NHL 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[SinisterAlex]

The A.I has gotten 3 charging calls so far when I've played.

I hope they fix this, but with the post whistle scrums, there doesn't seem to be any sort of penalty when you literally lay a guy out. The A.I has crushed me up against the boards or steamrolled me to the ice, with no penalty.

[mkharsh33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Presswithsafetyshade

Someone needs to explain to me why there is no sense of momentum or speed playing "hardcore". Unless you manually control a player to "hustle" your AI won't come with any speed or even chase most of the time on a dump. I had several steps on the Hawks D-man with Carter and dude just stopped moving his legs on the breakaway. Defensively everyone skates and the energy is fine, but once you get the puck any sense of flow is gone. I can put a tape-to-tape outlet pass from Pronger to a player moving through the neutral zone and he never gains or keeps any speed. Maybe I'm not doing something right, but at least offensively the demo seems broken.

In the 4 games I got in today, I noticed that my offensive guys tend to peel off when I dumped the puck. I found myself with 2 guys in my zone (me and another skater) and I was constantly outnumbered and could get nothing going. I thought it was a bit odd...

[Vikes1]

So far I'm really enjoying the changes to the feel of the game. In fact, I'm REALLY enjoying it.

On ALL-Star hardcore, the game seems more challenging than last year. I'm having a heck of a time getting off any real good scoring chances. Loving the game so far.

[narwhale]

Quote: Originally Posted by MiNiDiTkA

H.U.T video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8BU9p3rqKM

Thanks for posting. The only thing that looked weird to me was on the first goal when your guy skates in an arc right before the shot and the puck travels with him without him touching it.

[adayinthelife]

Seems like there a few randomly blonde haired players that shouldn't be - Asham, Mark Bell (unless playing in Europe has changed his style ).

[Panther84]

Quote: Originally Posted by delt31

The demo just got better bc it confirms that there will be custom goal horns. It's in the help section under custom music

Great find! i guess they ended up adding it in the end because they said it wasn't going to be in this years game. I'm happy the options there because the horn for the hawks in the demo is wayyyy off.

[Qb]

Quote: Originally Posted by AtomicLegend

The A.I has gotten 3 charging calls so far when I've played. I hope they fix this, but with the post whistle scrums, there doesn't seem to be any sort of penalty when you literally lay a guy out. The A.I has crushed me up against the boards or steamrolled me to the ice, with no penalty.

If you look in the settings, post whistle rules are set to "relaxed", meaning you can get away with a lot more. I'd like to see them go to authentic for OTP/EASHL, but I don't know if they want to go that route...

Quote: Originally Posted by mkharsh33

In the 4 games I got in today, I noticed that my offensive guys tend to peel off when I dumped the puck. I found myself with 2 guys in my zone (me and another skater) and I was constantly outnumbered and could get nothing going. I thought it was a bit odd...

Knowing that we're stuck with auto line changes in the demo, could it be that your team is going for a change when you dump it in? Just a shot in the dark...

[crobert0247]

Quote: Originally Posted by adayinthelife

Seems like there a few randomly blonde haired players that shouldn't be - Asham, Mark Bell (unless playing in Europe has changed his style ).

Indeed! I noticed Asham with blonde whitish hair when Richards handed him the cup in the demo. hahahahaha