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

[yankeesgiants]

This game is great. Had a goal overturned because the player used his hand to swat the puck in the net. Had a broken stick on a one timer. The glass moves on the PS3 and the overall sound is different. First day buy for me.

[Gagnon39]

I refuse to turn it off of superstar until I score one goal. Just 1. Has anyone had an success on this difficulty setting? I can't seem to get any open ice to save my life. I played almost 2 seasons on NHL 10 on superstar (won the Cup and President's Trophy). I'm a little unsure what level I'll be playing on.

[BigBlue10989]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

We have the best defensive pair in the NHL, not even close. Our 2nd defensive line (Hjalmarsson and Campbell) are great offensively. Our 3rd line (which will be Boynton and Hendry) is average, I'll give you that. But I doubt Philly is better than that. Campbell is arguably the best offensive defenseman in the NHL. Hjalmarsson, last year's best-kept secret was one of the most under-rated players in the league. Now the cat's out. He's good. The ratings are just way off.

Not close? Pronger, Timonen, Carle, and Meszaros is a sick Top-4. It might not be as good as CHI, but to say it isn't close is asinine.

[savoie2006]

So Q, how much more improved is the demo compared to when you played the game at the community event? I can see why you had a hard time going back NHL 10. I know I won't.

[Qb]

Played a few more games with more to come in an hour or two. I suddenly remember why I begged for the option of turning off auto-backskate. Glad I won't have to worry about it after the demo. I'm having enough trouble trying to adapt to a CPU opponent that attacks the goal that I don't my player turning around when I don't want him to.

Anyways, messed around with HUT and I can see playing around with it some. I think I'll prefer GM mode for offline play and I'm not much for playing randoms online, but it could be cool enough to get some of my NHL time. I like how they tease us with some NHL stars in our demo team... something tells me it's going to be a lot harder to get those guys in the full version.

Scored a sweet goal with Ryan Ellis to win a tourney game in the last 10 seconds. Yet another screened slapper, which is encouraging. I thought screens weren't effective enough in '10, so seeing them early & often with the demo is encouraging. Also scored on a clean quick wrister (no drag) from the slot shortly after receiving a pass on a 2-on-1 (not a one-timer) then did the jump into boards celebration as my momentum took me into them... sweet.

Can't wait to be able to tinker with the sliders and get the game just how I like it.

Quote: Originally Posted by savoie2006

So Q, how much more improved is the demo compared to when you played the game at the community event? I can see why you had a hard time going back NHL 10. I know I won't.

The overall feel is very similar to the build we played on the second day, but it's MUCH more polished. I'm glad you guys are mostly seeing/feeling what I did when playing the game. Good to know I'm not completely off my rocker.

[BlueNGold]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scottdau

Chris Pronger and Carle was the best last year. Your boys are good too, but the Flyers still have a better defense.

No, he is right that Keith/Seabrook are the best D pair in the league, but I don't know why he's upset about the Flyers being rated 1 point higher than Chicago in defense aside from the fact he's a Blackhawks fan.

Anyways, it's pointless to argue over. It's just a stupid team rating thing and they're never that accurate anyways.

[LuGer33]

Not to mention it's a 1 attribute difference (I think you said 86 and 85). Sheesh...

[green94]

I just sold NHL10 a week ago knowing this demo would be out to help hold me over for NHL11.

This demo is great... is it me or do wrist shots really get to the goalie in a hurry now? That was one of the biggest things I noticed off the bat. Checking is great... and did I see the AI dump the puck 3 times in A ROW. OMG! I've even seen a little bit of cycling by the computer as well.

My only gripe was the Hawks goal horn... it sounds a lot different than last year and I thought they had it right last year. Am I hearing things?