taking a shot on goal...I once held the CPU to 2 shots in an entire period...i really hope they fix these things in next patch

[Seymour Scagnetti]

If some of you guys stopped nitpicking and just enjoy the game you would have alot more fun,. I can guarantee it. The perfect game with perfect percentages and perfect goals is just around the corner in the next century so unless you plan on being cryogenitically frozen you won't be alive to see it. Hate to break the bad news

Compared to what hockey video games used to be like this game is about as perfect as it can be in gameplay and I'm having a hell of a good time and I love simualtion and this is an amazing simulation of hockey. The patch just made it even better.

I know I'm on my soapbox and it's just not this thread but the # of threads on this game that nitpick the stupidest things is mind boggling. Most of you don't even know #'s of certain things in real hockey and now you're critiqing a video game. If not that then it's goalies are too hard or goalies are too easy. Goals are too hard or goals are too easy. Goals are too sloppy or goals are too clean. Too many penalties or not enough penalties. The AI is to passive or the AI is to aggressive. The funny part is I don't see any of these things. The more I try and mix my strategies and play like a team is supposed to, the better this game plays and that is rare for sports video game and I think The Show is the only other one that has gotten it right and I enjoy the hell outta that game too. The better the game is, the more ridiculous the nitpicking because it's that much harder to find.

To the guys like me who love this game "Isn't it Great?".

[Scottdau]

Quote: Originally Posted by Seymour Scagnetti

If some of you guys stopped nitpicking and just enjoy the game you would have alot more fun,. I can guarantee it. The perfect game with perfect percentages and perfect goals is just around the corner in the next century so unless you plan on being cryogenitically frozen you won't be alive to see it. Hate to break the bad news Compared to what hockey video games used to be like this game is about as perfect as it can be in gameplay and I'm having a hell of a good time and I love simualtion and this is an amazing simulation of hockey. The patch just made it even better. I know I'm on my soapbox and it's just not this thread but the # of threads on this game that nitpick the stupidest things is mind boggling. Most of you don't even know #'s of certain things in real hockey and now you're critiqing a video game. If not that then it's goalies are too hard or goalies are too easy. Goals are too hard or goals are too easy. Goals are too sloppy or goals are too clean. Too many penalties or not enough penalties. The AI is to passive or the AI is to aggressive. The funny part is I don't see any of these things. The more I try and mix my strategies and play like a team is supposed to, the better this game plays and that is rare for sports video game and I think The Show is the only other one that has gotten it right and I enjoy the hell outta that game too. The better the game is, the more ridiculous the nitpicking because it's that much harder to find. To the guys like me who love this game "Isn't it Great?".

So let me get this straight you are complaining about people complaining? Nice!

[Seymour Scagnetti]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scottdau

So let me get this straight you are complaining about people complaining? Nice!

Actually I feel sorry for them because many of them buy sports game just to dissect them and the harder is to find major bugs the more they cry about minor ones. I think all this drama about pass #'s has taken the cake with ridiculous complaints. At least I didn't make a thread about it.

[Vikes1]

After playing a few more games, I decided to delete the patch.

And the bit more "sloppy" gameplay has returned. Not really too sure of the actual benefits I'm sacrificing with the deleting. But I do enjoy the gameplay more without the patch being active. So I think I'll go patch less for the time being.

[Vikes1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Djwlfpack

Now, I just need to figure out how to score again, lol. I've scored a total of 2 goals in my last 5 games, and have lost my last 3 all by shutout. Having Stastny out is really starting to affect my team.

Yep DJ, I've suffered through spells like that too.

Bummer about the injury. But it's at least good to know that having a highly rated player in/out of the lineup, actually matters.

[Qb]

Two more offline games last night (played the PIT/ANA game twice) and two more losses for me. At least I battled back from a 3-0 defecit in the second to make it interesting at 4-3. Now my confindence is a little shaken heading into two 1v1 league games tonight...

[Flyermania]

Quote: Originally Posted by Seymour Scagnetti

Actually I feel sorry for them because many of them buy sports game just to dissect them and the harder is to find major bugs the more they cry about minor ones. I think all this drama about pass #'s has taken the cake with ridiculous complaints. At least I didn't make a thread about it.

Your sympathy isn't needed...there is nothing wrong with die-hard hockey fans or fans of this series wanting improvements in fundamental areas of the game. This game is supposed to emulate the sport...watch any hockey game and you will see an infinite number of loose pucks, errant passes, and battles along the boards. It is an integral part of the NHL --- and something that just isn't in NHL 10 enough.

I play video games to have fun...hockey is my favorite sport, and I want the hockey video games to emulate real hockey as much as possible. EA's game is too smooth, too accurate with the passing, too up-and-down the ice. You may be fine with that, but that doesn't mean it's OK with everyone. While the game has made some great strides, there are just as many areas (moreso in the offline game) that have regressed --- the passing was much more realistic in NHL 08 or NHL 2004 for that matter.